Apologies, I'll say no more. V _____ From: tabor_n_pipe@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tabor_n_pipe@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of davbarnert@... Sent: 01 July...
Two suppliers I would recommend for tabors. Marcus Music (in Newport, Gwent) does a good range of tabors at very reasonable prices. He will also make to order...
If you can wait a couple of weeks until Tewkesbury Medieval Festival (July 12/13th) I'll be there and will have some on the stall of various sizes, as well as...
The festival sounds fun... unfortunately, I am otherwise engaged. The bone flutes sound interesting, too... I remember someone working bone at college and an...
Yes, I remember marcus Music, as a friend of mine lived in Newport a while back. Thanks for the reminder; I'd forgotten he was such a one for the drums. I...
Ah, yes... Generation... I still have my first Generation pipe, a rather dented one someone gave me in 1970-ish. I was thirteen or so and (for some reason or...
The Harms stuff islovely! Having seen their site, I think I quite fancy the Baroque kettledrums... six thousand dollars may seem a lot, but if it drowns out...
Now we are 20! We have 20 MySpace friends including bands and soloists, from the UK, France, Spain and the USA. Brilliant. Remember that our target is 100. ...
Preparations are underway for The Taborers Society events next year. Provisional dates:- 4th/5th July - Mystery Plays - Lichfield 10-12th July - International...
Interesting that you mention the Georgian Day. A few years ago I, and others, participated in what I think was then called an 18th Century day in Lichfield. ...
My main source was Playford, looking particularly at the later collections, which date from the 18th C. Some of these tunes are not suitable for the p&t, in...
A quick google search of "georgian music" turns up the wrong ethnic group. :-) But "georgian period music" does better. I haven't done a lot of reading (yet),...
Wel,l Black Joke will do for s start, probably Irish in origin 1720ish, though because of it's rude words it remained popular everywhere long enough to survive...
Georgian? Now you're talking! George the 5th or the 6th? I reckon the 6th... all that fantastic Glenn Miller stuff and the start of Rock and Roll... ... group....
Hi all, I have been playing Georgian music on the pipe and tabor for years. Loads of dance and ballad tunes fit the instrument really well. Playford is the...
Is anyone else having this same problem? Despite my ticking the box to receive a daily digest, I am still getting every individual message on this group, plus...
I suppose we ought to bang some stakes into the ground to help us define the Georgian era and it's movements. Georgian era 1714 - 1837 Quite a good chunk of...
The Beggar's Opera (1728) had a lasting impact on popular music in the C18th. Gay used a large number of popular song and fiddle tunes of the period writing...
Hey, folks. Yahoo! Groups has just announced a beta of a new feature I found interesting, so I've enabled it on our group. Play with it if you like... If you...
Well, I am so pleased with the success of the Taborers group on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/thetaborerssociety <http://www.myspace.com/thetaborerssociety>...
Any taborers attending Sidmouth? We are planning an informal 'Dub' Tuesday 5th Aug 12 noon On the esplanade opposite the Bedford. In the Bedford if the weather...
The 24th Festa Del Flabiol is coming up in Arbucies near Barcelona 1 & 2 November. http://flabiol.trad.org/festa this year it features the French Basque...
I have just come upon a discussion site of people who blow weird things - much like us really. Anyway, here is a link to a short discussion on the pipe and...
HI all I've been occasionally posting to this list for a while; I've just posted a reply to this topic Pete _____ From: tabor_n_pipe@yahoogroups.com...
There will be a pipe and tabor for Morris dance on Sunday 26th October at Pitchcombe Village Hall, Gloucestershire. The workshop will be from 11 a.m. to 4...