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    The Painful St. Pat's Day Gig

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    It's not a good sign when one's St. Patrick's Day gig leaves one craving massive doses of Advil.

     

    Some random observations from my afternoon at the First Annual St. Patrick's Day celebration as organized by the Cultural Affairs Committee in my out-in-the-middle-of-hell New Mexico town:

     

    *The new Catholic priest in town does know how to pronounce Samhain correctly. On the other hand, the Druids worshipped trees.

     

    *The step dancers were quite good, the older the better (age range: 7ish to 17ish.). I was most impressed with the older ones.

     

    *The gentleman who first called me and got me mixed up in this event really, I thought, piled on the suck-up a little thick over the phone: "oh, you're sooo good! You're a REAL musician" etc etc. Turns out he was only telling the truth. Which leads to...

     

    *<b>Very bad</b> faux Irish music sung very loudly and very off-key. I have seven words, and I am not kidding: "Grandma got run over by a leprechaun." Followed by that Irish standard, "The Unicorn Song."

     

    I am now sitting here at my lovely, lovely, home, waiting for the 4 Advil I took to kick in. I'm thinking about applying some alcohol later. There's already a Hornsby's in the fridge.

     

    In the meantime, I am here looking for tea and sympathy :)

     

    Just shoot me if I ever do this here again. Just shoot me. It will feel better.

     

    At least my concertina playing was pretty good...

    English Style Anglo Workshop, Lansing, Mi

    in Teaching and Learning

    Posted

    Nancy,

     

    Anything has to be better than rural eastern New Mexico (where we are now). I have been wanting to go to Goderich ever since I got my Edgley in 2004, and maybe even before then. I would love to meet Frank in person -- he's so nice on the phone!

     

    The really amusing part of this is I was born in Monroe forty-some years ago, and still have relatives in the Flint area.

     

    So tell me about your Edgley! Mine is a 24-button model, black with silver ends. I am a sucker for that "classic" look.

    Third Annual Southwest Concertina Workshop

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Benny!

     

    I'm not Dan, but I think I can answer your question. I attended last year, and I will definitely be there again this year!

     

    All you have to do is:

     

    1. Let Dan know you're planning to come and make arrangements to add to the collection to bring Jody Kruskal there.

    2. Register for the Old Time Music and Dulcimer festival when you get to the school/museum in Palestine ($60)

    3. The concertina players tend to hang out as a unit and attend all our own "workshops" together all the time. Heck, most of us even go to lunch and dinner together! Since we aren't 100% sure what workshops we're going to offer each other until we get there, there's nothing extra to register for :)

     

    I hope this helps, and I hope you can come!

     

    p.s. Dan -- did you send out the dots for Big Scioty and I just deleted it? Could you send or resend?

    Signed, the Problem Child

    Fallon Cases

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    I have a Fallon case for my Edgley and I love it!!!!

     

    For those of you who don't know, I am a klutz, I have a 95-pound puppy in my home AND an overly-inquisitive toddler. The Fallon case will stand up to all that and more.

     

    And as soon as I can afford it, I'm getting another one for my Wheatstone. Custom-blocked, of course.

    Street Corner Playing/audience Response

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Maybe you should leave your case out in case someone wants to drop in money. Maybe that's what's throwing them!

     

    Congratulations chainyanker!!! Making enough $$ for coffee and a donut (or equivalent) is where it's at!

     

    I love busking, and look forward to living somewhere with more busking opportunities. But I'm also glad I don't have to rely on it for a living.

    An Introduction

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Welcome aboard, Mattamar! You sound just as crazy as the rest of us.

     

    And thanks for your kind words about our little corner of the 'net. We like it very much :)

     

    And I think you'll find many of us interested in more collusion between us concertina-types and you concertina-types. Keep us updated on your progress!

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