Hi folks,
Yes - it is Spring! Jacynth and I returned from snowy Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago and we can tell you this is Spring! It feels lovely and warm at 11 degrees after a month of freezing and below freezing temperatures. To be fair - we were snug and cosy inside on most of the snow days and travelling to gigs on the others so we have nothing to complain about. In fact we welcomed the snow when we first arrived as we had a wonderful rehearsal week with friends in Rhinelander, north Wisconsin and had opportunity to see deer, squirrels and birds close to the house for food and Jacynth got to go snow shoeing across the Wisconsin river.
Our tour, organised by friend and storyteller Colleen Sutherland, was one of the best we've had. We sang for retreats, library concerts, house concerts and worship services - every one different and each one well attended. Colleen had her birthday on St Patrick's day and we took her to a party at St Brendan's Inn where I played bodhran with the band and Jacynth danced a hornpipe around the tables! We even featured on the television news that night - well, we caught a glimpse of yours truly for a nano second! Earlier in the week we met Northern Irish musician Ian Gould in the same place and Jacynth was able to sing St Brendan's song in St Brendan's Inn!
We met up with many friends including friends we were not expecting to see and made some new ones for next time round. That's always the bonus of these tours. Friend and musician Gloria Hays organised our final house concerts in Beaver Dam and Madison and saw us safely out of the country at the end of our 4 weeks just as the red winged blackbirds were arriving.
We hope to return in the summer of 2012 and meanwhile we're waiting for the next Caim door to open. There's a possibility of California...
At home I'm planning a solo set with guitarist Shaun Craig - actually that should be duo shouldn't it? We performed a floor spot in Ciaran Dorris' gig at Quarter Acoustic music club the night before Caim left for Wisconsin and hope to be back there for our own booking in the winter. Meanwhile - Ciaran and I continue to tour all over Scotland for Music in Hospitals. As soon as I had recoverd from jet lag we had a great tour as far north as we could get - up to Wick and Thurso in wild and beautiful Caithness. Ciaran would have swam to Orkney if he could!
Finally a quick mention again of my late husband Al's CD "Full Vision". All of you who ordered copies should have them by now. If anyone else is interested in buying a copy they are available through this website http://www.cuniemusic.com/ or direct from me - cluniemusic@hotmail.com
That's all for now folks - enjoy the warmer weather!
God bless
Heather
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