Dear all,
Though I may not be able to offer much in the way of piping experience
as yet, I don't think it fair to call any style of playing any
instrument 'incorrect' simply because it does not adhere rigidly to
tradition. I play the trumpet as well as the NSP. Had it not been for
certain groups of musicians breaking the rules because what resulted
sounded good to them, the only style of trumpet playing would be
baroque, and jazz would not exist (to give but one example).
I would hope the NSP community was receptive to the efforts of young
players (I hope at 22 I can still call myself one) expressing
themselves through their chosen instrument and working hard in order to
do so. If not, this 'tradition' is indeed in real danger of dying out.
Best regards,
David Baker
2009/4/13 Chris Ormston [1]ch...@chrisormston.com
Colin,
I beg to differ, for reasons I've stated here and elsewhere on
numerous
occasions. The traditional style of piping is being butchered by
this new,
Max Clifford approach to the music.
Chris
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From: [2]rosspi...@aol.com [mailto:[3]rosspi...@aol.com]
Sent: 13 April 2009 18:49
To: [4]lisaridley6...@hotmail.com
Cc: [5]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Re:
Beware of the press. The same article had Katherine pictured in her
usual langorous pose which even she might be getting a bit sick of by
now.
Whatever might be said of her and her style of piping you cannot deny
she has ability in her fingering and compositional talents and if she
keeps it up will be an asset to Northumbrian piping even if she does
lift off more than one finger at a time and plays flat fingered. With
Alice Burns she is providing the sound of the NPS on the Folk orchestra
at a high level of performance.
Colin Ross
-Original Message-
From: lisa ridley [6]lisaridley6...@hotmail.com
To: [7]i...@gretton-willems.com; pipers list [8]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:40
Subject: [NSP] Re: Re:
No I do not - curiousity sattisfied? My thoughts and concerns lie
with
the ridicule facing Northumbrian piping and the child herself as a
consequence of publicity and unheeded advice.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:05:00 +0200
To: [9]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
From: [10]i...@gretton-willems.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: Re:
Just a tiny question, Lisa. You don't happen to have a child of
your
own who
enters NSP competitions, do you? Just curious.
Cheers,
Paul Gretton
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From: lisa ridley [mailto:[11]lisaridley6...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 13 April 2009 11:45
To: [12]helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz; pipers list
Subject: [NSP] Re: Re:
Apologies, I was under the impression that the pipers list was a
forum
for self expression and discussion. I was not aware there was a
required censorship in case the truth about these pretenders
reaches
the public domain.
The Newcastle Journal is a publication with a weekly circulation of
289
000, and hence a VERY public forum, and I doubt this reporter
stumbled
upon this story herself but rather that it was fed to her. The
Bellingham show is also a public event and I have witnessed first
hand
the attempts by the child's family to compromise the integrity of
the
competition by niggling at the judges and making loud stage
whispers
from the audience you were the best - you would have won if it he
(Chris Ormston) hadn't been judging. I'm told that Adrian
Schofield
was given an even more torrid time the previous year. Such
behaviour
is not worthy of our support.
LR
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:48:33 +1200
To: [13]lisaridley6...@hotmail.com; [14]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
From: [15]helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz
Subject: [NSP] Re:
I have often been misquoted in the press, to my embarrassment. I
think we
need to be very careful not to be seen to be unsupportive in the
public eye,
and this is after all a relatively public list.
Helen
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From: lisa ridley [16]lisaridley6...@hotmail.com
To: [17]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 6:59 AM
I'd like to share with you all some quotes from an article in
the
Newcastle Journal newspaper about Jessica Lamb. The paper has
an
article entitled school girl piper Jessica a star in the
making
I picked them up and within no time at all I was playing a
tune.
I could play by ear and I just took to them straight away. From
there I
got better and better and now Im so proud of myself
