The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #31268 Message #406245
Posted By: Deckman
25-Feb-01 - 10:54 PM
Thread Name: Help: Henry Martin
Subject: RE: Help: To deckman from Adam
Hello Adam ... It certainly sounds like a very exciting production and performance is soon to happen. Where do I buy tickets? You, and your fellow team members have certainly picked up on the adventure of the story of Henry Martin. One of the most wonderful parts of folk ballads are the things that are left unsaid. By leaving many of the details out, the story teller (ballad singer) requires you, the audience, to fill in the spaces. That always gives the listener free reign of imagination. That has always been a large part of the attraction of balladry. I live in Washington state, in the Northwest corner of the United States. When I stand at the edge of the sea and look West, I can see Japan, but it is 3,000 miles away, and my eyes are old. What country do you live in? My VERY BEST WISHES to you on this performance. Please write to me again and tell me how it went. Your friend ... the deckman