Re: [Harp-L] Garden State Harmonica Festival Sucked

[Warren Bee <gardenstateharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Joy! Don't worry 'bout me. Obviously nothing in that first post was
true. Even the fried twinkies were a fantasy. I am feeling healthy.

Was nice meeting you. See you again soon on the harmonica trail!

WB

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Joshua King <joshuaking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Warren,
>
> Oh no it didn't!  You're a hoot.  Take some Vitamin C and get some rest.
> You worked tirelessly throughout the festival and were a tremendous help.
> You know Josh was wiping down very single harmonica with alchohol wipes. So
> he said don't even think about blaming him even though he was still
> recovering from the pneumonia he had earlier in November.  His lungs will
> be
> back to normal soon.  I think at one point he counted every single Suzuki
> and Seydel harmonica there as he wiped them all down and polished every
> harmonica on the tables.
>
> Yeah, the festival messed him up and kept him up way past his bedtime and
> you know it was already a long week for him.  But he would not have missed
> it for the world.  Heck, his sister and I had to chase him down and corner
> him just to catch him so we could go home.  He did not want to leave the
> festival.  He absorbed so much more than I realized. He learned so much
> from
> all the wonderful people and musicians there.  You were all so wonderful to
> him. He and I spent a good part of this afternoon loading up the new CDs he
> got on his ipod....Sgro Brothers, Howard Levy, Rob Paparozzi, Jia-yi-He,
> Chris Bauer, etc.  He loved all the music from the blues diatonic to the
> classical chromatic players.  It was so diverse and he was exposed to so
> many different styles and uses for the harmonica and the music in an
> intimate atmosphere.  He loved Al and Judy Smith doing Star Wars.  He
> thought Stan Harper was phenomenal.  The hotel was great.  There was so
> much
> going on that he could not do everything he wanted.
>
> He had been looking forward to this event ever since last April.  This was
> his first event of this kind.  Wow! What an amazing first experience it was
> for the kid!  Val and Phil have worked really hard and the entire event was
> absolutely amazing.  He did not want to miss any minute of it. The festival
> drew world class musicians from all over and everyone was so willing to
> share their knowledge and passions.  For my kid, the GSHC Festival fueled
> his passions for the instrument and the music.  Phil and Val and all his
> other "aunts and uncles" at the GSHC are truly wonderful people. As for
> their dedication, what can I say?  Charlie Toker played his chromatic with
> his band and for the boys even though he had just broken his arm and was in
> pain.  Unbelievable!
>
> Josh was so inspired by all this that he spent part of the afternoon
> writing
> down a new song and chart to help teach the kids to play harmonica at next
> years beginners workshop.  He can't wait to show Val and Phil.  This is
> what
> this festival was about...teaching, sharing, inspiring, and preserving.
>
>
> Joy King (Joshua's mom)
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> Josh King
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warren Bee [mailto:gardenstateharmonica@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 6:41 PM
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Garden State Harmonica Festival Sucked
>
> Worse gathering I ever attended. No fun at all.
>
> Thank goodness Foxwoods was on my way home so I could win back the money I
> wasted spending three days at that funky Holiday Inn. I know that I was the
> one doing all the pre-hype about big time players showing up at this thing.
> Nobody any good showed up. Even Santa Claus was a jerk.
>
> Then I come back to find a bunch of harp-l digests in my inbox. Most of
> them
> full of sarcastic BS. Have fun, don't have fun. Who cares?
>
> I'm tired. I''m gonna fry up a few twinkies and then hit the sack. I'm also
> feeling a little queasy. I think I may have cought something from all the
> spit that was flying around the hotel.
>
> Warren Bee
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