I know that Mike Peterson and also Ronn McFarlane regularly play lute in airport departure lounges while waiting for their flights. I myself once took out my lute and played during a long and unexpected flight delay in Toronto. I was playing through a book of English popular tunes and suddenly found it humorous to be playing "Loth to Depart" - it was a new spin on flight delays! Several people, including otherwise bored stewardesses and pilots, stopped by to see what I was playing and asked questions. I overheard one captain exclaim to his co-pilot "that's a lute!" as they walked by! Kenneth
-----Original Message----- From: Arto Wikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:27:00 +0300 (EEST) Subject: Re: lute outreach -tuning.. Dear all Ed wrote: > I have wondered if anyone had ever taken a lute out in flight & played for > passengers! Good show, Kenneth! Well, not in aeroplane, but a couple of times in train, 10-course and theorbo. Both got good comments, and especially the theorbo aroused lots of interest... And of course they asked the normal questions: How many strings, what does it cost... ;-) Once I had the theorbo sitting on the next seat in an aeroplane, in its case, and they asked what it would like to eat and drink... ;) Arto -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
