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Been there, seen it, bought the Tee Shirt

Just back from the Newcastleton Folk festival where I had a great time. Lots of great tunes to be had and I must have played almost non stop, in between consuming several pints. Of course, there were lots of better musicians there than me but I seemed to know so many more tunes this year--many of which I don't have names for...
I also broke many of the "Yellow Board" rules and did a fair bit of "noodling" too ;-) but I wasn't alone.

Anyway, in this vein, a fiddler (Nick, who may or may not visit this site) had really amazing tee shirts for sale and I purchased one for posterity. They read..... on black surface

Large Green Letters

"OLD GIT"
SESSION RULES

Below in smaller white letters

NAE NEW TUNES
NAE SYNCOPATION
NAE FANCY CHORDS
SPEED LIMIT 40 mph

Of course, all this is a bit "tongue in cheek" and in good fun but there were quite a few sales. Obviously, many people wished to annoy some of the folks "back home". ;-)

Any more "Old Gits" out there and are there any more rules you might wish to add? "No Bongos" would probably be my first suggestion!

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by Johnny Jay

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I want one.

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by Ottery

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Might be a bit long to fit, but:

"Don't ask me what key I'm playing in. I don't have a bleddy clue!"

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by grego

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"If you insist on playing in a daft key, tell me where the capo goes"

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by len

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Where can I park my Zimmer frame?

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by Ian Stevenson

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Ian , what's one of them then, please?

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by kuec

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We wants one, precious.

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by DrSilverSpear

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feck off, I live here

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by ...

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Oddly enough, most people in Newcastleton seemed quite happy with the extraordinary influx of musicians and their camp followers.

How about "Don't step on my tradition and I won't step on yours!"

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by LowProfile

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How about one that says, "Tune it, or DIE!"

# Posted on July 4th 2005 by Phantom Button

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WHISHT! I'M PLAYIN'.

# Posted on July 5th 2005 by LowProfile

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I'd like to have some music dots on the back of my shirt - it's no use putting them anywhere I can see them.

# Posted on July 5th 2005 by showaddydadito

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"Irish Traditional isn't Baroque, so don't try to fix it!"

# Posted on July 5th 2005 by tulloch

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The musicians had camp followers??!!! Is this a new fad? Lots of people running aropund claiming to be the only hammered dulcimer player in the village?

# Posted on July 5th 2005 by No Cause For Alarm

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Where can I get one ?
Could Jeremy get a franchise and offer them on this site ? ( Customised versions extra, of course )

# Posted on July 6th 2005 by Guernsey Pete

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Well, maybe Nick will come here to tell us. I don't know if he visits this site but he's been coming up to Newcastleton, Girvan etc for years.

# Posted on July 6th 2005 by Johnny Jay

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http://www.cafepress.com

Create your own design. T-shirts, mugs, bags, anything.

And it works! (Bought a bag from there)

# Posted on July 9th 2005 by jennie

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John J, what does "noodling" mean ?

# Posted on July 12th 2005 by flauta dolce

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I'll ask Nick next time I see him John J. (don't think he visits here often).

# Posted on July 12th 2005 by curlew

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Don't do it on my account, Curlew. I've already got one. ;-)

We obviously have met each other over the years. I'm sure we're both nice people too and we got well in "real life". :-)

# Posted on July 13th 2005 by Johnny Jay

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Flauta Dolce,

See this thread
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/7098

I've no problem with it myself. Most of us do it and the rest are liars. ;-)

# Posted on July 13th 2005 by Johnny Jay

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I've got Nick Spencer's email address. Send me an email request and I'll forward it on to Nick.

We discussed a few additions to the rules:

No more than 3 tunes in a set
Only 1 guitar in a set
Only 1 bodhran in a set

# Posted on July 15th 2005 by seagroaa

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Play everything in 'A' and pi$$ off the flute players. Ha Ha

# Posted on July 15th 2005 by curlew

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I think we were in the same session on Sunday at Newcastleton this year John J, though I was only there for a couple of hours as I was playing a 'paid session' at night.

A heavy contingent of NMPs as I recall.

Non Melody Players.

# Posted on July 16th 2005 by curlew