our band's church concert

[OC Richard]

Last Friday I had the opportunity to do a concert with some dear friends I've known and played music with since the 1980s.

Here we are, L-R your truly on uilleann pipes and whistles, Patti on dulcimer and B/C box, Georgiana on fiddles and piano accordion, and Matt on guitars



Showing the difference between the ordinary whistles and low whistle



Playing the Low D Whistle (by Colin Goldie) with the dulcimer



The finale of the concert was playing Highland Cathedral along with the pipe organ



(Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!)

The pipes were made by Starck (London) in 1945 and are being played with a McCallum Bb chanter.

(There are so many pictures of me because they were taken by a Disneyland co-worker who attended, who was tickled to see what I did outside of work.)

[Tarheel]

We'll wait.

[OC Richard]

I couldn't get the hosting thing to work so I did the Xmarks direct upload thing.

[GMan]

Those pictures you have shared are already awesome, can not wait for the rest.

[grizzbass]

but does the woman on your left look like sara palin. I know (barely) a woman who plays that instrument at the dickens festival here in riverside and was just wondering if it is the same woman. From the picture it's hard to tell. Next time you should announce your concert here (maybe you did and I missed it) It looks like it would be fun.

[OC Richard]

Not Sarah Palin but Patti Amelotte, our well-known Hammer Dulcimer player, teacher, and festival organizer.

BTW she's playing daily (or almost daily) at South Coast Plaza for the Holidays.

Anyhow here are the hosting links working:

Marching up to the front playing Highland Cathedral with the pipe organ



Playing the uilleann pipes in the kilt- never a good idea! Almost a Naughty Kilt Moment

[grizzbass]

Not Sarah Palin but Patti Amelotte, our well-known Hammer Dulcimer player, teacher, and festival organizer.

BTW she's playing daily (or almost daily) at South Coast Plaza for the Holidays.

Anyhow here are the hosting links working:

Marching up to the front playing Highland Cathedral with the pipe organ



Playing the uilleann pipes in the kilt- never a good idea! Almost a Naughty Kilt Moment

I was asking about. It seems to me that was her name but it's been awhile. I first met her when she was doing a festival with Rusty Bawls (Christopher Yates) Rusty made the palin joke part of the show. Is it the same woman.

[OC Richard]

Yes that's her!

I'm not used to seeing her play standing like that. I guess the legs on her dulcimer telescope.

She's a regular at the traditional Irish sessions at The Auld Dubliner (Long Beach) on Sunday afternoons, as are Georgiana and Matt. I've been doing music with them since the 1980s.