NH in Nov Pt II

Subject: NH in Nov Pt II
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 30 Oct 00 - 05:27 PM

The other thread was getting ponderous...

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 30 Oct 00 - 05:29 PM

Here's the old one.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 31 Oct 00 - 08:15 AM

Back to the top!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: GUEST,Ewan McVicar
Date: 31 Oct 00 - 11:51 AM

Well, I'm just back from two weeks in the Urals, now dashing round schools storytelling for the Edinburgh International Storytelling Festival for the next 12 days straight, then it's off to Boston for some peace and quiet??

November used to be such a calm month.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 31 Oct 00 - 05:21 PM

I spoke to Barry at Ramblewood, but I'll reiterate it here. Marge and I plan to come.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: GUEST,Barry Finn
Date: 31 Oct 00 - 09:29 PM

Ah, good man yourself Roger. See you soon. Barry

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Naemanson
Date: 02 Nov 00 - 06:03 AM

Here we are, only 16 days from THE EVENT and this has dropped off the one day list. Shame!

REFRESH!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 03 Nov 00 - 04:57 PM

Marge and I have reservations at the Red Roof Inn in Salem, NH. Any recommendations for restaurants (those who know me know food is important)?

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: GUEST,Barry Finn
Date: 03 Nov 00 - 10:28 PM

Hi Roger, there are 3 very nice resturants in that area. Poor Man's, Loafers & the Colosseum. A little pricey though not to steep but there as fine as you'll find anywhere. Barry

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Susan A-R
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 12:39 AM

It's coming up. So, could I meet the Woodchuck van in WRJ at the VT Transit stop some time after 11 a.m. on Saturday? It'll be me, my fiddle, my sleeping bag, tooth brush, Trout River something, and food, probably ethnic munchies, spring rolls, dolmas, whatever is left after a week of chef-dom. I'll have to take a more serious look at bus schedules to figure out the homeward trip. I don't want tomiss anything!!

Ah, a weekend of Singing fiddling, Mudcatters, food, a bon fire. This is too much happieness!!

Susan

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 07:20 AM

Don't it sound lovely? Wish I could swoop up north to fetch you, Susan, but I have the priviledge of leading Ewan and Deb to Barry's!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Naemanson
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 09:09 AM

So do we have a roll call for this party? It sounds like it is turning into a major event! Let's see, a review of this thread and the first half shows that the following people will be there. I also went through and picked out what people have promised so far.
Barry
Animaterra
Jeri
Kendall
Naemanson
Ewain
Susan A-R - spanakopita
Deb
Bigchuck
Mzchuck
Midchuck - whiskey, cake an pie, and floozies
Roger In Baltimore
CamiSu – Leg of Lamb (and a Chicken to beat Midchuck with)
Peg - blackberry cake and maybe a mushroom quiche
Bat Goddess
Karen K
Uncle Jaque - Winter stout homebrew
kelticgrasshopper - lasagna
Guest, Lucius
Sinsull - cakes and cookies
John Nolan
Curmudgeon
Dan Schatz
Peter Johnson

That's 24 people (not counting the piles of kids chasing each other in the back yard and falling asleep in various laps). Most will be bringing their SO's I assume. Can your house hold 47+ singing partying people, Barry? (The math is not wrong. I have nobody to bring with me.)

Oh, by the way, I AM GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THIS! Could you tell?

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: GUEST,Lucius
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 10:06 AM

Shame on me, I dropped my cookie one too many times. But GUEST Lucius??? I can show up with a dish in hand (besides my wife) or lend some of my culinary skills (Animaterra may be able to vouch for me). ...and Jeri--I'm a proud Mac user. No Microsoft Windows since 1994, though I appreciate your other posting.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Jeri
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 10:45 AM

Lucius, you can always re-set your cookie! OK - I'll make an Apple pie from your Mac then!

Barry, you may need to put a new roof on after the party as we will probably blow the current one off. I think we may all need to grease ourselves, as it's going to be difficult moving around otherwise.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 11:53 AM

Lucius, I'll vouch for your cooking. Wanna carpool?

