Hey, were any of our gentlemen forum-ites playing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on New Year’s Eve, around 6 PM Mountain Time?
If so, I’m not sure what you were playing (kind of looked like a Busman Delrin d+), but it sure was good! 
If not, many of you missed a great performance! I myself missed some of it, but I did catch a rendition of “Homeward Bound”. I have a copy of that, and I listen to it frequently - very haunting, very beautiful.
LOL. Nope. Real Utah’ns head to Evanston to pick up a few…ahem…special fireworks, and booze. Getting liquored up and playing with high explosives is always a treat. 
No Mo Tab needed! 
For the record, we knew we had a couple of duds in the batch of mortars we were shooting off, but we decided they were payed for…why let them go to waste! Sure it should have gone up in the sky and stuff before blowing up, but this was a lot more up close and personal. LOL And yes, everyone was fine - we were keeping a safe distance and no one lost an eye.
I missed most of the MTC on Christmas Eve but caught the St. Olaf’s choir on PBS right after. They were in Norway last year and filmed a Christmas special for PBS. On one tune there was what looked like a derlin or dark wood whistle accompanying the choir. The whistle was on screen all of about four seconds and I had been drinking eggnog so I’m not really sure what I saw. Sounded nice though.
Beautiful Brian, looks like a great time
It was cold but fun - and in truth, there wasn’t any boozin going on with the fireworks. We probably should have had some helmets on or something though. We had two of them do that! (on the ground)
Here in Texas, a rigidly enforced local custom requires that any police report or news article containing the words “fireworks injury” must also contain the phrase “alcohol was involved.”
I know the person who plays the pennywhistle for them. At least he’s the one who plays on the album and I’ve heard him play with them in the last month and I don’t imagine they brought in anyone else. He uses an O’Riordan.
Thanks, khl. I was interested in what whistle that was, and I’m sure that it was the same guy as the album - at least it sounded very much the same to me. I was also curious to see if he was a Chiff & Fippler, but it would appear not. Probably just some floutist who dabbles in the whistle . . . probably thinks it sounds like the wind instrument which must not be named and can’t understand when somebody disagrees . . .
Glad to see you’re still in one piece . . .
Is this guy a local? So far as I knew, I was the only Utahn with O’Riordans… I do know I’m the only one who has shown up to a session or concert here with them. Be interested to talk with him if he’s here in the valley.
And yeah, the pyrotechnics were quite cool, even with the two bad shots. We all survived to do it again next year anyway. 
A Generation?
- Don’t let Peter hear you talk that way . . .
Hey, don’t look at me! Whistle-wise, I play Gens almost exclusively, myself.