JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: hesperis
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 04:45 PM

Hawk got in touch with me, so it worked out alright. I have kitchen stuff!!! w00t!

indieman - you do not do yourself justice. I've had MUCH worse students! *g*

Toronto is a pretty easy city to fall in love with. Make sure you visit in February or so, though.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 04:23 PM

well-now; what would be the oppisette of "trailer trash" (because I cannot picture CarolC as "trash" under ANY conditions. Homeless and on the street she would still exude her natural condition - that of a true lady!)

'trailer gentry' perhaps?

Subject: CarolC at the KOA Kampground
From: CarolC
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 04:19 PM

Fortunately I can set a cookie here at the kampground, but not for much longer if I cancel our AOL soon-to-be-not-so-free trial offer membership. I got your PM just now, LH, and sent you her number in a PM just in case you still need it.

Thanks MMario. I'll probably start a thread about trailer life just for the fun of it. It's a very interesting lifestyle.

What JtS said, Clinton and Willie O.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: GUEST,Trailer Sailor
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 12:27 PM

Sorry Hawk, don't have the number. Carol will have to help you there.
Stay in Touch Willie-o, We'd be happy to take a trip to Tronto to see ya or you host you in our home on wheels. Nice to hear from you all. I agree MMario. Carol is a fine writer. Glad you made it back Ian, I hope your guitar is none the worse for the ride. Marie Anne your BBQ fits our plans of a relaixng weekend to a "T" Carol can't use her cookie at the library can you please email the info to [e-mail]

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 10:02 AM

Hey, Carol, Jack, Ian, Hesperis, whoever, I am trying to reach Hesperis about moving some stuff to Toronto, but I lost the piece of paper with her phone number! If you have it, PM me. Thanks!

- LH

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Willie-O
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 09:42 AM

I'm missing all the fun these days...don't seem to get west of Kaladar. However it looks like thats about to change. I'm starting a new job working for a company that installs playground equipment all over south-eastern & central Ontario. So I'll be spending some time in Toronto and god knows where else.

Glad you folks had a good tour through. Maybe next time...

Bill

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: maire-aine
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 09:30 AM

Glad to see you're back in touch, CarolC. For anybody who missed it, folks in the Detroit area are invited to a BBQ on Sunday, August 24th. PM me for details and directions.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 09:28 AM

If yer there, yer there! :-)

Don't be shy eh!

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 09:26 AM

Ian - glad to hear you are fully gruntled - would hate to see you disgruntled.

As usual - having fun reading about the xploits of CarolC, har clan and friends - she should do proffessional travelougues!

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: GUEST,Jack the Trailer Sailor
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 08:19 AM

Clinton, Thursday would be tough for me. Saturday is a lot easier. If we make it, we'll be the ones paying attention to your performance :)

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: indieman
Date: 18 Aug 03 - 07:07 PM

Greetings from Utah! This is the son of CarolC fresh off the plane. Today alone, I've been through Detroit, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City...but Toronto is still my favorite.

This weekend's trip broke my Toronto cherry, and became the grand finale of what I dubbed several months ago as "The Summer of Lost Dreams". Maybe a little on the hokey side, but it lived up to it's name and then some! Anyway as my mom said, I'm in love with the place.

After roaming the city for good (not to mention powered) restaurants, listening to (and loving) the accordion/flute/guitar jam session that took place in my very hotel room, recieving a sacred circle dance lesson from Hesperis (a great teacher even if I wasn't the best of students), and then roaming the city again throughout Saturday, I was nearly disgruntled when it came time to drive back to the States.

But someday, HOHO, someday I will return to that wonderful place...and make a movie there. In the meantime, I'll make the best of Utah, get my film degree, and think back on great times. Much thanks to CarolC, JacktheSailor, Hesperis (formerly Erenle(formerly Hesperis)), LittleHawk, and the real Erenle (if she returns with that name) for such a wonderful experience!


-your friendly neighborhood indieman

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 18 Aug 03 - 05:55 PM

This weekend, I'm @ the Kildare house on Thursday (best place to come see me really) and I have a "musical wallpaper" matinee at Patrick O'Ryans on Sat afternoon... Which is not me at my best...

:-)

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: GUEST,CarolC at Ypsilanti District Lawberry
Date: 18 Aug 03 - 05:48 PM

Yeah, sure... they hit submit on the group post before putting anything in it and then they ditched me. I had to run seven blocks before I caught up with them and then I only found them hiding behind some bushes because Ian sneezed and I can recognize his sneezes anywhere.

