<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433</id><updated>2011-10-03T05:46:01.063-07:00</updated><category term='frenzy'/><category term='2007 frenzy'/><category term='Return to Shetland'/><category term='shetland music'/><category term='shetland geography'/><title type='text'>2ladiesfromBoston</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>37</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-8615256404673987399</id><published>2010-11-19T12:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T12:59:31.124-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2010 book of Shetland photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I have created a book of photo highlights of our travels in Shetland this summer, drawn from the albums posted below. The book consists of 20 pages of scenic photos.  The first 15 pages may be previewed (below). Copies may be ordered from the publisher at $24.95 USD plus shipping.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-8615256404673987399?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/8615256404673987399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=8615256404673987399' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8615256404673987399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8615256404673987399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2010/11/2010-book-of-shetland-photos.html' title='2010 book of Shetland photos'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-395377547490377413</id><published>2010-11-19T12:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T12:52:06.137-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align:left; width:450px"&gt;&lt;object id="myWidget" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.blurb.com/assets/embed.swf?book_id=1726537" width="450" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.blurb.com/assets/embed.swf?book_id=1726537"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.blurb.com/books/preview/1726537?ce=blurb_ew&amp;utm_source=widget"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bookshow.blurb.com/bookshow/cache/P2405038/md/wcover_2.png"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div style="display:block;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1726537?ce=blurb_ew&amp;utm_source=widget" target="_blank" style="margin:12px 3px;"&gt;Between Tunes 2 fiddlers return to Shetland by Jane A. Winchester&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.blurb.com/landing_pages/bookshow?ce=blurb_ew&amp;utm_source=widget" target="_blank" style="margin:12px 3px;"&gt;Make Your Own Book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-395377547490377413?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/395377547490377413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=395377547490377413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/395377547490377413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/395377547490377413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2010/11/between-tunes-2-fiddlers-return-to.html' title=''/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-5833467557290278655</id><published>2010-10-08T06:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-08T06:57:15.488-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2010 Photo Albums</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="width:194px;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janealoyse/AberdeenMousaLerwick?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/TJlcDmmVrKE/AAAAAAAABnE/0Ty9xIaYt9E/s160-c/AberdeenMousaLerwick.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janealoyse/AberdeenMousaLerwick?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Aberdeen/Mousa/Lerwick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width:194px;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janealoyse/YellWMainlandBressay?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/TKc-NkFSwPE/AAAAAAAABnQ/ycx6_TOQ6rs/s160-c/YellWMainlandBressay.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janealoyse/YellWMainlandBressay?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Yell, W. Mainland, Bressay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width:194px;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janealoyse/NossJarshoff?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/TKdJO3s1dFE/AAAAAAAABnU/Wv5Mzuz_G2w/s160-c/NossJarshoff.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janealoyse/NossJarshoff?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Noss, Jarshoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-5833467557290278655?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/5833467557290278655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=5833467557290278655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5833467557290278655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5833467557290278655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2010/10/2010-photo-albums.html' title='2010 Photo Albums'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/TJlcDmmVrKE/AAAAAAAABnE/0Ty9xIaYt9E/s72-c/AberdeenMousaLerwick.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-3002340210698641723</id><published>2010-09-21T17:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-07T20:21:00.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The 2010 Frenzy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/TK6FXsfyJcI/AAAAAAAABgE/zkSOhplwG8k/s1600/IMG_0590_1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525500434958132674" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/TK6FXsfyJcI/AAAAAAAABgE/zkSOhplwG8k/s320/IMG_0590_1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Once again, the 2 ladies attended the musical feast known as 'The Shetland Fiddle Frenzy.' We experienced the energy and excitement of Shetland fiddling, pretty much non-stop for a week. Although our base was in Lerwick, classes were held one day in Cullivoe, with a side trip to Gloup. Another day, classes were held in Hillswick, with a side trip to Eshaness. We were fortunate to have three excellent teachers for our classes: Bryan Gear - with Violet Tulloch,&lt;br /&gt;Jenna Reid, and Ross Couper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An added musical event was the CD release party for &lt;em&gt;Escape&lt;/em&gt; , music written by Jenna and Beth Reid, shown above, performed with their ensemble (we highly recommend the CD).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;This being the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tom Anderson, we came home with a few more of his tunes. I had a disposable video camera with me and had an audience member record the student recital at the final concert. That video is posted below: "Student Concert."  Trust me, Janet and I were onstage, to the left, 3rd row. The tunes are 2 compositions by Tom Anderson: &lt;em&gt;The Road to Moreview&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;The Eshaness Two-step&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to traveling with our classes to Hillswick and Cullivoe, Janet and I managed to explore Mousa and Noss. Our travel photos are posted in 3 albums at picasaweb. They may be accessed by clicking on each of the photos shown on the post above: "2010 Photo Albums." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Construction of the Mareel performance center is well under way. It should be an exciting venue for next year's events.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-3002340210698641723?