I think this may have been misunderstood. I wasn't saying that events are not of interest - only not relevant to some of us for many different reasons (and it wasn't a complaint, moan, criticism or anything along those lines). I was referring more to the "we are meeting at my house next week, please come" type of mail, or the "anyone near X who can teach me to play". The point I was trying to make (obviously poorly) was that, to someone like me, living in the UK, there isn't much chance of me getting to, say, Texas next Tuesday nor is it much use knowing that there is a teacher in another US state. That does not mean I don't want them posted. I too, enjoy this feedback from other list members and hearing what goes on in the HG community. I did not mean to infer that we in the UK or Europe didn't want to hear - only pointing out that, although many would not be of use to us personally (for various reasons) we still like to hear about them and, like the technical stuff, many enjoy reading them even if we can't make personal use of them. I'm sorry if I gave the wrong impression. I was only trying to say that the community is made up of people all over the world and of different abilities and not all mails would be of interest to everyone but are a part of our community life. My apologies to Alden but I am not trying to "reopen" the thread, just to correct what I said in my previous mail. Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "JULIE BARKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "hg" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:02 PM Subject: [HG] USA / Europe gurdy info
> It was recently suggested that players in Europe are not interested in US events and vice-versa. I believe this to be incorect as I often meet US and Canadian players at French festivals. I would love to sample the US scene, unfortunatly any British musician wanting to work in the USA, or merely get through immigration with a musical instrument is given a hard time. This is why many Irish folk bands with English members have to use a dep on US tours; apparently according to the current US administration's Stalinist immigration policy English musicians are potential terrorists while Irish ones are not. > Anyway, keep the information coming because when things get better I for one would love to get over. > Philip aka Drohne >
