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OT the electric went off front yard jamboree
Yesterday the electric went off for a couple of hours. Suddenly children that we didn't even know lived here appeared out of doors. My DH popped out of doors and scolded me for hoeing when he thought I ought to be resting. Since Ash was off swimming with his grandma, DH made a quick trip back inside and came out with a few instruments and DD3 who had a couple of more. We flopped down onto the ground and commenced to play. We got to the end of Cold Haily Windy Night (fiddle, guitar and voice) and discovered we had an audience of dancing toddlers on the lawn next door. So we launched into The Yellow Submarine (guitar, voice, and Ocarina). Some of the dancers picked up the chorus pretty quick, so we had an impromptu choir. We carried on with songs that were easy for kids, and the next thing you know some micro person comes running up with a tiny violin and a wee sibling clutching one of those plastic toy guitars. So we sort of improvised a Twinkle Twinkle Fugue for two violins, recorder, ocarina, and plastic guitar as percussion. The guy next door came out onto the porch with a doumbek and we had a fine loud group, if a bit wobbly on the pitch and timings. The sun was well on it's way down when lady next door came out and called her fella and kids in for supper. They were surprised to discover that the electric had been back on for an hour. NightMist -- I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower? |
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OT the electric went off front yard jamboree
I wish I could have been there. Three things you can do without
electricity: pray, make love and make music. Polly "NightMist" wrote in message ... Yesterday the electric went off for a couple of hours. Suddenly children that we didn't even know lived here appeared out of doors. My DH popped out of doors and scolded me for hoeing when he thought I ought to be resting. Since Ash was off swimming with his grandma, DH made a quick trip back inside and came out with a few instruments and DD3 who had a couple of more. We flopped down onto the ground and commenced to play. We got to the end of Cold Haily Windy Night (fiddle, guitar and voice) and discovered we had an audience of dancing toddlers on the lawn next door. So we launched into The Yellow Submarine (guitar, voice, and Ocarina). Some of the dancers picked up the chorus pretty quick, so we had an impromptu choir. We carried on with songs that were easy for kids, and the next thing you know some micro person comes running up with a tiny violin and a wee sibling clutching one of those plastic toy guitars. So we sort of improvised a Twinkle Twinkle Fugue for two violins, recorder, ocarina, and plastic guitar as percussion. The guy next door came out onto the porch with a doumbek and we had a fine loud group, if a bit wobbly on the pitch and timings. The sun was well on it's way down when lady next door came out and called her fella and kids in for supper. They were surprised to discover that the electric had been back on for an hour. NightMist -- I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower? |
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OT the electric went off front yard jamboree
What a grand way to spend an afternoon. All we get here is HipHop on someone's radio speeding down the block! I would have brought iced tea and cookies. chocolate chip of course!
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OT the electric went off front yard jamboree
Sounds like a lot of fun!
Barbara in SC "NightMist" wrote in message ... Yesterday the electric went off for a couple of hours. Suddenly children that we didn't even know lived here appeared out of doors. My DH popped out of doors and scolded me for hoeing when he thought I ought to be resting. Since Ash was off swimming with his grandma, DH made a quick trip back inside and came out with a few instruments and DD3 who had a couple of more. We flopped down onto the ground and commenced to play. We got to the end of Cold Haily Windy Night (fiddle, guitar and voice) and discovered we had an audience of dancing toddlers on the lawn next door. So we launched into The Yellow Submarine (guitar, voice, and Ocarina). Some of the dancers picked up the chorus pretty quick, so we had an impromptu choir. We carried on with songs that were easy for kids, and the next thing you know some micro person comes running up with a tiny violin and a wee sibling clutching one of those plastic toy guitars. So we sort of improvised a Twinkle Twinkle Fugue for two violins, recorder, ocarina, and plastic guitar as percussion. The guy next door came out onto the porch with a doumbek and we had a fine loud group, if a bit wobbly on the pitch and timings. The sun was well on it's way down when lady next door came out and called her fella and kids in for supper. They were surprised to discover that the electric had been back on for an hour. NightMist -- I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower? |
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OT the electric went off front yard jamboree
What a neat story! Sounds like a good time was had by all.
