Eugene,
I certainly wasn't speaking of your series, with which I am of
course well acquainted and, as you say, offers fair compensation. But
you wouldn't believe the amounts some places come up with. Double
digits, even. That is their prerogative, of course. However, it is hard
On 2013-08-10 18:03, t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote:
. .. nebulous middle between amateur and big-name status.
I have turned down offers simply because the fee wouldn't
... the Names make ... exponentially more than what I get
offered. I wish these organizations might budget for
OK - I'll agree that a lot of folks who get into SCA and go to
Renaissance Festivals have a very non-HIP viewpoint on what it's all
about. For them it's basically play-acting, in the same way as those who
attend Civil War Re-enactments, or Rendezvous Re-enactments. It creates for
them
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
NYC Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon was originally run by the history
department of Hunter College of CUNY,
very nicely too.
Until SCA took over..
RT
On 8/11/2013 11:08 AM, Geoff Gaherty wrote:
On 11/08/13 9:41 AM, Ron Fletcher wrote:
My main point is that true historical re-enactment is
Thanks for these comments.
I didn't mean to infer that reenactors are playing like children.
Yes - they have a genuine interest in the history.
Some even go a little overboard - I met one Civil War
reenactor who felt he was more historically accurate than
others because he actually had fleas.
No, they don't. If they did - they'd burn a few at the stake.
RT
On 8/11/2013 11:48 AM, t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote:
Thanks for these comments.
I didn't mean to infer that reenactors are playing like children.
Yes - they have a genuine interest in the history.
To get on or off this list
NYC Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon was originally run by the history
department of Hunter College of CUNY, very nicely too. Until SCA took
over.. RT
Are we trying creatively to increase general audience for lute music
here,
or are we practicing exclusivity? I'm looking
With friends like those we won't need enemies.
Early Music appeals the easiest to people who like classical
avantgarde, strangely enough.
As well as those who abhor the latter
As to music sales: the CD is dead, and no one will buy Asteria CDs at
SCA faires.
99% of music sales
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
Hello, All! I was wondering if anyone could offer me some advice
regarding a lute that I acquired recently. The maker, according to the
label in the belly of the lute was The Renaissance Gilde, Box 193,
Cambridge Wisconsin. No year of construction is given. I understand the
The
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
On 11/08/13 2:27 PM, 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.
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
Hi folks ! -
I got this request from Katie Gardiner, kgard...@skidmore.edu - please reply
directly to her if you are interested!
Wayne
Begin forwarded message:
From: Katie Gardiner kgard...@skidmore.edu
Date: August 9, 2013 12:23:10 PM EDT
To: w...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Thank you, Bill and Shawn! I'd love to join your group. Back in 1985
I met Larry Brown of Cincinnati who manufactured lutes and also
attended meetings of the Cincinnati Astronomical Society. He also
drove to my first LSA meeting at Oakland Univ of Michigan where I got
to meet the
On 11/08/13 11:01 PM, Mark Seifert wrote:
I've often wondered if my interest in astronomy might be a desire to
seek a celestial escape route from this earth.
Quite the opposite for me. For me both the stars and music ground me
and help me feel at peace with myself. I've recently been
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