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Thanks everyone

I'm thinking about putting my Burke Bb up for sale and it has the typical marks and colors of an older whistle. Do I need to polish it up for the best price or do people like the worn patina look?

It absolutely is not.

Nice one.

LOL

There once was a lad from Columbus,
Who made the world's worst batch of hummus.
Said he, all red faced,
"It isn't the taste,
But the fumes that'll soon overcome us."

Hey thanks for finding that. It sure looks and sounds like my Dixon.

Just watching Friday's show and the sax player was playing a whistle that looked very much like my Dixon, with the dull brass finish and long black head.

Okay just watched Serenity. Good way to end it I think.

Thanks everyone. Now I need to work on my half holing F so I can play The Sailors Wife.

I tore my quadriceps tendon in May and have been laid up since then, I still have weeks of recovery. anyway I've watched a TON of Netflix and it was inevitable that I get to Firefly. I'm liking it. I also am certain that I'm going to be bummed that there's no closure at the end. The movie "Ser...

I tore my quadriceps tendon in May and have been laid up since then, I still have weeks of recovery. anyway I've watched a TON of Netflix and it was inevitable that I get to Firefly. I'm liking it. I also am certain that I'm going to be bummed that there's no closure at the end.

I knew you guys would have it. Thanks.

I'm watching Firefly on Netflix and in episode 5 there is a little folk dance scene where they play a lovely jig. Does anyone know if that's a traditional jig and what its name is?

A couple more that haven't been mentioned:

Ladies Step Up to the Tea
Minor Slip

You can liven up the Butterfly by playing it against a repeating pattern of Em, D, C, D, in power chords (no 3rds). Or, perhaps, liven it up even more by playing it against a repeating pattern of no chords at all. :wink: I was in a group that played this as a three part round, each part coming in a...

I haven't been here much lately. I'm doing more (not bodhran) drumming and less whistling. I hope all of you are well. Hi to all my old friends and to the friends I haven't met yet.