The Young Swedish folk trio Bjärv will be touring the Western US this summer with their new CD "Bräjv" (Brave). The Trio is made up of Mikael Grafström on ...
Sheila P. Morris
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Jun 1, 2003 4:26 pm
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Has anyone in authority been notified about this sudden spate of unwelcome messages? My kids use this computer!...
I would recommend setting to no mail on the list. That's what I did. Now I go to the list online when I want to check the list mail. That way none of it comes...
... I am the group moderator, and I have lodged a complaint with Yahoo. They've been good and filtering spam in the past, let's hope this was just a temporary...
Bart, may I suggest you consider using the "Moderate New Members" setting? On the Yahoo groups I moderate this seems to be the only way to get rid of the...
... I have now done so. This means that only Daniel and I can approve new members to the list. I'll try to be diligent, but perhaps someone else would like...
Dear Daniel, I co-manage the Scand list. I also have to vet requests to subscribe to the list, but just look at the email address to see if it looks like it...
Hi Bruce, I have been following not out of my choice a spammer saga; I guess that I accidentally got some where on an automatic mail out list. Could you please...
Goddefroy
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Jun 20, 2003 9:13 pm
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Hi everyone, I want to let you know that Ethan passed away last night at 10:05 p.m. at Kaiser Permamente hospital in San Francisco. Very few people knew he was...
Dear Marcus, You are not on the list which I moderate (which is the Scand list). The emails you got about spam are from the nyckelharpa list (where I am a...
I just thought that something should be said about the passing away of one of us, and it is something to mourn, even for those who didn't know him. I knew...
Hi! I have a nyckelharpa for sale. It is from the early 80th and played a lot. It has a nice tone. I will make sound samples and pictures if there are people...
Hi Everyone, I wanted to let you know Ethan had a beautiful memorial in L.A. with over 80 of his friends from that area to celebrate his life and their...
sorry i missed out on the beginning message--who is/was Ethan James I just got back from österbybruk myckelharpa festival and saw more harpas than i have ever...
Dear Forum-Master, Your list has been spammed! Please send a note to Yahoo! to ensure that this doesn't happen any longer, thanx Thorralf am 01.07.2003 7:04...
I am sorry about that. I am pretty sure I put that user on moderated posting, but I must have missed saving that setting. The user is removed from the list. ...
Laurel (and anyone else who's been wondering....) Ethan James was a wonderful hurdy-gurdy player from California who took up the nyckelharpa a few years ago,...
Sheila P. Morris
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Jul 4, 2003 12:07 am
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Ethan was a hurdy gurdy teacher with whom I studied several years ago and--you are right--a very nice man and talented musician. He made several hurdy gurdy...
Shiela and Judith thanks for the info on Ethan, I posted the links on a music site I am a member of: www.mudcat.org. I am sorry i did not learn of him earlier,...
Laurel-- Thanks for your reply. Österbybruk and Ekebyholm are not even remotely similar in character, except for there being lots of nyckelharpor at both....
Sheila P. Morris
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Jul 5, 2003 6:40 pm
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thanks for the details...i had gotten messages about these events and classes, but had some mis-understanding due to translation problems!!@ I hope to make it...
Swedish Folk Trio Bjärv-San Francisco Bay Area Tour, July 17-20, 2003 Bjärv From the back provinces of Sweden comes the music of Bjärv, an exciting new folk...
Fred Bialy
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Jul 7, 2003 3:00 am
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Hejsan! Well, after 5 or so years of longing I finally convinced my wife that it was a good idea for me to buy a harpa on our last visit to Sweden (which was...
Jon-- Welcome to the addiction! It's funny, though........when I got MY harpa, I found I had to stop relying on written music and learn to play by ear! There...
Sheila P. Morris
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Jul 15, 2003 5:06 am
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Hi My name is Sam Pirt, I live in Goole in Yorkshire, England and I have been playing Harpa for one year. It would be good to meet up and have some tunes!!! ...
Sam Pirt
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Jul 24, 2003 7:20 am
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Hallo, I'm Koen Vanmeerbeek, living in Belgium and playing nyckelharpa for 4 years now. It might be a nice idea to have a nyckelharpa gathering day futuring ...
the first tune my teacher chose to show me was Boatsman Deck (I know it is spelled wrong) and i enjoy playing that one..' still working on others... i saw an...
Boatsman Daeck is a very common first tune--everyone plays it. It's a good thing you like it! There are many different types of nyckelharpa, including the...