Tag: folk music
member name: Alison H.
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October 07, 2009 02:25 AM EDT --
From October through June, the Bainbridge Island Nordic Dance comes to life at Island Center Hall. Last Saturday's First Saturday Nordic Dance featured Gammeldans, one of our favorite bands, who came . . .
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November 13, 2008 02:24 AM EST --
In my younger days I fiddled in an old-time band. We played for square and contra dances, mostly in Michigan (now my main emphasis is Scandinavian dance music, in Washington state). Because dancers . . .
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August 01, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
I WAS INVITED by my friend "Louise," who is in one of my bands, to get together to play music, just the two of us. She offered to feed me whatever meal was closest to our playing session. Louise lives . . .
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July 09, 2008 03:29 PM EDT --
After much dancing and playing trading tunes and partners and gossip there comes that special time of night when time loses its grip and the air cracks apart and its time to get out the pink punk . . .
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June 30, 2008 03:57 AM EDT --
I'm going to be spending a LOT of time at Fort Worden here in my town of Port Townsend, Washington this week. I'll be attending "Fiddle Tunes"--the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, sponsored by the . . .
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February 08, 2008 03:59 AM EST --
Many of you have asked me to post a video of me playing my fiddle music. So far I haven't been able to make that happen. But to give you an idea of what I play, and why I like it, I found some . . .
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July 03, 2008 05:06 AM EDT --
I hit my stride today..... after a good night's rest I was able to attend two classes and two band labs and learn still MORE tunes. I am starting to wonder if there is a limit to how many tunes can . . .
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December 04, 2007 03:52 AM EST --
"We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
"We consider that the man who can fiddle all through one . . .
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July 01, 2008 05:37 AM EDT --
This was my first full day of classes at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes. I decided to try out the Cape Breton fiddling this morning. I was fiddling around (oops) with my new recorder this morning . . .
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July 02, 2008 02:49 AM EDT --
I can't believe I am this tired. What did I do at Fiddle Tunes today? Sit on my heinie and play music, most of the time? Walk back and forth to different buildings, not so far apart? Okay, I did dance . . .
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