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/3002340210698641723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=3002340210698641723' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/3002340210698641723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/3002340210698641723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2010/09/2010-frenzy.html' title='The 2010 Frenzy'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/TK6FXsfyJcI/AAAAAAAABgE/zkSOhplwG8k/s72-c/IMG_0590_1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-2108573063922619771</id><published>2010-09-20T19:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T19:57:15.701-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Student Concert/ Shetland Fiddle Frenzy 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="433" height="294" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a5b7666105cf9f67" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 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href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=2108573063922619771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/2108573063922619771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/2108573063922619771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2010/09/student-concert-shetland-fiddle-frenzy.html' title='Student Concert/ Shetland Fiddle Frenzy 2010'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-8513220494800978623</id><published>2010-06-14T18:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-14T19:10:17.829-07:00</updated><title type='text'>3rd time !</title><content type='html'>The 2 ladies have registered and are making arrangements to attend the 2010 Fiddle Frenzy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-8513220494800978623?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/8513220494800978623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=8513220494800978623' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8513220494800978623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8513220494800978623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2010/06/3rd-time.html' title='3rd time !'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-590953899296540779</id><published>2009-12-09T10:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T06:18:19.957-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2 ladies in Nova Scotia</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;In October the two ladies had the pleasure of attending 'Celtic Colors' in Cape Breton, NS.  We spent a couple of enjoyable days exploring Annapolis. From there we drove to Cape Breton for a week of splendid music. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The following post displays scenic highlights. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Additional photos can be seen in our picasaweb album &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/janealoyse/NovaScotia?feat=directlink"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-590953899296540779?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/590953899296540779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=590953899296540779' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/590953899296540779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/590953899296540779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2009/12/two-ladies-in-nova-scotia.html' title='2 ladies in Nova Scotia'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-9220172486664961810</id><published>2009-12-09T10:02:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T10:32:16.761-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cape Breton scenes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/Sx_o3qUL76I/AAAAAAAABIE/DeEoTuxuJic/s1600-h/sydney+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413301320072032162" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/Sx_o3qUL76I/AAAAAAAABIE/DeEoTuxuJic/s320/sydney+1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/Sx_ojXJM2eI/AAAAAAAABH8/RDI8Y9QNre4/s1600-h/990206585_057.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413300971328297442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/Sx_ojXJM2eI/AAAAAAAABH8/RDI8Y9QNre4/s320/990206585_057.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/Sx_nklkC1gI/AAAAAAAABH0/TRFpCzRF0kg/s1600-h/moose+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413299892867225090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/Sx_nklkC1gI/AAAAAAAABH0/TRFpCzRF0kg/s320/moose+2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Upper: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Welcoming fiddle, Sydney, NS, convention center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Center: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2 ladies on the Cabot Trail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Lower:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Welcoming moose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-9220172486664961810?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/9220172486664961810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=9220172486664961810' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/9220172486664961810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/9220172486664961810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2009/12/cape-breton-scenes.html' title='Cape Breton scenes'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/Sx_o3qUL76I/AAAAAAAABIE/DeEoTuxuJic/s72-c/sydney+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-655671836873139309</id><published>2009-07-23T07:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T07:23:52.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On the Air</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I have acquired a sizable collection of Shetland CD's. Recently I presented a program of Shetland fiddle music on my local radio station (WMUA FM, 91.1, out of Amherst MA), with a good word or two about the Fiddle Frenzy. How the time did fly! I could have filled 24 hrs, but, in the 1.5 hr program, had to settle for a small sample of Tom Anderson, Aly Bain, Catriona MacDonald, Willie Hunter, Debbie Scott and Chris Stout, Fiddlers Bid and Blazin' Fiddles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I recently purchased Debbie Scott's "The Selkie's Song", newly released on CD. Love it, especially her composition, 'Naomi Jane's Reel.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Janet and I are considering a visit to Cape Breton for Celtic Colours in October, 2009. While this year's edition will feature Irish fiddlers, Chris Stout and Catriona McKay will be there, too, upholding Shetland tradition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-655671836873139309?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/655671836873139309/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=655671836873139309' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/655671836873139309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/655671836873139309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2009/07/on-air.html' title='On the Air'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-392172336872876268</id><published>2009-05-08T07:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T10:51:56.108-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mareel 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I am excited to learn that construction of Mareel, the new performance arts venue in Shetland, is about to begin, with opening planned for 2010. Descriptions and artist's renderings may be viewed at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/mareelshetland"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;http://www.myspace.com/mareelshetland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately the dates of the Fiddle Frenzy do not work for either of the 2 ladies in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;We hope to catch up with Mareel and the Frenzy in 2010.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-392172336872876268?