ToneWay video filming, volleyball, Avatar, more crepe-making, a new camera, and more. New episodes every Tuesday.
Monthly Archive for March, 2010
March 23, 2010:
March 22, 2010 – TV
Crepes, mall bluegrass, indian food, Väsen, and more. New episodes every Tuesday.
The two minutes at the end are Late Last Night. Sorry we didn’t get the whole thing.
March 16, 2010:
March 15, 2010 – TV
Papa sings Elvis bluegrass, Kyle bakes a flourless cake, the family plays Sitting on Top of the World, and more. New episodes every Tuesday.
Don’t be turned off by the 9:38-minute length. Four of those minutes are the song performance (at the end).
March 15, 2010:
More peeking inside our music class…
…this time, with a pen.
Elizabeth Englund, a reporter for UCSC’s newspaper, recently interviewed us and watched one of our guided slow jams unfold…
In the third and final class of the Mountain Music Workshop, 10 students file into Harvey West Club Room and begin tuning their banjos, fiddles and guitars. This is no average music class — the students have learned all that they know not by rote, but by simply listening and playing together.
“Some of them are brand new to their instruments!” Leslie Abbott said excitedly.
The Mountain Music Workshop is taught twice a year by the Abbott family, and tonight Leslie Abbott and her son Luke lead the lesson. Luke is confident that his protegés are ready to lead the jam while he sits back and facilitates.
“Who wants to lead the first song?” Luke asks.
Some of the students are clearly uneasy at this prospect, and his question is met by nervous laughter and glances around the room.
“The worst thing that will happen is that it will all fall apart, and that will be fun,” Luke assures them. “Don’t be shy, play nice and loud!”
One brave woman with her guitar steps up and… Continue reading ‘More peeking inside our music class…’
March 9, 2010:
March 8, 2010 – TV
In this special episode of the Abbott-y Blogcast, Luke and Kyle Abbott prepare snails for the first time. (Vegetarians, you’ve been warned: animals were harmed in the production of this video.)
March 2, 2010:
March 1, 2010 – TV
Hank Williams night, homeschool film awards, viewer requests, and more. New episodes every Tuesday.
