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Looking better this time

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:18:21 GMT

Looking a little bit better this month! I seem to suffer less from stage fright lately, which is great news. I actually managed to look at the audience and concentrate more on entertaining them than on my own internal state. I did "Greensleeves" aka "What Child is This" as a ukulele solo, in the key of Dm. It's really just my usual guitar version (Am on the guitar) and depends very much on having a low G string. I am thinking of going to a high G string, as this is more uke-like - and hey, Jake does it that way.

I think my improvement regarding stage fright is simply due to playing more in front of people.

Me? A centrist Democrat? Yeah, I guess so

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:22:35 GMT

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NW Folklife 2005

Tue, 31 May 2005 16:47:28 GMT

Here I am playing on the stage of the Intiman Theater at NW Folklife 2005. I'm playing with 70 or 80 other ukulele players from SUPA. I have hat hair! In the picture on the right, Niels and I are wearing our silly hats, which Susan had the sense to avoid, it would seem. The rest of the pictures (taken by Pam's husband) are here.

Strangle that uke!

Wed, 04 May 2005 06:22:30 GMT

Arggh! This month I look really grim. And Susan is playing rhythm somewhere off to the side. So I'm not making much progress on the looking-good-while-performing front, but the song went well - my original arrangement of Stardust.

March SUPA

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:01:33 GMT

This month I played a solo piece at the SUPA open mike. It went well, but from this picture it doesn't look like I was having much fun. My stage fright wasn't too bad, but next time I must try to look a little more cheerful!

Playing an open mic

Tue, 28 Dec 2004 20:52:44 GMT

I played a ukulele duet with my friend Susan Howell this month at the SUPA meeting. We played "How Could Red Riding Hood (Have Been So Very Good and Still Keep the Wolf From the Door)," a song from the 1920s. It went pretty well, but we sat too far apart! We just sat where the mikes were instead of moving them. Live and learn!

Goose poop

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 00:32:23 GMT

Here's my solution to the goose poop problem: a low (1 foot), flimsy fence between the beach and the lawn. Prime stomping grounds for a Canada goose are water and grass separated by a short, easy walk, plus a nice pier to rest on where they can jump into the water quickly if a dog comes along. That described our backyard last year and we had tons of goose poop (not that much of a hyperbole). This little fence, which they can easily walk over (and sometimes do), is just enough of an annoyance to the geese that they mostly choose other places to hang out. Total cost: less than $20.

Sun, 30 May 2004 23:26:18 GMT

Richard and Shelly at Folklife

(Thanks, Victor!)

Absolute Piffle

Fri, 16 Apr 2004 05:34:31 GMT

My regular weblog is Absolute Piffle. I may well wind up putting more journally stuff here and more linky stuff there.

Top o' the morning to you!

Wed, 07 Apr 2004 17:58:25 GMT

Bobby and Stacia from St. Patrick's Day, 2004.

Seattle Dulcimer

Tue, 06 Apr 2004 07:07:52 GMT

I created a web site for my friend Susan Howell. Here is the URL: http://seattledulcimer.com I started with a simple FrontPage template and made a few tweaks. It's simple but it does the job. She teaches the mountain dulcimer, sometimes known as the Appalachian Dulcimer, in Seattle.

Plato

Sat, 03 Apr 2004 19:23:41 GMT

And here's a picture of the late, great Plato.

A picture of Stoshi

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:04:22 GMT

Hmm let's see if we can upload a picture...

Hey hey

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 01:17:21 GMT

Well I finally got a Livejournal account, as you can see. I don't know how much I'll be posting here, but it will be good to have an account so I can at least make non-anonymous comments on other LJs that I read.