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/392172336872876268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=392172336872876268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/392172336872876268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/392172336872876268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2009/05/mareel-2010.html' title='Mareel 2010'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-8797616776744547528</id><published>2009-03-02T09:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T07:34:26.455-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The improved book of 'Frenzy' photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #00adef 1px solid; POSITION: relative; BORDER-LEFT: #00adef 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; WIDTH: 240px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; HEIGHT: 120px; BORDER-TOP: #00adef 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #00adef 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 10px" id="badge"&gt;&lt;div style="POSITION: absolute; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 116px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 118px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 100px; TOP: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; LEFT: 10px"&gt;&lt;a style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/584091/?utm_source=badge&amp;amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;amp;utm_content=280x160" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #a7a7a7 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #a7a7a7 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 116px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-TOP: #a7a7a7 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #a7a7a7 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" alt="Keep Fiddling" src="http://www.blurb.com//images/uploads/catalog/70/596470/584091-da448e515a6406d00f7b3b01509396cf.jpg" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; POSITION: absolute; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 10px/15px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #fd7820; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; LEFT: 138px"&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: #fd7820; TEXT-DECORATION: none" title="Book Preview" href="http://www.blurb.com/books/584091" force="true" only_path="false"&gt;Book Preview&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="POSITION: absolute; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; TOP: 10px; RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"&gt;&lt;a style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Make a photo book with Blurb" href="http://www.blurb.com/?utm_source=badge&amp;amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;amp;utm_content=280x160" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" alt="Make a photo book with Blurb" src="http://www.blurb.com/images/badge/blurb-logo.png" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0px solid; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: black 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: black 0px solid"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;The new, improved version of 'Keep Fiddling' is now available through the publisher, at the 'Blurb' web site.  By clicking on the above book photo you will go to the site, where you may preview the book and order, if you wish. The soft cover version, 62 pages, is US$29.95.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;The photos are identical to the previous version, except for the map of Shetland. I obtained official permission from Google to use their map and had to enlarge it to incorporate their logo. Beyond that, there are punctuation changes and minor changes in formatting of captions. The title is sligtly altered from Keep Fiddlin' to Keep Fiddling (too complicated to explain why).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;While the 2 ladies appear as subjects in 7 of the photos, the remainder of the 80+ photos are scenic or relate to 'Frenzy' activities. The photo links at this web site contain my photos used in the book. There are additional photos in the book by Richard Wemyss of Shetland Arts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Hope you'll take a look and enjoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-8797616776744547528?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/8797616776744547528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=8797616776744547528' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8797616776744547528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8797616776744547528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2009/03/improved-book-of-frenzy-photos.html' title='The improved book of &apos;Frenzy&apos; photos'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-7205579320113759482</id><published>2009-01-17T11:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-17T11:54:24.719-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Year, New Book</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;I have created a book, &lt;em&gt;Keep Fiddlin'&lt;/em&gt;, from the photographs linked to on this page. I rushed copies for Christmas presents. I am quite pleased with the appearance, but feel a need to do some minor editing.  So, I have removed the book link from this page. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;I hope to make it available again in 4-6 weeks.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;(Title from Catriona MacDonald - see post of Nov.17). Meanwhile, do as it suggests!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-7205579320113759482?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/7205579320113759482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=7205579320113759482' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/7205579320113759482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/7205579320113759482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-year-new-book.html' title='New Year, New Book'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-8823801835366704678</id><published>2008-12-04T09:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T06:22:57.961-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Camped out at the mailbox</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;I have ordered and eagerly await arrival of the new album by Bryan Gear with Violet Tulloch. &lt;em&gt;Kebister Head&lt;/em&gt; was released on Dec. 3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-8823801835366704678?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/8823801835366704678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=8823801835366704678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8823801835366704678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8823801835366704678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/12/camped-out-at-mailbox.html' title='Camped out at the mailbox'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-6692255663624217526</id><published>2008-11-17T09:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T09:38:46.486-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Island culture</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Janet came across an academic journal online which features essays on island cultures, &lt;a href="http://shimajournal.org/"&gt;Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures.&lt;/a&gt; The journal originates in Australia, but a couple of articles deal with Shetland topics. Of most interest, in Vol.1, No. 2, &lt;em&gt;Reinventing Springs&lt;/em&gt;, a discourse on Shetland fiddle styles and outside influences. Debbie Scott, Catriona MacDonald and Chris Stout are discussed. Vol. 2, No. 2 has an article on Fetlar, which will be one of the sites planned for the 2009 'Frenzy.' Jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-6692255663624217526?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/6692255663624217526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=6692255663624217526' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/6692255663624217526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/6692255663624217526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/11/island-culture.html' title='Island culture'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-5188519937824465102</id><published>2008-11-17T08:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-04-26T08:28:59.368-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The music plays on</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Before last year's 'Frenzy' , music was sent to all registrants to prepare for the final concert. Among the pieces were two - 'Fiddle' and 'Eileen's Waltz' - by Debbie Scott. Unfortunately Debbie did not attend the ' Frenzy', but I loved playing the pieces and became an instant fan. In Lerwick I bought Debbie's one and only album, 'Debbie Scott', a compilation released in 1999. This has become one of my favorites. