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Subject: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 30 Apr 01 - 05:51 PM Okay, it's time to make it official, though I've mentioned months ago to several Mudcatters to pencil it in on their calendars. Curmudgeon and I have a mostly annual Tune It Or Die Music Party and Ladyslipper Festival every Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend -- and this year, that's Sunday, May 27th. The ladyslippers are in bloom, the blackflies are at least thinking about leaving, and we've got a fighting chance of the weather being good. (Unfortunately it was overcast and cool last year -- but whole summer was overcast, rainy and cool!) The drill is to bring food, drinkables, voices, instruments, good spirits, etc. Folding chairs are useful. Our cats prefer you leave your dogs at home. I'll post directions and more information as needed. We're on 33 acres of mostly trees in Nottingham, NH which is midway between Portsmouth and Concord on Rte. 4. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: bill\sables Date: 30 Apr 01 - 05:54 PM What a pity it is not on 31st, You would have had 3 UK catters attending. Bill |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: bigchuck Date: 30 Apr 01 - 06:08 PM Damn! I'd love to be there. We 'chucks are playing in Lisbon, NH that day, and Ludlow Vt. the next, which would make it dicey. Sandy |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: RoyH (Burl) Date: 01 May 01 - 09:59 AM I am originally from the lovely city of Nottingham, England. On my USA trips I have often looked for ' American Nottingham's' but never found any. I'm so pleased to know there is one in NH. How about elsewhere?. You can bet if I ever get to NH at the right time I'll be over to your party. Have a good time. Burl |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 01 May 01 - 10:20 AM Okay -- would Monday, May 28th be better? We've traditionally done the Sunday of the long weekend so we'd have Monday to, ah, recover and clean up ('tho there usually isn't much of a mess -- just getting left over beer into the fridge, etc.) and feed whomever spent the night in the guestroom (singular) or on the floor. (Actually, there seems to be less of that the past few years -- less staying up to the wee hours.) It's back to work on Tuesday (and Curmudgeon has to get up at 5 a.m.) I'm open to suggestions -- and I'llhave to check with the locals (the rest of the Great Bay Company including Jeri, Angel Band, our, ah, "groupies" etc.). Hey, Burl! When you're in the vicinity we make it a point to have a party! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 01 May 01 - 10:35 AM Bill! I just re-read Dan Milner's post on the Barry Finn thread, and I think you're thinking our party is the day before the TRADITIONAL Memorial Day date, not the "new" style celebrated date. Anywho, I believe you are being dragged (kicking and screaming?) to the Press Room in Portsmouth, NH to join us (Curmudgeon, Jeri, etc. and me) at the session Friday night on your way up to Brett's. See you then! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: wysiwyg Date: 01 May 01 - 09:00 PM Have a great time! Hosting a MudEvent is like nothing else! Let me know if I can help in any way. Wish I could be there! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 01 May 01 - 10:15 PM Me mum is turning 75 that weekend, and I've promised her a weekend just the two of us. I don't think this is the kind of event she would truly love, but if we end early I might try to zip over to N'ham if it's Monday, as she lives in Concord! |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 04 May 01 - 11:32 AM Okay -- I still need input about what date to have the party -- Sunday, May 27th or Monday, May 28th. I'm polling the rest of the gang at the session at The Press Room tonight and will keep you all posted. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 04 May 01 - 12:23 PM I'll be there whichever date you choose. I like Sunday better but if Monday will bring in the better/bigger crew then that is the one for me. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 04 May 01 - 05:49 PM Well, this gang member won't be polled because I feel like crap and stayed home. Either day is fine for me. Both days are also fine. In fact, when we get done at the shanty sing, we could all form up, convoy to your house and start there sometime on Sat night. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 04 May 01 - 11:11 PM Jeri, I like that idea! Just keep the party going! Missed you at the Press Room tonight. Sorry you weren't feeling up to it, we could have used another strong voice. (Yes, I mean you!) |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: GUEST,Dan Schatz Date: 05 May 01 - 01:11 AM So sorry I'll have to miss it; I'm booked both days. Sometime maybe I'll have folks up to Tamworth (in the Southern Mt. Washington Valley).... Dan |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Sourdough Date: 05 May 01 - 02:07 AM Dan Schatz: Are you from Tamworth? I used to work for Frances Cleveland at the Barnstormers in summer stock. Sourdough |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 07 May 01 - 10:32 AM Sorry I've been away from the computer for a coupla days. Polled the crew Friday night at The Press Room and the preferred date is... The envelope please... Sunday, May 27th, starting at noon (unless the Portland Shanty Sing Convoy arrives earlier! what a concept!). We are conveniently located in the middle of the woods between Rte. 4 and Rte. 152 about midway between Portsmouth and Concord, NH. I'll post specific directions closer to party time. The drill is bring voices, instruments, good spirits, food to share, drinkables, bug stuff (the blackflies just arrived yesterday), and a chair may be useful as well. (We've got chairs, but there never seems to be enough.) Mortimer, the cat about the place, prefers dogs be left at home. I don't know where we're going to stow the kittens for the day; they can't go outside cuz, oh it's a long story. And the ladyslippers surrounded by star flowers and false lily of the valley should be in bloom. Hope the weather cooperates! