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Post by wren on Oct 16, 2006 11:30:54 GMT -5
BBC News has a story about an initiative to make a huge archive of recordings in Gaelic and Scots available online: http:// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/6044220.stm More information on this website: www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/dualchas/indexbeurla.html
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Post by ihrian on Oct 31, 2006 1:10:13 GMT -5
woow...thatd be fantastic. whens it gonna happen?
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Post by wren on Oct 31, 2006 1:22:49 GMT -5
I think its an ongoing thing. In the meantime, we're compiling the Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic and Welsh boards here to learn together.
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Post by ihrian on Oct 31, 2006 1:29:53 GMT -5
i havnt made my way over there yet ive been so slack, i have such an interest in this but lately havnt done anything about it
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Post by wren on Oct 31, 2006 1:35:16 GMT -5
Well, wonder over and tell me what you think!
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Post by ihrian on Oct 31, 2006 1:52:09 GMT -5
gosh, i can smell something cooking and it smells great those boards were my favourite, the celtic ones, nothings changed i havnt read much yet though, right now im forcing myself downstairs to do some pracitse before i have a run thru with my pianist for my exam...twil be interesting, as i havnt played my pieces in a long while, so i really should go...i told myself i wasnt coming back here til AFTER my exam...whoops, lol i also sed i wouldnt learn bodhran til after my exam, that didnt even last one nite, hours of beating until i got the hang of it, then i ended up with a sore wrist, it killed anyway, not the POINT lol u realise i wont end up goin downstairs for another half hour or so, and if i started reading now id be finished i need to go join the library, hanvt been there yet lol what the heck, im goin back
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Post by wren on Oct 31, 2006 7:28:07 GMT -5
I just took up the bodhran myself! Must be something in the air!
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Post by ihrian on Nov 3, 2006 18:20:44 GMT -5
really!!!! wow, awesome!!!! ive had an obsession with it for a while now, so i had to get one and now i have a sudden love for all drums, i never did before, lol but i love the beat and rhythm, its, i dont know the word..magical kind of?i dunno, but i blame riverdance anyway, i love it, its fantastic, but mines a small one..i want a new one, a bigger one but its very nice looking so its good for now
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