On 21 Oct 2012, Helen wrote:
> Oh that is really sad. I will do what I can for next year. It will
> depend on where I am. About all I can be sure of is that I will be overseas.
> Just as an encouragement to others; for all the possible short falls of
> a competitive situation, the benefits of p
Oh that is really sad. I will do what I can for next year. It will
depend on where I am. About all I can be sure of is that I will be overseas.
Just as an encouragement to others; for all the possible short falls of
a competitive situation, the benefits of putting in the preparations for
these c
That's a great shame the so many had no entries this year - especially
the overseas players. Hopefully things will pick up again.
Colin Hill
On 20/10/2012 18:24, Julia Say wrote:
I have posted the results of these on the NPS forum at:
http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/index.ph
On 16 Aug 2012, Richard Evans wrote:
> So I created a facebook account and found the nps page but all I see is
> a wikipedia extract. Is there some kind of forum or something?
Try searching on:
Northumbrian Piping Newsgroup" in fbook - its kinda silly season there at the
moment.
>what's wro
If I have the right one (and that's far from certain as I don't
understand facebook at all) it's
http://www.facebook.com/groups/131491660229952/
at least that's what's on the URL bit at the top of the page.
Colin Hill
On 16/08/2012 19:44, Richard Evans wrote:
Barry Say wrote:
More happens on
Ross
Sorry, should have been precise - I was checking the listings rather than
listening - so not certain when during the programme she featured
Mike
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From: discussion-boun...@northumbrianpipers.org.uk
[mailto:discussion-boun...@northumbrianpipers.org.uk] On Behalf Of
ro
Thanks Julia. A really helpful response.
I'm in favour of your suggestions.
Francis
On 4 Jul 2011, at 14:23, Julia Say wrote:
> On 4 Jul 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
>
>> The Dartmouth list is for anyone interested in Northmbrian Small-pipes.
>
> It is administered and monitored entirely from
On 4 Jul 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> The Dartmouth list is for anyone interested in Northmbrian Small-pipes.
It is administered and monitored entirely from without NPS membership. No
member or
officer of the society has any say in how it is run, although several (only
about
half) committee
Quoting Francis Wood :
That would work very efficiently . . . in fact, probably too efficiently.
Wouldn't it be better to leave it to the individual writer to decide
whether they want their addition to the forum announced on Dartmouth?
And isn't there a facility for the individual reader to
That would work very efficiently . . . in fact, probably too efficiently.
Wouldn't it be better to leave it to the individual writer to decide whether
they want their addition to the forum announced on Dartmouth?
And isn't there a facility for the individual reader to opt in to an email
alert f
A simple way of automating this would be to register the Dartmouth
list email address to receive new topic and new message notification
from the NPS forum.
Quoting ch...@harris405.plus.com:
- Announcement on Dartmouth of any new topic or significant addition to
the Forum which the provid
> - Announcement on Dartmouth of any new topic or significant addition to
> the Forum which the provider thinks may be of general interest.
That would be very helpful.
One of the major advantages of the email list is that you don't have to go
looking for it.
Chris
To get on or off this lis
Ah got it. Stupid iPhone goofed the formatting. All is working. This is
superb.
Any suggestions for a yank like me where to focus efforts tunewise? Something
like a standard top 20-40 Northumbrian fiddle tune or set list. Looking for
something similar for pipes as well.
Reid
Sent from
Hi Julia,
Thanks for these links - what a super find!
The links do work if you just copy the entire link (not just the blue
part) and paste it into the URL address box of your browser.
Cheers,
Richard
>Original
Message
>From: julia@nspipes.co.uk
>Date: 29/06/2011 17:24
>To:
Great idea, Ian. Perhaps we could practice by descending upon him
sometime this summer?
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Ian Lawther wrote:
> I can't help thinking that for next year the Pacific North West piping group
> should move their meeting at this time of year to the same day and descend
I can't help thinking that for next year the Pacific North West piping
group should move their meeting at this time of year to the same day and
descend on Peter Dyson's house so that we too can play in
Bellingham..
