The oldtime banjo blog from Kiel

Wir wollen uns am Donnerstag 25.11.2010, 18:00 Uhr in HH- Winterhude treffen. Auf dem Programm stehen die beiden Hits vom letzten Mal: The Wind that Shakes the Barley und Broyges Tants. Auch Neulinge sind sehr willkommen. Schreibt mir, wenn Ihr Interesse habt. Übrigens will uns Andreas am 25. einige seiner  Schmankerln zeigen, z. B. ein Cello-Banjo 6-String mit 5th-string (also 7 Saiten???).

The Retreat Guys had a terrific weekend in Newcastle, so I was told. That is why Alan tries to find enough guys who would like to come to Dublin for the next retreat in 2011 - to continue the series which began in Crisfield USA, spilled over to Sheffield UK, then to Kiel and now to Newcastle - Banjo rules the world! If you my dear reader have the same ideas about Dublin as me ("You say Dublin, capital city of the motherland of folkmusic? Where it all - at least my personal love for folkmusic- has its origin? I mean, you know The Dubliners? Have to go there!") go either to UKfolkies or drop me a line so I can tell Alan. The more the better!

Last week banjo ruled the world - well, at least nearly parts of Europe. On Crete I met the Headless Frailer and we sang and played under the bright greece sky. In England the guys from the Newcastle Retreat  met at some spooky venue which can be seen here . Obviously they had a great time. The next All-Over-Europe-Retreat will happen next year in Dublin - hometown of folkmusic. I`ll give my eyeteeth to join them.

An die bisherigen Mitglieder bzw. Interessenten des Banjo-Orchesters habe ich jetzt per Email neue Terminsvorschläge geschickt. Auf dem Programm stehen immer noch "The Wind thats Shakes the Barley" und "Broyges  Tants". Wir würden auch noch weitere Mitglieder aufnehmen...

Not sure when exactly but in a few days my banjo inspiration :-) will marry his Amy. The wedding will take place in Virginia and I am not sure which activities are planned for this great day. But if they would marry in Germany, they surely would have to do the wedding dance, normally a Wiener Walzer, Vienna Waltz. This can be pretty fast. As me and my banjo are concerned, we like it slow. So Martina (aka Katrina with the clarinet capo) grabbed her guitar and I grabbed my banjos and we thought of Fred My Connel´s Threestep beeing a nice slow tune. From now on we call it (at least in Kiel :-) "Patrick´s and Amy´s Wedding Waltz" :-))) I took the courage to do some sort of improvisation down the fretboard (just wanted to tell you so you know what those bleeping sounds in the second part mean). Anyway, if Patrick and Amy will dance to the tune or not: We  wish them a "happily ever after"! Many, many good wishes go to Virgina! They can waltz here . PS Just learnd no...