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Henke · Post by **Henke** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:42 pm

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Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:07 pm

Nice pictures Henrik! That's a great opportunity. Was it hard to play with an audience that could actually keep time as opposed to drunken folks all clapping to their own personal rhythm?

Good luck to you and your band!

Eric

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:13 pm

Nice! Love your kilts. I would much rather hear you guys than other typical cruise fare...not that I've ever been on a cruise.

peteinmn · Post by **peteinmn** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:23 pm

Very Cool !!

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:34 pm

Go people who wear Kilts.

Says the guy who plays GHBs...
(That would be me)

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:49 pm

Great pictures. Looks like fun.

Seems like I used to be that age once . . . *sigh*

Will O'Ban

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:29 pm

great pictures, Henke! You guys look like you're having a blast

And I too love the kilts.

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:25 pm

Great pics, but for heaven's sake buy or make sporrans to go with the kilts!!!!

Cheers,
David

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:48 am

Aren't kilts great!!! I have one I wear occasionally to Scottish Ceilidhs, they are fantastic to swing & spin in!

In one pic I thought I spotted a fiddler, but in fact he was playing bass! Great pose though!

Playing live music to which people are dancing is a real high, it makes all those hours of practise worthwhile!

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:55 am

Looks like fun. Do I detect you are holding your flute *gasp* backward?

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:20 am

Thanks for all the nice comments guys. Yeah, we had a blast. Folklandia is one of the nicest ideas anyone around here has had in ages. Boat cruises between Sweden and Finland are great fun as they are. Add a Folkmusic festival on top of that, on the largest boat and you're in for a real treat. The kilts were mainly for fun. Because most of the groups on that festival played Swedish or Finish trad, we wanted to be different, not only with our music but with appearances as well. So we dressed up in kilts to honor our Celtic music heritage

And Flyingcursor, yes, I do hold my flute the "wrong" way

When I started playing whistles it felt a bit better with the right hand on top. I could probably have learned to play with the left on top but at that point I didn't care. Now I can't really change back. It's no problem cause I have a lefty flute, it's got reversed keys and everything.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:16 am

That's pretty cool though. At first glance I thought the picture had been taken in a mirror but I noticed all the other musicans would have been playing opposite handed.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:57 am

Does your band have a CD for sale?

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:17 am

Henke wrote: Boat cruises between Sweden and Finland are great fun as they are. Add a Folkmusic festival on top of that, on the largest boat and you're in for a real treat. The kilts were mainly for fun. Because most of the groups on that festival played Swedish or Finish trad, we wanted to be different, not only with our music but with appearances as well. So we dressed up in kilts to honor our Celtic music heritage

Swe-Fin Boat cruises with folk music are rare, even more so for ITM,
Im sure you had a blast.
Usually the music on these cruises is quite different, and all the bands look like this:

/MarcusR

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:38 am

glauber wrote:Does your band have a CD for sale?

Not yet Glauber. We're still a pretty new band. Our next priority is a new demo, then a website and then a full lenght cd. Hopefully, we'll have time to record the first one later this year. I'll keep you all informed of the progress.

And Marcus, it's not quite that bad, even though it's kind of close, there are often several different places to be on the regular cruises, usually there is a club on the top floor which feathures some music that people in my age tend to prefer for these occations

In the dance bar there is music of the kind that elderly couples prefer when they go on a cruise, and there is usually a pub with a troubadour. This cruise is quite different however, it's annual. I can warmly recomend you go next year, always in January...