Re: [Harp-L] If you can't stand the heat...

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wish I would sweat in the heat.  In AZ it's just hot and you don't
sweat but lots of water and fan helps


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: mbrogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: moorcot@xxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] If you can't stand the heat...
>Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:03:48 -0400
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>>Not much to do, but grin and bear it.  I've played in 98 degree heat
>in the
>>south of the U. S. and just drank lots of water and wore my wide
>brim.  The
>>audience is hot, too.  I try to really concentrate on my chops, and
>the time
>>goes by faster.  Bullfrog
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>
>>To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:27 AM
>>Subject: [Harp-L] If you can't stand the heat...
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>>> Our trio played at an afternoon wedding party yesterday.  We were
>sat in a
>>> gazebo with open sides so we had some protection from direct sun,
>but the
>>> garden itself is a real suntrap and boy was it hot.  All the time
>we were
>>> playing the sweat was pouring off and my lips were drying out, in
>spite of
>>> tons of lip-balm and copious water (a swig ever five minutes at
>least!),
>>and
>>> I was wearing my wide-brimmed hat.  What more could I do?  The
>conditions
>>> definitely had an adverse effect on our playing - the fiddle
>player just
>>> couldn't get into it at all and that rubbed off on me too. 
>Luckily most
>>> people were getting well-juiced by the time we got on (we followed
>a jazz
>>> band) so their critical faculties were reduced ;-)  I had a few
>very salty
>>> harps to clean out when I got home.  Has anyone (maybe from a
>hotter clime
>>> than I'm used to!) got any good advice for getting round this?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/trad_irish_harmonica
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Chris Michalek

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