Thread:Maguti/@comment-29787173-20171029184931/@comment-29787173-20171029202922

A former nurse and a musician? LOL perfect!

I am sorry you had an illness that took you away from nursing. That is a hard profession to leave. I left when I had my kids so it was not as hard for me as it was for some I know. You gotta love it to do it. I see you do still have breath problems, I am so sorry. That certainly would curtail those instruments and the nursing. You sound like you have found your way to other things, that is very difficult to do and takes a special person to do that.

The guitar is a wonderful instrument, I really know little about the bluesharp but I have a friend who plays the concertina in several German Polka bands along with his clarinet. He has gotten quite good. We play clarinet in the symphony together, have actually played together for close to 50 years now and I once played piano in the Polka Band when their pianist got sick. I have to confess, there was so much beer around that fesitval that I do not even remember taking the stage. That was in the old irresponsible college days, long ago. Bassoon is one heck of an instrument! I never was comfortable with all those thumb keys :-)  My husband played the trumpet before he gave it up and my sons are a nice rhythm section, one drums the other bass.    I have borrowed from a friend a set of North Umbrian Small Pipes and am hoping to learn them one day, as long as he lets me borrow them.  They need some repair and it is hard to find someone around here.  Gonna have to start looking before he wants them back!

I have to go practice for rehearsal so I will not be back until late tonight. You can send whatever you like Maguti my new friend. I sent you a rose in honor of the Tango! I will be off and on now for a week but will hopefully be more on than off! I would be fascinated to hear about what you are playing and if you are playing with others on your guitar, bluesharp and concertina. I brought a small concertina home from Russia but it was more a toy than a real instrument. How fun that must be to play! Tell me when you have the chance all about that.