Ian
Malcolm Craven wrote:
Tommy’s Day
Now in its second year, ‘Tomm
Karl's book (
http://scottshighland.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=348 ) is
published by Scott's Highland Supply and they should be able to give you
some information on him. He was still alive in 2007 but probably in his
late 60s.
Ian
Julia Say wrote:
On 19 Jan 2011, richard.hea..
On 19 Jan 2011, richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> I'm afraid I can't write
> abc, so I can't post a transcription of it. It's a 4/4 march in D.
Here's what was submitted for the NPS folio (as abc), which I think originates
with
Margaret W's transcription:
X:7867
T:Thomas Saunders
C:?
M:
On 3 Sep 2010, richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> The regular NPS monthly meeting will be held on Monday (6th) at 19:30
> at The Chantry Bagpipe Museum in Morpeth.
> The session was to have been run by Margaret and Andy Watchorn
> This Monday's meeting wiill therefore take the usual form.
W
53
Subject: [NSP] Re: NPS results
I do agree with John and Michael that the different purposes of the
two lists should be observed as far as possible. I also agree
wholeheartedly that nastiness is completely unacceptable under any
circumstances. Are we also saying that in objecting to
-
From: Francis Wood
To: J M Dillon
CC: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:53
Subject: [NSP] Re: NPS results
I do agree with John and Michael that the different purposes of the two
lists should be observed as far as possible. I also agree
wholeheartedly that nastiness is
I do agree with John and Michael that the different purposes of the
two lists should be observed as far as possible. I also agree
wholeheartedly that nastiness is completely unacceptable under any
circumstances. Are we also saying that in objecting to individual
instances of this we are fur
John wrote: "Every time someone makes a post on this forum about the
NPS I wait for the inevitable nastiness. Even though I delete some
posts without reading them I know from experience that another bit of
silliness is going on. Speaking as a long time participant on this
newsgroup
Every time someone makes a post on this forum about the NPS I wait for the
inevitable nastiness. Even though I delete some posts without reading them I
know from experience that another bit of silliness is going on. Speaking as a
long time participant on this newsgroup, with all due respect, I
Dear Colin
I am deeply saddened that you find it necessary to make such
derogatory comments in a public forum. I am responding in this way
only because you have done so.
Malcolm was the MC at the competitions: a job he performed
competently, but lightly. The day progressed smoothly with his
On 19 Oct 2009, at 12:54, rosspi...@aol.com wrote:
You should have checked this with the Secretary before making a
report which could have been left to be included in the Newsletter
Much nicer to eat the cake when it is freshly baked, I think.
I welcomed Malcolm's informal news about a succ
rosspi...@aol.com wrote:
I see that you are already taking over the role of Chairman in
pre-empting the Secretary's report on the Competitions. You should have
checked this with the Secretary before making a report which could have
been left to be included in the Newsletter along with other vie
2009 13:55
To: malc...@northumbriansandpipers.com
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: NPS competition results
I see that you are already taking over the role of Chairman in
pre-empting the Secretary's report on the Competitions. You should have
checked this with the Secretary bef
that other members may wish to write.
Colin R
-Original Message-
From: Malcolm Craven
To: julia@nspipes.co.uk; 'nsp'
Sent: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:05
Subject: [NSP] Re: NPS competition results
Hi,
Just to add to Julia's bald facts.
We played tracks by the winning oversea
Thank you both for the news, always welcome by this self-exile - the
best NSP player in Kentucky, as far as I know!
Debbie Lawther
2009/10/18 Malcolm Craven <[1]malc...@northumbriansandpipers.com>
Hi,
Just to add to Julia's bald facts.
We played tracks by the winning ov
Hi,
Just to add to Julia's bald facts.
We played tracks by the winning overseas competitors, which were very warmly
recieved by the audiance.
Well done to all of the overseas entrants ( several of whom were with us
last year and are fondly remembered)
We had several visitors during the course of
On 2 Oct 2009, Dru Brooke-Taylor wrote:
> I'd endorse this too.