So it was fantastic getting to see hesperis and LH again, and it was great to meet erenle and her daughter as well. The weekend contained just the right amount of music and BS (of course), and Ian has fallen in love with Toronto. He says TO has replaced New York City as his favorite city.

The weekend before this last, we went to the Acoustic Guitar gathering in Chicago where we met John Hardly for the first time. He showed up fasionably late, so we didn't get to see very much of him, but we enjoyed his guitar playing and his singing.

We're going to try to make it to your BBQ, maire-aine, so we'll keep you posted as things shape up for us.

We'll be making more trips up into Canada while we're in Michigan. We still need to get to Windsor on a Friday or Saturday evening to catch one of Clinton's gigs and meet him, and we hope to visit Orillia at least once and maybe Toronto one or two more times before we head back.

Very, very cool, Mike. What kind of box do you have? That sounds like a great repertoire you're working on. Maybe I'll get to hear you play some day.

This on-the-road trailer lifestyle is pretty cool. We were right in the middle of the power outage but we weren't effected all that terribly much. We have a backup battery for lights and stuff, our stoves are gas powered, and our fridge automatically switches to gas if the electric goes out. It was hot here, but it wasn't anywhere near as bad in the campground as it was in most places because there's a lot of shade. Anyway, my time's running out, but I'll be back online probably tomorrow and post some more stuff.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Little Hawk
Date: 17 Aug 03 - 12:06 PM

Had a nice gettogether with Jack the Sailor, CarolC, her son Ian, and Hesperis at the Black Bull on Queen Street in Toronto. The Black Bull is a very old hotel/pub sort of brick building with a large outdoor patio facing on a very lively part of Queen Street...lots of neat stores around there. It was a Saturday night, though, so most of them were closed. For some reason most Canadian stores close at 6 pm on Saturday (only). It's a tradition, I guess. So, everybody was in fine fettle, the weather was hot but beautiful, and the conversation went all over the map from prosaic subjects like personal history and the usual political imbroglios (been dying to use that word..) to really fascinating and riveting subjects like the impact of William Shatner on the World of Fine Art! Like, wow, eh?

"It was decent, eh?" as Blind Drunk in Blind River might say...

Looking forward to Jack & Carol's next visit!

- LH

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: hesperis
Date: 17 Aug 03 - 12:45 AM

lol, my jazzy friend was going to sign up for mudcat, but my cookie was still on her computer, so she changed MY info instead of registering new info. I hope she didn't post yet... oh well. I'm back, I'm me, and you'll be seeing a new Erenle soon! (I think it's a cool name.)

Had an awesome time both last night and today. I invited Erenle to hang with us, we went to a cafe, then back to CarolC's hotel for some jammin'. Her son is a cool guy, JtS is a really funny guy, and it was great meeting them.

We danced to "Tierra mi cuerpo, agua mi sangre, aire mi aliento, y fuego mi espiritu." for a bit, it was great to teach again, and great to dance again!

The group post got cut a little too short by having to go to meet Hawk, but that was cool too. I tried to get in touch with Rick and Duckboots, but that didn't happen. Hope Rick's ok...

So much fun. I'm beaming now, I'm so happy to have seen CarolC again.

When are you guys coming back??????????????

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Miken
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 11:16 PM

Well Hi, Carol,
Been following your progress. Squeeze a tune for me. Finally have learned a full set on my new box. Tuamgrainey castle (hornpipe), Napoleon crossing the Rhine, and Julia Delaney (reels). Am also working on some airs. Love them free reeds! My list of tunes to learn is far longer than my remaining years :-))
Mike

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: CarolC
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 06:24 PM

Howdy Buckaroos!!!

This is my first time on the Mudcat in what seems like weeks. We're (JtS, me, my son, and Erenle) are at Erenle's apartment. This is a GROUP POST!!!

This will be short because JtS wants to go sit on a patio and drink beer, and Little Hawk will be meeting us there in just a few minutes. We are wondering why Erenle's name got changed from hesperis to something that could have been as cool as Earlene, but nooooo... just Erenle. What's up with that?

Anyway, this is just a short Toronto visit for the benefit of my son who will be going back to school in Utah on Monday. We expect to be making more trips up here to see more people before we head back to the deep south. I hope to be gettin online more now that I've found a good library nearby.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: hesperis
Date: 13 Aug 03 - 02:39 PM

I'll look stuff up. I could always check with Chopin Restaurant and see if we can play there on Saturday.

