Thursday, September 30, 2010

October Group Lesson

Get ready for the spiders! October Group Lesson is coming up and we need to be prepared. Practice your spider crawls up the bow, spider walk with the left hand, the pendulam (swinging left elbow), Stir the witches brew, Ghost position, Harmonics (spook tones), Bell Tones (sympathetic ghosts), Spook songs (Book one songs in a minor key), and review Witches Dance. See you there. Ha ha ha ha ha

Fiddle Program

In spite of the rainy weather, our fiddle program was well attended. We put up a few canopies, huddled together and played. Too bad the August weather was not as beautiful as the September weather. We played some new numbers we had learned over the summer which were enjoyed by our audience. One of our favorites was the Swallow Tail Jig. Tyrus learned a new instrument this year, the mandolin. He played a break on the mandolin in Red River Valley.

We were fortunate to have Clifford Washburn and Stacie Bailey accompany us on the guitars. Awesome!

Every group lesson we will review some of our fiddle songs so we don't forget them! We never know when we will be called upon to perform them.