Hey Cynthia, I'm not going to Somerset (there is a kind of commercial feel too it that doesn't appeal to me) but glad you will be there to represent the wire...
WireHarp@yahoogroups.com wrote: Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:34:02 -0400 From: Cynthia Cathcart Subject: Somerset Folk Harp Festival Who is going to Somerset New...
Somerset - a great harp festival in our backyard!!!!! I will be there teaching a workshop on Friday afternoon at 1:30, "Playing by the Spirit" and doing the...
Joanna Mell
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Jul 2, 2004 6:58 pm
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I'll be there, presenting a workshop on Sunday morning at 9:30 on using creative visualization, affirmations, and Reiki to conquer performance anxiety. It...
... Hey Robert... (Are you a Southerner? I thought only those of us born & raised south of the Mason Dixon line (in the States) used "hey" to say "hello" ! ) ...
Hey Cynthia ... yeah, I'm a Southerner...a bit misplaced.. ;-/ ... and spent years trying to break myself of "southernisms" . (I've moved around a lot and ...
Nope, not a Southerner here, I've lived in the Pacific Northwest for all my conscious life. I think "Hey" is the new "Yo" ;) Perhaps commercial wasn't the best...
I'll be there as an exhibitor, running the MHTP booth, which will be at the end of the hall, next to Stoneyend harps. Melinda [Non-text portions of this...
Some day, sigh.....I would really have loved to go to Oberlin but had a conflict. Sommerset is just too far for me to justify. I suppose the Dusty Strings...
Yeah, but Somerst has been a place at least where the wire harp has been represented and will be very well this year. In fact, a few yarsa ago I got to try out...
Patrick Steven Ann ...
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Jul 3, 2004 7:38 pm
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Hi to all, Just a quick query - can anyone suggest a good book on the history of the irish wire harp? - and which book is best to get for the music/scores...
I'll be kicking myself for suggesting this if it comes to pass and I can't go to it either, living on the East Coast, and having missed Cynthia's wonderful...
Cynthia, Alas, I am not going to go to Somerset, so could you pass this message along to Ben please? I have a little bit of amber that has a salmon carved...
.... And how do you know where you're at? I think that one of the things that I would like to have if I were able to go to Somerset or Harpcon or some such is...
This book is a pretty good over that is based on real sources. The writing is a little on the simple side but it does tell you most of the basics and has...
... Ha, you must not have been here for very long. We may be the best ;) be we have had our fair share of controversy. There used to be epic discussions about...
Is anyone else going to the Historical Harp Society/Madison Early Music Festival next weekend? Grainne Yeats will be there representing wire harps, although I...
Well, in all the discussions its never left civility on wire list, and the wealth of knowledge on this list is mind boggling. Someone mentioned isolation as a...
A lurker signing on for the first time... I'm Michael Heath from Adelaide, Australia and I'm heading to the Somerset festival indirectly - I've been...
Hi, Cynthia! I'm looking forward to seeing you again at Somerset -- do you still have times available for a lesson? I hope so :) . . . . You've mentioned that...
Hello Michael - looking forward to meeting you at Somerset! I will be teaching two workshops there on Friday and Saturday and doing the Morning Meditation on...
Joanna Mell
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Jul 5, 2004 8:40 pm
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Hello Kazzy! Well, there aren't any books (to my knowledge) specifically addressing the role of the harper in the bardic tradition. At any rate, there are no...
Thank you to everyone who replied to my posting - I'll follow up on the suggestions and let everyone know my progress and findings Blessings to all Kazzy...
there are no known examples of surviving music specifically conceived to accompany the bard/reciter in the classic harper/poet/bard tradition. Keith, Question,...
Michael, Glad you were able to get to Dusty's after the Feis. It is such a fun place to drool over harps.:>)..... Still envious of you getting off to ...