A little bit of Cape Breton in the States
, February, 2005
�My heart�s in the Highlands.� The Highlands are here! The Barra MacNeils play some of the music that soothes the savage beast within me. Their ability to pull me out of the doldrums, get my feet tapping and sing along with them is the stuff everyone should experience.????
Andi rode the bus down to Philly for to go with me to see the show. It was held at the College of Staten Island in New York. When we got there, I had a sinking feeling about the evening as the Vagina Monologues were playing at the theatre in the same building. It seemed that everyone was carrying pink things, a sure sign they were going to see the play. The table for merchandize for the Barras show wasn�t even marked. The VM tables had pink balloons and streamers all over. When we wandered over to the table, we discovered a surprise � a Barras Christmas DVD! So both of us snapped one up. I thought the new CD had been released, but we later found out from Sheumas that it would come out in April.
Even though I bought tickets relatively late, we got great seats, right in front of Stewart, Andi�s favorite. The seats were about � full by the time the show was really rockin�.
They came out and started right into the Clumsy Lover Set. That set has to be one of my all-time favorites where fiddle music is concerned. One of these days I�m going to be able to play that set on my fiddle. |
