Just a practice session.  I didn't even tune before I recorded this.  I have to work on smoothing everything out now, and playing in time.  I need to start using the "click track."

Oh, that's Violin 1 by the way.

@KindaScratchy, to give you the full, more interesting, or maybe boring answer:

So there I was, browsing some fiddlerman.com threads, when it dawned on me that some of the members here were starting to prep holiday music for their recitals with whatever teacher/group they played with. 

My immediate reaction was, "hey, that would be so cool!  I wish I had a group of people I could play with, but I don't take lessons anywhere, and I don't know anyone else that plays either..."  Then it dawned on me, "wait a second, I do know some people, I do have a teacher (if not traditional), @Fiddlerman!"

So I was thinking, well, the group project thing didn't really work out for me last time, so lets start with a poll, and see if I get any response.  Obviously, I did, so I started to search for music, and now here we are.

So, basically, I know that a lot of the members here are just like me, and the only place we go to get lessons, is right here, or in a book somewhere.  And I absolutely love the month of Christmas.  Since I was a child, the magic of the month has brought me MUCH joy, and this is the first year that I will actually get the chance to play some Christmas tunes on an instrument.  I had to do something right?!

So yes, I had the idea that we could do a group project for the Holidays.  I used the term "recital," because that's really what I was going for.  I think its a chance for all of us to kinda showcase what we've learned over the last year, and give a little tribute to the man that's helping so many of us in this endeavor.

With that though, I know many of us are still beginners (me especially) so I wanted to use easy songs that were JUST challenging enough for us with less than a year.  Additionally, I wanted everyone else to participate, so that's why I also wanted to include solos (or duets if your twin sister wants to play) so everyone has the opportunity to showcase their growth this year AND play something that they really like. 

Everything will get rolled in to one video.  Even if that video is an hour long, I'll get it done (actually, the longer it is, and the more participants we have, the happier I will be). 

In case you didn't read through everything, we DO have two songs selected from the same book.  And if you want to throw in a solo/duet performance, I'd ask that you let us know what you'd like to play, so we can post it and others will know what songs others are playing in case they don't want to "repeat" a performance. 

Hope that answers your question!

@NewFiddlerGirl  Unfortunately, the laws are different as soon as a "public performance" is introduced.  In our case, this will be a "public performance."  Part B of the above document, specifically notes this as well under Section 106.  Because it's a public performance, it is not "fair use" even if we are not doing it "for profit."  Additionally, though the laws are probably similar, @Robyn.fnq lives outside the US, so the laws are most likely slightly different.

It stinks, because we are all learning from this project, but that's one of the reasons we each need to buy our own copy, or be "gifted" one.  In Robyn's case, shes good to go as I had a second copy. 

@Robyn.fnq said: Just a little query, slight confusion about the actual 'performance' ... are we doing both songs as a medley, or separately? See you in the performance hall! (Damn ... where did those Christmas smileys go?)

We will be doing the two songs separate.