I am thinking of buying one of these Megnascini boxes anyone got any experience with them? They are new to my area of Ireland and are rather expensive please give honest opinions.
Dear NORTHCREGG i myself am a box player and is actually thinkin of buyin one.they sound nice. all i know about them is that sharon shannon plays one also the serellinis are very nice. nice sound and nice weight hope that helps you
Mmmm... great band!! think they're playing at Tonder festival in Denmark in August, looking forward to seeing them. Think the guitarist in my band may know some of them?? might check that out...
Yeah - ask if any of them belong to the session - under the name north cregg - they are a brilliant band....also ask if they are planning to play in galway - flying to denmark is a bit extreme to see any band
Fair point, i think they are from Cork though, is that far from Galway? (i'm in Glasgow, but am from NZ, not that thats any excuse for my appalling geography!) May end up trying to meet some fellow sessioners (not sure if thats the right name!) if i get down to Ireland this year! must try and remember where your all from! :0)
bb, you're not an American, are you? I thought it was only us Americans who had awful geography skills.
I once toured with a young woman who actually asked, as we drove out of Needles, California, whether we had to go through another state to get to Pennyslvania. There was a brief silence after she asked as everyone tried to decide how to answer her, and then Jane, a former school teacher, gently said, "More like an entire country, C---..." Of course, this was the same woman who thought that the Maritimes were a group of cities around Maryland, and was excited that we were visiting Quebec because she hadn't realized the tour was going overseas.
It's up north, where people like their "O"s with slashes through them. It sits atop Germany, West of Sweden, South of Norway and East of the UK (but with a lot of water between: the North Sea. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/europe_ref01.jpg
YES Jamie North Cregg are from Cork, If they are in Tonder ask for Christy he is the box player a good friend of mine.
Never heard of Cregg Castle where is it?
Vikings are all the same,m always smart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No Zina, I'm not American. But I have awful geography all the same. Guess northcregg answered our questions - he is neither in the band nor does he know where Cregg castle is )
Cregg Castle is in Galway -- it's owned and run by the Brodericks, he's a piper (nephew of the great Vincent Broderick, and some say his successor), she's a bodhran player, and they have music there most nights.
What part of Galway is it I know Galway fairly well but I dont know Cregg Castle I worked in Cong a long time ago and spent some time in that love part of the country.
Cregg Castle is a 17th century (1648) fortified castle that Anne Marie and Pat Broderick have turned into...well, it's not exactly a hotel, and it's not exactly a guesthouse or B&B...but it's a lovely place. It's about nine miles north of Galway City near Corrandulla. The music isn't session or gigs, it's breaking out the instruments for a few tunes of an evening with everyone sitting round the room and up the stairs with a glass of wine or such.
You can find them at http://indigo.ie/~creggcas/ for more info. My husband and I wanted to stay there on our honeymoon, but they were having a family reunion and so there wasn't room -- but Anne Marie still invited us up for a few tunes anyway. Regrettably, we couldn't make it. Pat Broderick is an excellent piper, and I really wish we could have.
Hiya, i think the box player is the member of the band that my guitarist knows! would be strange if you guys new each other too! His names Sean O'Donnel, from Derry, lives in Glasgow now tho!
(boy has this thread gone off on a tangent)
And as for bad geography, i have to say that i've met a few americans that thought new zealand was the little island off the bottom of australia (Tasmania!) Still i dont know much about american Geography so can't complain! Ciao All
A lot of us Yanks usually seem to think that NZ and Oz are right next to each other, too, Jamie -- you know, just a short hop away, c'mon. Of course, you may know the old saying: The difference between an Irishman/Englishman (use whichever you like) and an American is that the American thinks that a 100 years is a long time -- the Irishman thinks that a 100 miles is a long way.
It's true, too. We stayed in Corofin for a few weeks a year ago, and everyone kept warning us that it was in the middle of nowhere, it was terribly far from Ennis (where we were meeting people), that it'd take us forever to get there from Shannon, people described terrible knuckle-whitening drives on the Ennis and Corofin roads. We were warned not to drive up at night, too.
