F?ilte to Clan Hannigan's March newsletter
Last months
concert with the Peterborough singers was a really exciting
experience, as they are a very good choir. I've added some
recordings to YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f2N7IGfPd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq6jULH51PM
This winter has been tough for all of us. Our wee story, we've had
full blown flu, meaning gig cancellations, our well water pump died
and so did our car. Our furnace stopped working and nearly caught
fire and Oisin tore a muscle in his leg, falling downstairs (not
even from skiing). As I said, a tough winter.
BUT the days will soon get longer, the snow will soon melt and we
will all be complaining about the heat.
This week is busy: We are hosting a "house" concert at
Impresario in Cobourg - on Thursday, and Saskia is performing the
music for Chekhov on Friday and Saturday (see poster). Saskia and
Justin Hiscox are being interviewed live on Chex TV, tomorrow
(Thursday 6th _at_ 5,30-6pm)!
Then comes St. Patty's Day, when all Irish musicians play stupidly
all day for stupidly drunk people, and the Hannigan Franchise
spreads itself. The girls are dancing at The Snug's Paddy's
day Party in Newcastle, ON. Steafan and Saskia are playing at
Stewart Maguires Landing in Bolton, ON. We do have room still for a
morning gig and daytime weekend gigs, if anyone hears of
anything...
We have changed our Sunday session to encompass everyone, which
seems to be successful: Slow session 4-5pm, up-to-speed session
5-7pm.
We are hosting 2 house concerts this month, the one on the poster
below, and on the 18th, Blackie O'Connor, an amazing master-piper.
That's at our house, so we'll need conformation if you want to
come.
The girls are both doing their St. Johns Ambulance certificate in
babysitting next week, which includes their first aid certificate,
so bring your children on! Eile has a child-wrangling job for 2
months in the summer for 4th Line Theatre, so she can buy her own
clothes.
Last week, Oisin was awarded a certificate at school for Positive
Attitude! So we've done something right!
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Concert Window....
Usually when musicians hit hard financial times, they go busking,
but it's hard to do that in Canada with 3 foot of snow, so I've
invented a new idiom, virtual-busking. I will be doing this of
Friday mornings during March at 10.30am. The first one will be mostly
Nyckelharpa, as that always earns me more money busking. The deal
is, you log in, pay $1 minimum, watch me, I do believe we can
interact by message, though I'm a newbie, and if you want to tip
more, you can. I am hoping viewers will ask me to play tunes they
want to hear too, and if I can I will, if not, I'll learn it for
the following week. You can even get the website to send you a
reminder!
This is the website...
http://www.concertwindow.com
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