News from Switzerland

[Nikita]

Hello folks !
Here's a few hackbrett news from the swiss alps !

On saturday 19th january, we have the "West Schweiz Hackbrett Treffung" : in Bern ;D. We meet 4-5 times a year to play together, and we're sometimes up to 20 hackbrett ! things are organised by Marc Ramser (www.saitenart.ch) and Gilbert Paeffgen... maybe we'll create a huge Hackbrett Orchestra...

26th january, we're playing with my new group Filidh Ruadh (gaelic songs, with voice, harp, hackbrett, accordion) for the Burns' Night at the Lausane ScotsKirk

The first of March, I'm playing in Germany, in Schechingen, near Stuttgart, doing the Folk Ball. It's organised by Angelika Maier, very good hackbrett, flute and nyckelharpa player !

The 8th of March we have a Stubete (=the swiss equivalent of a pub session), but I guess I'll be the lone hackbrett...

if anyone of you happens to be around these dates, you'd be a lot welcome (all infos on my site : http://www.tympanon.ch)
Cheers

[Dick Glasgow]

... maybe we'll create a huge Hackbrett Orchestra.

Sounds like you are going to be busy for the next few months. It also sounds like a lot of fun.

Mrs Ptarmigan & I have also been invited to play for a Burns Night, in Bushmills, so ye olde H-D will certainly get a good rattle that night.

We have also been asked to play in the Walled Garden of Glenarm Castle this year, in May, as part of their Tulip Festival. This will of course give me great pleasure to be playing my H-D in John Rea's home village.

I hope some of our members here do get a chance to join you at your next Stubete.

Cheers
Dick

John Rea

Glenarm Castle

Glenarm

Glenarm Kitchen Concert

The Hammered Dulcimer in Co. Antrim

[jenny4dulc]

When you see Angelika on March 1st, say hello from Jenny. We've been swapping music, and I've just sent her some of my sets of English tunes so we can play them together next time we meet. We enjoyed playing in the session together at Oberammergau in October.
Jenny4dulc

[Nikita]

Jenny, I will say hello... And I do hope we'll be able to session together.
If you go on this trhead, you'll see a photo of Angelika and me sessioning together :eurodulcimers.proboards74.com/index.cgi?board=gendiscussions&action=display&thread=1192171238
;D ;D ;D ;D

[jenny4dulc]

Thanks Nikita, I didn't see those photos when you originally posted them. You can see me in action with Didine Stauffer at the CWA Congress in Oberammergau, performing in the US/UK concert at - www.cimbalom.org/photos/WCC9/Nat/20071005-usuk-video/
Jenny.

[Dick Glasgow]

Jenny, that link wouldn't work for me

It may just be a temp fault, so I'll try it again later.

In the meantime Nikita, here's a couple of photos of Jenny:



Jenny at Oberammergau

Jenny playing at the World Cimbalom Congress ~ 1997

Cheers
Dick

[Nikita]

Hello there ! (if anyone's there... our forum's bit abndonned, it seems...)
just to tell we're having a huge Ceilidh on the 29th november in St Barthélémy (that's near Lausanne, my home town), with the Traditionnal Pipe Band of Lausanne (highland Pipes are popular around here, and btw, they're really good !), and the Loch Léman Ceilidh Band, a ceilidh band with hackbrett if you please ! and singing (in gaelic !)... just to show scottish trad. are alive and kicking in the land of high mountains, cuckoo clocks and chocolate...
all info on www.tympanon.ch

[Dick Glasgow]

just to show scottish trad. are alive and kicking in the land of high mountains

Don't you mean ... HIGHER Mountains!

Hope you have a great time.

Cheers
Dick

[Nikita]

might be the difference between high...lands... and high mountains !!!

or between haggis and fondue...