There is something happening this weekend but of course I can't remember it right now.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: GUEST,JTS
Date: 11 Aug 03 - 04:58 PM

We're going to be in Toronto Friday and saturday night. Is anything happening that we should take in?

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: GUEST,Jack the Trailer
Date: 07 Aug 03 - 05:20 PM

Hi Folks,

Carol Misses you all, things have been hectic, her son came to visit last night. But she should be back in touch with you all soon. We're looking forward to seeing/meeting you all when time permits.

Cheers

jts

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Big Mick
Date: 05 Aug 03 - 10:29 PM

Hello, kiddo! Email me the directions and I'll see if the Big Mick Lane clan can make it.

Mick

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: maire-aine
Date: 05 Aug 03 - 06:23 PM

Hi, everybody. I'm having a BBQ/picnic at my house in Royal Oak, MI on Sunday, August 24th (about 3PM to ??). PM me for directions, or reply to this thread and we'll work something out.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: hesperis
Date: 03 Aug 03 - 04:36 PM

*bump*

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: hesperis
Date: 01 Aug 03 - 09:34 AM

Ok, what is going on, where? I've lost the thread of this thread.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Willie-O
Date: 26 Jul 03 - 08:27 AM

I've seen a few around, you have to come to Eastern Ontario, it seems. (But I don't think Carol was bear huntin')

I don't know why I thought Gutbucket was in Mich. I know less than nothing...

good luck with the new house on wheels, Carol & Rob!

Bill

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Marion
Date: 26 Jul 03 - 01:16 AM

Pepper spray? I don't think you'll find many bears in southern Ontario.

Marion

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 25 Jul 03 - 02:20 PM

Best place to find my dates is on -My Web Site-

;-)

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: CarolC
Date: 25 Jul 03 - 02:09 PM

We're going to be leaving this hotel and getting set up in the RV park tomorrow. After tomorrow morning, I don't know when I'll have internet access. I guess we'll need to get a satellite connection or something. If anyone wants me to have their phone number for contact, or if anyone wants mine, send a PM and we'll try to get it taken care of by tomorrow morning. Or you can send me an e-mail at [e-mail].

We'll try to get reconnected on the internet as soon as possible.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: CarolC
Date: 24 Jul 03 - 01:41 PM

Looking forward to seeing both of you, John. We don't need special glasses to see Millring, or a secret decoder ring or anything like that do we?

That's great, Clinton. I figure that makes scheduling to come see you at one of your gigs a little easier. Are there any weekends when we should not schedule to come see you in Windsor?

In the 'oops I forgot' dept:

So sorry to hear that, Stephen Lee. Have a great time at the Buskerfest '03

Willie-O, I PMed GutBucketeer and he said he's in the Silver Spring, Maryland area (which is where I thought I remembered he was), and not in Michigan. Sorry we can't help you with that but if we find ourselves in your area before we head south, it would be great to see you again.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 24 Jul 03 - 12:51 PM

"Clinton, are there any weekends between now and then when you won't be somewhere in the Windsor area?"

My weekends from now till about Mid-October are booked up pretty solid, and most are in Windsor...

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: John Hardly
Date: 24 Jul 03 - 10:16 AM

Millring assures me that where I go...

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: CarolC
Date: 24 Jul 03 - 08:52 AM

Oops. Forgot too...

That would be great, Wysiwyg, if you could be there.

Too cool, John Hardly. Will Millring be there as well?

;-)

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: CarolC
Date: 24 Jul 03 - 08:50 AM

We've had to make a change in plans. The company that was making our travel trailer (our new house) said that the company that makes the furniture for inside the trailers burnt down and they couldn't guarantee a delivery date. So we went to a place here in Michigan and bought one that was in the lot. So now we'll be spending the weekend putting the trailer in the campground and moving our stuff over to it.

Sorry we'll be missing you this Saturday, Maryanne. Will that be the only time between now and mid-September that you'll be at Kildare House? Clinton, are there any weekends between now and then when you won't be somewhere in the Windsor area?

Oops, heric. I forgot to respond to your post. That's so great that Alex is getting to enjoy the wonder of those books. Some time you'll have to scan some of her artwork and put a picture up in WebShots or something.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 23 Jul 03 - 12:57 PM

Cool MA... me and the band are playing there that night!