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 07 May 01 - 11:18 AM Jeri et al. If I make it to the shanty sing, can I join the convoy to Bat Goddesses? I will be flying back to NYC either Sunday PM or Monday AM depending on who can get me to an airport or a bus to an airport? PM me . I know I can fly into Portland but where will I fly out of? I believe I will have lemon bars with me. If it is not too hot, I'll make some bourbon balls but they don't hold up well in humidity. Mary |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 07 May 01 - 11:29 AM Sins, see my PM. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: RoyH (Burl) Date: 07 May 01 - 12:39 PM Further to my earlier posting on this thread regarding 'any other Nottingham's' in America'. I've since heard that there is one somewhere in Pennsylvania, but surely there are others? Anybody know any places called Nottingham in the USA? And just to prove that this isn't entirely a thread creep - Bat Godess, I'll let you know when I'm next over there and I do hope it's at the right time for one of your gatherings. Best wishes, BURL. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 07 May 01 - 02:22 PM Burl --
Having you in the vicinity will be a GREAT excuse (we need an excuse?!?) for a party! |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 15 May 01 - 08:39 PM Since I've been getting PMs about the party, it's probably time to revive this thread -- unfortunately I don't have the time right this minute to add anything. But if it's refreshed, I can update it maybe tomorrow (good lord willing and the creek don't rise). By the way, counted 16 or 17 ladyslippers as I drove down the driveway last night. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Midchuck Date: 15 May 01 - 08:57 PM Drat the luck, we're double-booked that weekend (well, actually that's a good thing, but you know what I mean). Sunday afternoon we're playing in Lisbon, NH, which puts us in your state, but farther away from you than if we were at home. Then we're playing in VT at 1:30 on Monday afternoon, so coming late and staying over isn't a very bright idea. Maybe next time. Peter. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 15 May 01 - 09:09 PM I can add more. I think she invited about 150 more people this weekend. Burl, do you know about Nottingham in Maryland?
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 16 May 01 - 09:02 AM Let's see, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts and quite possibly England, not to mention New Hampshirites, will be represented. Sorry, gotta run again. Back later. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 18 May 01 - 12:13 PM It's been quite a dance this week and I've been dancing as fast as I can. I just took some time out of my paying work to get directions of our place in Nottingham ready to PM to anyone who needs them (have gotten them to a few people already, and Naemanson already knows the way having been here at New Year's and Jeri lives about 4 miles around the corner). Herfe's the short version of events again. May 27, Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend "Tune It or Die" Music Party and Ladyslipper Festival (18 at last count). Starts at noon. It's potluck and Sinsull's already told me what she's bringing. Don't know what Tom's going to be making yet. We'll have "starter" beer & soda, but it's a good idea to bring along what you want to drink. Bug stuff will come in handy. The blackflies arrived last Sunday. They'll probably be gone by the party -- chased away by the mosquitoes. Lawnchairs or something to sit on is also a good idea. Seems we never have enough seating. The guestroom bed and the couch are already booked, but there's room on the floor for sleeping bags and some room outside for tents. (We're in the middle of the woods on the side of a hill.) The best things to bring are good spirits and voices and instruments if you feel you must. (Do I sound like a singer?) There should be some great music, not to mention conversation, food, etc. PM me for directions!!! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: RoyH (Burl) Date: 18 May 01 - 04:09 PM Thanks Jeri, that's another one for my list. BURL |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 18 May 01 - 04:23 PM No togas???? |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 19 May 01 - 09:56 AM Togas? Well, okay, but remember not to cut the strings off your bikinis or you'll lose your mittens. Speaking of togas, Burl, did you get my info about the nudist colony in Nottingham, NH? Sorry, guys, it's not that close to our place. We're closer to the recycling center (oldest in the US). Oh, and Kendall, you mentioned something about a level spot to park. Uh, we've got 33 acres -- on the side of a hill. I'm not sure the house is level. I know the driveway isn't! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 19 May 01 - 03:32 PM Darn!!! I have a lovely weekend with me mum planned, in northern VT. Don't see my way to getting to this party. I keep threatening to do the same in Keene, and may just have to do so before too long! Have a great time and think of me in VT! |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 19 May 01 - 07:50 PM Sure would be nice if we had a nifty little time portal between Nottingham and various Vermont locations, so you and your Mom and the Woodchucks could drift in for a sip and some music and still get to your gig or whatever on time. Where is modern technology when you need it anyway?! As far as I know, no squid will be served at the party (see the eels in the refrigerator thread), but my world famous collection of rubber squid will be on display and postcards suitable for framing will be available (or not as the case may be). Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Susan A-R Date: 19 May 01 - 09:56 PM Rats! I'll be in Wisconsin over the weekend. Us Vermonters are NOT pulling our weight on this one, and I'd love to sing with you again. I keep having fragments of "Poour Me Another Tequila Shiela" popping into my head at totally inappropriate moments.