We were surprised, therefore, that it took under two hours to arrive in Corofin from Shannon, and had to drive back into Ennis and wander around town a bit before we could check into our cottage because we got there too early. And the drive from Corofin into Ennis was roughly about the same as our commute into work every day -- less if you didn't get behind a truck or something.
What most first time visitors to America remark about the States and its geography is how BIG it is. Our largest states can take over 24 hours to drive through. If you drive straight through with only gas stops and switching off drivers, it takes about three days and two nights to drive from coast to coast, and that's only because of the interstate highway system. It explains a lot about the infamous American provincialism if you realize that an American can easily travel thousands and thousands of miles every year and never leave the country.
yeah did you know I thought LA was in the top left corner of America directly across from New york... I told an american girl I met the other week - she thought it was hilarious (it was one of those you had to be there things) )
That's all right, bb, I grew up on the West Coast, and on my first tour it took me forever to stop referring to Ohio and Indiana and Illinois and such as "back East", which anyone from the Midwest thinks is hilarious as well. *grin*
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I am thinking of buying one of these Megnascini boxes anyone got any experience with them? They are new to my area of Ireland and are rather expensive please give honest opinions.
# Posted on May 22nd 2002 by Northcregg
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Should be Mengascini incorrect spelling. "Sorry Jeremy just getting to know your system."
# Posted on May 23rd 2002 by Northcregg
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Dear NORTHCREGG i myself am a box player and is actually thinkin of buyin one.they sound nice. all i know about them is that sharon shannon plays one also the serellinis are very nice. nice sound and nice weight hope that helps you
# Posted on May 26th 2002 by accordion
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Northcregg, you wouldn't have anything to do with Cregg Castle, now would you?
Zina
# Posted on May 26th 2002 by Zina Lee
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or the band?
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by bb
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Mmmm... great band!! think they're playing at Tonder festival in Denmark in August, looking forward to seeing them. Think the guitarist in my band may know some of them?? might check that out...
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by jamiedj
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Yeah - ask if any of them belong to the session - under the name north cregg - they are a brilliant band....also ask if they are planning to play in galway - flying to denmark is a bit extreme to see any band
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by bb
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Fair point, i think they are from Cork though, is that far from Galway? (i'm in Glasgow, but am from NZ, not that thats any excuse for my appalling geography!) May end up trying to meet some fellow sessioners (not sure if thats the right name!) if i get down to Ireland this year! must try and remember where your all from! :0)
Jamie
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by jamiedj
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Have just looked at a map and i can confirm catagorically that yes, Cork is indeed closer to Galway than Denmark is. Clever arn't I..... :0)
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by jamiedj
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youre are genius Jamie!!!
But hows this for appalling geography - Ive no idea where Denmark is in relation to europe.....
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by bb
Denmark
It's inside Europe. I'm fairly certain of that.
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by glauber
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I knew that g - I just have no clue about where in europe - hey sorry northcregg - completely different subject
)
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by bb
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bb, you're not an American, are you? I thought it was only us Americans who had awful geography skills.
I once toured with a young woman who actually asked, as we drove out of Needles, California, whether we had to go through another state to get to Pennyslvania. There was a brief silence after she asked as everyone tried to decide how to answer her, and then Jane, a former school teacher, gently said, "More like an entire country, C---..." Of course, this was the same woman who thought that the Maritimes were a group of cities around Maryland, and was excited that we were visiting Quebec because she hadn't realized the tour was going overseas.
Zina
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by Zina Lee
Denmark
It's up north, where people like their "O"s with slashes through them. It sits atop Germany, West of Sweden, South of Norway and East of the UK (but with a lot of water between: the North Sea.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/europe_ref01.jpg
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by glauber
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YES Jamie North Cregg are from Cork, If they are in Tonder ask for Christy he is the box player a good friend of mine.
Never heard of Cregg Castle where is it?
