Hi everyone, I would like to know the exact date/details of the 2009 Bones Fest. I don't know where my latest Bones magazine is, I e-mailed Steve Wixon and...
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Dave Murray
dlm7507
Jun 4, 2009 10:21 am
... This was in an email from Scott Miller of www.bonedrymusic.com today: Bones Fest XIII is August 28-30, 2009 Mark your calendar for the weekend of August 28...
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Mary Lee Sweet
marylee32137
Jun 6, 2009 1:09 am
... Bones Fest XIII is August 28-30, 2009 Mark your calendar for the weekend of August 28 to 30 in Louisville, Kentucky. Details in the Rhythm Bones Society...
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Scott C. Miller
scmi11er
Jun 11, 2009 3:58 pm
Below is a YouTube link where you can see 70-year-old John Bridgwood (no "e" in Bridgwood) play the bones on Britain's Got Talent. John is from Manchester in...
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Smith, Christopher
coyotebanjo
Jun 11, 2009 4:07 pm
Anyone going to be at the Mystic Seaport "Music of the Sea" symposium Friday/Saturday (CT/USA)? I ask because I'll be there and giving a paper on WS Mount's...
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Mike Passerotti
mikepasserotti
Jun 11, 2009 5:00 pm
John is pretty good. I suspect I would be cancelled too. Playing and entertaining are two different worlds. I'm trying to be more entertaining. Let's find...
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terimuse
Jun 13, 2009 12:20 pm
... I just hung up the phone from Kenny Wolin who is, at this moment driving to the Seaport. He'll be performing in the kids area today I think & tomorrow for...
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Michael P. Thompson
michael_bodhran
Jun 13, 2009 12:54 pm
... That was cool Mike. I might just go rent the video. -- Doras Cúil Travel--Your one-stop travel source Do you like to travel? How about wholesale, AND...
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jonofiddle@...
jonofiddle
Jul 27, 2009 2:03 pm
Hi folks, In case you hadn't heard (through the RBS newsletter), details and registration form are now up on the web site at ...
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Scott Spiegler
scott_spiegler
Jul 27, 2009 4:21 pm
Sounds like a lot of fun. I wish they had scheduled it on the East coast this year, since last year's was in the midwest. With the cost of air fare and much...
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Mike Passerotti
mikepasserotti
Jul 27, 2009 5:24 pm
I can appreciate keeping cost down. I need to also. Anyone interested in splitting a room? If they have two double beds then half of 80 sounds a whole lot...
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jonofiddle@...
jonofiddle
Jul 27, 2009 5:39 pm
At the risk of sounding snarky (so imagine there's a sly grin on my face as you read): Bones Fests move around according to who volunteers to host them. Most ...
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Scott Spiegler
scott_spiegler
Jul 27, 2009 6:00 pm
Yes, I know about that. I actually wanted to see if I could organize such a thing this year, but I had no idea that it was happening this early. Last year, I...
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Mike Passerotti
mikepasserotti
Jul 29, 2009 1:38 pm
I am offering an incentive to share a room, besides financial. I have a pair of Parker Waite aluminum sticks, signed and numbered, hand polished, that I'll...
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jonofiddle@...
jonofiddle
Jul 30, 2009 10:31 pm
A special message for Bones Fest attendees: Please try to get your registrations in as soon as possible -- the hosts need to have the T-shirt orders in by...
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Peter Wheat
peter_wheat
Jul 31, 2009 10:56 pm
Hi, I am trying to figure out a bones shuffle rhythm that is on the below video; Hoss on the Rattle Bones 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RGMUEGlSpk I am...
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Stephen Brown
notthebuddah
Jul 31, 2009 11:10 pm
Peter, My two cents on this is that Hoss is doing a double tap, not a rattle which is 3, but duple in two and accenting the tune with the occasional triplet....
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Mike Passerotti
mikepasserotti
Aug 3, 2009 1:39 pm
I agree with the double instead of triple. To get a double you have to really loosen up. Try thinking back to the days when you first started and had trouble...
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Mike Passerotti
mikepasserotti
Aug 5, 2009 7:09 pm
I know most consider eating out for meals during the fest. I propose an alternative for some of us: gill it ourselves at Cherokee Park. The park is right...
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Adam Klein
adamcjklein
Aug 12, 2009 3:15 pm
I can't go, but wanted to ask, won't you need fishing licenses for this excellent idea? I think most states reuire them. AK...
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Mike Passerotti
mikepasserotti
Aug 17, 2009 9:24 pm
Visited my friend Dan Ludemann and we had some time jamming earlier this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhXsuoEisoM Video and sound not too great, but...
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fcrouse
Aug 22, 2009 11:02 pm
Just wanted to be neighborly and say hi. I am from Baltimore, MD, and have been playing the bones for about 3 months. I have found that I can practice easily...
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Stephen Brown
notthebuddah
Aug 23, 2009 7:06 pm
Fred, Welcome to this fraternity of bone playing, not just this site, but a world wide family of bone playing fanatic's. Sounds like you're hooked and hopfully...
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Mike Passerotti
mikepasserotti
Aug 24, 2009 12:48 pm
Welcome Fred, I'm in Cincinnati. See if any other New Englanders are willing to have a mini Bones Fest. Please don't practice playing two hands and drive at...
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Scott Spiegler
scott_spiegler
Aug 24, 2009 1:40 pm
I'd take up Mike's suggestion for a mini-Bones Fest. I am in the Boston area... On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Mike Passerotti <mikepasserotti@... ...
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Matt
jmhpe2000
Aug 24, 2009 3:53 pm
I'm in Middletown, MD, I'd probably be up for it. Attendance, however, is highly dependent upon my time commitments with my daughter just starting HS band...
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Scott C. Miller
scmi11er
Aug 24, 2009 6:15 pm
My wife and kidz were going to Bones Fest but plans changed. So if you want to attend Bones Fest and save on housing, I will be happy to split the cost of a...
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Scott C. Miller
scmi11er
Aug 24, 2009 7:45 pm
Thank you RBS forum - roommate found! --Scott Miller ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Fred Crouse
fcrouse
Aug 24, 2009 10:35 pm
Thanks! BTW- Good advice on the two-handed playing....the insurance deductables are KILLING me......; ) I would like to get together with some folks in the...
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Stephen Brown
notthebuddah
Aug 24, 2009 10:43 pm
Mike, I know you have good intensions, but if you think Maryland is in New England you are about 8 or so hundred miles off. Good luck Fred in getting together...
