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RobBob - Posted - 03/20/2010: 08:45:25
Kids, if they aren't mine, do I still have to love them?
OTJunky - Posted - 03/20/2010: 09:12:52
Thanks much for putting up these links - both exhilarating and depressing at the same time... 
That version of College Groves in the second link is pretty much note for note what Kevin Burke played on his solo fiddle album that he put out back in the 70's. I think the album was called "If the Cap Fits". If any of you are looking for a collection of Irish fiddle tunes arranged into sets and played without accompaniment that album (now a CD) is about the best you can find - IMO - 'course I'm not an Irish fiddler so a real Irish fiddler might have a different opinion...
--OTJ
mudbug - Posted - 03/20/2010: 10:55:01
Thanks for posting that, Dick. She's adorable and well deserving of her title.
George Shepherd - Posted - 03/20/2010: 13:55:53
Mairéad is a fantastic young fiddler. Talented, oozing with confidence, and appearing completely nonchalant about the whole thing. That lovely smile tells me she takes great delight in what she's doing 
Mandogryl - Posted - 03/20/2010: 16:56:04
That girl has a future as bright as her smile. Thanks!
FiddlinCol - Posted - 03/21/2010: 10:04:42
My teacher used to tell me of the trials and tribulations of teaching 3 and 4 year old's.
They don't have too much concentration span.
It seems you need to start at that age to be a Concert Player.
catty - Posted - 03/21/2010: 16:00:20
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Originally posted by FiddlinCol
My teacher used to tell me of the trials and tribulations of teaching 3 and 4 year old's.
They don't have too much concentration span.
It seems you need to start at that age to be a Concert Player.
Are you saying that concert players have short attention spans?
Ptarmigan - Posted - 03/22/2010: 00:47:35
Catty, thanks for posting those clips.
However, for me, what makes the Mairéad Hickey clip so delightful is the fact that she looks so relaxed, is smiling & looks like she is really enjoying her music.
That's often the case here with very young Irish dancers, for they'll smile & laugh & really look like they're enjoying themselves. Sadly, once they get a little older, they look like they start taking it all far too seriously & like those kids in your clips & it has to be said, most adult musicians, end up mostly looking kind of bored when they're playing.
Says me, who looks more grumpy than most when I play! 
As for poor old RobBob, if the only kids he warms to are his own, the guy must have a heart of stone! 
Sure, show offs are nauseating & a real turn off at the best of times, whether they are kids or adults, but when I watch someone like Mairéad playing, I get the feeling she always smiles when she plays & I just wish more of us could display the joy we feel inside when we play ....... without, of course, looking like some plastic Country & Western or X Factor performing Seal!
Cheers
Dick
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