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: GUEST,Barry Finn
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 02:57 PM

The house won't fall down (????) & there'll more from the outside world to boot. We can hang 'em from the new rafters if we have to. We just got a pellet stove for the new addition so I'll be busting through the walls tomorrow & that'll add extra space & another seperate area for singing. It doesn't matter much if you come one arm as long as the other but you may choose, if you deceide to go on this mission, to bring a spouse, a kid, an instrument, a dish or whatever & if anyone has one of those new fangled CD recorders please bring that & a camera so the mudcat will have a bunch of good laughs at our expense. All knowledge of what you bring or what transpires here will be disavowed by the State Department
Jeri, the walls & floors will blow out before the roof goes which means that no matter what happens we'll still be dry.
Hi Peg, I believe Connie & Maureen McNally & hubby & Maggie Christl & hubby will be heading up from the south you probably hook up with any of them? Let me know if there's a problem
See you all soon, Barry

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: kendall
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 03:27 PM

I'll be coming alone. In fact, after that remark I made on another thread, I will probably go EVERYWHERE alone from now on!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: SINSULL
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 03:37 PM

Sing "Lorena", Kendall and I will pretend to like you.
Mary, cookies and cake

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Jeri
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 03:58 PM

Barry - I have one o' them newfangled minidisc recorders I can bring. Here's another thought - we can hook up to the HearMe concert room (if nobody else is using it) when the singing gets going really well. I don't think we can hog it for the whole weekend, though. (Just wondering if/when you expect us to leave? Hahaha!)

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Midchuck
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 04:18 PM

Jeri said:

Here's another thought - we can hook up to the HearMe concert room (if nobody else is using it) when the singing gets going really well. I don't think we can hog it for the whole weekend, though.

Why not? That's the idea of having a concert room as well as a song circle room. There's no other concert scheduled that day and night that I know of.

A lot o' folks mought enjoy being there virtually if they can't get their fleshy extensions down there.

Peter.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Susan A-R
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 06:51 PM

Two weeks!!!! Sounds like a LOT of spanakopita, but then that's my specialty.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Naemanson
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 10:40 PM

Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy!

(Pacing and muttering in two weeks I'll be there!)

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Nov 00 - 02:24 AM

Haven't been around in a while. Tried to figure out what's happening from reading the previous threads. Can anyone explain? My sister is in northern Mass and might be interested. (Grew up in Exeter)

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 05 Nov 00 - 07:18 AM

GUEST, the second posting up at the top of this thread has a blue clicky. Click on the word "HERE" and it will take you to a very long thread which explains the whole thing!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: karen k
Date: 05 Nov 00 - 11:54 AM

Hope to make it as it is sounding better and better all the time. I think Joe Offer is coming as well. At least that's what he said at the Getaway. Still need to make a motel reservation.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 06 Nov 00 - 12:37 PM

Back to the top!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: GUEST,Uncle Jaque
Date: 06 Nov 00 - 11:15 PM

"Lorena", Sinsull, happens to be one of my favorite Civil-War period pieces! My RAFG (Responsible Adult Female Guardian) has declared the next 2 weeks to be dedicated to a frantic clean-up of the premises in preparation for the Family thanksgiving Feast (around 25 people) at the Yarmouth Clarke quarters, which I have been terribly remiss in maintaining as resident househusband. In a nutshell; I've been bad, and will probably be grounded. Shame on me... I also seem to have been remanded to "Guest" status here on Mudcat for some unknown infraction. Looking forward to a visit from Naemenson Wed. nite to compare notes, swap a song and a yarn or two, and perhaps, if we manage to get in tune with each other, conspire a bit. Stay tuned! The program Director of a local Elderly-Care facility we recently placed my Mom in has invited me/us to do our practice/jamming there, as it provides the residents with some cheap "live" entertainment - they're not real fussy - and it is a lot of fun to cheer up some of these elder folks while doing what we love to do! I plan to take them up on it, and invite anyone to join me/us here or at any such facility in your neighborhood. Last week I spontaniously brought my pennywhistle in to a little music group they had going, and after a few tunes, found out that one of the little old "Grannies" was Irish, and remembered her Father playing similar tunes on just such a whistle (CLARKE "C" Classic) for her when she was a child. Now that was pretty nifty, Mates!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Susan A-R
Date: 06 Nov 00 - 11:15 PM

Up you go.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Naemanson
Date: 07 Nov 00 - 08:54 AM

Maybe Uncle Jaque will teach me to play Lorena so I can bring it to the party for you, Sins.