Vikings are all the same,m always smart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by Northcregg
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No Zina, I'm not American. But I have awful geography all the same. Guess northcregg answered our questions - he is neither in the band nor does he know where Cregg castle is
)
# Posted on May 29th 2002 by bb
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Cregg Castle is in Galway -- it's owned and run by the Brodericks, he's a piper (nephew of the great Vincent Broderick, and some say his successor), she's a bodhran player, and they have music there most nights.
Zina
# Posted on May 30th 2002 by Zina Lee
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Where in galway? And music as in sessions or gigs?
# Posted on May 30th 2002 by bb
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What part of Galway is it I know Galway fairly well but I dont know Cregg Castle I worked in Cong a long time ago and spent some time in that love part of the country.
# Posted on May 30th 2002 by Northcregg
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Cong is a beautiful place alright. Lucky you!
# Posted on May 30th 2002 by bb
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Cregg Castle is a 17th century (1648) fortified castle that Anne Marie and Pat Broderick have turned into...well, it's not exactly a hotel, and it's not exactly a guesthouse or B&B...but it's a lovely place. It's about nine miles north of Galway City near Corrandulla. The music isn't session or gigs, it's breaking out the instruments for a few tunes of an evening with everyone sitting round the room and up the stairs with a glass of wine or such.
You can find them at http://indigo.ie/~creggcas/ for more info. My husband and I wanted to stay there on our honeymoon, but they were having a family reunion and so there wasn't room -- but Anne Marie still invited us up for a few tunes anyway. Regrettably, we couldn't make it. Pat Broderick is an excellent piper, and I really wish we could have.
Zina
# Posted on May 30th 2002 by Zina Lee
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Hiya, i think the box player is the member of the band that my guitarist knows! would be strange if you guys new each other too! His names Sean O'Donnel, from Derry, lives in Glasgow now tho!
(boy has this thread gone off on a tangent)
And as for bad geography, i have to say that i've met a few americans that thought new zealand was the little island off the bottom of australia (Tasmania!) Still i dont know much about american Geography so can't complain! Ciao All
# Posted on May 30th 2002 by jamiedj
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A lot of us Yanks usually seem to think that NZ and Oz are right next to each other, too, Jamie -- you know, just a short hop away, c'mon.
Of course, you may know the old saying: The difference between an Irishman/Englishman (use whichever you like) and an American is that the American thinks that a 100 years is a long time -- the Irishman thinks that a 100 miles is a long way.
It's true, too. We stayed in Corofin for a few weeks a year ago, and everyone kept warning us that it was in the middle of nowhere, it was terribly far from Ennis (where we were meeting people), that it'd take us forever to get there from Shannon, people described terrible knuckle-whitening drives on the Ennis and Corofin roads. We were warned not to drive up at night, too.
We were surprised, therefore, that it took under two hours to arrive in Corofin from Shannon, and had to drive back into Ennis and wander around town a bit before we could check into our cottage because we got there too early. And the drive from Corofin into Ennis was roughly about the same as our commute into work every day -- less if you didn't get behind a truck or something.
What most first time visitors to America remark about the States and its geography is how BIG it is. Our largest states can take over 24 hours to drive through. If you drive straight through with only gas stops and switching off drivers, it takes about three days and two nights to drive from coast to coast, and that's only because of the interstate highway system. It explains a lot about the infamous American provincialism if you realize that an American can easily travel thousands and thousands of miles every year and never leave the country.
Zina
# Posted on May 31st 2002 by Zina Lee
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yeah did you know I thought LA was in the top left corner of America directly across from New york... I told an american girl I met the other week - she thought it was hilarious (it was one of those you had to be there things)
)
# Posted on May 31st 2002 by bb
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That's all right, bb, I grew up on the West Coast, and on my first tour it took me forever to stop referring to Ohio and Indiana and Illinois and such as "back East", which anyone from the Midwest thinks is hilarious as well. *grin*
Zina
# Posted on May 31st 2002 by Zina Lee
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I've got a castagnari and all i can say it that they are worth the money
Jo
# Posted on June 10th 2002 by jo
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yeah - a friend has a castagnari and they are just beautiful - a really lovely tone.
# Posted on June 11th 2002 by bb