G's and O's indeed. I remember how my lute hand coordination grew as I
ground and polished my first 12" mirror. Just as I finished it (mid
90s) Saturn and Jupiter were both visible in the early evening sky. My
buddy (who had intruduced me to John Dobson for the ATM classes) and I
had a great year setting up our scopes on street corners in San
Francisco for the public. Constant lines half a dozen deep every Fri
and Sat night. Fun? Educational? Rewarding? Oh, lordy.
Now, how do we do that for lutes?
Sean
On Aug 11, 2013, at 11:27 AM, William Samson wrote:
Gadzooks and odsbodikins (as we lute-playing chappies are wont to
say)! Do you think there's a case for an astro-lute breakaway group?
I was curator of a public observatory in Dundee, Scotland for five
years, before I retired.
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_Observatory
How many of us will be watching for Perseid meteors this
evening? . .
. And perhaps playing our lutes?
Bill
From: Mark Seifert <seifertm...@att.net>
To: Geoff Gaherty <ge...@gaherty.ca>; "lute@cs.dartmouth.edu"
<lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013, 17:12
Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness
Dear Geoff Gaherty, et alia, et aliens
Its so gratifying and exciting to encounter another astro-
interested
person, as I attempt email near the Julian Starfest here in
southern
CA
(communications are spotty here). The skies last night were
breathtaking, stunning, in this very dried up rural region not far
from
Palomar Observatory. Only 25 miles away is Bruce Lamb who makes
the
extreme instrument cases, so I took a couple of caseless lutes to
him.
He lives across the street from a 101 year old man who dwells and
shuffles with his walker on a 5-acre dried up estate full of
coyotes
and gophers. Bruce Lamb is amazing. He once starred in a 5-year
long
TV show about do-it-yourself home improvements, but it went belly
up
during the switch from VHS to DVD. He also has a big potbellied
pig
who does pirouettes for watermelon chunks. I also met a little
deer
eared Chihuahua here named "Frijolita" or "bean." Don't know when
I'll
get my lutes back because Bruce is very, very busy making extreme
cases
for musicians worldwide. He's trying to connect with the Navy for
lucrative contracts, but the Navy is so clueless it thinks
plywood is
eco-friendly when the truth is just the opposite--even currogated
polypropylene is more eco-friendly than plywood.
Thank you for writing in and sharing your website.
Mark Seifert
From: Geoff Gaherty <[2]ge...@gaherty.ca>
To: [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 8:08 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness
On 11/08/13 9:41 AM, Ron Fletcher wrote:
My main point is that true historical re-enactment is
not fantasy, but a desire to generate public awareness of our great
heritage.
For a number of years, I was music director for Poculi Ludiquae
Societas, the medieval drama society at the University of Toronto's
Institute of Medieval Studies during the 1980s:
[4]http://groups.chass.utoronto.ca/plspls/
We were committed to meticulous historical research as well as
lively
performances. My job was to select music appropriate to the time
and
culture of the plays being performed, and to provide suitable
musicians
to perform it. We worked in very close association with the
professional early music performers in Toronto, to everyone's
mutual
benefit.
We used to cringe whenever anyone mentioned the Society for
Creative
Anachronism!
Geoff
-- Geoff Gaherty
Foxmead Observatory
Coldwater, Ontario, Canada
[5]http://www.gaherty.ca/
[6]http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/
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References
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_Observatory
2. mailto:ge...@gaherty.ca
3. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
4. http://groups.chass.utoronto.ca/plspls/
5. http://www.gaherty.ca/
6. http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/
7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
