Before I get started with the Istanpitta news for TRF 2008... here are a few definitions so you aren't totally lost.
"TRF" abbreviation for Texas Renaissance Festival
Istanpitta Personnel in order of appearance:
"Al" 1. director of Istanpitta, 2. owner of more instruments than should be legally allowed on one insurance policy, 3. NASA engineer nerd (he actually works there)
"Joachim" 1. funny guy, 2. fiddle player (and other stuff that I have not witnessed)
"EJ" 1. player of all things that blow, 2. other definitions exist but they are classified
"Heather" 1. known mostly for her Irish fiddling, also a fine vielle-ist, 2. another engineer
"Alesha" 1. an amazing dancer, 2. flutist, 3. strangely, another engineer... just less obvious!
Instruments
"shawm" really really loud double reed instrument
"krumhorn" think kazoo for the sound, and giant candy cane for the shape
"vielle" medieval fiddle
"saz" Turkish, very round body, very long neck, 9 strings set in three sets or courses, strummed like a guitar or mandolin
"Molly" 1. my octave mandolin, of the Irish bouzouki family, 2. cross between a tenor banjo and a guitar, 3. very large mandolin
2 brave souls responded:
Good to know, so Im not lost! P.S.- I like the 2nd definition on EJ! haha!
PLAYER OF ALL THING THAT BLOW? clearly I have been in the wrong instrument family all these years... as far as getting dates goes anyway....
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