The gig on Sunday

STEP fiddlers at the International Food and Craft Fair!

Plan to be at the Holiday Inn at 12:30 to get tuned and organized. Wear jeans on bottom, and ladies wear pink if you have some – I have some green sashes and neckerchiefs to suit either lads or lasses.

We’ll play I’ll Hang My Harp/Genevieve’s Reel
Luke Payne’s Square Dance Tunes
Our new medley of singles (Walt Hallett’s etc)
Our new medley of doubles (Peak of the Topsail, etc.)
La Bastringue/La Guenille
Out Behind the House/Up the Southern shore
Kitty’s Rambles/Up to see Grandma
Coming from the Races/ Bridget Maher’s tune

And Maybe (if there’s time!)
Mussels/Paddy’s
I’se /Auntie
Mason’s Apron
either Stack of Barley/ Grumbling Old Man/Woman or Pistroli/Gerald Thomas (we'll decide at rehearsal)

International Food and Craft Fair!

Hi everybody!

We have a gig! We will be onstage at 1:00 pm on March 30 at the Holiday Inn, Portugal Cove Road. Their website is www.mwonl.org/IFCF We will play for @ half an hour. I went to this event last year and it was really fun!

The organiser, has asked me for a picture of the fiddlers for the website. Do you know, I don't have one!! I'm usually on stage when we play. Does anybody have a suitable picture from Canada Day or Kiwanis or the Folk Festival last year?

Shallaway concert cancelled

Hi everybody.

I'm really sorry to have to say that the concert is off and won't be rescheduled. after you've all worked so hard and polished the pieces and learned introductions and everything. You sounded teriffic on Saturday and really deserved to have a good audience!
All your good work will not go to waste, though! We will have a recording session soon to put the music on our CD.

There is a performance opportunity on March 30 for the international food and craft fair - if enough of us are available / willing to play at that as a group I can contact the organizers.

Please respond so that I know you have received the cancellation info, and let me know whether you are interested/able to play on the 30th.

Recording

We will soon be ready for another recording session - I have asked Jennifer Hart, the new administrator at MUN for dates that PC hall will be available. We'll record I'll Hang My Harp/Genevieve's Reel, Luke Payne's Sqare Dance Tunes, Walt Hallett's/ Francois 2 and 1/Placentia Bay Double, and Peak of the Topsail/American 8/Leo Bonnell's. Keep practising!

Any new ideas for a title? So far we've got

1) Fiddling in the Fog (could be Fiddling in the Snow, today!)
2) Swing She with the Red Socks

Any ideas for an album cover?

Performances

At the moment there are two 'gigs' in our future, and another possibility

The NAFCO youth concert (Aug. 3-8)

The Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival (Aug. 8-10)

There is a chance we might be invited to play at the launch of a new company, on Sunday May 25th. Further details as they become available!

Anybody have any more performance ideas?

North Atlantic Fiddle Convention

Aug. 3-8. http://www.mun.ca/nafco2008/about/

This summer there will be a fantastic convention coming to St. John's! Some of the best fiddlers in the world will be coming, people like Alisdair Fraser and Liz Carroll, and some youth fiddle groups as well! There will be workshops that we can attend, concerts to go to, and there are plans for a youth concert which we will definitely be involved in. Check back for further details!

Performance duds

Lets talk about what we'd like to wear at concerts! Tie-dyed shirts are fine for summer folk festivals etc. but when we've got a classy gig it would be nice to look sharp.

A few questions to get things started -

1) Is everybody agreed about the pink/white/green colours? Here's a url with info about the flag that was kindly passed along to me. http://activelink.ca/pinkwhitegreen/history.php Having three colors might be very practical - new members can just wear a white top!

2) what kind/style of clothing do we want? neckerchiefs, scarves, and sashes? Vests, ties? Or would we rather have a button-down shirt for guys and a dressy top for gals? My choir buys fabric for tops and allows each member to choose the style. Do we want to be uniform or allow for variation?

3) How much money do we want to spend? There is some money in the STEP account - we could ask the Board if we could spend some of it on stage wear. Or perhaps we could cost-share.

I know we've got some fashion divas in this group! Send in your ideas!


Christina

Shallaway concert postponed

The Shallaway "Concert of this Place" has been postponed until tomorrow night at 7:00. Be at the church at 6:30 to tune up and play through a tune or two.

Please email Christina whether you will be able to be there! Thanks