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pifarrell
Aloha

United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/09/2009 :  04:58:32 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi all, since this thread has been resurrected I thought I'd give an update on our Christmas folk night so here goes, I DIDN'T PLAY AT IT!!!
Everything was organised, I had learned a couple of new tunes, "Ku'u Ipo Onaona" and "Slack Key Hula" and I was all set and looking forward to the night.
About ten days before it I was sitting watching TV and my hands started to get itchy, within about an hour they had swelled up to an alarming degree and I couldn't bend my fingers.
the next day they were just the same so I went to my doctor who diagnosed it as "an extreme allergic reaction to something". "No s**t Sherlock" I replied.
Anyway they ran a lot of tests and never found out what caused it, and after a week or so the swelling went down a bit though my fingers were stiff and painful so I wasn't able to play.
It's only been in the last couple of weeks that I've been able to start playing again, my hands are still a bit puffy and it's still difficult to bend my fingers but I'm hoping things will improve. I can only play the simpler of the tunes I know, "Molehu" and "Maunaloa" and I really have to concentrate on what I'm playing or my fingers go off on their own.
On the subject of "Maunaloa", a few days ago I was messing about with a new webcam and I videoed myself trying to play it. My son discovered it on the PC and put it on Youtube. Then he changed the password so I couldn't delete it (the scamp). He wouldn't tell me the password unless I agreed not to delete it and when I agreed he said he didn't believe me so it's still on there.

bigeedjit

Edited by - pifarrell on 03/09/2009 05:00:36 AM
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cpatch
Ahonui

USA
2187 Posts

Posted - 03/09/2009 :  05:56:20 AM  Show Profile  Visit cpatch's Homepage  Send cpatch an AOL message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by pifarrell

On the subject of "Maunaloa", a few days ago I was messing about with a new webcam and I videoed myself trying to play it. My son discovered it on the PC and put it on Youtube. Then he changed the password so I couldn't delete it (the scamp). He wouldn't tell me the password unless I agreed not to delete it and when I agreed he said he didn't believe me so it's still on there.


Smart boy! I notice you didn't post the link.


Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can.
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mike2jb
Lokahi

USA
213 Posts

Posted - 03/10/2009 :  07:39:54 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by cpatch

quote:
Originally posted by pifarrell

On the subject of "Maunaloa", a few days ago I was messing about with a new webcam and I videoed myself trying to play it. My son discovered it on the PC and put it on Youtube. Then he changed the password so I couldn't delete it (the scamp). He wouldn't tell me the password unless I agreed not to delete it and when I agreed he said he didn't believe me so it's still on there.


Smart boy! I notice you didn't post the link.





Of course, this made me search out the video immediately.

pifarrell, I won't post the link here, since you didn't do so, but I think it was a very sweet rendition and I'm glad your son "shared" it.

Now that the cat's out of the bag, you might as well post some more, yeah?


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pifarrell
Aloha

United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/10/2009 :  10:34:16 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Well. I wasn't going to post the link as I was feeling somewhat intimidated and because of my fingers but here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evFDqV4pVcw&feature=channel_page

Be gentle with me, I'm not a well man.

bigeedjit

Edited by - pifarrell on 03/10/2009 10:48:47 AM
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Retro
Ahonui

USA
2368 Posts

Posted - 03/10/2009 :  1:46:07 PM  Show Profile  Visit Retro's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by pifarrell

Be gentle with me, I'm not a well man.

Then stay out of the well. Let someone else collect the frogs. And the peaches.
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Doug Fitch
Akahai

USA
80 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2009 :  12:30:08 PM  Show Profile  Visit Doug Fitch's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Here's a little bit I did on the "what is slack key" thing. Certainly not a complete answer but for a 60 second clip...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq2EdPsf5Nc

Doug
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