The two hotels closest to Barry's house are full up. I haven't checked any farther out. I guess I'll be sleeping in the car. This is not a problem for me as it is a station wagon and I do have the makings of a comfortable bed. Two foam pads, a warm sleeping bag and a blanket and all is well.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: kendall
Date: 07 Nov 00 - 11:59 AM

Naemanson, I'd be glad to teach you Lorena.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: GUEST,Uncle Jaque
Date: 07 Nov 00 - 12:41 PM

Naem: Kendall can probably teach you how to do it right, and avoid aquiring any of my bad habits, but I'll be glad to pick "my" version of "Lorena" for ye for comparison's sake Wed.. Not many people know all (6 I think)the verses; I only bother with about 4 of my favorites. Audience attention spans just ain't what they were in the 1850's! It really sounds nice on the gut-strung parlour guitar, but alas mine still awaits my attentions on the bench. Kendall; what, pray tell, did you do on said other thread to so alienate you, and from whom? (not that it's any of my business, but since you mention it I'm curious). That's the sort of stunt I've been pulling with regularity all of my life! Considering the way I am, It's a wonder that I'm still alive at this age! (God DOES have a sense of humor!)
The RAFG will be working late Thurs. nite (9th) till about 2100 if Naem. or any other local Folkies wanna get together to make a joyful noise. I think our freinds (one of whom seems to know Kendall & Co. pretty well) down at Bay Square Assisted Living Community here in Yarmouth (accross the street from the Post Office) would be ameinable to providing an accomidating space, an appreciative, patient and forgiving small audience, and more than likely, a cup of hot tea. Frequently when we visit, the crew on Harbor I (where Mom lives) has a gigerbread or batch of cookies in the oven or cooling off on top, eminating the most delicious of aromas. No promises, but I'll bet that with a day's advance notice somthing lucious could be arranged! (Drop me an e-mail or landline as I don't git in here as oft as before). Another option might be the Brunswick MacBEAN's Jam, but I found that it's a bit cramped in the store, although the talent that shows up there is top-rate.
The past couple of weeks have been pretty nutz, what with getting Mother moved, etc., so havn't even started the brew, and not sure if we can get to it any time soon - so in the unlikely event we can do NH, will have to punt. Naem: sounds like you're pretty well set - I don't need to remind you to bring PLENTY of insulation if camping in NH this time of year. A fair Colleen from the Auld Counterie might enhance the comfort level appreciably, eh Mate? May the luck O' the Irish be wi' ye!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: kendall
Date: 07 Nov 00 - 12:50 PM

When is the jam at McBeans? Who knows me in Yarmouth? details man!!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Nov 00 - 12:42 PM

I've got a hotel reservation. I'll fly into Boston on Saturday morning and rent a car. Anyone need a ride? Let me know.
Mary

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Susan A-R
Date: 08 Nov 00 - 09:37 PM

I have a nice low fiddle line for Lorena if you wish for accompaniment (and know enouh of the words to do a bit of vocal harmony as well.)

Say, are you woodchucks still going? Can I hitch from WRJ?

Susan A-R

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Midchuck
Date: 08 Nov 00 - 09:58 PM

As of now, Kris and I are 99% certain and Sandy (bc)is somewhere less than 50%. He has to take this Saturday off for gonad, I mean NOMAD, and may not be able to get two Saturdays off in a row.

In either event, we can almost certainly give you a ride the rest of the way if you can get to the WRJ bus station by late morning. I'm not sure about the return trip as we haven't yet decided between driving back in the wee small hours, camping on our host's floor, and imposing on my sister who lives north of Manchester.

Peter.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Naemanson
Date: 08 Nov 00 - 10:25 PM

Thanks for the offer on Lorena, Kendall. I just came from Uncle Jaque's house where I realized what I really need is to figure out how to apply four fingers and a thumb (five digits) to six strings and make it sound like 3/4 time. Until I conquer that I might as well take a rain check on Lorena and any other pretty waltzes.