:-)

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: John Hardly
Date: 23 Jul 03 - 12:48 PM

hey, I'm going to be at the Chicago thing. (looking forward to meeting the funny and talented couple)

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: maire-aine
Date: 23 Jul 03 - 12:44 PM

I am planning to go over to Kildare House in Windsor on Sat (7/26).
Maryanne

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: wysiwyg
Date: 23 Jul 03 - 10:48 AM

We might just catch the Chicago thing. Too early to tell.

~S~

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Jul 03 - 10:00 AM

Thanks, Carol. Unfortunately I'll only be able to be in Chicago the weekend before that (I'm one of the performers for Buskerfest'03). I'm already killing the last of my vacation days from my straight job to play that. Have fun, though.

Stephen Lee

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Willie-O
Date: 23 Jul 03 - 09:36 AM

Marion's invite goes for me too, we live in the same neighbourhood. Not that I really expect to see you.

After your attempt at pepperspray smuggling, feel like trying it with an autoharp? Gutbucketeer, who's somewhere in Michigan I think, has one that I am negotiating to purchase, PM him if you can snag it and take it to Toronto (like, Cafe Rick's) when you go there.   

Best
Bill

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: CarolC
Date: 23 Jul 03 - 09:01 AM

Wow, Clinton. If I put some of my pepper spray on your scrambled eggs, can I watch you eat them?

Ok. We're free this weekend if anyone wants to meet up in Windsor on Friday or Saturday. If not, how about if everyone who wants to meet in Windsor posts here about when they'll be free to get together?

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 22 Jul 03 - 01:13 PM

Yes... leave yer pepper spray in that country to the south of Canada please... unless yer bringing it to put on my scrambled eggs!

LOL

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: CarolC
Date: 22 Jul 03 - 10:47 AM

Hi everybody...

We've been pretty busy getting settled in here and we had to go up to Ontario to deal with some passport issues for JtS, so we haven't had much time to plan anything else yet. We'll probably be doing that some time in the next few days, and then I'll start getting in touch with people. The good news is that when we were coming back, we didn't have any difficulty getting JtS back into the US. We didn't really anticipate a problem, but it was nice to get that first one behind us. Going into Canada, I forgot to leave my pepper spray in the hotel room, so it was confiscated at the border. That's the second time for me.

Stephen Lee, the gathering is scheduled for the weekend of August 9. Here's a couple of threads in the acoustic guitar forum that have details. It would be great if you could be there:

Announcements Forum

TTT Forum

Marion, thanks for the heads up. We might be in that part of Ontario at some point between now and when we head south. I'll send a PM if it looks like we'll be in your area.

Thanks for the info, Pete Boom and maire-aine.

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 18 Jul 03 - 06:26 PM

When is the gathering in Chicago?

Stephen Lee

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: maire-aine
Date: 17 Jul 03 - 08:03 PM

Sorry, hit the submit button too soon. The website is Detroit Irish
Hope this works, after all that.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: maire-aine
Date: 17 Jul 03 - 08:01 PM

There is a real good website for info on Detroit & southeastern Michigan Irish music and stuff. It is

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Marion
Date: 17 Jul 03 - 02:34 AM

Hi Carol. It doesn't sound like you have in mind to visit eastern Ontario, but if you do decide to go to Ottawa, you should stop and see me on the way. I'm in Perth, an hour southwest of Ottawa.

Marion

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: PeteBoom
Date: 11 Jul 03 - 08:33 AM

Yeah - except that I'm heading out tomorrow morning - not tonite.

Also this weekend in Saline is the Saline Celtic Fest. I played there a few times with my old band. Last year there was a bit of a session in the dark at the end of the day. This year I've heard that they are making the "green room" for the main stage available for an after-hours session. If you can't catch Clinton (or my pipe band) in Chatham, this might be a good alternative.

Cheers -

Pete

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 10 Jul 03 - 06:55 PM

Aww... geee... shucks BM...

:-)

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Big Mick
Date: 10 Jul 03 - 05:55 PM

Go see Clinton, Pete. You won't be sorry. The guy is great when no one is listening, so I imagine he is friggin' outstanding when they are.

Mick

Subject: RE: JtS &CarolC: Michigan, Chicago, Ontario
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 10 Jul 03 - 05:08 PM

Hey Pete... There's a pub in Chatham called Auld Kellys... If yer around Friday night pre-games, I'm gigging there...

:-)