Tag: fiddle
group name: homemademusic
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March 01, 2008 06:50 PM EST --
It's been months of distant sunshine that gives no warmth, of arctic chill on bitter winds, of dangerous travel conditions and times when leaving home was for emergencies only. In short, we . . .
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November 16, 2008 12:32 PM EST --
If anyone had trepidation about turning 50, I am here to allay those fears. Go into that day ready to celebrate the accomplishment, and it's one of the best landmarks of your life.
This . . .
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September 28, 2009 01:48 PM EDT --
Last Wednesday I got to meet my Gather friend, Karen E.!
I had realized from one of Karen's articles that she lives in a town about an hour south of me where a fiddling friend of mine also lives. . . .
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February 08, 2008 03:59 AM EST --
Many of you have asked me to post a video of me playing my fiddle music. So far I haven't been able to make that happen. But to give you an idea of what I play, and why I like it, I found some . . .
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December 01, 2007 08:43 PM EST --
All the tunes in order in my notebook.
Two sets of clothing, clean and pressed.
Instruments packed.
We left in plenty of time.
My Scandinavian band member-friend George and I set . . .
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February 22, 2009 12:02 PM EST --
After months of distant sunshine that gives no warmth, of arctic chill on bitter winds, of dangerous travel conditions and times when leaving home was for emergencies only, we arrive at "mid-winter." . . .
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June 30, 2008 03:57 AM EDT --
I'm going to be spending a LOT of time at Fort Worden here in my town of Port Townsend, Washington this week. I'll be attending "Fiddle Tunes"--the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, sponsored by the . . .
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January 26, 2008 08:25 PM EST --
Hope and I drove out to the William B. Ogden Library in Walton, NY, this afternoon to present our Fiddling with Books program. Some folks here might recall that this is the library that lost 12,000 . . .
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October 24, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
Lutefisk is not food, it is a weapon of mass destruction.
--Jeff Steingarten, as quoted in the Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet
Last Saturday was the annual Lutefisk Dinner at the First . . .
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July 03, 2008 05:06 AM EDT --
I hit my stride today..... after a good night's rest I was able to attend two classes and two band labs and learn still MORE tunes. I am starting to wonder if there is a limit to how many tunes can . . .
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July 01, 2008 05:37 AM EDT --
This was my first full day of classes at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes. I decided to try out the Cape Breton fiddling this morning. I was fiddling around (oops) with my new recorder this morning . . .
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March 10, 2008 09:47 PM EDT --
Have you ever had the desire to play in an orchestra or band, but felt you were still in the beginning stages, too old, or you're just plain bad? Some Edinburghians did not let those obstacles . . .
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July 02, 2008 02:49 AM EDT --
I can't believe I am this tired. What did I do at Fiddle Tunes today? Sit on my heinie and play music, most of the time? Walk back and forth to different buildings, not so far apart? Okay, I did dance . . .
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July 09, 2008 01:21 AM EDT --
Writing about Fiddle Tunes every night was a factor in keeping me from my beauty sleep, so I decided to let go and catch up at the end....
Friday morning, July 4th...Devon Leger teaches an Acadian . . .
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December 04, 2007 03:52 AM EST --
"We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
"We consider that the man who can fiddle all through one . . .
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August 16, 2007 07:04 AM EDT --
The lives of Cape Bretoners are shaped by mountain and sea, by their Irish and Scottish heritage, and by their isolation from the rest of Canada, and indeed the rest of the continent. So is their . . .
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November 28, 2008 03:29 PM EST --
Learning music is fun any time of year, so ways to do that make especially good gifts, for yourself and others. Here are several ideas:
Ellery Klein’s Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the . . .
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