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 19 May 01 - 09:59 PM Is there an APPROPRIATE time for "Pour Me Another Tequila Shiela"? Of course there is and we will see it next week. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Susan A-R Date: 19 May 01 - 10:14 PM And I'll miss it. Bother!! The only consolation is that the Barrymans are the entertainment at WisCon this year. I'll make do and look forward to other New England gatherings. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 20 May 01 - 10:21 AM Hey, Susan -- did you know I'm from Wisconsin originally? My great grandfather homesteaded the oldest farm in Clark County. One of the reasons I sing "Lovely Agnes" as well as "Tequila Sheila." (Maybe I'll have to sing you a coupla choruses over the phone til we can get together again!) Yeah, I agree, you Vermonters seem to be sloughing off on this one. Guess that means we'll just have to do another gathering later in the summer -- hey! maybe the main deck will be rebuilt by then! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 20 May 01 - 02:53 PM Looks like we'll have smoked trout pate at the party. The trout were fresh caught Wednesday morning and are in the freezer til the end of the week when Curmudgeon will smoke them (on the grill! on the grill!) and make them into pate. See the Eel/Refrigerator thread for the recipe. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: RoyH (Burl) Date: 21 May 01 - 02:43 PM Thank you so much you Godess you. I have thoroughly enjoyed the information on Nottingham NH, especially the pictures. I will definitely make a trip there when next I cross the Atlantic. Been a bit busy lately, but will pp you in due course with more thoughts on Nottingham NH. Have a great party, Burl. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 22 May 01 - 08:42 AM It's not easy being a goddess -- especially to bats! I have a lot on my plate this week (work, etc. -- how it interfers with music!) and in between I'm trying to tame both the interior and exterior of the house in preparation for the party. The bats aren't helping, but then again, they're not hindering either. Haven't seen or heard from them lately. (That happens the first week in July when the adolescent Little Brown Bats go out on their own for the first time -- and get lost.) I usually end up apologising for the state of the house. This time it looks like I'll have to apologise for the state of the flower beds! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 23 May 01 - 06:57 PM Does anyone else need directions? Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 23 May 01 - 07:07 PM Brett, if you're in the guest room, don't leave your pants laying around! *snort/giggle* People who say "I have a bat in my pants" in Bat Goddess's house are NOT speaking euphemistically. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 23 May 01 - 07:41 PM I don't know but what that might be fun! It would be the most fun I've had in my pants since I was... I guess I won't finish that sentence. I'm sleeping in the wagon unless I get a better offer. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: kendall Date: 23 May 01 - 07:59 PM A vampire bat returned to the cave covered with fresh blood, and all the other bats flocked around him and demanded to know where he found the blood. Reluctantly, he told them, "Come with me." they flew through the forest for a ways, then finally, he landed on a big boulder. The other bats mobbed him, demanding to know the source of the blood. Finally, he said, "You all see that big oak tree over there?" they answered, "Yes, yes" and the old bat said "I didn't." |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 23 May 01 - 10:03 PM I will be in the guest room and if I find bats or anything else in my pants, Naemanson et al are invited to share the room and take turns watching. Careful, Kendall. I am getting very sensitive about "Old Bat" jokes. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 24 May 01 - 07:28 AM Sinsull, the bats will be ABOVE you -- in between the ceiling and the roof. You may hear them coming home (with hobnailed boots and talking to each other about the night's adventures) around dawn, but you probably won't see them or have them sharing the guest room with you. (In July the adolescents sometimes get lost and find themselves inside the house -- and sometimes need assistance getting outside again. Sigh. I plugged up their entry just below the roof's peak on the front side of the house, but the ladder doesn't reach in the back.) Besides, the bats in the pants were in my employ (I paid them off in mosquitoes) -- I was trying to encourage what seemed like a permanent lodger (again!) to find an apartment. (Gee. Now you know why I don't have kids!) Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: kendall Date: 24 May 01 - 07:53 AM You are lucky to have bats around. How about putting bat houses (dont paint them) then strew moth balls around in the attic. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 24 May 01 - 12:55 PM I feel very privileged to have a nursery colony of Little Brown Bats, but I would like to encourage them into the bat house rather than continuing to set up housekeeping (and nursery facilities) in the space between the roof and the ceiling of the second floor. (Sorry, Kendall -- no attic, which complicates things.) We have to wait (again) until they leave in August or September before we again try to stop up their access. Hey Jeri, if I recall correctly, you personally have never had a bat experience in our guestroom and you've spent a lot of time over the years living in it! (And you never left your pants on the floor, either!) Okay, guys, you have to come to the party to hear the rest of the bat in the pants story. (And the banjo player who experienced it will be there!) Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 24 May 01 - 01:04 PM No fear of bats here. My sister-in-law has one occasionally in her house. Would prefer not to have one in my pants but that applies to a variety of species - let's see what Spaw makes of that comment. See you Sunday!!!! SINS |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 24 May 01 - 05:54 PM I just brought up the bats-in-pants thing because...well, I can't remember laughing quite so hysterically in a long time. (I was on the phone to BG when it happened. She calmly stated "X just said there was a bat in his pants." I lost it.) I think there needs to be a tune called "The Bat in the Banjo Players Pants" or something. I never personally had a bat experience, but I moved out before they moved in for the summer. I did have the opportunity to shoot at flying squirrels with rubber bands, though. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 24 May 01 - 07:15 PM So what do you think -- should I apply for a government grant as a wildlife refuge? (I mean, apart from the musicians...) Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: kendall Date: 24 May 01 - 07:32 PM I'm trying to decide what to bring for the pot. I make a fish chowdah that will blow your socks off! How much demand would there be? Otherwise, I could just bring a couple of old dead hens from the market rotisserie. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 24 May 01 - 10:13 PM I think the chowdah would be preferable, Kendall. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 25 May 01 - 07:35 AM Chowdah sounds grand! Right this minute I(having absoutely nothing to do with chowder) I'm trying to catch my 2 feral and painfully shy year old kittens in an attempt to get them to their date with the vet and spayings (and, incidently, be boarded over the weekend so they won't escape during the party). Creamsicle actually came up on the bed within 6 inches of my hand before bouncing off and hiding. They like to play in the cat carrier and I'm trying to catch one or both inside, preferably Creamsicle. Banjo I can probably catch later, since she'll actually let me pet her (at least when she's on the bed). AND I have to get a couple files to the printer in Portsmouth, add copy that the client can't seem to find time to get to me despite the deadline, etcet etcet. Oh, and a few other errands before connecting with Curmudgeon so we can go to the session at The Press Room in one car. (Deep breath.) Everything will be just fine. Everything will be just fine. Everything will be just fine. Looking forward to the chowdah, Kendall! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Charley Noble Date: 25 May 01 - 08:18 AM Hard to resist: "Hi," said the leather-winged bat, "I'll tell you the reason that, The reason I can't fly at night, Is I'm stuck in someone's tights. ;-) |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 25 May 01 - 08:33 AM Gives a whole new meaning to "Bats in the Belfry", doesn't it. Cookies are baked, bourbon balls rolled. I am all set. Can I feed the squirrels instead of shooting them with rubberbands? Just how old are those dead hens, Kendall? I think I would prefer fish chowder too as long as you don't leave the heads in it -that goes for the hens too. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Charley Noble Date: 25 May 01 - 08:51 AM I'll never forget the perlexed expression on the face of our cat when she caught a bat, decided to play with it as she does other little furry creatures, and it flew away. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 25 May 01 - 12:33 PM The squirrels are flying squirrels who are sometimes in the walls and ceiling of the dormer. They pushed out one of the trim pieces in the guestroom (you'l understand when you see it) and occasionally pop their heads out and stare at the occupant of the bed. At least, that's what Jeri tells me, though I've never actually seen it myself (despite sleeping in that room occasionally to escape snoring). I think when Curmudgeon cuts down the trees in the southwest corner of the house (outside the house, not inside!!!), the flying squirrels won't be able to get in and drive us quietly crazy. (Well, not so quietly crazy.) Calliope, the great huntress (feline), looooved flying squirrels, but she'd leave the tails. I hope they're not an endangered species, cuz they're pretty endangered as long as they're in this house!!! Job to printer, porta-potty delivered, kittens still not captured. Everything will be just fine. Everything will be just fine. Everything will be just fine. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 25 May 01 - 12:51 PM SINSULL, I don't know that they still have the squirrels inside, but I didn't bother them too much unless they stared at me. There was something annoying about having a squirrel sitting on a rafter staring at me while I was trying to read. I only hit a couple of them.
"Hi," said the flying squirrel sitting on a beam
