for those who haven't seen it, here's a link to a NY Times story and video about the students at an inner-city Bronx school taking up Irish step dancing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/nyreg ... ted=1&_r=1
It brought a smile and a tear to this old cynic....
cheers,
Myra
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- Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:25 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: feel-good story of the week....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1067
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:52 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: returning emails unread?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1994
- Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:09 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Foinn Seisiún 1 & 2: Traditional Irish Session Tunes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4980
audacity is great... i use it for editing and ripping youtube audios. i prefer the amazing slow downer for practicing music, though. it's the same difference, but a lot easier to use. it's worth the forty bucks, i think! Is it possible to use Audacity to get the audio from a youtube video, so I can...
- Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:00 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Foinn Seisiún 1 & 2: Traditional Irish Session Tunes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4980
- Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:28 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Thinking about moving
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1781
Asheville is a wonderful place to live, to dance and to play music. What it doesn't have is lots of paying jobs - but if you can overcome that drawback it's fabulous. I spend a few weeks to a month there every winter, calling dances and visiting friends, many of whom moved there from the frozen nort...
- Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:38 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Frustration!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5041
I, too, have been stuck on learning by ear, and I'd like to second the recommendation to get some kind of slowdown software. I've been using Audacity (too lazy to figure out how to put links in here - it's www.audacity.com - it's free) and have found it very helpful - you can slow down a whole tune,...
- Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:26 am
- Forum: City Guide: Sessions, Concerts, Events
- Topic: Ontario Chiffers- Stand up and be Counted!!!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8522
- Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:36 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Windjammer cruises?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 377
I've been on three (which should tell you how I liked them)- once off the coast of Maine and twice in the Caribbean. All these trips were many years ago, so I don't know if their culture has changed. All were very low-key and low in amenities (sort of like camping, but on the high seas) and very rel...
- Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:43 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Pastiche and Weltenschauung
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1342
Re: Pastiche and Weltenschauung
thanks for the tips about converting vinyl to CD - yet one more reason for me to love Audacity. So far, I've used it to change the pitch on ecordings to one I can play on my whistle; to change the tempo and endless-loop sections of tunes I'm trying to learn; and to play along with distant friends by...
- Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:33 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Pastiche and Weltenschauung
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1342
Re: Pastiche and Weltenschauung
Having recently worked out an easy way to record all my old vinyl and cassettes to CD, I've been working my way through my box of old tapes, rediscovering all kinds of old friends, sadly neglected ever since I got a car and stopped wearing my walkman everywhere I went. So what is the easy way you'v...
- Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: unfriendly sessions
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4093
- Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:53 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Now that I am officiially a bionic bimbo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 919
- Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:43 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Breast Cancer Fundraiser - Results Announced
- Replies: 63
- Views: 31620
I received my two whistles this weekend - the Hoover Narrow Bore brass and the O'Brien maple - thanks, Daniel and Judy!! Since all I've ever played is a Generation (I have one Freeman-tweaked, and one as nature made it), I'm looking forward to seeing how different it is to play these whistles - so f...
- Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:50 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Breast Cancer Fundraiser - Results Announced
- Replies: 63
- Views: 31620
- Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:42 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Breast Cancer Fundraiser - Results Announced
- Replies: 63
- Views: 31620