NoNaYet Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) Yesterday my wife participated in her first harp recital, with 26 other harpists in Orlando. My daughter and I came along early for her dress rehearsal, and is my habit I brought the Anglo along to kill time. My daughter was not happy to just sit on the tailgate for my usual venue, and wanted to walk over to Lake Eola Park, which is as downtown as you can get in Orlando and is sort of a little yuppie island in this Florida city. So we find a place where we can watch the Black Swans, and I get Precious out. It wasn't 5 minutes before someone comes along and drops change at my feet. OK, I am facing the lake and not the path, and dressed a little fancy for the recital, but whatever. I say to him, "Thanks, but keep the change, I am just playing for the pleasure of it". He lays a compliment on me, and says he thought it was worth it, and thanks as he picks the change up. A few minutes later someone comes along and wants a picture taken with me. Pretty fun. After awhile we went back to the church where the recital is going to take place, and I take my usual place on the tailgate to play a little more. In a few minutes some folks come out and give me the stink-eye (as my daughter put it). Apparently they could hear me from the parking lot across the road and the up-tight lead harpist thought I was intruding on the rehearsal. I would never have thought it would carry that far. Anyway, a strange and interesting concertina afternoon. NNY Edited December 1, 2009 by NoNaYet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saguaro_squeezer Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 So, I have to ask the question ... who was putting on this recital? It's a strange thing but I played a bit of harp in college. My ex-fiance (a long time ago) is now in the Orlando area and teaching harp there. We've had a bit of correspondence recently since I decided to take the harp up again, in additon to my concertina and melodeion activities. I'd hope that she wasn't involved in causing you any issues. Curious how these things happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_boveri Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 the concertina really can carry! i refer to mine as a cannon, because of that. i say don't fret it, as it was just a practice after all, and you were doing the respectful thing. glad you did brighten someones day, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNaYet Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Central Florida Chapter of the American Harp Society. For more information call (407) 905-2501 or (407) 841-8902 Actually not sure if the POC is for the Harp Society or the church/venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catty Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Apparently they could hear me from the parking lot across the road and the up-tight lead harpist thought I was intruding on the rehearsal. I would never have thought it would carry that far. Concertinae are generally louder than harps...especially outdoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cunliffe Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Apparently they could hear me from the parking lot across the road and the up-tight lead harpist thought I was intruding on the rehearsal. I would never have thought it would carry that far. Concertinae are generally louder than harps...especially outdoors. Is the concertina a competitor to the triangle then? . . . "A single stroke on the triangle clearly penetrates the full force of an orchestra" I always thought the mandolin could do that too. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNaYet Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Apparently they could hear me from the parking lot across the road and the up-tight lead harpist thought I was intruding on the rehearsal. I would never have thought it would carry that far. Concertinae are generally louder than harps...especially outdoors. OK, let me clarify; from the parking lot, across the road, across the grounds, up to the second floor of the church, and through the brick walls. NNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catty Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Apparently they could hear me from the parking lot across the road and the up-tight lead harpist thought I was intruding on the rehearsal. I would never have thought it would carry that far. Concertinae are generally louder than harps...especially outdoors. OK, let me clarify; from the parking lot, across the road, across the grounds, up to the second floor of the church, and through the brick walls. NNY Yikes...that IS a respectable distance, I'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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