This is very encouraging - I just need to buy a cowboy hat... On 9 Apr 2007, at 18:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings one and all from Axel. In 2002 I attended the Grand Prix > of Europe > at the Nurburgring in Germany's Eiffel Mountains. Early in the > morning on > race day, I pulled out my lute and started practicing near the > gift shop and > cafe. Bring a really obnoxious tourist who spent his childhood in > Germany, I > wore my American Flag shirt (obtained from the Indianapolis Motor > Speedway) and > my dark brown cowboy hat. It was getting warm so I took my cowboy > hat off > and began playing my simple Newsidler pieces. To my surprise, > people from > around the world would listed for second and would drop money > into the cowboy > hat. Eventually, I had enough money to buy breakfast and get some > trinkets on > The Grand Prix of Europe from the gift shop, Some people stayed > around for the > duration of the music. To those people I explained that some lute > music was > written in a tablature known as German lute tablature. They > seemed very > pleased. My apologies to my fellow lutenists, I hope that the > Formula One world > community does not think that all lute players are Black Men who > wear their > nation's flag and traditional head gear while playing lute at the > Grand Prix. > Of course I am no Joshua Bell, but all was much fun and a good > time was had by > all. > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
