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Christmas Party
Let's start with Christmas music but everyone is welcome in this party
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@Mark -

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BEAUTIFUL! 

LOVE all the variations! 

Glad you joined the Party! 

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- Emily

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Nicely done @Mark .

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enjoyable listening @Mark !  

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Lovely playing Mark . Really like your sound . It reminds me of your Oh Holy Night last year. Thank you 👍

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@Mark That was terrific. I especially like the last version with the double stops(?). For some reason the last version reminded me of someone out somewhere alone and playing it, wishing they were not alone or someone listening to someone play it out in some vast open area and they cannot get home, soldiers around a campfire in cold weather - wishing to be home. Kind of hard to describe, but that is what went through my mind as soon as you got into the double stop version.

The double stop version was just so thought provoking (not exactly what I mean, but the best I can come up with). It just has that feeling of longing to be somewhere else, thinking of someone else, etc. A yearning to be with someone else, and a feeling of reverence. 

I have no idea why the double stop version brought forth all of that, but it did. It sounded so free. Just lovely. It had a simplistic sound to it, but I know it was not. The places you did the double stops and did not do the double stops was perfectly balanced and thought out.

I did like the other versions, too, but the minute the double stop version started, everything changed and I was brought right into it.

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@Mark Beautiful—really nice variations—enjoyed listening to that smile

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Here's mine--

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@SharonC -  

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4e/cf/dc/4ecfdce2d43e421a6dfc6b13b37d5992--christmas-angels-christmas-christmas.jpg

 

You are making me feel all warm & cosy! 

Is THAT the new VIOLA I see & hear in there?  
Wonderful playing & a really nice arrangement, Sharon! 
You've done some awesome videos this past year and your Group Projects were a joy to be part of. 
THANK YOU!santa3

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- Emily 

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nice video and playing Sharon!  enjoyed watching.  

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SharonC

Thank you,

I enjoyed listening and watching your video,

So good.

Mark

Master the Frog and you have mastered the bow.

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Taryn, ELCBK, Jim Dunleavy, ABitRusty, Katie M, Mouse, SharonC,

Thank you all for the kind words, it's much appreciated. 

Mark

Master the Frog and you have mastered the bow.

Albert Sammons

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@stringy I am so glad you came back and joined the party. What a light and cheerful piece. I love hearing you play. Happy Holidays, Stringy! I hope you are doing well and have many gigs because, as well as a wonderful fiddle, you have a wonderful voice.

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@stringy -

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Lovely Jig! 

Glad you stopped in to join the Party! 

Thank you for sharing a little Christmas with us! 

 

- Emily

 

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@stringy  Wonderful jig & great playing!  Thanks for joining the party!  

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@ELCBK @ABitRusty  @Mark  Thank you! 

@ELCBKYes, I used my new 14" Fiddlerman Master Viola for the 3rd part.  Used it in the Wexford project, too, for Viola 3 & 4 parts.  I'm pretty happy with it--nice tone for a little one smile

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stringy

That's a good sounding jig, thanks for joining the party.

Mark

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nice sounding jig there stringy.  liked that!

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Well played @SharonC  and @stringy .

Nice to see you both at the party!

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Some great playing and tunes on this thread.

Merry Xmas all and see you in a month or so.

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