Hi kayak friends, My music friends need your help. They are in a battle of the bands competition, and have survived the 50+ band level and are now in the final five. Voting is only this week. The winner gets flown to Ireland to play at a famous festival (among Irish music heads anyway) in County Down. What's this got to do with kayaking? Not much, except it was while kayak camping in the Everglades that I wanted to play some music. Some research on making a penny whistle out of PVC pipe so the salt water and sand wouldn't bother it also turned up Irish Traditional Music and the fact that there were people playing this music here in SW FL. Well, I made some whistles and learned some tunes from these fine people, and many of them have become good friends. Currently my friends are in first place!! But we expect a hard fight to stay in first. Others had a big push toward the end of the last round and passed "West Of Galway" near the end. Thank goodness that was a top five move on round. You can only vote once, but you can pass the word on to others you know by forwarding this e-mail. Voting only takes a minute. You do have to give your e-mail address and name because they only want each person to vote once. But they promise not to pester you with advertising if you check the box. So, do it now. Go to Strangford Lough Brewing Co contest page<http://www.slbc.ie/involved/competitions/> and click the "Click here to vote" link and vote for "West of Galway" Oh, you can watch their video too if you like. Thanks for your help! Slainte, Carey PS - If I somehow find myself in Ireland, I promise to go paddling and will post pictures. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I promise to vote for them if you'll tell me the name of those hand clackey things! I want to get me some or maybe make them. And here's a neat site for making homemade insturments. They have a couple things about penny whistles, but you can also make a whole set of bag pipes with PVC pipe! All kinds of other interesting musical instruments. I keep wanting to make a hurdy gurdy out of an old guitar! Mark On 3/31/2010 9:07 AM, Carey Parks wrote: > What's this got to do with kayaking? Not much, except it was while kayak > camping in the Everglades that I wanted to play some music. Some research on > making a penny whistle out of PVC pipe so the salt water and sand wouldn't > bother it also turned up Irish Traditional Music and the fact that there > were people playing this music here in SW FL. Well, I made some whistles and > learned some tunes from these fine people, and many of them have become good > friends. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Mark Sanders <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net>wrote: > I promise to vote for them if you'll tell me the name of those hand clackey > things! I want to get me some or maybe make them. > I already voted for them but it was a near thing with the guy who can play two whistles at one time and make Irish jazz. Dayum!!! Those clackity things were pretty cool, all right. I owe Mark a lunch, by the way. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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> Craig said: I owe Mark a lunch, by the way. Ha! I can only imagine how that might have come to pass. Here's a link to the local newspaper regarding the contest and the band. This particular band is a "pick-up team" of locals who came together 9 years ago for a one-time performance. It was so well received that they are still at it. The main challenge is from a professional regional touring band. So we need all the help we can get. http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/mar/29/local-irish-band-holding-its-own-international-bat/ <http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/mar/29/local-irish-band-holding-its-own-international-bat/>Yipes! It's getting close, but with the Maidens now!! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Doggone! The software is supposed to send ASCII to Paddlewise! I was saying that those clackity things are "bones" although more often today they are made of wood. (Rib bones.) The best I have ever seen with bones (or spoons or any other percussable thing) then check out Benoit Bourque. http://www.myspace.com/benoitbourque QUOTING << Iritage, Ad vielle que pourra, Hommage ` Alfred Montmarquette, Bourque et Bernard, Matapat, Le Vent du Nord, are all bands that enjoyed his talents and his exceptional charisma. Specialist of Quebec tradionnal dances, Benoit has presented lectures and workshops in many camps and festivals, showing his skill in step dancing and bones playing (wich is a family tradition: his dad and grandad were both bones players). >> I remember he was part of Matapat for a while, and before that Eritage, both Quebecois musical groups. I think he is now with La Bottine Souriante. Rich and often exciting French-Canadian folk music that shows its roots in Brittany -- and how similar that is to the rest of the Celtic world. One of his routines when he was with Matapat was to shave a volunteer with a straight razor, while step dancing. I like my beard anyway so I did not volunteer! GaryJ On 31/03/2010 8:31 PM, Craig Jungers wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Mark Sanders<marksanders_at_sandmarks.net>wrote: > >> I promise to vote for them if you'll tell me the name of those hand clackey >> things! I want to get me some or maybe make them. >> > > I already voted for them but it was a near thing with the guy who can play > two whistles at one time and make Irish jazz. Dayum!!! > > Those clackity things were pretty cool, all right. > > I owe Mark a lunch, by the way. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hi- Greetings from the outer Hebrides! I've been lurking a while on Paddlewise after a few years away from it... Those clackey things are called bones. See 'Bones(instrument)'on Wikipedia. Widely available, though a lot more expensive than when I got mine many years ago. Come over for a wee paddle if you're ever in the neighborhood, anybody. I still have my 2 old K-Lights. Slainte mhath! Elaine Mark Sanders wrote: > > I promise to vote for them if you'll tell me the name of those hand > clackey things! I want to get me some or maybe make them. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Oops, forgot the link: http://dennishavlena.com/ Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
"Carey Parks" wrote,, > > "My music friends need your help. > You can only vote once." Normally I vote multiple times. There's little sport in voting only once and even less profit. What's not normal is selling my vote on trust. I have always, on a point of principle, insisted on being paid up front. My fee regularly invovles a pint of Irelands finest. However since you are honourbaly attempting to fix an Irish election of sorts I have forgone my principles and stepped down from my lofty standard and cast my vote for the West of Calway gang. I even listened to the videos. I cannot believe a good pint of Guinness can be drawn in Florida, so Mr. Carey Parks, if the West of Calway band carries the day I expect you to stand for a pint when they reach Dublin. Preferably in person or if out of necessity you cannot make the trip slip them the cash. A $100 bucks should cover it. If this is not acceptable I'm willing to meet you in Dublin to square up. Anyplace along Temple Bar suits me. When's this festival happening? Long live the Irish Gordin Warner *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Thanks for your vote Gordin! Are you in Chicago by any chance? (Ha) Oh, never mind I see .ca in your address. Some great tunes up there in Newfoundland eh? I would enjoy nothing more than to be there to buy them some pints in Ireland. But sending some cash would do, and just may remember to do that. Better still, I'll see if any of my music contacts in Ireland will be at the festival and task them with a surprise round that I can then repay via PayPal. I'll work on that. The Celtic Fusion Music Festival is in County Down on 18th July 2010. Which happens to be three weeks after the fiddler's wife is expecting their first child. Should be interesting!!! Can a good pint of Guiness be pulled in Florida? Hmm.. maybe not, but after a day paddling a kayak around these parts, even a poorly pulled pint tastes mighty good. To borrow and old saw - "Even a poorly pulled pint of Guiness is better than a well pulled pint of most anything else." To me anyway. Erin Go Bragh Carey On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Gordin Warner <gwarner2_at_shaw.ca> wrote: > > "Carey Parks" wrote,, > >> >> "My music friends need your help. > You can only vote once." >> > > Normally I vote multiple times. There's little sport in voting only once > and even less profit. What's not normal is selling my vote on trust. I have > always, on a point of principle, insisted on being paid up front. My fee > regularly invovles a pint of Irelands finest. > > However since you are honourbaly attempting to fix an Irish election of > sorts I have forgone my principles and stepped down from my lofty standard > and cast my vote for the West of Calway gang. I even listened to the > videos. > > I cannot believe a good pint of Guinness can be drawn in Florida, so Mr. > Carey Parks, if the West of Calway band carries the day I expect you to > stand for a pint when they reach Dublin. Preferably in person or if out of > necessity you cannot make the trip slip them the cash. A $100 bucks should > cover it. > > If this is not acceptable I'm willing to meet you in Dublin to square up. > Anyplace along Temple Bar suits me. When's this festival happening? > > Long live the Irish > Gordin Warner > > > > -- http://parkswhistles.com/ http://www.facebook.com/carey.parks http://twitter.com/LuthierCarey *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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