Re: [scots-l] Is there anybody there? (was: Dumbarton's drum)
I'm afraid I've been a lurker up until now - and I've enjoyed getting a much needed lesson on Scottish music. I'm from Edinburgh originally but raised in Toronto, Canada. I got onto the list because I'm a Gaelic learner here in Toronto and one list seems to lead to another. I'm not musical but many of the other Gaelic learners over here are and I've been learning quite a bit from them. I keep many of the bits and pieces of info you all provide so on my next trip back to Scotland I'll have a whole list of festivals and groups to look up and to try and get to see. I've passed along your listname to others in our learners group who may be able to contribute to the discussions. David Greenburg and Kate Dunlay have come to one of our all-day workshops and I've heard them perform at a Toronto Gaelic Society meeting and they are not only wonderful musicians but also terrific teachers. Hope some of the other lurkers get brave enough to contribute. John Chambers wrote: Nigel Gatherer (I think) wrote: | John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Flowers, Ross (MTO) writes: | | Aha! I see it - just before | | [Snip] | | Not fair, John, to attribute my genius to that plagiarist Flowers. ... Sorry 'bout dat! It is amazingly easy to get such quotes wrong. It's also easy to let the mail reader figure it out, and then you can blame the software for getting it wrong. | OK, lurkers, your time has come. All you folks who have never (or | rarely) contribute to the list, speak now. Introduce yourselves, tell | us something about yourselves. Where are you? What is your interest in | Scots music? Yeah; I wonder how many lurkers there are. It's normal for lists to be dominated by a handful of voices, who seem to be having a discussion amongst themselves with few clues that there are hundreds of others (not to mention the Echelon/Carnivore folks ;-) listening in undetected. Maybe we should also ask the lurkers to post their current favorite tune ... Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html -- Maggie McGregor Communications Department N926 Ross ext. 33160 Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[scots-l] Is there anybody there? (was: Dumbarton's drum)
John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flowers, Ross (MTO) writes: | Aha! I see it - just before [Snip] Not fair, John, to attribute my genius to that plagiarist Flowers. So my parents used to lock me in the cellar with nothing to read but old Rupert the Bear annuals, resulting in an occasional uncontrollable urge to spout rhyming couplets. That's no reason to strip me of the glory that is justly mine and mine alone. Silly Season approaching, I guess. Who is there and who isn't? Is Erica still lurking? OK, lurkers, your time has come. All you folks who have never (or rarely) contribute to the list, speak now. Introduce yourselves, tell us something about yourselves. Where are you? What is your interest in Scots music? Tracy, tell us about the Keith festival. David K, what are your plans for the Scottfest? Ross, how long have you been playing? Eric, is Bob still fiddling? Kate, how is David's career going? Gaye, did you ever play music with Jim Tweedie? Philip, are you from the Kelso area originally? Dan, d'you play Scots music on the mandolin? Bruce, Sue, Tom, Rita, Charlie, Janice, Jack, John C, Keith...come on guys, let's have a party. -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Is there anybody there? (was: Dumbarton's drum)
Nigel Gatherer (I think) wrote: | John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Flowers, Ross (MTO) writes: | | Aha! I see it - just before | | [Snip] | | Not fair, John, to attribute my genius to that plagiarist Flowers. ... Sorry 'bout dat! It is amazingly easy to get such quotes wrong. It's also easy to let the mail reader figure it out, and then you can blame the software for getting it wrong. | OK, lurkers, your time has come. All you folks who have never (or | rarely) contribute to the list, speak now. Introduce yourselves, tell | us something about yourselves. Where are you? What is your interest in | Scots music? Yeah; I wonder how many lurkers there are. It's normal for lists to be dominated by a handful of voices, who seem to be having a discussion amongst themselves with few clues that there are hundreds of others (not to mention the Echelon/Carnivore folks ;-) listening in undetected. Maybe we should also ask the lurkers to post their current favorite tune ... Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Is there anybody there? (was: Dumbarton's drum)
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
David K, what are your plans
for the Scottfest?
First priority - get our local paper NOT to spike my letters on the subject!
So far I've got myself dragged into an impromptu 1-minute interview with
Michael Aspel to go out next April in Antiques Roadshow from
Mellerstain. I tipped them off about the bicentenary and he's used it in
his intro, and done a rather silly bit of film with a souvenir Scott
book of mine where he taps the wooden cover ('Made from trees grown on
the Abbotsford Estate').
They will probably leave that entire bit on the cutting room floor...
David
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