Please stop it, you're embarrassing me - I'm just doing my job. But
thank you all the same.
However while we're on the subject - the Folio collection only works
if people submit tunes (in good time).
This one turned into a bit of
Hear, hear!!! My sentiments exactly.
Di Jevons
- Original Message -
From: "Francis Wood"
To: "Dartmouth NPS"
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 10:36 AM
Subject: [NSP] NPS Third Folio
Excellent to have this latest collection of tunes assembled in the new
NPS Third Collection Folio!
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:51 PM, [1]richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk
<[2]richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
Speaking purely personally, and without further evidence at this
stage, the definition that most appeals to me is that relating to a
kirn-dolly the last corn to be cut wh
A lot of these BL recordings are annotated with helpful titles like
'Unidentified Tune' or 'Hornpipe'.
I have identified a couple so far.
If anyone can point to a specific recording, and identify the sequence
of tunes, I can add a note.
Non-UK-academics aren't trusted, apparent
Hello Richard and others,
I mostly agree. There's been a lot of communication on these lists
which has been embarrassing, tedious and even poignant without doing
anything to serve the interests of the instrument, the repertoire and
the enthusiasts who keep the whole thing alive. No doubt th
What you write is perfectly true Francis but living as I do in Canada near
the US border I hear comments from my North American friends who are
beginning to look upon the NPS and some of its more prominent members as
total misfits (to be polite about it). They neither know nor care about the
m
Below is the SMM version, and I'm pretty sure it's now exactly as in
the book on my lap, except that I have joined the note groups rather
than left them separated as in the vocal score.
There is still the possibility that Robert had a different local
version or a distinct tune; ther
10:43
>To: "Dartmouth NPS", "NPS Discussion"
>Subj: [NSP] Re: [NPS-Discussion] Robert Bewick tune
>
>This thread seems to have been split between the dartmouth and NPS
> groups so I'm resending this bit to both. I've since checked SMM
and
> found t
This thread seems to have been split between the dartmouth and NPS
groups so I'm resending this bit to both. I've since checked SMM and
found that the link ([1]www.gleeman.org) provided by Richard gives an
inaccurate transcription and midi of SMM, which is actually closer to
Oswald t
That's a fine tune from the Scots Musical Museum. I checked for other
versions and found it's also in Oswald (c.1750), 'What shou'd a Lassie
do wi an auld Man'. Different details - no snaps, and in G/Em rather
than D/Bm - but basically the same melody. I'll post the abc but
haven't t
Francis Wood wrote:
Iain Bain´s excellent article: Thomas
> >and Robert Bewick and their Connection with Northumbrian Piping. In
> >it,
One of the most significant articles ever published in the NPS mag, I
find.
> >http://www.mediafire.com/?
> sharekey=09ff1cf99500a89441446e35a78dc463e04e75f
f instant
messaging and snail mail is expensive.
If nothing else, maybe this debate will open up a new communications
channel.
Colin Hill
- Original Message -
From: "Julia Say"
To: ; "colin"
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: NPS President and m
On 23 May 2009, colin wrote:
> If I'm correct, there was a decision taken in committee to which the
> chair objected and, as a result, resigned.
The chairman accepted the vote of the meeting. Colin R resigned on
the advice of his doctor. With a serious heart condition one does not
ignore that
ill
- Original Message -
From: "Dave Shaw"
To: ; ; "Francis Wood"
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:32 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NPS President
I would like to support the views of Ann Sessoms and Francis wood
as they reflect my own but are so much more eloquently pu
This posting from Francis Wood summarises my feelings on the new president
affair very eloquently and comprehensively, and moreover soothingly - as is
his way. I would imagine that Colin Ross in particular could take comfort
with the understanding shown of his awkward position in all of this. I
I would like to support the views of Ann Sessoms and Francis wood
as they reflect my own but are so much more eloquently put.
There seems to be an orchestrated Gadarene rush towards what is essentially
a vote
of no confidence in the elected committee.
