ginny on January 23rd, 2010

Just watch this kid’s face as his ukulele gently weeps, rocks out, then weeps again. #fb

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ginny on November 29th, 2009

Got to sing this at the early service, but at a brisker pace and with no fancy soprano descant at the end. Lawd, that’s a pretty one! Must pass that one along to Her Musical Nibs at St Nick’s for next year.
Lo, he comes with clouds descending | Seven whole days
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ginny on August 28th, 2009

@93XRT just played two excellent songs bookending a great Lin’s Bin podcast celebrating their station manager’s 30th anniversary. I just wish Shazam’s iPhone app could send custom tweets.
WXRT – 8/28/09: Norm’s Anniversary

There doesn’t seem to be a way to customize the tweets when using the Shazam iPhone app – I wish I could vary the [...]

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ginny on August 16th, 2009

Ben Dowden lays down the beats in the streets of Bristol. Watch and be amazed.

(testing how WP handles embed code straight from YouTube)
Via dowdenboy’s YouTube channel and Google Reader, which is really opening up the social possibilities this week. Thanks, Zamil!

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ginny on June 13th, 2009

3 young men, ages 14 and 15, tear it up on “O Solo Mio” on an Italian Idol-type program. Can you even sing like that without hurting yourself before your third decade? However, they’re miked, so not having to get the sound out the old-fashioned way over the studio orchestra (who aren’t that well rehearsed, [...]

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ginny on June 7th, 2009

Wow! They broke ground at church while I was on vacation for the
addition!
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Via: Flickr Title: St Nick’s on the Move By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 7 Jun ‘09, 10.31am CDT PST
UPDATE: And it’s about frickin’ time. This morning was my first day back after vacation – we returned late last [...]

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ginny on May 24th, 2009

Their grandad wrangled the flipflops while their owners played in the
shade, waiting to enter the hula show venue.
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Via: Flickr
Title: Herd O’ Flipflops
By: GinnyRED57
Originally uploaded: 24 May ‘09, 4.40pm CDT PST
UPDATE: We were in line for a hula showcase (being fans of Hawaiian music and culture) and I noticed the [...]

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ginny on May 24th, 2009

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Via: Flickr Title: Missed The Pirate Wench Workshop By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 May ‘09, 3.25pm CDT PST
UPDATE: Drat, there’s always something going on that you’re going to have to miss. This looked like it would have been fun.

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ginny on May 24th, 2009

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Via: Flickr Title: Gradec Croatian Tamburitza Orchestra By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 May ‘09, 3.14pm CDT PST
UPDATE: We were waiting for the next act, after a long day wandering around mostly in the corner of the Seattle Center site near the Northwest Court Stage. This room seemed to have [...]

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ginny on May 24th, 2009

 

UPDATE: 
And then I saw these guys – two conga players, a maracas player, and two guys playing ELECTRIC mbiras (they were wearing battery powered amps. An empty sound gourd can just be seen in front, decorated with cowrie shells, being used as a tip bowl. The musicians were wearing animal skins and singing – I’m not [...]

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