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Charley Noble Date: 25 May 01 - 12:58 PM Very nice, Jeri. My kittens would approve. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 25 May 01 - 02:14 PM You are all evil. I will bring a supply of walnuts for them. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 25 May 01 - 02:30 PM Actually, the flying squirrels leave during the summer -- they don't get along with the bats. So, what have we learned in school today? If it's winter, the noises in the ceiling are the flying squirrels. If it's summer, the noises are the bats. Unlike the cats, I don't have to feed any of them. (And the bats are quite useful at eating their weight in mosquitoes.) Have I told you about the flamingoes and the rubber squid? (Maybe I just ought to leave well enough alone.) Good poem, Jeri -- when did you write that one? Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 25 May 01 - 10:59 PM BG, sometime between 12:30 and 12:51 I think. Barry Finn sighted (and heard) at Press Room tonight! He looks good and sounds just like Barry Finn (GREAT)! No hugs allowed, but I got him from about 3 feet away. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: kendall Date: 26 May 01 - 01:02 AM Fish heads fish heads rolly polly fish heads... remember Dr. Demento? |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 26 May 01 - 06:45 AM Oh, Sinsull, I removed the rubber snake (temporarily) that was wrapped around the beam in the guest room. I, uh, well, I thought, I mean... I didn't remove it for Naemanson, but I wasn't sure, what with everything else... I have some unusual ideas about home decoration. (Actually, my housecleaning philosophy is that if you've got enough cool stuff to look at, nobody notices the house is a mess. That concept and tarps work wonders. It was great seeing Barry last night at the Press Room. He's in fine voice, though he claims to be out of practice. He's thinner, but looks fine. (Justine looks great as well -- and very relieved! It was quite an ordeal for both of them.) Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Charley Noble Date: 26 May 01 - 01:08 PM BG, I'll bring a couple of the "squiggly gang" to the Portland Chianti Sing. If you're not there, at least you'll get a first hand report of the prowess, if there are any survivors. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 26 May 01 - 03:03 PM Well, I'm definitely not going to be able to make it to Portland tonight. Just finished folding the sheets that I'll soon be unfolding onto the guestroom bed. And hacking down grass. And removing piles of winter mulch leaves. Still need to spiffify the house, vacuum the cobwebs that will surely be visible tomorrow, dust the dust that will be visible again all too soon, etcet etcet. Martha Stewart definitely does not live here! (But we can sing that song tomorrow as Pat Favorite who wrote it says she's coming to the party.) I'm off to collect some lilacs! See you tomorrow. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 27 May 01 - 07:50 AM Okay, okay. So it's a little damp. Maybe it will be gone by noon. There's umbrellas for the tables, but I don't suppose they'll do that much good if it drips too much. (Come on, concentrate -- we've got enough mental power to push the clouds away!) The chairs are all in the house and dry -- as is the interior of the house. Not quite as much room as the great outdoors, but plenty of room for music and food and all. We'll have to trek up the driveway to admire the ladyslippers anyway. The porta-potty is, of course, still outside and is still the preferred choice for that sort of thing as our poor composting toilet can't take the stress of parties. Come on down! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 27 May 01 - 09:47 AM Well, my voice works just as well in the rain, but the fiddle may not like it much. Completely irrelevent: I've been watching a pair of (I think) goldfinches. They pounce on dandilion stems, then walk down to the end and to eat the seeds. Need any more lilacs? Need any Johnny-Jump-Up, which is what that stuff is that just decided to grow in my garden? (For folks who heard me whining about spring taking forever in the garden thread, this stuff was green and blooming under the snow.) (Here comes the sun, dada da da...) |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 27 May 01 - 09:51 AM Uh...what time are we supposed to show up? |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 27 May 01 - 11:16 AM You're supposed to show up around noon-ish. Just finished vacuuming, spiffifying, putting the beer in the bucket on the deck. (Yeah, the beer's in the rain and so is the porta-potty -- there will be umbrellas at the door!) Jeri, please bring lilacs! Our neighbors weren't home yesterday afternoon (and even though I had their okay, I didn't want to snip any when they weren't around) and though I talked to them this morning, it's been a bit on the damp side to walk up there since. It'll be cozy -- the better to sing! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Charley Noble Date: 27 May 01 - 11:54 AM Have fun! Hope the leftover from our Shanty Sing still have energy to contribute. Jeri wanted to bring you the squigglies for show and tell but I was worried about them being hassled by the NH Customs folks. Sorry...;-( |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 27 May 01 - 09:40 PM Well, I'm home even though the party is still sort of going. For the first part of the day, folks were practically sitting on one another's laps. A bunch of local folks left, and it got a little less like an exercise in phone booth stuffing. At some point, SINSULL was yelled at by an irate squirrel in the window. (See 2nd verse I wrote above.) Naemanson behaved himself with the bourbon balls, but now that I'm gone, anything could happen. Kendall sang a Bob Coltman's Patrick Spencer, and a few folks wanted the words. Great