[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround (fwd)

2009-03-20 Thread Wayne Cripps
> > Is the lack of any response on this subject an indication of a lack of > interest, satisfaction with the way things are, or being completely > overwhelmed by the amount of action on Dartmouth ? > > Mike Would this refer to being hung over from Winter Carnival? (;-) That has been about the

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-20 Thread Mel Leggett
de up for by atmosphere and musicality! Mel - Original Message - From: "Mike and Enid Walton" To: "Francis Wood" Cc: "Alan Corkett" ; "NSP List" Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:17 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Halsway playaround Hello Francis and ever

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-20 Thread Helen Fish
with the way things are, or being completely overwhelmed by the amount of action on Dartmouth ? Mike - Original Message - From: "Francis Wood" > To: "Mike and Enid Walton" Cc: "Alan Corkett" ; "NSP List" > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Corkett
"Mike and Enid Walton" Cc: "Alan Corkett" ; "NSP List" Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Halsway playaround > Hello Mike and others, > > Your point about well-known tunes and devoting time to exploring these > is a very

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-19 Thread Mike and Enid Walton
"Mike and Enid Walton" Cc: "Alan Corkett" ; "NSP List" Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Halsway playaround Hello Mike and others, Your point about well-known tunes and devoting time to exploring these is a very good one. This is a

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-13 Thread Francis Wood
if I am struggling all the time to play the right notes it doesn't allow any work on the finer points of playing. Views please ? Mike - Original Message - From: "Alan Corkett" > To: "Gibbons, John" Cc: "NSP LIST" Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-13 Thread Mike and Enid Walton
the right notes it doesn't allow any work on the finer points of playing. Views please ? Mike - Original Message - From: "Alan Corkett" To: "Gibbons, John" Cc: "NSP LIST" Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:12 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-13 Thread Daphne Briggs
Well spoken, Mel. Thanks! Daphne On 13 Mar 2009, at 10:43, Mel Leggett wrote: Hi Alan, Yes the evening playaround was good, and so too were the all the other sessions and evening extensions when the music started to hum, but PLEASE don't reduce the tuition; the four slots are such a stim

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-13 Thread Alan Corkett
-Original Message- From: Gibbons, John [mailto:j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 13 March 2009 10:50 To: 'Alan Corkett'; Mike and Enid Walton Cc: NSP LIST Subject: [NSP] Re: Halsway playaround Alan, I think this would be a bad idea - the tuition is crucial to getting peopl

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2009-03-13 Thread Gibbons, John
Alan, I think this would be a bad idea - the tuition is crucial to getting people thinking intensively about piping. The playarounds are better in consequence. John -Original Message- From: nsp-request+j.gibbons=ic.ac...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:nsp-request+j.gibbons=ic.ac...@cs.dartmo

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-13 Thread Mel Leggett
Hi Alan, Yes the evening playaround was good, and so too were the all the other sessions and evening extensions when the music started to hum, but PLEASE don't reduce the tuition; the four slots are such a stimulating, informative, enjoyable, opportunity to look at different aspects of the mus

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-13 Thread Dru Brooke-Taylor
I have to admit, as a not all that good player that I like the slow piping session on Saturday afternoon and would be sad to see it replaced by a more general one. It's also nice to have a fresh air break after lunch on Saturday. Some years there has been a more arranged sort of play around

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-13 Thread richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk
Hi Alan, I also thought the Sunday session was a high point, but I would certainly not like to see tuition time reduced. I value highly the tuition time and, although it requires sutained concentration and is cumulatively tiring, it is a time when a combination of enormous expertise is availa

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-13 Thread Geoffrey Mew
I have enjoyed Halsway for the past three years now and think the tuition format is just right, I don't think it should be reduced at all. Isn't there time on the Saturday afternoon for playaround? It may be a lifetime of pub sessions to blame but I've always found morning sessions to be slow to ge