The ANual Bthlehem Celtic Classic is Hard underway. AT the moment it is resting up to drink more Guinness and Eat more Haggis tomorrow. FOr those of you who didn’t know… you already missed Solas, sorry your loss Ahahahaha. If you act Now you can fart along with Seamus Kennedy… TOmorrow will produce such Bands as
Wolfstone
Dervish
Carbon Leaf
The John Whelan Band
Seamus Kennedy
King Chiaullee
Te’ada (sorry don’t know how to make accents)
Lissa Schneckenburger (a fiddler)
Charlie Zahm
The Tartan Terros
and a Band I’ve even heard talked about in C&F: http://www.glengarrybhoys.com/
and more…
If you can’t make it.. Suxors for You.. more beer for me
FOr those that don’t remember… Dervish sings the Song “I burried me Wife, and Danced on top of her” they sing it quite happily too Oh I Forgot to add I’m getting married October 31st at 11 am hh pass it on… I take gifts of money but you can stuff your sagely advise into my hooka and smoke it
Last weekend in September under the 378 overpass in downtown Bethlehem. Just drive south from Rt. 22 and look down when you’re on the elevated roadway. Haven’t been in a few years but the entertainment was always top-notch and, if I remember correctly, there is no admission charge.
Yup it’s an anual event. I saw the Highland Bagpipes Competition, the Border Colley exhibition, and “Wolfstone” today. WOlfstone is sort of like “Brother” except without the Aboriginal Instruments. The Piper played a Chieftan, a Low D Overton, and SOmething else… a G Tennor whistle with a plastic Blue mouthpiece. It’s still going on tomorrow… er today… Oh and yes there is no admission fee…
Bump:
Ok I spotted a booth selling whistles today.
Lets name the whistles I saw…
Generations
Waltons
Arsarkan (spelling?)(Those indian WHistles, that I must say look worse than the First whistle I built.)
Clark Original
I also saw a few whistle flute combinations, in low and High variations… Funny thing is, I might have heard the name of the maker mentioned a time or two… I’ll give ya a hint… They were black (both the high and low whistles and flutes, and one of the high whsitles had a brass tuning slide)
The place selling the is called The Harp and Dragon…
ANyone want to guess?
They were selling whistles by Tony Dixon…and some Susatos too I believe. I wandered over the Harp & Dragon before Solas played…yes, I went to see Solas…front row too…and loved the gig and the band members were all very nice. Couldn’t stick around for the rest of the weekend unfortunately…next year I’m hoping to catch the whole weekend.
Oh you! You gave it all away… ruined all my fun… Yup Tony Dixon had a few of his instruments being sold. They looked a lot nicer that the Arsarkan Indian Low D too…
You didn’t really think you’d get all money and no advice, did you? Here’s one for your hookah: Marry early and often.
But really: Congratulations and best wishes on your nuptials. Married is a good way to be. Keep your sense of humor…learn and diligently practice the art of compromise…and enjoy the best. Cheers!
Have I? Oh, of course this stuff doesn’t apply to me at all. Hell, I can’t even get a date. I did order one of those Russian mail-order brides once, Jelena or something, but you see… anyway, water under the bridge I guess.
http://www.yourthaibride.com/index.htm
No hormonal hubris here; certainly no toilet seat issues. Perhaps we could take up a collection. As long as he wasn’t, you know, blacklisted or something…on account of the Russian fiasco.
ruined all my fun… Yup Tony Dixon had a few of his instruments being sold. They looked a lot nicer that the Arsarkan Indian Low D too…
