You'd have to call the Ripple River Fiddler's first appearance at the Nisswa Stamman on Saturday, June 9, 2012 a great success on all accounts! All the way from the Fiddler's Parade, the Allspell, serenading the Maypole through Pioneer Village, to their 1:30 time slot in the Children's Tent, they sounded great and entertained all. They even got an "Encore!" which they answered with "Catch that Rooster". The group looked great in their bright yellow T-Shirts and did such a good job being on time and in tune! I'm sure we'd all like to join in a big "Tack sa mycet!"(Thanks!) to Paul Wilson for the invitation. Many of the kids I talked to described the day as "FUN!" and hoped to be able to come back next year. Maybe we could plan a couple "jam sessions" next spring to work on more allspell tunes?? (I have some online resources for allspell tunes that are in the public domain if anyone is interested.)
Our next gathering will be to resume our summer session with a practice on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 6pm at the Deerwood Baptist Church. Upcoming events include the Crosby Park/Serpent Lake concert on June.....(I'll have to check the date!) Also on the agenda, the annual potluck??
You guys were just GREAT!!! Brought tears to my eyes. :-). We definitely need you all in the allspel next year and up on a stage.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking as poobah and chief Bottlewasher of Nisswa-stämman, I would LOVE to have you guys back next year. It will be on a stage, for sure :) June 7, 8, 2013
ReplyDeleteoh.. and for a general list of allspel tunes that I send out to everyone, go to my semi-boring stämma blog page. There is a pdf file you can download there of allspel tunes: http://www.nisswastamman.org/nisswablog12/index.html
oops.. I forgot to tell everyone in the Ripple River Fiddlers that are on facebook.. please go to the Nisswa-stämman page and 'like' it.. then you can post comments and upload pictures.
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