Hi Vlad, Welcome back to HurdyGurdyWorld!
I was interested to read of stirrings of a Midwest Gathering. Does that mean you've been working with Mel Dorries and Brian and David McCoy (hurdygurdysociety.com - shameless plug)? I have another avenue that you might be interested in following. (Sorry, this might be a little long-winded) Hundingdon County Arts Council, PA (near State College) sponsor two annual folk events, Folk College over Memorial Day weekend at Juniata College, and Folk Gathering at Greenwood Furnace State Park in mid September. I am currently persuading a group of aquaintances to to bring their HGs to Folk College in the hopes of setting a spark to a gathering such as you are considering. I have spoken with Simple Gifts. the folk group who arrange these gatherings, and they are excited by the idea of an impending HG invasion at Folk College, and are trying to arrange a group discount for us. Even more exciting, they have been toying with the idea of hosting an annual Greenwod Gurdy Gathering in the Fall - they seem quite serious about this if enough people are interested, particularly if we found a teacher to lead a class (for a nominal fee). They've already asked me to do a show-and-tell with my HG and the various other unusual stringed instruments I own. I will be doing what I can to get the ball rolling with this, and I would be very pleased to share ideas and plans and so on with you. I think we have a head start here, since we seem to have a sponsor and location already in place. Huntingdon and Greenwood Furnace are quite well located for both the midwest, the northeast and the east coast - I drive up from Northern Virginia, it takes me about 3 hours. Please let me know your thoughts on this, and please take a look at the Folk College website (www.folkcollege.com) Amongst other things scheduled, there's going to be classes and a jam with Tuvan Throat Singers (Alash). HGs and throat singing - what a combination! Regards, David Gillett On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Wolodymyr Smishkewych <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, hopefully not rabid bigotry!! But perhaps an eye for haute couture. > Lest we think that the worlds of gurdies and glam are light years apart and > ne'er the twin shall meet, I pass along for your enjoyment the following > anecdote from a colleague of mine who lives in Paris: > > "Hi Vlad, > Discounting for a moment his recent arrest for anti-semitism...I thought > you'd like to know that I saw John Galliano... buying a 19th c. hurdy-gurdy > on the rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe last week. Look for this and other > archaic instruments in the haute-coûture lines in a couple years! But > seriously folks, this could spark a whole reappraisal of the H-G. I'd send > my card to all the major pop-rock groups if I were you. Classical > composers, too. It could be the Martenot waves of the 21st century!" (full > disclosure: I've edited out some choice expletives and unsavory descriptions > that might be considered gossipy.) > > You never know where HGs may end up. Keep your eyes open! > > And sorry for my radio silence for the last several months. I've only been > getting the digest version since my new job and work on my DM thesis have > been all-consuming. On the note of my new job, in case any of you are > intersted, it is as an editor at Fine Woodworking magazine (Taunton Press), > I've been with them since November and on the masthead starting with the > most recent issue (#218). I also have a blog up there and am usually the one > to write about esoteric stuff like lutherie, japanese tools, weird antique > finds, and reclaimed wood: http://www.finewoodworking.com/profile/Vlad_S. > > I hope to be able to write in sometime int he near future with possible > stirrings of a midwest HG festival/workshop. Even though I no longer live in > Bloomington, Indiana (now in CT) I am still involved with getting the HG > scene going in IN and the Midwest.I'll try to keep you all posted. > > cheers, and hi to everyone again-- > Vlad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new > subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. 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