MurphyStout wrote:
That's a damn shame man. Too bad you can't get somebody to cover for you. You prolly wouldn't even recognize my playing if you heard it now. I'm made some pretty good progress over the last year or so as I bet you have too. Your gen is still my main whistle of choice. That sucks you won't be there... maybe we can get a speaker phone or something going on so you can join in from work a bit.
I wish I could, man, but we're very short handed at work and I'm saving the favors I ask for because I'm going to Ireland in September and I don't want to use up all my favors this summer. I put in for 3 weeks vacation and another guy did, too, for the same time period, so he can go to his mother country, Italy. I'm trying to rock the boat as little as possible between now and September.
Man, we've come a long ways since that summer two years ago, huh? My playing still sucks (just not as bad as it did) but I've heard that your playing has jumped by leaps and bounds. Very cool!!
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Man, we've come a long ways since that summer two years ago, huh? My playing still sucks (just not as bad as it did) but I've heard that your playing has jumped by leaps and bounds. Very cool!!
It's true! I can attest that Murph no longer sucks as bad as he used to. Wait. What I meant to say was Murph's playing won't give you a headache. It's really amazing. (I'm trying to think of a better way to say this.) I'm just dying to see how long Murph's hair is this year. Wouldn't it be wild to have a sweater knit out of your own hair? It would match your head. (I forgot my point here.)
Tony
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Hey Tony et al, I've invited a fiddler I know to come along if it's ok with you all (Tony - it's Charlotte). To my knowledge, she doesn't play whistles at all, but I see no reason why we can't convert her to the dark side...
Seriously, Murph, Lets both of us polish up Connaughtman's Rambles and record and post it with a dedication to Azalin. That'll learn him.
Tony
http://tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/newspage.htm Officially, the government uses the term “flap,” describing it as “a condition, a situation or a state of being, of a group of persons, characterized by an advanced degree of confusion that has not quite reached panic proportions.”
I emailed KC Jiang (harmonica player from Taiwan). He said he plans on attending.
Tony
http://tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/newspage.htm Officially, the government uses the term “flap,” describing it as “a condition, a situation or a state of being, of a group of persons, characterized by an advanced degree of confusion that has not quite reached panic proportions.”
I'm coming up from Salinas, so I'll theoretically be passing both San Jose and SF airports. I hope to make a brief stop at Gryphon Music, in Palo Alto, but my timing is pretty flexible.
Mike Wright
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--Goethe
Okay, Im finally back in the great state of California.
Me and my family are going camping that weekend, so it is most unlikely that I'll be making an appearance. Even if I did, I would probably do a repeat preformance of what I did last time (aka pretend Im wallpaper and listen to the music, I had a blast doing that by the way). I havent had a whole lot of time to polish up my whistle skills in the last 5 months unluckily, but I do have a Elfsong Low D hot off the press that I'd like to parade around. So, in conclusion... maybe
Yah, it sounds like a blast and I would love to try out some other whistles and meet some of the chiffers there. Put a face to an avatar, ya know.
Southwest Airlines goes into a number of airports down there at fairly reasonable prices. Just need to know who might be flexible. If someone is driving past an airport but doesn't live there, he/she might be less able to work around a plane schedule. I'll look into SWA airport options. Just needed to see if the ground travel options were possible.
And reviewing the thread, Kar said something about a bus??
Since some folks are driving a fair distance, are there overnight camping options Saturday night?
I'm planning on going (and pass close to both SJ and Oakland airports on the way), but may be unreliable - I've been doing a lot of short-notice trips to overseas customers.
So I'd be happy to help with the logistics, but may not know until 2-3 days beforehand whether I'll be there myself - or 6000 miles away.
I love my job, but I'll be *really* glad when we get this customer into production
(New whistles since last time: Syn D, Serpent SunSinger A, Serpent Sweet Polly D/C set (currently in transit), the travelling Weston Low D)
Wait. What I meant to say was Murph's playing won't give you a headache. It's really amazing. (I'm trying to think of a better way to say this.) I'm just dying to see how long Murph's hair is this year. Wouldn't it be wild to have a sweater knit out of your own hair? It would match your head. (I forgot my point here.)