Where will it all end if they take the hum
I think it's time for the NPS to stop this childish sucking-up to
Patrons and Presidents. There is no need for our Patron at all. I've
not seen or heard anything that he has done for the cause of our
society except give our society some false illusion of Grandeur,
Nobility and Elitei
Just about my own sentiments on the present situation. I was reading
Machiavelli's 'The Prince' recently and he was writing about
'malcontents' and ways of dealing with them. I am not suggesting we
should resort to his methods but the problem with the Society have
started with simila
Re: Joyce Quin
Surely this is a joke?
Marianne.
> Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 10:04:49 +0100
> To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
> From: julia@nspipes.co.uk
> Subject: [NSP] NPS information
>
> To all the NPS members out there, and apologies to others whom this
> does not con
: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: NPS information
Shouldn't she be vetted by the anti-choyting police first?
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Shouldn't she be vetted by the anti-choyting police first?
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Hello John,
I was part of the Oxford Group. We performed five tunes, and
unfortunately I don't know which one is on the CD.
The tunes are all Cotswold Morris tunes; not Northumbrian I'm afraid,
but lovely nevertheless.
Orange in Bloom
Constant Billy
Old Woman Tossed Up
comes around.
Colin Hill
From:
To: ;
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:43 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps
James Galway playing tin whistle used to be alarming,
though the Chieftains taught him a better, more fluid, style
subsequently.
Only heard him doing so once and this was back in the
Lawther
Sent: 28 April 2009 14:43
To: Dave Shaw
Cc: Dartmouth NPS
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps
Whilst Fenwickdescribes gracenotes he does not say that one should step
outside the closed fingering rule he has already set out in order to
play them. Many Northumbrian pipers grace within the closed
Whilst Fenwickdescribes gracenotes he does not say that one should step
outside the closed fingering rule he has already set out in order to
play them. Many Northumbrian pipers grace within the closed
fingeringeven those shakes sound better closed!
Ian
Dave Shaw wrote:
>James Galway playing tin whistle used to be alarming,
>though the Chieftains taught him a better, more fluid, style
>subsequently.
Only heard him doing so once and this was back in the early Cretaceous or
thereabouts.
Your description of the "better" style as "more fluid" suggests that he fel
>> Very interesting. It would seem that some authorities are more
>> authoritative than others.
>> Oink, oink.
>> Chirs
--
>>>Oink, oink
So you're aligning yourself with those that are MORE authoritative, then?
;-)
Cheers,
Paul Gretton
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To: gibbonssoi...@aol.com
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps
< Maybe your violin teacher was teaching you classical style along
with the good basic violin technique, and the classical style was
impeding your traditional style.
I don't think so, but there
ical, and he
doesn't play that way.
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Dave Shaw
Sent: 28 April 2009 11:22
To: Dave Shaw; Dartmouth NPS
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps
Hi all,
I seem to be missing out on some of the posts on this
>"The learner should note that the staccato style of playing
>should not be
>overdone.
>Excessive cutting of the notes though at times lending a meretricious
>brilliance to a performance,
>is not in accordance with good small-pipe style"
>
>It is interesting that this was le
Hi all,
I seem to be missing out on some of the posts on this subject.
However, futher to the Fenwick gracing advice I've checked the 1931 reprint
as well as my 1974 edition and it has the following words below the section
on stacccato;
"The learner should note that the staccato style of play
A lot of sense in there Barry.
It's easy to forget, if one is struggling with the intricacies of
technique, that a relatively uninformed listener will not actually
give a hoot about closed or open fingering, but *will* respond to
musicality on a macro-level. I have seen in more than one context th
< Maybe your violin teacher was teaching you classical style along
with the good basic violin technique, and the classical style was
impeding your traditional style.
I don't think so, but there's no way of knowing. I've never claimed to
be a "good" player of anything (I would de
Hi all,
Getting back to Adrian's original posting.
