New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: InOBU
Date: 18 May 00 - 08:02 AM

Dear M:
The name of the band is Sorcha Dorcha, and keep an eye out here for postings on where we are going to play, or check out our web page hot linked below...
Sorcha Page .
All the best
Larry

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: GUEST,dinah mellin
Date: 17 May 00 - 08:43 PM

We fiddlers up here on Cape Cod are reading these letters. I play in a band called the Cape Cod Fiddlers, our lead fiddler and director is Billy Hardy...He plays with Celtic Clan in Boston with Frank Ryan, do you know of them....maybe you should check out our website and see who's who: www.capecod.net/capecodfiddlers/ I grew up in Manhattan and the temptation is big. But I need a few more years under my belt. Good luck, Dinah

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: GeorgeH
Date: 17 May 00 - 02:22 PM

Good luck with the hunt, InOBU . . just as things were shaking down a treat!

G.

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: Peg
Date: 17 May 00 - 12:16 PM

I know Kingston, it is not far from where my family used to vacation at my dad's boss' vacation home, when I was a kid...(Devil's Lake, in that lovely system of lakes in Ontario). We used to drive through Watertown, too (we called it "H2O City" on the CB radio--remember those?)

I once spent a fun road trip weekend there in college--a friend and I drove to the cabin but my dad's boss was there so we couldn't sneak in..so we slept in the car and went to Kingston to hang out; all the hip students were wearing gas station coveralls as I recall, this was around 1985...and we went to a nice museum, too...and somewhere nearby there is a bakery that madeincredible portugeues bread. We stopped and got my dad a loaf of it and he flipped when I brought it to him, he hadn't had it in years...

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 17 May 00 - 11:40 AM

Ha Ha! A mutual friend of Jaimie's remarked that by moving to the tiny country town of Picton (near Kingston Ontario) Jaimie will be BIG NEWS and will get 3 times as many gigs...at one third the pay! It's a lovely area though, and puts him close to the border, so look out Watertown New York!

Rick

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: M
Date: 17 May 00 - 10:34 AM

What is the name of your band? I work in the city and would like to hear you all, but tonight is a little short notice. Where else do you play?

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: InOBU
Date: 17 May 00 - 07:59 AM

Gee Rick! I feel terrible for you, Picton Ontario! Picton! Why would anyone want to live in Picton, when they could live in New York Jamie, I mean Rick... :-)
Actually Rick, I think we Otways tend to be left of Karl Marx, and in one case quiet litterally. The very next grave over, facing, to the left, where Marx is burried, is Let. Gen. Loftus Otway, (of Castle Otway Tipperary) who it is noted was beloved by all, and that inspite of being to the left of Marx! (How did you do it Loftus, old dad?)
Well good luck in your search Rick. Funny that it is so hard, eh?
Sorcha! It is a bit of a long communte, and everyone would think the band is named after you! What would that do to my huge ego? ;-)
Larry

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 May 00 - 01:41 AM

Hey, I'd come audition, but I don't think you could afford to pay my expenses from Wyoming!! Good Luck!! Gotta be one out there somewhere.

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 16 May 00 - 09:55 PM

Larry I sympathise. I'm losing Jaimie Snider, my wonderful Maritime/celtoid fiddler to the town of Picton Ontario in another month, and I'm freaking! He knows the tunes, He enjoys people, he's a dream to work with, and he laughs at my jokes. I've got one possibility but the person in question thinks I'm a looney-left bleeding heart ultra liberal...God knows, he'd think you were Marx himself! I may be making jokes about this, but you know how difficult it is to find compatible QUALITY musicians. Good luck.

Rick

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: Peg
Date: 16 May 00 - 03:04 PM

Larry, I will ask around. He is a darn good fiddler. No one seems to know what has happened to him...

best of luck; next time I come to NYC I promise I will make it to a gig!

peg

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: InOBU
Date: 16 May 00 - 03:01 PM

We did, Brigit! But, well one in one out! I used to busk with Bram many years ago. If you know anyone in touch with him, send me a note. Thanks. Larry

Subject: RE: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: Peg
Date: 16 May 00 - 12:00 PM

Hi Larry; best of luck with your new band configuration! Did you ever find that female singer you were seeking???
I have not seen Bram in years; he and his band (Shaman) used to come to pagan gatherings a lot but the last time I saw him was about four years ago I think...their band was great, that is just the style of band I would love to be in...

peg

Subject: New fiddler 4 NYC Celtic Band needed
From: InOBU
Date: 15 May 00 - 05:24 PM

Well we are at it again!
Sorcha Dorcha-s fiddler is leaving the city soon, and we will be having to replace Mike with regret. So... if you wish to hear the band with Mike, and would like to audition come hear us at the New Age Cabaret on May 17. 23 Saint Marks Place NYC (8th street between 2nd and 3rd ave) from 8 - 10 pm. Or Email me at [e-mail] if you wish to audition.
We play about half Irish Ceile tunes, and the rest are Ballads from a vairity of Celtic nations as well as some Geordie ballads and contempory ballads written my yours truely.
Any one know where Bram Stewart is these days?
All the best
larry