Hello David
I bought a Lyn Elder lute from the widow of a man who used to play it in
that Ren. Faire about that time. It's a great lute - I wonder if it's the
one you heard.
Joseph Mayes
On 4/4/07 7:32 PM, "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2007, at 5:58 PM, Nancy Carlin wrote:
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>> I'm not sure if the changing fashions of Renaissance Faire
>> entertainment is an indication of lack of interest in the lute. The
>> faires were always awful places to play - hot, dusty and VERY noisy.
>
> Is the ren. faire thing dying out nowadays? The Maryland Renaissance
> Festival seems to be alive and well. For a state whose "state sport"
> is jousting, why doesn't that surprise me!? (What is a state sport
> anyway?) I was there a couple of years ago, and listened to an
> excellent group of madrigal singers from Baltimore called Larksong.
>
> The first time I ever heard a lute player was at the faire in Agoura,
> CA back in about 1976 or so. He was sitting on a grassy bank amid so
> much ambient noise that it was difficult to hear him, but it
> fascinated me enough to start thinking about taking up the lute
> myself. To this day I've no idea who that was...One of you olde-time
> luters maybe?
>
> David Rastall
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