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I also came home with a new album by Catriona MacDonald, 'Over the Moon.' I greatly admire her lush tone and phrasing, adding new insight to traditional tunes and infusing warmth to her own lovely compositions. Her beautiful rendition of an air by Tom Anderson on the album, 'Ian Robertson', displays Tom's great gift for melody as well as Catriona's great skills. [At a 'Frenzy' concert, Brian Gear played another unpublished Anderson air, 'Daybreak', further proof of Tom's gift. This tune is due to be published in the coming months, in Vol. 3 of his collected works.] Catriona's own lovely air, 'Wonderland',&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;is on the new album.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;When I bought Catriona's album , 'Bold' , a few years ago, she autographed it with the inscription, 'Keep Fiddling', which I have. In her new album she wrote, 'Come back soon' , which I intend. At this date it seems like August 2009 will involve family events in the USA for both Janet and myself. Maybe 'Celtic Colors' next fall, maybe back to Shetland in 2010. In the meantime, I keep it going via CD's with Catriona and Debbie, Willie Hunter, Chris Stout, Aly Bain, and Tom Anderson. Good company! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-5188519937824465102?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/5188519937824465102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=5188519937824465102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5188519937824465102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5188519937824465102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/11/music-plays-on.html' title='The music plays on'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-6698972725086716633</id><published>2008-09-03T06:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T07:49:21.570-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Waterfront collage</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL6YCwTlirI/AAAAAAAAAoo/zgnnGo8VRTg/s1600-h/collage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL6YCwTlirI/AAAAAAAAAoo/zgnnGo8VRTg/s400/collage.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-6698972725086716633?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/6698972725086716633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=6698972725086716633' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/6698972725086716633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/6698972725086716633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/09/waterfront-collage.html' title='Waterfront collage'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL6YCwTlirI/AAAAAAAAAoo/zgnnGo8VRTg/s72-c/collage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-5764806136913675383</id><published>2008-09-03T06:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T07:49:48.110-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Da Slockit Light</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL6XxcDoPZI/AAAAAAAAAog/53_8i6HRFTk/s1600-h/MOV00777.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL6XxcDoPZI/AAAAAAAAAog/53_8i6HRFTk/s320/MOV00777.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;A tribute to Tom Anderson at his grave site in Eshaness&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-5764806136913675383?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/5764806136913675383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=5764806136913675383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5764806136913675383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5764806136913675383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/09/da-slockit-light.html' title='Da Slockit Light'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL6XxcDoPZI/AAAAAAAAAog/53_8i6HRFTk/s72-c/MOV00777.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-867228936603642070</id><published>2008-09-02T08:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T08:25:06.344-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AM Lerwick Harbor, 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL1W67oi0QI/AAAAAAAAAn8/rQ7_ye7mL8E/s1600-h/DSC00458.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL1W67oi0QI/AAAAAAAAAn8/rQ7_ye7mL8E/s400/DSC00458.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL1Wg-tOQQI/AAAAAAAAAn0/d5h5p3ktbcY/s160/DSC00369.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-2091429776255264062?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/2091429776255264062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=2091429776255264062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/2091429776255264062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/2091429776255264062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/09/2-ladies-arrive-4aug2008.html' title='2 ladies arrive, 4Aug2008'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SL1Wg-tOQQI/AAAAAAAAAn0/d5h5p3ktbcY/s72-c/DSC00369.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-5222123115405632360</id><published>2008-08-30T09:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T09:24:22.307-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Digital Photography</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;I bought a new digital camera this year, smaller than a pack of cigarettes, but with amazing capacities. I came home with over 600 photos to sort through. It has taken a bit of time to edit and put them online, but I'm happy to say I have completed my task. My albums are now available for visitors to this site.  The 'fiddle school' album contains photos by Richard Wemyss, of Shetland Arts, presented to each student at the conclusion of the 'Frenzy.' From his disc I selected a few and added two of my own (one of him with Catriona MacDonald, one of Annbjorg Lien with her gorgeous fiddle.) Enjoy. Jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-5222123115405632360?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/5222123115405632360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=5222123115405632360' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5222123115405632360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5222123115405632360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/08/digital-photography.html' title='Digital Photography'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-5631391146722339491</id><published>2008-08-20T12:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T20:23:02.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in Beantown</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Hard to believe I've been back over a week. In summary, the 'Frenzy' was wonderful. Highlights? Every day. Enjoyed classes with Brian Gear and Violet Tulloch. Also with Mark Laurenson, Annbjorg Lien and Catriona MacDonald. It was special to meet Catriona again: after I attended her workshop at Boston College several years ago, she became my inspiration to fiddle and to visit Shetland. I thoroughly enjoyed her playing/teaching again. The music itself remains exciting, challenging, groovy. I have renewed respect for Tom Anderson's melodic invention, revealed in Catriona' s lovely rendition of 'Ian Robertson' in her new album, 'Over the Moon.' I was also enchanted with an unpublished tune, 'Daybreak' , performed in concert by Brian and Violet (will be included in vol. 3 of Tom's tunebooks, due out this winter.) This year the student concert included 2 tunes from Debbie Scott, fiddler from Papa Stour. I enjoyed them so much I bought her album, ('Debbie Scott') which is quite wonderful, too -- terrific original compositions, great fiddling. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Currently, I'm editing my photos, plan to put up 2008 photo albums by the end of the month. In the meantime, enjoying polishing new fiddle tunes and listening to CD's. Jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-5631391146722339491?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/5631391146722339491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=5631391146722339491' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5631391146722339491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5631391146722339491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-in-beantown.html' title='Back in Beantown'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-6023919899642373012</id><published>2008-08-09T01:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-09T01:26:26.858-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Postcard - Last day</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;While it seemed like a plan to post while at the Frenzy, the actuality of getting to a computer in non-fiddling hours is almost impossible. We fiddle or listen to fiddling around the clock. Unfortunately Janet had to leave unexpectedly on Wednesday AM for a family emergency. Today I'm off to Eshaness in 30 min. for a visit to Tom Anderson's birthplace, gravesite. In summary, it's been great. I've learned a lot of wonderful tunes, including some Norwegian ones taught yesterday in Unst. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;More blogging when I return. New photos up by end of month. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tonight, ferry to Aberdeen. Tomorrow, flight to London. Tuesday, flight to Boston.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-6023919899642373012?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/6023919899642373012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=6023919899642373012' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/6023919899642373012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/6023919899642373012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/08/postcard-last-day.html' title='Postcard - Last day'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-1527830356191545773</id><published>2008-08-05T01:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-05T01:36:04.759-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Day 1 - Boston 2-Step</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffcc99;"&gt;The evening's festivities featured the Jim Halcrow Dance Band playing dance music for young and old at the Islesburgh Community Center. From bouncing toddlers to springy seniors, nearly everyone joined in, filling in with exuberance any gaps in expertise. We started (and ended) appropriately enough(!!) with the Boston 2-Step, all dances thankfully taught. In between were the Dashing White Sargeant, St. Bernard's Waltz, the Britannia 2-Step, Gay Gordons, Strip the Willow, the Eva 2-Step, the Circassian Circle, Pride of Erin Waltz, and the Canadian Barn Dance. Each dance was done with 2 or 3 rounds. Fueled and refreshed by Highland Spring Water, the assembly joyfully stepped and swung, back and forth, in and out, driven by the vibrant pulse of the band. A good time was had by all. At 10 PM, the last set of the Boston 2-Step finished with a flourish, quickly followed up by the packing up of people, kids, and fiddles to head out into the cool evening 's mist to the Grand Hotel for the evening's final fiddle session.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-1527830356191545773?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/1527830356191545773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=1527830356191545773' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/1527830356191545773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/1527830356191545773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/08/day-1-boston-2-step.html' title='Day 1 - Boston 2-Step'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-4334378832309013342</id><published>2008-08-05T01:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-05T01:23:41.075-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Postcard day 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;9 AM, Tourist centre open. Brief note, gotta go fiddle! Yesterday met/exceeded expectations - fiddle lessons with Brian Gear and Violet Tulloch, dance with Halcrow band-Janet and I doing &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Boston 2-step&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;and session in hotel bar. Before all that, a visit to a few shops including High Level Music - there, we chatted with Mandy, who we informed had given us title of this blog. All's well. Having fun. Jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-4334378832309013342?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/4334378832309013342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=4334378832309013342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/4334378832309013342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/4334378832309013342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/08/posstcard-day-1.html' title='Postcard day 1'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-2128154729527708580</id><published>2008-08-04T01:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T02:10:51.474-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Frenzy day 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;We have arrived in Lerwick. Janet and I met at Heathrow, for our flight to Aberdeen yesterday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;We spent a pleasant few hours there, attending an outdoor music festival in various locales. The acts included a steel drum orchestra from Trinidad and Tobago, a steel drum ensemble (youth) from Aberdeen, a folk harpist/singer from Uganda, a drum corps, and a local jazz quartet. Luckily the weather was pleasant for being outdoors. We boarded our ferry for Lerwick around 4PM. On board we met a few familiar faces with fiddles - members of the Riddell fiddles who attended the Frenzy with us last year. We had a pleasant passage with a delicious evening meal on board. The rocking motion of the boat was so soothing, I fell asleep early, missing both a small session with the Riddells, and our entry into Kirkwall. However, we are now fully prepared for a week of non-stop action. Our first stop here (after dropping bags at the hotel) at the Visitor Centre. Once again good luck with the weather - mild, partly cloudy. On to fiddling.  Jane  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-2128154729527708580?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/2128154729527708580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=2128154729527708580' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/2128154729527708580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/2128154729527708580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/08/frenzy-day-1.html' title='Frenzy day 1'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-677457212584662868</id><published>2008-07-28T19:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T13:16:08.392-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Norse connection&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;After many years of plundering attacks on the Shetland Isles, Norse Vikings finally invaded during the 9th Century A.D., destroyed the Picts (the &lt;em&gt;Peti&lt;/em&gt;) living there, and intermarried with the local Scots (the &lt;em&gt;Scotti&lt;/em&gt;). In 880, King Harald of Norway established an earldom of Orkney which controlled Shetland, until control reverted directly back to Norway in the 12th century. By 1397, Norway had come under the control of Denmark. In 1469 and short of funds, King Christian I of Denmark and Norway pawned Orkney and Shetland to Scotland to pay for the dowry of his 12 year-old daughter Margaret for whom he arranged marriage to James III of Scotland. Scotland annexed both territories in 1472, and subsequently refused all offers to redeem them for several centuries thereafter. The Norse language and customs were broadly integrated into the Scots daily life, and this amalgamation is amply evident today. On the Friday (Aug. 8) of Fiddle Frenzy, special workshops will focus on Norwegian-style fiddling. janet&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-677457212584662868?