(Yeah, yeah, I know most of you out there have already fingered this out but I am slow of wit and hand.)

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Susan A-R
Date: 08 Nov 00 - 10:27 PM

This is such a nice contrast to the election thread. I am sooo glad that I spent yesterday evening playing fiddle instead of glued to the radio.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: kendall
Date: 09 Nov 00 - 12:17 PM

I think a well mannered fiddle would be nice on Lorena.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Midchuck
Date: 09 Nov 00 - 12:45 PM

Kendall:

I think a well mannered fiddle would be nice on Lorena.

OXYMORON ALERT!

P. (husband of a fiddler)

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: kendall
Date: 09 Nov 00 - 02:40 PM

I meant viola

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Susan A-R
Date: 11 Nov 00 - 11:40 AM

I could bring one of those too, but they are subject to almost as many jokes as banjos. Now Midchuck, I consider myself a lady (A lady never does anything unintentionally vulgar.) See you all in ONE WEEK!!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Naemanson
Date: 11 Nov 00 - 08:58 PM

Have you guys noticed that the UK contingent is having a Mudcat party in Manchester, England, on the same weekend as ours? There must be something we can do to connect the parties! It's time to put on our thinking hats. Can Max and the Joeclones put something together so we can all be together in cyberspace? Do you have a videocamera on your computer, Barry? At the very least we should try to meet the two parties in the Hearme song room.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: GUEST,Barry Finn
Date: 11 Nov 00 - 09:17 PM

Hi Neamanson, I could have time travel on my computer & I wouldn't be able to pull up today's date. I know there's no camera in there otherwise I'd be getting blackmailed. You're more than welcome to try your hand with it though, Joe will be here, so maybe he can figure out something if you or anyone else can bring along whatever it is that you'd use to attempt these tecno-leaps. Barry

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Naemanson
Date: 11 Nov 00 - 09:43 PM

Maybe someone has one they could bring along. With the computer expertise I expect to see in that room we should be in high hog heaven.

Of course it will be for nought if the other end can't get plugged in. I guess we'll have to wait and see. I left a message on the other thread for them to look into it and just spoke to Jon about it on Paltalk.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: SINSULL
Date: 13 Nov 00 - 11:28 AM

dIZZY dAY. i SAW THE TWO THREADS ON THE MANCHESTER, uk gathering (Yes! Damn Capslock!) and thought I had screwed up by flying into Boston. Refresh.

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Nov 00 - 11:50 AM

Well, I've been following this thread and I must say the Finn boy is really in for it!!! This may be the biggest 'Cat gathering anywhere anytime, posibly surpassing the Getaway numbers!!!

And what a crew it is!!!! There are tons of fine folks around here, but this group includes some of my favorite folks and I send you all my best for a great time.....and I know you'll have one!!!

And Naes......Have someone teach you how to play "Lorena" on Hammered Dulcimer. The harmonies are just beautiful and its an ideal HD ballad, one of my favorites.

Spaw

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Catrin
Date: 13 Nov 00 - 12:08 PM

Naemonson - I know that some 'catters going to the UK gathering have laptops. I am going to see the Landlord of the White Lion tonight, to sort a few things out. I will ask about the possibility of a phone line. I'll post to this thread tomorrow with an answer.

What larks Pip! What larks!

Cheers,

Catrin

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Naemanson
Date: 13 Nov 00 - 03:12 PM

ALL RIGHT!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: Naemanson
Date: 13 Nov 00 - 03:16 PM

(Hmmm! Note to self. Don't hit TAB then the space bar. It posts your message before you are finished with it.)

Where was I? Oh yeah...

ALL RIGHT! This is coming together as a massive accumulation of Mudcatters. It is the Manchester to Manchester Mudcat Transatlantic Music Party!

From Barry's house to the White Lion we will raise our voices and glasses in song and celebration.

I cannot wait for the weekend!

Subject: RE: NH in Nov Pt II
From: SINSULL
Date: 13 Nov 00 - 03:21 PM

Have decided to add my infamous Bourbon Balls spiked with Jack Daniel's to the cookie mix. Be afraid. Be very afraid.