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Maura Shawn and Brianna at Ye Auld Jink Ceilidh 2009 with David Klingler providing comic relief
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Darrell and his Talking Fiddle at Ye Auld Jink 2009
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I found this baby hummingbird lying on its back in the street. I was walking our golden retriever 'Sweet' 1 Sunday morning after work and still had...
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I found this baby hummingbird lying on its back in the street. I was walking our golden retriever 'Sweet' 1 Sunday morning after work and still had on my scrub top with big side pockets. When I saw that it was still alive I scooped him up, put him in my pocket, and brought him home. My wife, Gina, prepared some nectar and a box with tissue paper and began feeding him. We were surprised that he survived through Monday so Gina found a wildlife sanctuary in NC that advised us on his care and arranged for him to be picked up on Tuesday. We later heard that he is still doing fine, but might not be able to migrate this fall. Our daughter, Abby, named him 'Chibi". A Japanese word sometimes used to describe a small animal. We used a tiny straw from a juice box to pipette the nectar for the hummingbird to drink while he was with us and he later began to drink from a feeder at the wildlife sanctuary.
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Dr John Turner and Bill Kittrell performing at 'Ye Auld Jink' August 2009. 'The Laird O'Drumblair' and 'Dr. Gordon Stable's Reel' by J.Scott Skinne...
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Dr John Turner and Bill Kittrell performing at 'Ye Auld Jink' August 2009. 'The Laird O'Drumblair' and 'Dr. Gordon Stable's Reel' by J.Scott Skinner. Jink and Diddle School of Scottish Fiddle in Valle Crucis, NC. www.jinkdiddle.com
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At the Jink and Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling we are routinely exposed to the rich history of traditional Scottish Music. This includes the Da...
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At the Jink and Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling we are routinely exposed to the rich history of traditional Scottish Music. This includes the Dance Masters who traveled to events with Kits.
The kit violin, or kit (Tanzmeistergeige in German), is a stringed musical instrument. It is essentially a very small violin, designed to fit in a pocket — hence its other common name, the pochette fiddle. It was used by dance masters in royal courts and other places of nobility, as well as by street musicians up until around the 18th century. The word "kit" likely arose from an abbreviation of the word "pocket" to "-cket" and consequentially "kit."[citation needed] Trichet is said to have described the leather carrying case of the kit as a poche, hence, "The Pocket Violin". Mersenne likewise wrote that the kit violin was often contained within the pockets of the musicians who played it, often travelling minstrels or dance teachers. The term "kit" is believed to first have been used in the first quarter of the 16th century, in England where it was mentioned in Interlude of the Four Elements, c. 1517. The body of the instrument is very small, but it has a relatively long fingerboard in order to accommodate the player's hand.
On Staff at Jink and Diddle is Michael Thompson who has produced a number of these pochette fiddles. He also does workshops on the care and maintenance of instruments at the Summer Jink and Diddle School of Scottish Fiddle.
www.JINKDIDDLE.COM
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