The ensuing discussion has shown what I think we all knew, namely that playing
style is an area where we will never come to single view. I don't think its
appropriate to see the Northumbrian Pipers' Society as supporting either side
of the ar
Maybe your violin teacher was teaching you classical style along with
the good basic violin technique, and the classical style was impeding
your traditional style. Two styles can be inconsistent. Doing one well
might well mean doing the other badly. A classical violinist might try
to
Hi all,
I've just come back from a fine w/e of Cuban salsa to find the NSP box
whingeing and groaning as usual.
So it is that I'm a little late in the argument.
Adrian wishes to use the Fenwick tutor as his bible to prove that only plain
closed fingering is admissible.
Between the music readin
Everybody is discussing the statement
A bad player puts people off the instrument and also teaches
you the "wrong" was to play.
Where does that leave us ? I've reached a certain level of proficiency in
the instrument, I try to keep my fingering detached as far as I can but I'm
conscious tha
>
> [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7paLft9_ms
>
> Enjoy!
Luverly. Let it bleed!!!
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>A bad player puts people off the instrument and also teaches
>you the "wrong" was to play.
I'd agree with the second part of this statement but not with the first as I
can remember that many years ago when my technique started to improve a certain
professional folk singer, who was my brother-
ot;Ian Lawther"
To: "colin"
Cc: "Dartmouth NPS"
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: nps
colin wrote:
That's the whole point, isn't it?
There's a big difference between pipers who can play and then choose to
experiment and do "
> I seem to remember a certain well known piper who entered an open
> competition playing a simple chanter and won it.
Who was that then? I did win the Beginners and Intermediate at
Newcastle in '71 on a keyless chanter but had to play in a key other
than G for the Open, so was
colin wrote:
That's the whole point, isn't it?
There's a big difference between pipers who can play and then choose
to experiment and do "naughty" things and players who just play badly
and sloppily (is that a word?).
But there is also the knock on effect of those who do not bother to
learn p
That's the whole point, isn't it?
There's a big difference between pipers who can play and then choose to
experiment and do "naughty" things and players who just play badly and
sloppily (is that a word?).
I respect players who are accomplished enough to branch out and "boldly go
where no piper
The point I was trying to make was that Billy Pigg's style was not in
the Northumbrian piping mainstream, and that those who have been heavily
influenced by him, like Kathryn can also be said to be outside the
mainstream as it was. Dave Bulmer's promotion of Kathryn's recordings
and non-release
And be tattooed by an approved tattooist who holds the correct
understanding of the Westminster Confession?
Dru
On 25 Apr 2009, at 02:28, Mike and Enid Walton wrote:
what...@ntlworld.com said
> after talking to Tommy Breckons shorltly before his death and
chatting
> to fellow pipers af
nal Message -
From: "Paul Rhodes"
To: "Mike Walton" ; "Dartmouth NSP"
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 12:28 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps
Yes, it is all rather remarkable isn't it? My understanding has always
been that the traditional music of the north
sting tutorial for playing the NSP with detached
fingering on Youtube:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7paLft9_ms
Enjoy!
Paul
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:28:43 +0100
> To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
> From: mikeande...@worcesterfolk.org.uk
> Subject: [NSP] Re: n
"Ian Lawther" said
Enter those who saw the chance to make some money by promoting an
attractive young woman >who was marketable beyond the dowdy folkies.
So is the argument that piping would be far better off without all those who
came into piping at least partially as a result of said young
what...@ntlworld.com said
> after talking to Tommy Breckons shorltly before his death and chatting
> to fellow pipers after his funeral, I have come to the conclusion that
> the Northumbrian Pipers' society has lost its way. I therefore ask: is
> it time to form some other group or socie
Can we all join?
Paul
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:33:36 +
> To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
> From: what...@ntlworld.com
> Subject: [NSP] nps
>
> Dear all,
>
> after talking to Tommy Breckons shorltly before his death and
chatting
> to fellow pipers after his funer
well-meaning people think that the organisation they belong to is not
adhering to the true faith.
