andrew on March 20th, 2008

We got a piano on Monday from some friends who wanted more space in their living room.

We’ve all enjoyed the recent musical endeavors. I heard recently that it is very likely that the kids will be able to begin music lessons at school after the holidays. I saw some of the House Music [...]

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andrew on March 8th, 2008

I got a berimbau at capoeira this week. The berimbau is a wooden bow, about 4 to 5 feet long, tightly strung with a steel string, which is traditionally pulled from the inside of an automobile tire. A dried, hollow, gourd is attached to the lower portion of the bow acting as a [...]

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andrew on September 26th, 2007

I got my guitar out last night. Here’s what came of my first experiment with garageband. Jam in Am

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andrew on September 22nd, 2007

I love this video and these memories from our camping trip to Cape Cod this past summer.  Singing around the campfire is one of my favorite things in the whole world.  This was one of the songs we did with our family chorus.  What a brilliant trip!

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andrew on September 19th, 2007

We went to an open capoeira class last night. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and hope to go back again sometime. The kids and Molly thought it was alright, I think. I’m not sure I’ll be able to convince them to switch from Tae Kwon Do, though. If you’re not sure what [...]

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andrew on September 5th, 2007

On Friday, we went to an children’s event at the local museum. There were lots of kids there; if fact, it was a bit crowded. The event itself was lackluster, but the museum seems pretty nice. They have collections of local Derby porcelain, Egyptian artifacts, paintings, and local biology and geology. [...]

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andrew on May 10th, 2007

On Sunday, our family chorus performed at the Montague May Day celebration. The performance, our first, went well. There was a nice crowd watching and listening. The kids sang their parts beautifully and the dance they did was very cute.

After we sang, the may pole precession went down the street to the town common, where [...]

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andrew on May 2nd, 2007

Chris Jamison is a soulful pop troubadour, heralding a unique collection of original songs that express an optimistic love for life and lend themselves to a wide range of musical sounds and audiences.
His smooth, serenading voice has inevitably been compared to Jack Johnson and Martin Sexton while the composition and arrangement of his music [...]

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