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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 27 Apr 01 - 07:11 PM Hi Charley, I've made a new thread called Help: Sydney, October 2001 - pubs, clubs etc http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=33692&messages=1 St Alban's is this weekend so we'll start another thread about how much fun it was in a couple of days. See you in the other thread. Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Charley Noble Date: 27 Apr 01 - 04:08 PM Please start a new thread "St. Albans - Aussie 2001"; this one takes too long to load. I'd like to listen in as someone who might be visiting Sydney this October, and I'll be looking for pubs or other places where folks like you swap songs. I'm not even sure what Aussie Mudcatters look like. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 26 Apr 01 - 09:43 PM unfortunately I doubt it very much........
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 26 Apr 01 - 07:18 PM JennieG and Bob, Sorry you won't be there. I missed out on meeting you, Callie, last year so I'll make sure I meet you this time. Anyone know if Spider Tom is going to be there too? Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Callie Date: 26 Apr 01 - 10:31 AM Hi all. 2pm outside the barn it is!! I know we have a gig on Saturday and not sure when. That's the only thing that would keep me away! see you soon Callie |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Bob Bolton Date: 26 Apr 01 - 08:49 AM G'day Alison, Helen, JenniG &c, I suspect I'm not going to make it either - my car is still at Mittagong, after losing water on the way to the National. I hope this mob of mechanics grind fine - they are certainly exceeding slow! It will be a pity to miss it this year - Snalbans is a nice little festival ... and John & Betty reminded me that I was (partly) responsible for it starting, as I was Folk Fed Pres. at the time (1980). Of course, I just let the keen ones go and do it ... and they did well. Regards, Bob Bolton |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 26 Apr 01 - 08:08 AM damn... and I had it all packed too.... I promise I WILL get it back to you before the winter.... hope you feel better soon Jenny.... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: JennieG Date: 26 Apr 01 - 06:52 AM I was hoping to go but won't be able to.....the dreaded lurgy seems to have me in its grip and won't let go! Bugger!! So don't worry about taking my kilt with you Alison as I won't be able to collect it. Have fun for me instead. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 25 Apr 01 - 08:08 PM see you there Helen... you bringing a camera?... I ahven't got the digital this year
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 25 Apr 01 - 07:41 PM So we've got Roo, Callie, Alison, me...anyone else? Have you all got the Mudcat logo or a t-shirt to flash around so we'll recognise you?
The http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Gazebo/8475/mudcat.htm Isn't Bob coming this year? And to synchronise our 'Cat-watches: We're meeting 2pm Saturday, and 11am Sunday, outside the barn. Can't wait! See you there. Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 19 Apr 01 - 07:05 AM Ok, same as last year - mini session. Great - looking forward to it. Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 18 Apr 01 - 08:53 PM sounds even better... yes I'll bring it.... outside the barn 11am sunday slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 18 Apr 01 - 08:37 PM Well, I was thinking maybe 11am Sunday, or noon. Are you bringing your harp, Alison? Hope so - harp duets - Yes!! Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 18 Apr 01 - 09:09 AM if I'm on first thing... I think its 9-10am or 9.30 - 10.30am...... I'll check and see if the program is up yet.. but 2pm Sat sounds good.... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 18 Apr 01 - 07:22 AM Well how about 2pm Saturday - just picking a time out of nowhere, here, so open to negotiation - and I don't know what time Sunday. What time do you think you will be finished, Alison? Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 16 Apr 01 - 11:48 PM yep I'm game for that.... name your times.... I think my workshops are more or less first thing in the mornings.. so I'm free anytime after that...... Callie... I paraded around on Saturday in my Mudcat T-shirt..... unfortunately didn't bump into any 'catters.....
