Another prestigious gig!
We'll be sharing a concert at the School of Music Recital Hall on Saturday June 7 at 7:00 pm. The other performers will be the Celtic Fiddlers, the Frontier Fiddlers of Gillam, Manitoba, and Evelyn Osborne and Peter Dushemin. This is a benefit concert for (and sponsored by) the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, which will take place here in August.
We'll need to arrive at 6:30 to tune up and run through a couple of numbers. Watch the blog for further info!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Recording session update
RECORDING SESSON NEXT SATURDAY - 11:00 - 5:00
We have booked Petro Canada Hall from 10:30 next week. Emile Benoit Class and the cellos will meet at the usual time (11:00) but in Petro Canada Hall, to record I'll Hang My Harp, Genevieve's Reel, and Luke Payne's Tunes. Everybody else, please come at 2:00 to record the doubles (Peak of the Topsail, etc.) and the Singles (Walt Hallet, etc.) Emile Benoit class - bring some lunch - but keep in mind we can't eat it in the hall, we have to go out into the lobby.
Please practice and make sure you are playing all the right notes - in some of the tracks we have done so far somebody is playing wrong notes and it really affects the overall quality. In a recording there's no place to hide - and I'd hate to have to tell anyone *not* to play! so please doublecheck and make sure you've got the tunes "nailed down."
It's really important that we all do our best to be at the session - this was discussed April 5 at the meeting, mentioned in an email May 3rd, and has been on the Blog since then as well - so hopefully we have all had time to reschedule any conflicts. Please let me know immediately if not sooner if you have any irresolvable conflicts as I may have to change the order of recording as a result. Thanks!
We have booked Petro Canada Hall from 10:30 next week. Emile Benoit Class and the cellos will meet at the usual time (11:00) but in Petro Canada Hall, to record I'll Hang My Harp, Genevieve's Reel, and Luke Payne's Tunes. Everybody else, please come at 2:00 to record the doubles (Peak of the Topsail, etc.) and the Singles (Walt Hallet, etc.) Emile Benoit class - bring some lunch - but keep in mind we can't eat it in the hall, we have to go out into the lobby.
Please practice and make sure you are playing all the right notes - in some of the tracks we have done so far somebody is playing wrong notes and it really affects the overall quality. In a recording there's no place to hide - and I'd hate to have to tell anyone *not* to play! so please doublecheck and make sure you've got the tunes "nailed down."
It's really important that we all do our best to be at the session - this was discussed April 5 at the meeting, mentioned in an email May 3rd, and has been on the Blog since then as well - so hopefully we have all had time to reschedule any conflicts. Please let me know immediately if not sooner if you have any irresolvable conflicts as I may have to change the order of recording as a result. Thanks!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Next Gig - Emile Benoit Class, May 23 at the Rooms
The Emile Benoit class will be performing at The Rooms for the Scotia McLeod conference on Friday evening, May 23, from 7:00 to 7:45. Call is 6:30; go to the theatre on the second floor. Please note that no food is allowed in the theatre - bottled water only. Please be on time so that we can run a couple of tunes that we haven't played for awhile!
Dress is black. This is a professional gig, and they have requested two things - 1. that we play Newfoundland music, and 2. that we wear the tartan sashes - once more for old times sake!
It would be great to play I'll Hang My Harp and Genevieve's Reel - cellos, can you make it? Julia is going to be in New York with her choir - is there anyone who would like to fill in for her solo?
Repertoire - please review, especially the tunes with parts!
Coming from the Races
Coady's Triple/Pretty Little Mary
Kitty's Rambles/ Up to see Grandma
Single Tunes (Walt Hallet etc)
I'll Hang My Harp/ Genevieve's Reel
La Bastringue
Luke Payne's Tunes
Doubles (Peak of the Topsail etc) We'll dance if there's room!
Reel de la Pistroli/Gerald Thomas's Burnt Potato
Memory Waltz/The Gypsy
Out Behind the House/Up the Southern Shore
Stack of Barley/Grumbling old Man
Mussels/Paddy's
Auntie/I'se the B'y
This should be 45 mins. If we need more time we'll play Running the Goat or Dionne Reel or Mason's Apron.
