Fun/strange musical traditions

Subject: Fun/strange musical traditions
From:
Date: 29 Jun 98 - 06:35 PM

Hey folks, who has any interesting traditions or rituals they follow where music is concerned?

My own example, a tradition picked up from a friend, I always close out a celtic mix tape with a copy of "The parting Glass".. and I'm starting to form my own custom of opening the mix with "Banish Misfortune"...

Sla/n, Kiwi

Subject: RE: Fun/strange musical traditions
From: Martin Pearson
Date: 30 Jun 98 - 10:24 PM

Finshing singing sessions with the parting glass is a common practice in Brisbane (aus.

Subject: RE: Fun/strange musical traditions
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 01 Jul 98 - 12:16 AM

G'day Martin Pearson,

Perhaps you would need a new tradition of STARTING sessions with an opening glass ... of something warming, now you have moved to Sandy Bay, at the cool heel of Mount Wellington (Hobart, Tasmania).

I remember it as fairly brisk at this time of year when I lived in Hobart (1960s). How is the folk music scene there these days?

Regards,

Bob Bolton

Subject: RE: Fun/strange musical traditions
From: Alice
Date: 01 Jul 98 - 11:49 AM

We have an "official citation" printed up for session members which says in part,

infractions...
failure to play an O'Carolan tune/air
having more than one dobro player at a time
failure to play in another key than Em/D
playing out of tune (before 9pm)
playing in tune (after 9pm)
not buying the next round or pint
quitting too early