Irish Session in Toronto

Subject: Irish Session in Toronto
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 05 Feb 01 - 03:15 PM

I ventured into Hogtown yesterday to an Irish Session that my sister had heard about. It runs every Sunday @ 4:00 P.M. at Dora Keogh's on the Danforth (About five doors west of the Danforth Music Hall). I enjoyed it very much.There were a number of fiddles, tenor banjos, a couple of flutes, pennywhistles and later in the session a woman came in with a full sized harp. It was all Trad. It seemed quite relaxed, no mikes, just a section reserved for players in the back of the pub. I live in Whitby so I can't see myself becoming a regular, but I can see myself going back from whenever possible.

Had a nice visit with the Fieldings too.

Subject: RE: Irish Session in Toronto
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Feb 01 - 12:41 AM

That sounds great, Steve. Did you get to see the Shed that Dremel built in Rick's backyard?**BG**

The music sounds wonderful! Thanks,

kat

Subject: RE: Irish Session in Toronto
From: GUEST,Steve Latimer
Date: 06 Feb 01 - 08:08 AM

Kat,

I was honoured to be invited into that very shed where Dr. Rick was working on his newest secret musical invention. I am sworn to secrecy.

Subject: RE: Irish Session in Toronto
From: Jimmy C
Date: 06 Feb 01 - 10:28 PM

Steve,

Send me a PM, I am in Whitby also, close to Kendalwood plaza.

JimmyC

Subject: RE: Irish Session in Toronto
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 07 Feb 01 - 12:40 AM

It's a four-sided music stand, for jams.

Rick

Subject: RE: Irish Session in Toronto
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Feb 01 - 12:48 AM

Oh very kewl, Rick! Gee, I wonder how my string quartet would've done with one of those; probably poke each other's eyes out!**BG**

Lucky you, Steve!

My dad has been a musician and a welder all of his life. He has always designed things to be as efficient as possible reducing any work to the least amount of effort in order to be safe and still produce good quality work.

Anyway, when he goes out to entertain, it is difficult for him to turn around and pick instruments from their cases or wherever, so he fired up the welding rig and made himself a lazy-susan type of stand with an instrument hanging hook kind of thing at the top for each instrument. So he's got the whirly-gig kind of upright stand with banjo, fiddle, mando all hanging by their necks, and a microphone coming out of the top of it. It's pretty neat.

Subject: RE: Irish Session in Toronto
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 07 Feb 01 - 09:38 AM

Hey Rick,

I was telling Susan about your invention. She brought up a good point, you'll have to make sure you have four copies of each chart. Hope you'd thought about that, photocopying can get expensive.

Jimmy C, I'll PM you.