Home the Archive Uilleann Pipes Artists' Homepages Picture Gallery Cobblestone gigs		Yes, we did it! A piping festival in our living room. And not a single complaint from our neighbours: THANK YOU NEIGHBOURS!!! We did make a lot of noise: at times we had nine pipers playing simultaneously, plus a cittern player. Even one foreign guest: Raphael de Cock from Antwerp, Belgium. And an Irish piper: Martin Crossin from Belfast, but he lives in Medemblik now. Friday night at about half six the first one arrived, and Sunday late afternoon the last one left. Saturday we played from about 11am until midnight. Great stuff! Probably another 'festival' in March 2002. It's fun to look at the differences with our previous weekend. thmb_middle_DSCN2572.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 41K) big image (1024 x 768, 187K) From left to right: Martin Crossin, Stijn van Beek and Folkert Brugman. thmb_middle_DSCN2574.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 38K) big image (1024 x 768, 185K) The same trio with on the left Raphael de Cock. The big picture on the wall is a photograph I took from Néillidh Mulligan's Brogan set. My wife had it enlarged and give it to me as a present. This is it's second frame: I broke the first one (the glass) because I got stuck behind it with my bellows when walking by (no, it didn't hang on the wall back then...) thmb_middle_DSCN2575.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 42K) big image (1024 x 768, 190K) And there's Swier Oosterhuis on the right, all the way from Texel on his motorbike. thmb_middle_DSCN2578.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 40K) big image (1024 x 768, 179K) Never satisfied without actually learning something, all the attention is for Martin playing Miss Monaghan, if I recall correctly. thmb_middle_DSCN2581.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 43K) big image (1024 x 768, 200K) Raphael, Swier and Anthony de Waal, a cittern/bódhran/whistle player who lives just around the corner. thmb_middle_DSCN2585.jpg popup preview (300 x 400, 24K) big image (768 x 1024, 131K) Folkert and Wietske Leenders in our study/guest-bedroom, practising the previously recorded tune from Martin. Wietske also is from Amsterdam and brought two delicious apple pies. thmb_middle_DSCN2591.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 38K) big image (1024 x 768, 189K) And there's two more guests: Marc van Daal and Rick Freen. Marc van Daal is the one and only Dutch uilleann pipes maker (and very good at it) and Rick's another piper from Amsterdam. As far as we know Wietske, Rick and myself are the only three active uilleann pipers in Amsterdam. Please let me know when you know of another one! thmb_middle_DSCN2592.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 24K) big image (1024 x 768, 117K) We even had a real audience on Saturday: Wammes and Lies (thanks for the soup and wine!), on the couch on the left. They don't play the pipes, but enjoyed themselves listening for a substantial amount of time. The piper on the wall is Felix Doran, a print by Brian Vallely. thmb_middle_DSCN2596.jpg popup preview (300 x 400, 36K) big image (768 x 1024, 166K) thmb_middle_DSCN2597.jpg popup preview (300 x 400, 32K) big image (768 x 1024, 149K) thmb_middle_DSCN2601.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 49K) big image (1024 x 768, 227K) A nice collection: Swier's Eugene Lamb set, Raphael's Arie de Keyser set and in the middle my Kevin Thompson set (with Marc van Daal chanter because I wrecked the reed in my other chanter some time ago). thmb_middle_DSCN2605.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 32K) big image (1024 x 768, 140K) thmb_middle_DSCN2609.jpg popup preview (400 x 300, 40K) big image (1024 x 768, 194K) And finally, on Sunday morning (around noon) ... they just can't get enough.... Contact me for the full size images (3.34 Megapixel) for printing purposes
		If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or if you want to have your CD included, please contact Paul Eliasberg, uilleannpipes@mac.com.