music, great food, great party! |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 28 May 01 - 05:54 AM And now it's 5:45 a.m. and the coffee is almost made. I just tiptoed downstairs to forage (must have eaten too much yesterday -- I woke up hungry!) and had Kendall, who was sleeping on the couch rather than in his van, ask if the coffee was ready yet. After Jeri wimped out last night, Naemanson, Kendall, Sinsull, Curmudgeon and I stayed up til about 1 a.m. talking, telling stories and jokes and singing. What a lovely party despite the rain which forced us to sit in each other's laps in the house rather than spreading out under umbrella'd tables in the (dreamed about) sun outside, The ladyslippers liked the rain, I think. Coffee sounds and smells almost finished and I know more people will be returning early for breakfast. As Ian Shoals would say, "I gotta go." Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Noreen Date: 28 May 01 - 06:50 AM Sounds wonderful, BG... thanks for keeping us informed Coffee over here please! Noreen |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: catspaw49 Date: 28 May 01 - 07:55 AM You woke up hungry and came downstairs to find Kendall Morse asleep on your couch? Ya' know BG, what ya' got there is the beginnings of a good Hollywood horror film. Next, you find everyone else has been clubbed with an Appolonio 12 and are about a pint low on blood. And Jeri is missing altogether, just a few dragonflies hovering about a broken and bloody fiddle.............. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 28 May 01 - 09:45 AM Just came back for coffee this morning. Hey! Where is everyone? Hmmm, wonder when the ketchup bottle broke. It's quiet...too quiet... Jeri, posting on BG's abandoned computer, after cleaning off the sceen |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Noreen Date: 28 May 01 - 10:08 AM plot-thickening, pulse-quickening music.... JERI! BEHIND YOU! |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Charley Noble Date: 28 May 01 - 10:10 AM Hi," said the leather-winged bat, "I'll tell you the reason that, The reason why I'm pissed and' scowling Is them Mudcats won't stop howling." Come on, share more details! |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 28 May 01 - 11:00 AM Actually, the party just broke up after a mosquito-infested tour of the ladyslippers at the head of the driveway. Naemanson and Sinsull off to catch Sinsull's appointed plane home from Portland Jetport; Jeri home to under-react and possibly nap -- or, more likely, to spend the rest of the day on-line, probably here at Mudcat. Kendall left a coupla hours ago, as did the Thomases who had an all-day drive back home to Ottawa. What a wonderful gathering! It wasn't an all-Mudcat gathering, but it was the Mudcatters who had the most stamina. Wow! We'll be basking in the glow for quite awhile. Thanks to everyone who made it so grand! Bat Goddess & Curmudgeon |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: catspaw49 Date: 28 May 01 - 11:34 AM Well geez BG, that was a helluva' boring ending.......I mean we had things building up and all and now people just leave? Oh well............................. I still think Kendall would make a great killer........"New Hampshire Twelve String Massacre" Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: kendall Date: 28 May 01 - 12:36 PM Spaw, you are certifiable! Actually Bat, I did sleep in my van, but, I came in at 6:30 for coffee and there was no sign of life, so, I took a page from my dogs' book and just laid down until something happened! By now you have noticed that I forgot my chowdah pot! What a party, man, it was great! Thanks again for opening your diggin's to us all. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 28 May 01 - 12:59 PM Actually Kendall, it must have been 5:30 when you came inside cuz I tiptoed downstairs at 5:45 -- I woke up at 5, but the body didn't really want to move for a bit. Yup, we've got your chowder pot and will figure out how to get it back to you (maybe Naemanson can bring in home with him from The Press Room Friday). We also have a tuner (just claimed by Bruce), a bodhran (Brett? Yours?), a jacket, and Nunzilla that Sinsull forgot to take with her, so I'll mail it to her. Haven't found any other stray items yet, but haven't looked either. I just polished off one of the salads washed down by root beer (carbohydrates! carbohydrates!) and cheese straws. Four hours of sleep really wasn't enough but I don't want to waste the day with a nap and besides, I don't nap well. Maybe I should just watch "Oversexed Rug Suckers From Mars" and veg out. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 28 May 01 - 02:16 PM No bodhran's for this boy. I want people to continue to think of me as civilized. We had a great time. It was great to see old friends and make sdome new friends as well. Once they get home I'd like to hear from CET on his thoughts. I was fading fast by midnight but almost managed to stick with it to the end. I counted it as training for Mystic in two weeks. Thanks to Bat Goddess and Curmudgeon for opening their home and letting us in. Also, thanks to Bat Goddess for helping me pry the tin of bourbon balls out of Jeri's hands.... By the way, on Saturday I bought a cooler for this party. On Sunday morning I put about a dozen bottles of beer and three bottles of water into it. On the way I drank one of the bottles of water. Once we arrived I placed the cooler on the porch next to a washtub full of beer on ice. I kept taking beer out of that cooler all Sunday evening. This is the tricky part. This morning I opened that cooler prior to loading it into the car. There were easily two dozen bottles of beer and several cans of soda in there! And the wash tub was still full. I know I saw people drinking beer, as well as other beverages, all night long. Somewhere along the line the cooler and the washtub were blessed and the beer kept multiplying. I now have more beer than I started with! As I said, Great Party! |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Jeri Date: 28 May 01 - 03:06 PM Naemanson's Cooler of Plenty. Next time, stick a bottle of single malt scotch in and see what happens! I think you misinterpreted Bat Goddess's grab for the balls. I think she was in it for herself! Better get off line...thunderstorms now. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 28 May 01 - 04:06 PM Just arrived home. I told Brett on the way to the airport that I feel as if I should pay admission to these events. Wonderful people, wonderful music. There is no better way to spend a weekend. Linn and Tom are congenial hosts as are the cats and the bats. The squirrel is another story. I am somewhat miffed at being chastised by a rat with a furry tail.The songs and music were pure joy but the after activities including limericks, naughty songs, and jokes...well, what can I say. It got so bad, Kendall made himself blush! The kitchen brought to mind the wedding feast at Cana and the Sermon on the Mount. Wine, beer, fish, and everything else kept multiplying. Thank you all. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Charley Noble Date: 28 May 01 - 04:06 PM Wonder what would happen if one put a "squiggly" in Brett's beer cooler... ;-) |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 28 May 01 - 04:33 PM It would be fruitful and multiply, I guess. I think Jeri's plan to put Scotch in there makes more sense. No offense CN but the world just does not need another rubber squid! |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 28 May 01 - 05:13 PM Whadya mean, the world doesn't need another rubber squid? Us rubber squid collectors (Loyal Order of Vulcanite Calamarians, New Hampshire Chapter) beg to differ. I'll have to write an editorial for our journal. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 28 May 01 - 05:23 PM More rubber squids? I don't think so. You might as well say the world needs more lawyers or banjos. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 28 May 01 - 06:29 PM Brett, There will never be enough banjos in this world, or banjo players. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 28 May 01 - 07:45 PM Even banjo players with bats in their pants? Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: CET Date: 28 May 01 - 08:06 PM We are back. It is now 7.45 p.m. The trip back to the Great White North was mostly uneventful, powered by diesel and happy memories of two extraordinary gatherings at The China Sea Marine Trading Company in Portland and chez Bat Goddess and Curmudgeon. The "mostly" refers to the rapid deterioration of the muffler on our VW Golf. It started getting loud somewhere in Maine. By the time we left Linn and Tom's place it was sounding like a Hercules transport plane. After disturbing the citizens of New Hampshire and Vermont on their Memorial Day Holiday the damned thing finally fell off on the bridge over Lake Champlain. We had visions of a State Trooper pulling us over and ordering us to "step out of the car, please". Luckily, we made Cornwall, Ontario before 5 p.m. and Speedy Muffler effected a muffler transplant for us. What a joy this was. I'm still buzzing and am looking forward to my next music fix. I have never seen such a combination of friendship and musical skill. I hope to see as many as possible of you at the Old Songs Festival. Alas, it's too laste for Mystic this year, but God willing ... Edmund |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Charley Noble Date: 28 May 01 - 08:22 PM CET, glad folks could make it; we did have a lot of fun! Send some more good music folks down for one of our shanty sings at the Portland Observatory on the 4th Sundays, 7 PM, starting in June and ending in September. There's actually a full summer of nautical music happenings in Maine and NH we can tell you about. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: bigchuck Date: 28 May 01 - 08:32 PM ALL RIGHT....that's about enuff gloating about the weekend. I could have found a way to make it, but I didn't dammit. So shut up about it already. Sinsull...not enuff banjos? Hie yerself to a therapist right now. Maybe it's not too late. Bah Humbug. Sandy the green. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 28 May 01 - 09:51 PM Why Sandy, we haven't even begun to gloat! Actually, it was too bad you couldn't make it. Late in the evening we got into the raunchy songs. Quite exilerating! Between Kendall and Curmudgeon we had enough material to write a book. I, of course, was shocked into silence (eager listening silence) by such thoughts being musically expressed. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Noreen Date: 28 May 01 - 10:42 PM fading fast by midnight eh, Brett? You're obviously not the man I took you for! :0) ill-met by midnight, perhaps... |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 29 May 01 - 05:09 AM Ill met in Lankmar? |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Noreen Date: 29 May 01 - 06:06 AM No, don't recognise it... don't remember that bit in A Midsummer Night's Dream ...? |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 29 May 01 - 06:36 AM No, my reference was a little newer than ol' Bill. Ill Met In Lankhmar is the title of a sword and sorcery fantasy featuring Fafrd and The Grey Mouser. Sorry to be so shallow....:-) |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Noreen Date: 29 May 01 - 08:16 AM Ah- is there no end to the things I learn via the Mudcat? :0) Hope you're all recovering from your wonderful weekend and not too 'down' in the aftermath... Noreen |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 29 May 01 - 08:27 AM I'm realizing I'm still tired, but have to get the tables that weren't used Sunday out of the car before I head off to meet a couple clients. Then HAVE to get some (paying) work done! The party itself was as usual fairly easy to clean up after, mostly throwing ambient paper plates and beer bottles into trash bags. Have to deal with the quarterdeck stuff (beer, etc.) sometime today and wash some of the pots left here. Still have unclaimed a bodhran (with tipper) and a jacket. I think everything else has been claimed and has gotten back to its owner or will be soon. Thanks again to everyone who made it such a delightful gathering! We'll definitely have to do it again before snow flies. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Naemanson Date: 29 May 01 - 10:08 AM Memories of the day: * Curmudgeon, face twisted and gasping for breath as he laughs at some remark/joke/story/song... * Too many musicians in a small space, a critical mass resulting in endless O'Carolan tunes, massed voices harmonizing on various choruses, ducking fiddle bows and swinging guitar and banjo necks. * Food spread all over the kitchen, Captain Kendall's fish chowdah, beef curry, cakes, nuts, cheeses, pasta salads, stuffed bread, lemon squares and, of course, BOURBON BALLS! * The quiet that falls over a room full of people during a quiet song, and the rush of sound as the chorus comes up. Thanks again, Tom and Linn. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Uncle Jaque Date: 29 May 01 - 10:14 AM Unclaimed Bodhran, eh? We wonders if ye Bodhranist might yet linger lost amidst the aftermath; have ye checked the portapot, BG? They have been known to fall in. Can the hounds get a scent off of the jacket? A banjo-picking Lawyer... now that surely sends the collywobbles down me back! Memorial Weekend is pretty nutz here, and we did well to make the celebrated ChanteySing, and were abundantly blessed thereby. As much as I would have loved to join the huddled masses in NH (State of my nativity and home of over 20 years by the way) Sounds like I might be way too domesticated by now to fully appreciate such a fling. Your descriptionn reminds me of days of cherished yore up in Crystal, NH in the rambling home / shop of dearly departed Friend and Mentor "Ken" Vinyard and Family. Does anyone out there remember him? I can hear his Martin guitar and tenor banjo yet; sweet musical memories. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 29 May 01 - 10:24 AM Uncle Jaque, Your domestication has come as a total shock to me. When first we met, I assumed you were a member of the local chapter of Hell's Angels. What next? Will Kendall become a staunch Bush Republican? Will the Pope convert to Judaism? Good to see you, Love. And thank you for your music. Mary |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 29 May 01 - 03:41 PM Well, the guy showed up to retrieve the porta-potty about an hour ago. Didn't check for missing bodhranistas. Ah well... Still haven't settled down to any work today, though I did deliver a job this morning. Still working off a warm glow from the party. Wish I'd taken notes. Can't remember half of the jokes, limericks, etc. not to mention songs I wanted to remember or even ask about later. Kendall, what was that limerick again? You know, that one. (I hope you know which one, cuz damned if I can remember; it was late, you know.) If anyone's interested, I'll post "The Adventures of the Rear Admiral and His Maid." And then there's all the songs we didn't get to sing. Why can't we do this all week, anyway? Too much fun! Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Noreen Date: 29 May 01 - 03:50 PM BG, that's what I thought after the Yorkshire Gathering... so many wonderful Mudcatters, a weekend wasn't long enough to even talk as much as I'd have liked to with everyone, never mind all the music and songs that were there to be shared. Here's to the next time! Noreen |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 30 May 01 - 07:54 AM So, any suggestions on when to hold the next one? (Please, before snow flies and with a fighting chance of being able to be outside as well!) Any Vermont input? Again, thanks to everyone for making it such a glorious gathering! Linn |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: SINSULL Date: 30 May 01 - 04:43 PM How about next weekend? |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 30 May 01 - 05:08 PM This weekend, the weekend of Sables, Pirt et al at our Press Room session on Friday and up in Brunswick, ME on Saturday or next weekend, the weekend of my birthday? Party, party, party (she says while taking a break from redesigning a menu and a catalog). Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: GUEST,karen k Date: 31 May 01 - 12:03 AM Sounds like a great time. Wish I could have been there. Maybe next year. |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 31 May 01 - 07:27 AM I think we really should do it again, maybe right after Labor Day. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: Bat Goddess Date: 01 Jun 01 - 01:36 PM Okay -- last post and chorus on this thread, but I feel the need to announce... We found the owner of the bodhran!!! (And not a Mudcatter, either.) Kendall will get his chowdah pot back tomorrow, the banjo player with the bat in his pants (only once! it's gone now!) gets his jacket back tonight. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Nottingham, NH Mudcat Party From: GUEST,Turtle Date: 01 Jun 01 - 02:28 PM Well, dang! How about one of these when I'm back in Vermont the first weekend in August? I hate to miss all the fun, and I could swell the ranks of Vermonters by one, at least...>br >br Turtle |
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