Jerry Agin wrote:
Carla and Bob Rogers wrote:
Another GMHG story: I played with a random, assorted, and unpaid for
group of musicians (a wee dram to the first person to identify the
reference) on two seperate nights. The star tallent was the same on
both nights. The attenence was much
In a message dated 1/29/03 6:51:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Wow, you're serious that you couldn't find any Scottish players at the
Grandfather mountain games?
We hide out in the ski lodges and have ceilidhs. Honestly! Hook up with ACGA at the Gaelic tent and we'll
I had heard that there was great music at the campground, so two years
ago I pitched my tent on top of the mountain. The first evening I
wandered around looking for a good music session to join. I found a few
musicians who knew old-timey tunes, and a smaller number who knew a few
Irish
Derek Hoy, of this parish, and I spent Burns night with the other Bella
McNabs in the fiddler's byke at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. This was a
dance, rather than a supper, although there was a haggis bar, and an outsize
version of the dish was duly toasted by Stan Reeves (also of this
David Francis wrote:
You could imagine a certain gentility and politeness in the
Edinburgh Assembly Rooms, but you would expect other gatherings to be a bit
more vigorous and boisterous. Were gatherings smaller? Did fewer people
dance at a time? Were the bands bigger (I'm thinking about the
David Francis wrote:
Which brings me to a question. How did they do it in the old days without
amplification?
Well. Two years ago at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, I was at
Celtic Grove 1, and the PA system went down. Full Moon Ensemble was
playing. Daniel, the fiddler, stepped down
Carla and Bob Rogers wrote:
Another GMHG story: I played with a random, assorted, and unpaid for
group of musicians (a wee dram to the first person to identify the
reference) on two seperate nights. The star tallent was the same on
both nights. The attenence was much greater on the night the
Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Subject: [scots-l] Burns Night
Did you celebrate?
We celebrated in Boise at the Boise State University campus Student Union
building, on Saturday the 25th. It was the 100th anniversary celebration
for Boise, the first one being in 1903. I fiddled on
But, given this knowledgeable forum, how many people attend your Burns
supper? And I am not implying that bigger is better, by any means.
I am such a bum, they have a really good Burns supper here in Los Angeles
every year onboard the Queen Mary, but we didn't go..
--
Toby Rider