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 16 Apr 01 - 07:04 PM So are we having a 'Cat-together again? Maybe Saturday arvo and Sunday morning like last year? Other suggestions? Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Roo Date: 16 Apr 01 - 09:15 AM I'll be at St Albans on Saturday afternoon... sorry the site moved camp.. John is now housing it on his server. He was going to learn how to make the site too... but the year went by too quickly! |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Callie Date: 16 Apr 01 - 09:03 AM Oh no Alison - you were at the National? I missed you!! Also just back from the National - happy &/but exhausted! See you all at Snalbans (I'm playing with Touchwood) Callie |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 16 Apr 01 - 03:18 AM yep I'll be there Helen, doing whistle and bodhran workshops.... just got back from the national...... see you there........ slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 15 Apr 01 - 10:16 PM Well, I just found the website here
And it is on the 27th - 29th April. Yay! That means I can go earlier than Saturday afternoon. Last time I searched for the website it wasn't updated for this year. Now it is, so check out the list of performers. And the fair Alison is performing again I see. As well as me old mate Frank Povah, and Ulladulla (is Rick Wright really his name - never knew that!) |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 15 Apr 01 - 10:04 PM I'm refreshing last year's thread, to repeat last year's question by Alison: how many 'Catters are going to St Alban's FF this year (NSW, OZ. O/s 'Catters welcome but you had better get your skates on and book your plane ticket now - *g*). And secondly, and much more importantly: what date is it this year and where is the website now? I think I saw that it is on the weekend of 11-14th May. My sister and I are booked to play for a wedding until 4.30pm on Sat 12th but I'm trying to organise it for my sister & her husband to go to St Albans as well after the wedding, so at least we would have Sat night and Sunday there. Helen
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 16 May 00 - 12:55 AM Thanks Bob, looking forward to seeing them on Bbc's site. slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Bob Bolton Date: 16 May 00 - 12:06 AM G'day Antipodean Catters who survived St Albans, I have my films back, along with a CD of (web-sized) scans, so I will forward some to bbc and see if she has a place for a few of them. I shall forward a group shot of Helen (with her husband Bruce), Spider Tomm, Alison and myself and a few of Helen and Alison exploring the harp. Regards, Bob Bolton |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 15 May 00 - 07:52 AM That's right, not only were there 2 Alison & Marks but there were 3 of us with the same surname. Beat that - in a dynamically musical fashion, of course. I understand now why I was confused about which Mark. I did actually see the other Alison & Mark but didn't get a chance to introduce myself. Helen
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Spider Tom Date: 15 May 00 - 01:07 AM Hello Fellow Catters, I was pleased to find the flesh, was at least as fullfilling as the,pictures I had hatched in the mind. No axe whielding, piss-taking, hard sulking head shaking, wet blankets, but warm and fuzzy people-cats. Several things transpired, we 3 of us share a similar name,3 of us were blessed with St. Albans dew waters flung by the breeze,2 of us plucked opon a harp, and I bet soon will both own harps, I know it will come. Next time there WILL be a secret hand shake, Helen, Callie, Bob and Alison and Spider Tom(ken)now share a common bond. (well, I was already common) And to Guest Mark we have met, I thought I recognized my pet goat stretching himself accross one of your percussive tone emmitting devices(I realised he wasn't my goat, mine was never that flat) Good to hear/ see from you all, Spider Tom (ken) |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Callie Date: 15 May 00 - 12:39 AM HI Turascan Mark I heard your Sat night perfromance at the SOup Kitchen. Loved your material and your playing, and just want to let you know that the audience was with you all the way DESPITE the appalling sound set up. They really never got it right. We could tell how the music was 'meant' to sound, but the bad sound set up really did you guys a disservice. Love the furry drum! --Callie |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: GUEST,Mark Date: 14 May 00 - 11:56 PM Sorry Alison I spelt you Allison. My Alison only has one "L" and, it appears, so do you. As far as didge and percussion goes. . . I figured that I use all four limbs so I should use my lungs as well. And being a "real aussie bloke" singing is something I have not been courageous enough to do. So I just breath into a hollow tree limb and blow rasberries in time (very toneful rasberriesof course - or so Mick from Didgeriblues says). And, not satisfied with that I am designing a triple slide didge (trombone style)and a talking snare drum (pitch change by pushing knees together whilst seated). So,,, thats both feet, knees, both arms, 10 fingers, lungs and lips (no wonder I pull such funny faces when I perform). Seeyas ;-) |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 14 May 00 - 11:43 PM you forgot to tell them that while you are playing the "dynamic instruments with skins on them that are not necessarily loud and unmusical".. you are playing counter rhythms on a didgeridoo... very talented man..... it was a bizarre situation.. there was a 5th person present and we introduced outrselves to her... "we're alison and Mark, and they're Alison and Mark." slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: GUEST,Mark (Tursacan). Date: 14 May 00 - 11:28 PM Hi All, I didnt get to do much but perform at St Albans. Great fun but very hectic (multiple percussion is labour intensive). Thats percussion (which includes drums) - take note. And percussion does NOT mean LOUD! I had to keep telling everyone that drums are not necessarily loud. They are dynamic (the most dynamic) instruments and that actually allows for a great range of expression. Drums can be very soft too. Anyway. . . I did run into Bob. Thanks muchly for the Craigielea info. And I did run into Allison and Mark (the other Allison and Mark). Coincidences are intriguing things. Anyway, I am off to play dynamic instruments with skins on them that are not necessarily loud and unmusical.