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/677457212584662868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=677457212584662868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/677457212584662868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/677457212584662868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/07/norse-connection-after-many-years-of.html' title=''/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-1841541639719347339</id><published>2008-07-23T06:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T07:09:57.111-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Frenzy itinerary</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Mon 4 Aug 08&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;07:00-Arrive Lerwick, Ferry from Aberdeen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#00cccc;"&gt;13:30-14:00 Activity: Registration &amp;amp; Welcome&lt;br /&gt;14:00-16:00 Activity: Workshops - Medium/Fast&lt;br /&gt;19:00-23:00 Activity: Fiddle Frenzy Dance - Jim Halcrow Band&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Tue 5 Aug 08 Lerwick&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;10:30-12:30 Activity: Workshop - Medium/Fast&lt;br /&gt;14:00-16:00 Activity: Workshop - Medium/Fast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;19:30-22:00 Activity: Fiddle Frenzy - Jenna Reid band&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Wed 6 Aug 08 Walls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;10:30-12:30 Activity: Workshop - Medium/Fast Walls Hall&lt;br /&gt;14:00-16:00 Activity: Trip, Jamieson's Spinning Shetland Ltd&lt;br /&gt;19:30- 00:30 Activity: "An Evening With..." concert &amp;amp; dance, Walls Hall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Thu 7 Aug 08 Lerwick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10:30-12:30 Activity: Workshop - Medium/Fast&lt;br /&gt;14:00-16:00 Activity: Trip, Old Scatness Settlement&lt;br /&gt;19:30-22:00 Activity: Fiddle Frenzy - Catriona Macdonald &amp;amp; Annbjorg Lien Concert&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Fri 8 Aug 08 Unst, Baltasound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10:30-12:30 Activity: Workshop - Norwegian style&lt;br /&gt;14:00-16:00 Activity: Trip, tour Unst&lt;br /&gt;19:30-00:30 Activity: Fiddle Frenzy - Drop the Box concert &amp;amp; dance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Sat 9 Aug 08 Eshaness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;10:00-16:00 Activity: Trip to Eshaness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;19:00 Ferry, Lerwick to Aberdeen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-1841541639719347339?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/1841541639719347339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=1841541639719347339' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/1841541639719347339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/1841541639719347339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/07/frenzy-itinerary.html' title='Frenzy itinerary'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-9122444932358718106</id><published>2008-07-17T08:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T08:36:28.321-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting there</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Last year we flew via Icelandair to/from Glasgow. Our route took us to an overnight on Skye and a weeklong harp workshop on the island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides with Wendy Stewart. We then traveled by bus and ferry to Stromness, Orkney and on to Lerwick, Shetland via the overnight ferry from Kirkwall. We returned via ferry to Aberdeen, rail to Glasgow, flight to Boston. We loved the Northlink ferries (see &lt;em&gt;'ferry'&lt;/em&gt; link, under &lt;strong&gt;Frenzy links&lt;/strong&gt;). We especially liked our airline stopover in Reykjavik, where we had time to visit the Blue Lagoon before boarding for the transatlantic journey. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;This year Janet and I are traveling solo on the outbound leg from Boston. I am flying to London via BA a few days before the 'frenzy.' I'll be visiting with my son and his wife, who now live there. It's possible to fly to Shetland from London, but we decided to fly to Aberdeen on Sunday, Aug 3, so as to enjoy a hotel room on the Northlink ferry. I'll be meeting Janet on that flight (hopefully). We arrive in Lerwick Aug. 4 for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;day 1 of the 'frenzy.' We'll be leaving Lerwick for Aberdeen on Aug. 9., overnight London Aug. 10 and 11, to Boston Aug. 12. jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-9122444932358718106?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/9122444932358718106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=9122444932358718106' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/9122444932358718106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/9122444932358718106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/07/getting-there.html' title='Getting there'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-8988098994797052191</id><published>2008-07-16T18:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T08:08:03.088-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Return to Shetland'/><title type='text'>Fiddling and harping coming full-circle</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;I was introduced to violin in grade school, took several years of lessons, and played in school orchestras through high school. I vividly recall my embarrassment, when I was about 13 yrs. old, the little old lady who lived in the apartment building next to mine, stopping me and gushing over how much my playing had improved. I was immediately struck by how much she must have suffered in the process... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;While I was in high school, an elderly family friend , Prof. Walter Baldwin gave me his old German-made violin, which sounded immensely better than the recommended school instrument my mother had so carefully budgetted to buy me for $65. Many years later I took a couple more years of lessons while my young children Bradley and Heather were studying Suzuki violin and cello. Then, only many years later, with significantly reduced family and work responsibilities, did I return to the joys and challenges of playing music on a regular basis. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;I started playing Celtic harp, which I had long fancied, with Kathleen Guilday (through the CCE Program at Harvard and Boston College), who introduced me to a wealth of traditional music, including &lt;em&gt;Da Day Dawns&lt;/em&gt;, a Shetland air traditionally played on New Year's Day. Through Kathleen's classes I was also introduced to her other students, a remarkably eclectic and jolly group, including the inimitable Jane. When we attended the outstanding summer &lt;em&gt;Gaelic Roots&lt;/em&gt; program at Boston College, we were drawn to the infectious enthusiasm of the fiddling all around us. Rather adventurously (and audaciously), we both signed up for a class with the Shetland fiddler Catriona MacDonald, whose playing had captivated us, especially her rendition of&lt;em&gt; Michael's Mazurka&lt;/em&gt;. She gave an entrancing lecture on the Shetland Islands, its history and music, and, as they say, the "rest is history". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;It all took several years to evolve, facilitated by our harping with Shetlander Catriona McKay and fiddling with Shetlander Chris Stout, who gave us some very good advice on the week-long &lt;em&gt;Fiddle Frenzy&lt;/em&gt; extravaganza, how you &lt;em&gt;really do&lt;/em&gt; get out to the Shetland Islands, places to stay, etc. This past week at this year's &lt;em&gt;Harp In The Hills Retreat&lt;/em&gt;, we had the pleasure of harping &lt;em&gt;Da Day Dawns&lt;/em&gt; under the excellent tutelage of Maeve Gilchrist using her evocative arrangement. Jane and I also took the opportunity to practice fiddling some of our old and new Shetland tunes. We took the precaution of removing ourselves to another building so as not to drown out (and risk some creative retribution from) our good harping colleagues. janet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-8988098994797052191?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/8988098994797052191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=8988098994797052191' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8988098994797052191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8988098994797052191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/07/fiddling-and-harping-coming-full-circle.html' title='Fiddling and harping coming full-circle'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-1259164917144811513</id><published>2008-07-16T14:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T08:35:25.156-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shetland music'/><title type='text'>Tom Anderson</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tom Anderson is a legend in Shetland fiddle history. The accompanying &lt;em&gt;'musicians'&lt;/em&gt; link under the &lt;strong&gt;'Frenzy links'&lt;/strong&gt; heading will guide you to his biography. He was an outstanding fiddler, composer, collector of tunes; a teacher, advocate, and promoter of Shetland music. His album, &lt;em&gt;The Silver Bow,&lt;/em&gt; recorded with Aly Bain in the 1970's, contains the core fiddle repertoire of Shetland. A CD version is still available.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-1259164917144811513?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/1259164917144811513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=1259164917144811513' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/1259164917144811513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/1259164917144811513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/07/tom-anderson.html' title='Tom Anderson'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-7438241563542852738</id><published>2008-07-15T13:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T14:20:31.871-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Return to Shetland'/><title type='text'>From fiddle to harp and back...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Although I played the violin as a child, my introduction to traditional music began with the celtic harp. After retirement, I started lessons. One of the earliest tunes I learned was a Shetland tune, Da Slockit Light, by Tom Anderson, in an arrangement by my harp teacher at the time, Kathleen Guilday. I recall being enchanted by the melody. As I listened to more traditional music, I realized I was missing a lot by not playing fiddle, too. I dusted off my grandfather's fiddle, fixed it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;up, and started fiddle lessons.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Not long after, I attended a workshop by Catriona MacDonald at Boston College. Once again I was struck by the Shetland tunes and inspired to come to Shetland by Catriona's presentation. This past week I was at a harp workshop with Maeve Gilchrist, who taught us her lovely arrangement of Da Day Dawns. jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-7438241563542852738?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/7438241563542852738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=7438241563542852738' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/7438241563542852738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/7438241563542852738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-fiddle-to-harp-and-back.html' title='From fiddle to harp and back...'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-5690590326965472102</id><published>2008-07-03T09:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T08:10:33.727-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Return to Shetland'/><title type='text'>Shetland itinerary</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;If you click on the map above, you will link to another, detailed map of the Shetland Islands.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Our itinerary for 2008 workshops just arrived in the mail. Home base is, again, the Isleburgh Centre in Lerwick. We are excited about outings for workshops in Walls on the west of the mainland and in Baltasound on the island of Unst. We are planning side trips to Old Scatness (near Sumburgh, main island) and Eshaness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;In 2007 we traveled for workshops in Vidlin on the far east of the main island. On another day we went by bus/ferry/bus to the island of Yell. In addition, Janet and I took a side trip to Scalloway and West Burra. Later in the week we also took a 'nature' boat trip around Bressay to see nesting colonies of guillemots; skua and puffins. &lt;em&gt;Photo albums from Scalloway, W. Burra, and Yell will be up soon. &lt;/em&gt;jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-5690590326965472102?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/5690590326965472102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=5690590326965472102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5690590326965472102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/5690590326965472102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/07/shetland-itinerary.html' title='Shetland itinerary'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-8013702875815461776</id><published>2008-06-30T11:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T12:05:38.626-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2007 frenzy'/><title type='text'>Fiddlin' in Vidlin</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Right away we learned that anyone who has earned the title 'Young Fiddler of the Year' in Shetland is wonderful. Our teacher for the week, Mark Laurenson, is one such fiddler. He was a patient teacher, as well as a dazzling player. (Sorry for the fuzzy snapshots.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Shetland Arts maintains a website, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shetland-music.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;www.shetland-music.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; with bios and music samples from many of the fiddlers and groups we heard over the course of the week. They included (in no special order) Brian Gear, Aly Bain, Margaret Scollay, Gemma Donald, Chris Stout, Fiddlers Bid, accompanist Violet Tulloch ... and many, many others. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;One highlight for us was a 'wan to wan' with Brian Gear and Violet Tulloch. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nothing but the best.     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Jane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-8013702875815461776?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/8013702875815461776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=8013702875815461776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8013702875815461776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8013702875815461776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/06/fiddlin-in-vidlin.html' title='Fiddlin&apos; in Vidlin'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-4360723454361401161</id><published>2008-06-23T05:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T05:53:40.827-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='frenzy'/><title type='text'>Frenzied</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;If you have an addiction to fiddling, the Shetland Fiddle Frenzy is a good place to get a fix. The weeklong festival involves total non-stop immersion in Shetland fiddling. There are 2 instructional workshops daily (grouped according to level), ensemble learning for the big weekend performance, outstanding concerts every night, impromptu and scheduled sessions in between. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Most of the instruction is given &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;at the Isleburgh Community Centre in Lerwick. In 2007, on one day, the entire school moved to Vidlin, a village on the east side of the main island. Another day, we traveled by bus/ferry/bus to the island of Yell.  Janet and I visited Scalloway one afternoon on an optional side trip from Lerwick. Photos of our outings will be posted in our albums.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-4360723454361401161?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/4360723454361401161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=4360723454361401161' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/4360723454361401161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/4360723454361401161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/06/frenzied.html' title='Frenzied'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-9040473524367676033</id><published>2008-06-18T13:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T14:35:15.926-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shetland geography'/><title type='text'>Where??</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;So where are the Shetlands? Most maps of Scotland show the Shetland Islands as an inset, making it difficult to appreciate their geographic proximity to Scotland or other countries. Let's just say, Shetland is located between the mainland of Scotland and the mainland of Norway. Following is a direct quote from the website &lt;a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/"&gt;http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;. A good map of the Shetland Islands is located there at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usmapindexes/shetland.html"&gt;www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usmapindexes/shetland.html&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because most maps of Scotland include Shetland in a box near the top right hand corner, not many people have a strong sense of where this archipelago of 100 islands and islets lies. It comes as a surprise to many to discover it is nearer Bergen than &lt;a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/aberdeen/aberdeen/index.html"&gt;Aberdeen;&lt;/a&gt; that it is further north than Moscow or southern Greenland; and that &lt;a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/lerwick/index.html"&gt;Lerwick&lt;/a&gt; is as far as Milan from London. The population of Shetland is around 23,000.&lt;br /&gt;Shetland was Norse until 8 September 1468, when the islands were mortgaged to Scotland for 8,000 florins as part of the marriage agreement between the future &lt;a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/jamesiii.html"&gt;James III&lt;/a&gt; and Princess Margrethe of Denmark. In 1472 the Scots annexed both Shetland and &lt;a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/areaorkn/index.html"&gt;Orkney.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shetland measures about 70 miles from &lt;a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/sumburgh/index.html"&gt;Sumburgh Head&lt;/a&gt; in the south to Muckle Flugga off the coast of &lt;a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/unst/unst/index.html"&gt;Unst&lt;/a&gt; in the north. With a land area of 567 square miles enclosed by a coastline of 900 miles, nowhere is more than three miles from the sea, and very few places are out of sight of it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-9040473524367676033?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/9040473524367676033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=9040473524367676033' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/9040473524367676033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/9040473524367676033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/06/where.html' title='Where??'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-4088017117106168455</id><published>2008-06-16T12:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-16T12:29:13.106-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Return to Shetland'/><title type='text'>The Shetland Connection</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;We want to share our experiences in Shetland with friends and family. Last year we discovered that the visitor centre, a short walk from our hotel (The Grand Hotel) has computers available to tourists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;When we arrive we'll be able to post to this blog regularly. For now, we'll be adding photos from our 2007 visit. Our photos from 2008 will be added after we return.  Readers can look now at &lt;a href="http://www.shetlandfiddlefrenzy.com/"&gt;www.shetlandfiddlefrenzy.com&lt;/a&gt; for a complete schedule of 'Frenzy' events for 2008.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Additional information about Shetland can be found at &lt;a href="http://www.visitshetland.com/"&gt;www.visitshetland.com&lt;/a&gt;.  Contact information during our stay can be found at the hotel website &lt;a href="http://www.kgqhotels.co.uk/"&gt;www.kgqhotels.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-4088017117106168455?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/4088017117106168455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=4088017117106168455' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/4088017117106168455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/4088017117106168455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/06/shetland-connection.html' title='The Shetland Connection'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243887035663342433.post-8647063822782596659</id><published>2008-06-10T07:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T05:30:58.174-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Return to Shetland'/><title type='text'>2ladiesfromBoston</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Last year we attained a bit of notoriety in Lerwick, center of the main island of Shetland. All week at the Shetland Fiddle Frenzy we attended teaching sessions, concerts, side trips. Finally, Saturday morning we had free time to visit the music store - High Level Music - where we loaded up with CD's. The women at the register said, "We heard there were 2 ladies from Boston here." So, our reputation had preceded us -- hence, the title of this blog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;We had such a wonderful time we can't wait to go back. Last year we caught up with Chris Stout and Catriona McKay, whom we had met at workshops in the USA. This year we look forward to meeting Catriona MacDonald again, whose workshop and concerts we attended at Gaelic Roots, Boston College, a number of years ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Jane&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243887035663342433-8647063822782596659?l=2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/feeds/8647063822782596659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3243887035663342433&amp;postID=8647063822782596659' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8647063822782596659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3243887035663342433/posts/default/8647063822782596659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2ladiesfromboston.blogspot.com/2008/06/2ladiesfromboston.html' title='2ladiesfromBoston'/><author><name>jane(t)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02139233195010123853</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_dYrQ99fU4so/SE7ejeVrZFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rDsRU7Tgw9A/S220/2ladies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
