Ontario Chiffers- Stand up and be Counted!!!

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Ontario Chiffers- Stand up and be Counted!!!

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how many of you are in Ontario? Any of you fancy meeting up in a mutually agreeable place at a mutually agreeable time and date for tunes, beer and tall tales? You know it makes sense - hell we could even camp and have a barbeque!!
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I'm here. I'm amenable to a gettogether if it's not too far away. MarkB has gotten together a whistle couple of meetings in Windsor.

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windsor is good - got family there
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I'm in North Bay. I haven't found too many whistlers up here.
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North Bay? Are you for real?

Wow... Do you get to play in any sessions there? :lol:




(it's OK, I'm from North Bay too, I'm allowed to laugh, but don't let anybody else laugh!!)

But really, what do you do for ITM in North Bay? I grew up there and don't remember being exposed to any of that at all - not that I would have been anywhere else either, but it just strikes me as odd to see a C&Fer from North Bay...
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Dang. I was going to be all helpful and suggest the cool August music festivals I know of in Ontario, but it looks like North Bay is 6 hours from the one and 7 from the other. Yow, it really is the middle of nowhere...
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What do I do for ITM in North Bay? I am the ITM in North Bay. :lol:
But seriously, it's a little lonely around here. I've tried to force whistles and flutes on others but they often end up as paper weights.
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Post by Tenshanhan »

Well, if I can be counted (I don't play yet, but I am extrememly interested and am planning on playing soon. Now that I think about it, a meeting might be nice to help me start out...) I live down in Port Perry. 1/2 hr. from Oshawa? 1 hour from Toronto? No? Fine...
By the by, if we do have a get-together, let's make sure we bring some non-alcoholic beverages, eh? I am only 16
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Here in Windsor. We could try a triangulation of all locations and come up with something in the middle.

Sadly the Nisbet Inn B&B has been sold and closed here in Windsor. It was a great venu for ITM.

Outside of SteveK, Col, and myself anybody else going to Goderich here?

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MarkB wrote:Sadly the Nisbet Inn B&B has been sold and closed here in Windsor. It was a great venu for ITM.
That's a shame!
Outside of SteveK, Col, and myself anybody else going to Goderich here?
There's a thread on the whistle forum with a couple more people on it -- labeled "Celtic College", I believe.
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where ????

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Hello, there. I live close to Owen Sound and am new to this forum stuff. Can anyone suggest good places to purchase good quality whistles? Either online or traditional music stores. I have only found a few possible sources but am open for any suggestions. I own a few whistles, but nothing outstanding. Thanks for any help anyone is willing to give. ( being a whistler is a lonely life at times isn't it ?, lol )
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I'm in Peterborough - that's pretty central.....

I'll be at Blue Skies Folk Festival this summer, calling the square dances - that's pretty central, too.

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I'm in Ottawa. I'll be at the Chris Langan weekend.
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Hi, I'm in North Bay for the summer. You're going to have to tell me about any sessions happening in town! Or if we are the sessun... where do we meet? I'm afraid I don't have years and years of experience with the whistle or flute, only been playing those with any measure of regularity for a year or so. However I have been playing some type of instrument since I was 3... from violin to jass sax, I have a decent range under my belt. So I might not have the repretoire, but I'd love to get together and play a little. If nothing else, I can play some guitar for you to whistle over.

Pass on a PM if you're still in North Bay

Cheers--

ps - I'm from Gander Newfoundland, and have been living in Sudbury for the past... 20 odd years.
and I just found a place in North Bay that actually has strongbow on tap!!!! I haven't had that since I was in the UK... I almost cried tears of joy ;).
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Ballyfingers wrote:I'm in Ottawa. I'll be at the Chris Langan weekend.
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