Any q's or suggestions, write to the blog or email.
c
Dress is black. This is a professional gig, and they have requested two things - 1. that we play Newfoundland music, and 2. that we wear the tartan sashes - once more for old times sake!
It would be great to play I'll Hang My Harp and Genevieve's Reel - cellos, can you make it? Julia is going to be in New York with her choir - is there anyone who would like to fill in for her solo?
Repertoire - please review, especially the tunes with parts!
Coming from the Races
Coady's Triple/Pretty Little Mary
Kitty's Rambles/ Up to see Grandma
Single Tunes (Walt Hallet etc)
I'll Hang My Harp/ Genevieve's Reel
La Bastringue
Luke Payne's Tunes
Doubles (Peak of the Topsail etc) We'll dance if there's room!
Reel de la Pistroli/Gerald Thomas's Burnt Potato
Memory Waltz/The Gypsy
Out Behind the House/Up the Southern Shore
Stack of Barley/Grumbling old Man
Mussels/Paddy's
Auntie/I'se the B'y
This should be 45 mins. If we need more time we'll play Running the Goat or Dionne Reel or Mason's Apron.
Any q's or suggestions, write to the blog or email.
c
Saturday, May 3, 2008
New news!
Hi everybody!
Another gig! Two, in fact!
The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, which is taking place here this summer, is sponsoring a fiddle concert to promote the event, and youth involvement in it. The concert will be called Fiddle For'em and it will take place at D.F.Cook Recital Hall and will feature ourselves, the Celtic Fiddlers, and the Frontier FIddlers of Gillam, Manitoba, plus a special guest. We will play for twenty minutes and then join in the finale.
We've also been asked to take part in the Canadian National Folk Music Awards which will happen here next November.
Clothes --
Consensus seems to be that we prefer to wear black, with a colourful accessory such as a scarf or tie. Do we want pink, white and green or one colour or various jewel colours ?
The opinion from the Board is that black clothes are pretty readily available - it's not really necessary to go through the expense of having them made. Many of us have nice black clothes already - we can each buy the top we want, or have it made if we prefer. Maybe in the future, if we change our minds about black and want something different, we can get tops made then. In the meanwhile, I can talk to Abbyshot about accessories- get back to me about colours!
Recording--
We are booked for a recording session at Petro Canada Hall on May 31st, from 11:30 until 5:00. Repertoire will be I'll Hang My Harp/Genevieve's Reel, Luke Payne's Square Dance Tunes, (Emile Benoit class) Peak of the Topsail/American 8/Leo Bonnell, and our single tunes, Walt Hallett/ Francois Dance Tunes,/ Placentia Bay Double (everybody) Emile Benoit class will start at 11:30 - we'll need everybody else at 2:00.
Another gig! Two, in fact!
The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, which is taking place here this summer, is sponsoring a fiddle concert to promote the event, and youth involvement in it. The concert will be called Fiddle For'em and it will take place at D.F.Cook Recital Hall and will feature ourselves, the Celtic Fiddlers, and the Frontier FIddlers of Gillam, Manitoba, plus a special guest. We will play for twenty minutes and then join in the finale.
We've also been asked to take part in the Canadian National Folk Music Awards which will happen here next November.
Clothes --
Consensus seems to be that we prefer to wear black, with a colourful accessory such as a scarf or tie. Do we want pink, white and green or one colour or various jewel colours ?
The opinion from the Board is that black clothes are pretty readily available - it's not really necessary to go through the expense of having them made. Many of us have nice black clothes already - we can each buy the top we want, or have it made if we prefer. Maybe in the future, if we change our minds about black and want something different, we can get tops made then. In the meanwhile, I can talk to Abbyshot about accessories- get back to me about colours!
Recording--
We are booked for a recording session at Petro Canada Hall on May 31st, from 11:30 until 5:00. Repertoire will be I'll Hang My Harp/Genevieve's Reel, Luke Payne's Square Dance Tunes, (Emile Benoit class) Peak of the Topsail/American 8/Leo Bonnell, and our single tunes, Walt Hallett/ Francois Dance Tunes,/ Placentia Bay Double (everybody) Emile Benoit class will start at 11:30 - we'll need everybody else at 2:00.
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