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Meet a few of the
people, places and events that have been so
special to me!
Lucille
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The teacher and
her students,...
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| 2003: My "whiz kid" dulcimer
student, Nick Gregg, backed up on guitar by his teacher. Nick started playing
when he was
10; here, he'd just graduated high school. And boy, can
he play! (photo by Sarah Gregg)
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2002: The Sore Fingers Summer School diatonic autoharp class,
performing in concert(!) at Kingham, England. My, how studious they
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2004: with Joanne and Charlie Johnson,
dulcimer snowbirds from SW Florida.
(photo by Jack Osborne)
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Charming, alarming
blue-eyed
Minstrel who on harped instruments
Winged her way into our hearts.
Softly spoken, a real token of
Musical talent and hard work that
Expresses, impresses and delights
All those who hear the sounds
Appearing from her within-ness--Lucille.
©2000 Robyn Gray
Robyn Gray, a one-time wannabe opera singer
from Australia turned enthusiastic arts patron in the US,
read this poem during my performance at the Arizona Folklore Preserve in
April, 2000. She left this earth in September of that year. As one of my
encouragers and fans, Robyn is greatly missed, but fondly remembered here.
...Music in Its Many Forms,...
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| Bonding with "The Southern
Belles" autoharp class: On our final evening, we each placed
specially chosen dried herbs for each of us into this bowl. We mixed them together
and bagged them into sachets to take home. Scents-ible music! (photo by Laurie
Searle) |
2002: Jamming and conversation in the pub at
Sore Fingers Summer School, Kingham, England.
(photo by Anne Richardson)
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John Wirtz (L), director
of Sore Fingers Summer School with--John Wirtz?! (Well,...)
(photo by Nadine White)
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The annual "Christmas"
celebration (on August 25) at the Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National
Park, Wyoming USA. I still have the perfect face for radio.
(Click here for more photos of Yellowstone!) |
Les Raber
(1911-2000) caught my eye immediately at the Original Dulcimer Players Club Funfest in
Evart MI my first year there in 1990. I never saw anyone make a bow breathe like
Les could. In
1999, I composed Les Raber's Jig (below left) in his honor and played it on the
Funfest stage to a crowd of thousands on my F
diatonic autoharp, with variations. The ending is very reminiscent
of Les. This jig was also
my final competition tune to clinch the title of 2003 International
Autoharp Champion!
(photo by Judy Raber DeGroote) |
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In 2000, I
took a "sabbatical" from full-time music to work in and explore
the wonders of the World's First National Park, Yellowstone, in Wyoming
USA. With fond memories of hard work, great fun, and 170 miles hiked in a 5 1/2
month season, Yellowstone quickly became home.
(By the way, 2004 is the
Old Faithful Inn's centennial year; try to get to the Park any time from
now through mid-October to help celebrate if
you can!)
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| Art by
fire: I was intrigued by the burn patterns in this
tree trunk charred by the 1988 fires and still standing in 2000.
Location: Lewis Lake Trail, a few miles north of Yellowstone's South Entrance.
(photo by Lucille Reilly) |
The
"wildlife" gets interesting at night? Here is the night security team of the 2000 "Faithful
Dead" crew: L to R: Terry, Mike, Cindy, Jeffery, and (seated) Dave.
(Like, would
you buy a used car from these folks?) The "forest"
in the background is functional log decoration inside the Old Faithful
Inn, hand-selected by architect Robert Reamer in 1904. |
As
dispatch for the "Faithful Dead", here I am at 3am, happily
(really!) pre- blocking rooms for the next day's arriving guests. |
Lunching
high atop Mt. Washburn (10,243 ft.) on a windy day in late July. (Winter
arrived five weeks later!) Also present but undetectable in this
photo: ladybugs all over my boots!
(photo taken with my camera by a unnamed hiker from Alaska!) |
The sun sets on Dubois, Wyoming on the way home from
Yellowstone.
Until next time,...
Lucille
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