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4.07.001: Gerry Strong: Velvet in the Wind, 2008. Guitarist Don Walsh on tracks 4 and 7
No full textThe CD sleeve for Gerry Strong's Velvel in the Wind. Don Walsh played guitar on tracks 4 and 7
Strong, Gerry. Video interview about the importance of traditional music, playing tin whistle and wooden flute.
No full textGerry Strong on Zoom video call discusses traditional Newfoundland music, playing tin whistle and wooden flute, and the importance of musical traditions in Newfoundland and Labrador.00:00 Introductions; 01:08 How he was introduced to tin whistle and wooden flute; 02:07 Learning piano, playing in the brass band in high school; 02:38 Parents moved to Ireland, but he stayed behind to finish high school; 03:29 Difference between whistle and wooden flute; 03:58 Love of traditional music helped learning how to play; 04:55 Teaching self how to play by listening; 05:06 Most challenging aspect of learning is to keep improving; 05:48 Made friendships through playing music, playing in bands and traveling to perform; 06:26 Playing traditional Newfoundland, Irish, French and Scottish music, and other types; 07:13 Plays music for anyone who wants to listen; 07:46 Favourite songs to play are the newly learned ones; 08:24 Newfoundland music is part of who we are and it is important to keep alive; 09:50 What needs to be in place for future generations to participate, the importance of traditional music in schools; 11:18 Response from teaching traditional music in schools; 12:21
Strong, Gerry. Audio interview about the importance of traditional music, playing tin whistle and wooden flute.
No full textGerry Strong discusses traditional Newfoundland music, playing tin whistle and wooden flute, and the importance of musical traditions in Newfoundland and Labrador.00:00 Introductions; 01:08 How he was introduced to tin whistle and wooden flute; 02:07 Learning piano, playing in the brass band in high school; 02:38 Parents moved to Ireland, but he stayed behind to finish high school; 03:29 Difference between whistle and wooden flute; 03:58 Love of traditional music helped learning how to play; 04:55 Teaching self how to play by listening; 05:06 Most challenging aspect of learning is to keep improving; 05:48 Made friendships through playing music, playing in bands and traveling to perform; 06:26 Playing traditional Newfoundland, Irish, French and Scottish music, and other types; 07:13 Plays music for anyone who wants to listen; 07:46 Favourite songs to play are the newly learned ones; 08:24 Newfoundland music is part of who we are and it is important to keep alive; 09:50 What needs to be in place for future generations to participate, the importance of traditional music in schools; 11:18 Response from teaching traditional music in schools; 12:21 Buying traditional tin whistles and wooden flute; 13:11 Tin whistles and wooden flute makers in Newfoundland; 13:54 Tin whistle has always been played but has been overshadowed by fiddle and accordion; 15:07 The reaction from the crowd is inspiring, what the music means to him; 15:58 The Baccalieu Trail Traditional Knowledge Inventory project; 17:23 Covid-19 Pandemic and how that affects the projec
2.06.002: 1985 Telethon
No full textThe St. John's Association for the Mentally Handicapped Telethon 1985. Rob Murphy, Gerry Strong, Don Walsh, Rick Hiscott and Paddy Mackey
The March Hare, Gerry Strong, Daniel Payne and Don Walsh
No full text2015 Harch Hare in Corner Brook. Sunday Soire
2.12.006 Tickle Harbour 20th Anniversary, LSPU Hall, 26 November 1999, part 3
No full textTickle Harbour's 20th Anniversary show at the LSPU Hall, 1999. There were four sets, each from a different incarnation of the band through the years. -- Part 3 was the band as it was in 1999: Don Walsh, Angela Pickett, Gerry Strong, Francesca Swann, Fergus O'Byrne and Vonnie Barron on vocals
2.12.001: Corner Brook Fest mpgs [1980-1983], part 1
No full textTickle Harbour at the Hangashore Folk Festival in Corner Brook. On stage is Paddy Mackey, Rob Murphy, Mick Foley, Gerry Strong, Don Walsh, Des Walsh, Jamie Snider, and Rick Hiscott. This was Rob Murphy's first time playing with Tickle Harbour. Mick was visiting Rob from Ireland and they had driven up from Grand Bank because they heard about the festival. We asked them to join us on stage and Rob ended up staying with the band
2.12.010: Tickle Harbour at First Annual Seamus Creagh Festival 23-25 July 2010, part 1
No full textTickle Harbour on stage at the first Feile Seamus Creagh. On stage are Gerry Strong, Matt Cranitch, Graham Wells, Don Walsh, Paddy Mackey and Francesca Swann, with Nadine Hollett joining us on vocals
Down East Bookshelf piece on three Maine mystery writers--Gerry Boyle, author
No full textDown East Bookshelf piece on three Maine mystery writers--Gerry Boyle, author of Pretty Dead; William Landay, author of Mission Flats; and Lee Child, author of Persuader. With author profiles and book reviews
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