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Post by jetz320 on Oct 9, 2007 14:09:17 GMT
Hi everybody. I'm just letting you know that my orchestra is touring the northwest in March. We're going to Portland, some places in Washington, Seattle, maybe Vancouver? I don't know the exact places except for Portland. I also am clueless of where the performances are. But just a heads up, it's pretty exciting. But yeah, there's not much more to say.
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Post by calden on Oct 9, 2007 14:25:18 GMT
Jetz:
Please do keep us informed as to the schedule as it gets closer to the date. I live about 4 hours' drive away, and my daughter goes to school in Tacoma, so it's likely that I could get over to see you (If the date doesn't conflict with St. Patrick's Day performances, that is, when my Irish band goes into overdrive for the whole month of March.)
Carlos
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Post by jetz320 on Oct 9, 2007 23:37:26 GMT
it's at the end of march. umm, reaching portland by the 22 night. so washington area about 24 to the 26?
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Post by calden on Oct 10, 2007 0:50:02 GMT
Thanks! My birthday's the 26th (I will have reached the venerable elder and sage milestone of 55, if nothing breaks before then) and that would make a dandy birthday present to myself.
Carlos
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Post by jetz320 on Oct 10, 2007 22:48:51 GMT
ok. of course i will keep everyone informed.
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Post by jetz320 on Mar 2, 2008 20:23:03 GMT
this is an update on my orchestra tour coming up in about 3 weeks. it looks like our first performance is on the 25, at Portland state university. and then after, we have some night performances. then we have a performance in spokane on thursday i believe. i don't know where you can purchase tickets. if anyone is interested. sadly. but it is the Great Wall Youth Orchestra.
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Post by calden on Mar 2, 2008 23:13:13 GMT
Here's some information about the Portland State concert:  and the Portland City Hall concert:  and the Spokane Concert:  Carlos |
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Post by jetz320 on Mar 14, 2008 1:08:52 GMT
One more performance, on Tuesday March 25, is a performance at Vancouver High School. 7:00 PM
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Post by calden on Mar 27, 2008 14:26:58 GMT
YES!
The Great Wall Youth Orchestra and Chorus will be in Spokane TONIGHT! I've been planning this for two months, and we'll be fine if IT WOULD ONLY QUIT SNOWING!!!
Yes, TWO INCHES on the ground this morning. It's been warming up to upper 40's each day, but this winter weather is being very reluctant to leave Spokane!
In any case, Spokane is greatly looking forward to you guys coming!
Carlos
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Post by jetz320 on Mar 28, 2008 7:46:19 GMT
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US!!!!!!!! It was greatly appreciated. It was a great theater, and the most people did show up at that performance. Thank you for such a great night.
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Post by calden on Mar 28, 2008 13:58:41 GMT
I'll be putting some pictures up on the forum later today (or maybe tomorrow.) GREAT CONCERT! What an outstanding orchestra you guys have there! And Eric (our very own Jetz) played an outstanding solo. He is their star erhu player  (don't let him tell you otherwise.) Carlos |
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Post by davidmdahl on Mar 28, 2008 21:27:46 GMT
I am very sorry to have missed the Portland performances. I had hoped to break loose from work to get downtown, but unfortunately could not manage to get the time off. Good luck with the rest of your tour!
Best wishes,
David
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Post by calden on Mar 29, 2008 0:24:18 GMT
OKAY! Got some pictures for ya of the Great Wall Youth Orchestra at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane! Great concert! Go to this website: www.eaglelake1.org/GWYO/index.htmland see things like this:  and this:  |
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Post by jetz320 on Mar 29, 2008 4:59:12 GMT
thank you for the pictures and comments. it was a good way to end our tour. the bus ride back however is a different story.
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Post by calden on Mar 29, 2008 5:25:30 GMT
So what happened? Did you guys run into snow? We got dumped on here - about 3", and it's sticking.
Carlos
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Post by jetz320 on Mar 29, 2008 6:29:58 GMT
oh, haha. we were what ms. chew calls our "offstage side". it was pretty loud. haha. it did start snowing though.
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Post by song on Mar 29, 2008 17:40:26 GMT
Thanks for the pictures Carlos. Looks like a lot of fun. Reminds me of when I used to be in an orchestra.
Jetz, what happened to your mean looking Erhu???
SW
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Post by jetz320 on Mar 30, 2008 3:21:32 GMT
my dragon erhu was at home. i decided it would look a little awkward with all these erhus and then a dragon head sticking out. the erhu here also sounds better, i call it my solo erhu. the tone is richer and louder.
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Post by Charlie Huang on Mar 30, 2008 9:59:34 GMT
 Did this guy sing? |
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Post by calden on Mar 30, 2008 13:38:47 GMT
Charlie: Did he sing? Yes, indeed! He had all the right moves, too. Tyler Thompson is famous in this group for belting out some great jingju!!! He was singing a selection from Justice Bao. Don't forget that this orchestra started as an Oakland, California inner-city outreach program for kids. The population of central Oakland is predominantly black and Chinese. There was also a black girl who sang, but I didn't get a picture of that. I've got a short video clip of this: www.eaglelake1.org/GWYO/Tyler.movIt takes a few minutes to load. Sorry, I'm not totallly conversant with exporting video for web use. If I can, I'll figure out how to upload a compressed version that loads faster. Carlos |
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Post by Charlie Huang on Mar 30, 2008 18:39:27 GMT
Charlie: Did he sing? Yes, indeed! He had all the right moves, too. Tyler Thompson is famous in this group for belting out some great jingju!!! He was singing a selection from Justice Bao. Carlos Ah! Missed the little moon on the forehead. |
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Post by jetz320 on Mar 30, 2008 20:06:22 GMT
are there any other videos of the performance?
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Post by calden on Mar 30, 2008 21:43:42 GMT
Sure - you guys had some parents there filming the whole time! Ask Ms. Chew. We didn't take any - I just had a few clips of Tyler and a warm-up and the guzheng player, all taken on my digital camera, so they're all short and the resolution is not very good.
Carlos
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Post by jetz320 on Mar 30, 2008 21:45:20 GMT
o yeah. thanks again.
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(don't let him tell you otherwise.)
