Re: [scots-l] Bruce Olson

2003-11-05 Thread sinclair
Title: Re: [scots-l] Bruce Olson I gasped out loud when I read the obituary. The shame of the internet is everyone seems so close but you assume they are far away. Both my children were born in the same hospital Bruce died in. I still live here. He was a neighbor and yet it never occurred to me

Re: [scots-l] Re: Here's tae us! Wha's like us?

2003-01-03 Thread sinclair
Given my context, I have a hard time hearing that as anything but racist. I'll trust you that it's not intended as such. I hold up my hands: I was wrong and I have been foolish. Any racist tones in what I wrote were certainly not intendit. Nigel, Just to keep everything clear, because I've h

Re: [scots-l] Here's tae us! Wha's like us?

2002-12-31 Thread sinclair
Nigel, et al, MY interpretation, "Here's to those who are like us" is inclusive and outward-looking. Given my context, I have a hard time hearing that as anything but racist. I'll trust you that it's not intended as such. Emma (in the U.S.) Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music

Re: [scots-l] The Mouth of the Tobique

2001-10-10 Thread sinclair
>Does anyone have some info. on this tune? I'm assuming it's of French >Canadian origin? Thanks! Since no one has replied (at least to the list) The liner notes for the Celtic Fiddle Festival's first album have a mention, but not much. They play it with the Dionne Reel (a 5 part reel writt

Re: [scots-l] Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 00:47:07 -0600

2000-07-20 Thread sinclair
>I'm working on it actually... got the book and tapes but nothing more >available readily here where I live. It's absolutely beautiful spoken but >hard to find anywhere to hear it. I'm open for ANY suggestions! Dianne -- Faced with the same situation, I've substituted sung for spoken to furth