- Original Message -
From: "Ian & Carol Bartlett (home account)"
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:36 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps & tradition
- Origina
- Original Message - Subject: [NSP] tradition etc
Shiela wrote:-
" If classical music had remained "in the tradition" Mozart would have
been shot, Beethoven would never
have dared to experiment and to shock his contemporaries, as he most
certainly did, and we would all sti
It has been interesting following the recent debate and reading Adrian's
comments from afar, particularly as I was teaching a workshop in the
Pacific North West last weekend and some sessions, particularly on style
and ornamentation, were coloured by the online comments of the previous
week.
Joe Hutton's playing of this tune is what I emulate. Joe's setting
differs from the setting in Book 2. I don't have my books at hand, but if
I remember correctly the setting of one Willy Taylor's hornpipes in that
book is a bit off from his playing as well.
thanks and the best of luck,
John
Thanks from the west of the US as well. Sunday was our monthly meeting
so news of Peter Dyson and Gail Gibbard's wins was known as we gathered.
Ian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Julia,
Just to let you know, your prompt efforts in getting the competition results
out WERE very much appreciated
Dear Julia,
Just to let you know, your prompt efforts in getting the competition results
out WERE very much appreciated by myself and all the Mid-Atlantic group
members.Last weekend we had Dick Hensold over for a weekend of tuition, at Mark
Stayton's.
Colin McNaught stayed with me and when w
I got mine today - Sat. 1st. Mind, I did help to pack them.
Regards,
Nigel.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 6:14 PM
Subject: [NSP] NPS Dec NL, mag etc
> Apologies to those whom this does not concern.
>
> The Dec NL, annual mag, and
No doubt we will let you know .
Colin Hill
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 6:14 PM
Subject: [NSP] NPS Dec NL, mag etc
> Apologies to those whom this does not concern.
>
> The Dec NL, annual mag, and AGM notice etc have been posted Fri
Not starting with J, L or M, mine arrived in Liverpool at 10.00am today.
Colin Hill
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From: "Julia Say" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 6:12 PM
Subject: [NSP] NPS July newsletter
> This was posted to members today, except for a small number of UK
Reached Bristol 9.15 am Friday. Great photo on the cover by the way.
Dru Brooke-Taylor
On 29 Jun 2006, at 18:12, Julia Say wrote:
> This was posted to members today, except for a small number of UK
> members whose surnames begin with J, L or M. (technical hitch due to
> my arithmetic)
> These la
In a message dated 17/05/2006 18:02:28 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play the closed
end
smallpipes as far as I am aware in my position as Chairman and Vice
President of the NPS. I beleive that Julia - NPS Secretar
apart
from English).
Chirs
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From: Gibbons, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:20 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps detatched
Colin,
'Right reverend' for the Chairman and VP, surely??
I would abs
Ian Lawther wrote:
> Just to take this discussion outside our immediate sphere I htough I would
> share a sound clip with you. In amongst the dozens of emails from the NSP
> list this morning I got one from a Colarado based group that mixes "bagpipes
> with rocking blues". I went to their site t
At last, the voice of reason in this discussion.
Well said Colin!
Richard
Colin wrote:
> There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play the closed
> end
> smallpipes as far as I am aware in my position as Chairman and Vice
> President of the NPS. I beleive that Julia - NPS Secr
Just to take this discussion outside our immediate sphere I htough I would
share a sound clip with you. In amongst the dozens of emails from the NSP
list this morning I got one from a Colarado based group that mixes "bagpipes
with rocking blues". I went to their site to have a listen and think w
of them citing these as role
models.
Hope all's well,
John
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Sent: 17 May 2006 18:02
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps detatched
There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play
There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play the closed end
smallpipes as far as I am aware in my position as Chairman and Vice
President of the NPS. I beleive that Julia - NPS Secretary - has said this
already.
Therefore 'competition' style or any other style does not exist
On 17 May 2006, Gibbons, John wrote:
> This topic is certainly worth a detailed and wide discussion,
As we are doing. I have a running edit going on this thread (ie I'm
saving the mesages in order, and editing off the excess headers,
that's all), a digest of which will probably end up in commi
From: "Gibbons, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "nsp" ;
"what.me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:32 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps detatched
> Julia,
>
> This topic is certainly worth a detai
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