Julia in MN 5/20/2013 7:02 PM, NightMist wrote: Yesterday the electric went off for a couple of hours. Suddenly children that we didn't even know lived here appeared out of doors. My DH popped out of doors and scolded me for hoeing when he thought I ought to be resting. Since Ash was off swimming with his grandma, DH made a quick trip back inside and came out with a few instruments and DD3 who had a couple of more. We flopped down onto the ground and commenced to play. We got to the end of Cold Haily Windy Night (fiddle, guitar and voice) and discovered we had an audience of dancing toddlers on the lawn next door. So we launched into The Yellow Submarine (guitar, voice, and Ocarina). Some of the dancers picked up the chorus pretty quick, so we had an impromptu choir. We carried on with songs that were easy for kids, and the next thing you know some micro person comes running up with a tiny violin and a wee sibling clutching one of those plastic toy guitars. So we sort of improvised a Twinkle Twinkle Fugue for two violins, recorder, ocarina, and plastic guitar as percussion. The guy next door came out onto the porch with a doumbek and we had a fine loud group, if a bit wobbly on the pitch and timings. The sun was well on it's way down when lady next door came out and called her fella and kids in for supper. They were surprised to discover that the electric had been back on for an hour. NightMist -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/default.html ----------- |
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OT the electric went off front yard jamboree
On Tue, 21 May 2013 00:02:42 +0000, NightMist wrote:
Got asked elsewhere so I figured what the heck I'll post it here too. This is Cold Haily Windy Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEWFloaNjhs One of DH's violin buds is in that group. Rather good aren't they? NightMist -- I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower? |
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OT the electric went off front yard jamboree
Sounds like a fun neighborhood.....
Dee in Oz "NightMist" wrote in message ... Yesterday the electric went off for a couple of hours. Suddenly children that we didn't even know lived here appeared out of doors. My DH popped out of doors and scolded me for hoeing when he thought I ought to be resting. Since Ash was off swimming with his grandma, DH made a quick trip back inside and came out with a few instruments and DD3 who had a couple of more. We flopped down onto the ground and commenced to play. We got to the end of Cold Haily Windy Night (fiddle, guitar and voice) and discovered we had an audience of dancing toddlers on the lawn next door. So we launched into The Yellow Submarine (guitar, voice, and Ocarina). Some of the dancers picked up the chorus pretty quick, so we had an impromptu choir. We carried on with songs that were easy for kids, and the next thing you know some micro person comes running up with a tiny violin and a wee sibling clutching one of those plastic toy guitars. So we sort of improvised a Twinkle Twinkle Fugue for two violins, recorder, ocarina, and plastic guitar as percussion. The guy next door came out onto the porch with a doumbek and we had a fine loud group, if a bit wobbly on the pitch and timings. The sun was well on it's way down when lady next door came out and called her fella and kids in for supper. They were surprised to discover that the electric had been back on for an hour. NightMist -- I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower? |
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OT the electric went off front yard jamboree
NightMist wrote:
Got asked elsewhere so I figured what the heck I'll post it here too. This is Cold Haily Windy Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEWFloaNjhs One of DH's violin buds is in that group. Rather good aren't they? Bloody hell. I've played with half the group. We gave Marieke (the singer) and her husband a (sorta-abstract-landscape) quilt as a wedding present and a Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt when her first kid was born. Which fiddler does your DH know? I know Andrew, I've never spoken to Fiona as far as I can remember. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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OT the electric went off front yard jamboree
On Sat, 25 May 2013 22:30:27 +0100, Jack Campin wrote:
NightMist wrote: Got asked elsewhere so I figured what the heck I'll post it here too. This is Cold Haily Windy Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEWFloaNjhs One of DH's violin buds is in that group. Rather good aren't they? Bloody hell. I've played with half the group. We gave Marieke (the singer) and her husband a (sorta-abstract-landscape) quilt as a wedding present and a Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt when her first kid was born. Which fiddler does your DH know? I know Andrew, I've never spoken to Fiona as far as I can remember. Fiona is the one he knows. She is keen on educating other fiddlers as to the Glasgow style. I think it is Glasgow anyway, all my knowledge is second hand as he is the one who talks to her. He dropped her an email with some questions when he started playing, she was kind enough to answer, and the education progressed from there. NightMist -- I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower? |
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