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 14 May 00 - 09:20 PM Yes Helen, it wasn't my Mark who started the thread, my hubby is also a Mark and you did meet him and my kids (their first festival and they loved it... although they loved playing in the river most of all.....) It was lovely to meet up with Helen and Bruce, and Callie.... I even got to play Helen's baby. We sat outside on the Sunday morning.... me on flute, Helen on harp and Bob on button accordion... gathered a nice little crowd..... it was lovely..... must do it again sometime, photos will appear as soon as I can figure out how to get them off the camera.... hahaha slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Chicky Date: 14 May 00 - 07:36 AM Hi folks. I'm writing this from the house of Chicky. It was really good to meet Alison and Spider Tom briefly. i tried to get to the second meeting place for the Mothers' Day concert, but I missed Alison and Spider (Margaret bradford was on by that time). Sorry I didn't get to spend any time with anyone or meet the other Catters. Maybe next time! look forward to seeing the photos (digital et al). Cheers (in an exhausted fashion!) Callie |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Bob Bolton Date: 14 May 00 - 06:21 AM G'day Helen, Actually Mark is (musical) partner to a different Alison - Alison Cone of Tursacan a trio that performed at St Albans. Alison is also editor/designer of The Cornstalk Gazette the journal of the New South Wales Folk Federation and the frequent recipient of digital scans of some of my festival photography. You probably didn't see Alison Cone if you weren't at either performance as she seems to have headed back south to Canberra fairly promptly. I will see if I have anything interesting ... when the photos as developed tomorrow. Bob Bolton (Who left the digital camera behind and used real film and camera) |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Billy the Bus Date: 14 May 00 - 04:06 AM Thanks for the news Helen, hope there's more to come from the others. Cheers - Sam |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 14 May 00 - 03:57 AM I forgot to say I also met Alison's children and her partner Mark who has started the Craigilee thread so he qualifies as a Mudcatter, and Terry, an organiser of the St Albans festival who is a very-nearly-but-not-quite 'Catter because he said he was tempted to respond to some comments in the St Albans thread but stopped himelf just in time. Speaking about time, it is probably only a matter of time before he posts a reply or a new query and he'll be Mudcatted before he knows it - addicted like the rest of us. Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 14 May 00 - 03:32 AM Well, I met Alison again - I first met her 2 years ago at St Albans so this was our second meeting. And I met Bob Bolton who was a familiar face from about 15-20 years ago from the Newcastle Folk Festivals, which are now defunct, unfortunately, and reincarnated as Wollombi Folk Festival. The three of us had a mini session at lunchtime today. I also met Spider Tom for the first time, a lovely bloke. Spider Tom and Alison performed at the Mother's Day concert today and they sounded wonderful, and then we had another chat and then I came home. Alison met Callie but I didn't get to meet her - maybe next time, I hope, or at another folk event maybe. Alison has taken some digital photos so they should be up on bbc's site soon, I hope. I had a great time and it was nice adding to my list of Mudcat friends in the real world. Meet you all again, soon, I hope. Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Chicky Date: 14 May 00 - 03:11 AM So S'nalbans folk, how'd it go? Any surprises when you met eachother face2face? Wish I coulda been there Chicky |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Callie Date: 10 May 00 - 10:13 PM ok - if I can't get IN, I'll be outside UNLESS Solidarity Choir is performing in the final concert at that time. (wow - ifs, buts and maybes!). But if everyone is weraing their hatbands, maybe I'll be able to find people before then ... soooon! |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 10 May 00 - 08:03 PM OK, Alison, Plan A or Plan B. Like good *Person* Scouts, "Be prepared"! Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 10 May 00 - 10:53 AM Problem.. It is Mother's Day and they are suggesting you book tables... meet you outside when we're finished if you can't squeeze in.... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Spider Tom Date: 10 May 00 - 08:34 AM Helen you are SO CLEVER, what a perfect solution see you then. |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: GUEST Date: 10 May 00 - 08:28 AM So, it seems to me that we should just change the location of the Sunday meeting to the Wombat. What do you all reckon? Sure, Billy, if we catch any Kiwi's we'll put them on the spot and ask them if they know you. Then we'll get 'em sloshed and find out all the good goss on you and you'll never hear the end of it. Hope your 'pewter survives the surgery. Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Spider Tom Date: 10 May 00 - 07:53 AM ATTENTION!, Now of course anyone reading my sentence above would not realy know what time I finish at the Wombat that was meant to read 2pm, I know you lot are clever enough to work it out, BUT there is one other problem IF Alison and Ken are both not there at meeting time it will be because I am still singing and Alison is consented to be my accomplice in executing this task (That means Flute, tin whistle Accordian and Voice) SHE HAS NO FEAR! So if we aren't there we will be the singing playing pair at the wombat wearing Mudcat cards upon our persons. See you there S.T. |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Spider Tom Date: 10 May 00 - 06:53 AM Hello all St Albans Mudcatters, I hope to see you all at the meeting place BUT on Sunday I am doing a cpncert at the Fickle Wombat and don't know exactly what time I will be on. The concert is meant to finish at @pm so I hope to catch you all somehow. Spider Tom (Ken Robertson In case your looking for me.)
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Billy the Bus Date: 10 May 00 - 06:39 AM G'day OzCobs,
Hey, what a lot of softsoap! Protection - indeed? When did a Kiwi ever need mumble.. mumble.. didn't we give you Joe Bjorke P..? I'd take up the challenge if it wasn't for a severe case of abject poverty (terminal, I fear). Anyway, I wouldn't survive the 3-hr air-trip. Take me back to the good old days of TEAL and the flying boats, when a guy could sit back with a comfortable pipe - AND our rotten Govt just added another 10% to the tax on me baccy.... Snivel, winge, moan..
Seriously (Wat?) - if you run across any (aged) ex-pat Kiwis, who remember "Sam", from the Auck/Wgtn/Chch folkscene of the 60s & 70s, say G'day, and have a spot with 'em for me please.
BTW - if you don't get any cheek for a while, don't relax, thinking I've done a runner. "Percy 'Puter's" up for major surgery in the next couple or three days. We'll try doing the op' here, but may have to call in the "Flyin' Doc" and send him to the mainland - could be a couple of weeks. Incidentally, one of your 1st Flying Dr's nurses was a lass Lillian(?) Smith - a mate's aunt, from here on Stewart Island... So there ya' go
Have a bonzer bush-bash buddies - Sam
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Spider Tom Date: 09 May 00 - 07:34 AM Yes billy please do come and if you are in any way threatened, you can hide under my rock . T'wood be good to see ya', Looks like I'll be safe with all the strong women around though> Spider Tom |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 09 May 00 - 05:49 AM It's all right - we'll form a bodyguard and protect you from the other Aussies - at least *we* know when you are joking and when you are serious. Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Billy the Bus Date: 08 May 00 - 08:21 AM Gawd,
Am I a week in advance? Better reset my watch, thort daylight saving was over
Shucks, I'm ahead of mesself...
Promise not to come though - could be a real Barney
LOL - Sam
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: Helen Date: 08 May 00 - 07:49 AM Billy the Bus/Sam, It ain't over yet - it hasn't even begun. I wouldn't want to risk your wrath by telling you your own time zone (Big Grin) but we're not *that* much different from EnZed. It starts on Friday evening so you have plenty of time to jump on a plane, or sail your sailboat over here and meet us at the Barn. Helen |
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Subject: RE: St Albans - Aussie 'catters From: alison Date: 08 May 00 - 01:43 AM Me too Callie.. the barn is great for that... hay dust everywhere!!! slainte alison |
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