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To all wandering didge participants, Yes, I did pick up the wandering Didge from Geoff Brown and right now list member Joe Gentile is visiting with it. Since, Joe was in the area visiting , I passed it on to him till the end of this week. I will have it for at least a week, then It will go back to Geoff Brown so that he can participate in applying his mark to the famous stick. From Geoff, the plan is to get it up to John Arntz and then back to SF to "The Armadillo", and hopefully south to the palm desert.....who knows..damn thing does have a life of it's own! Yes, we did get Mr. Blanasi to give it a shot and it was doccumented on 35mm film by Fred. The journal does exist, It arrived at Clarion 2 weeks after the didge had been moved on so it is not up to date. I will get it from Fred and we can attempt to retrace the steps of the naughty little stick, and see if we can get it current. I will be happy to mail it to the first participant who picked it up at Clarion when it first arrived, if we can figure that one out. I'd be happy to handle the journal as a project and bird dog it to whom-ever needs it. How about this, If you participated in the wandering didge project...experienced it and made a sound file and got it off to David B. send me Email with details, dates etc. Some of this info is on the webpage but I'd like it anyway. Make sure that I have evough info to contact you and we can reconstruct the journey of the Wandering Didge. I will follow through and get it to you and we will get the wandering journal wandering. If you email me, please put WD Participant Info in the title so I won't miss it. The Wandering didge is in good health and do'n it's thing so, let's let it flow!
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Hi Brandi, Fred sent me the Wandering Didge Journal so we can bring it up to date. The Journal sat at Clarion all this time and has not been with the stick! Fred said that it arrived a week after the WD left Clarion in May. It's up-to-date as far as David Blonski, (to when he handed it off to Clarion). So, I'm attempting to get it to the person who picked it up from Clarion. I think Richard was that person. I emailed him today and will see that the journal gets back on the road to finally meet up with the instrument. The instrument is still with Joe Gentile in Morgan Hill, I'll get it the end of this week if I can, It's in good hands. I'll put in some energy to bird dog the journal. The Journal is as interesting as the didge! There are some great entries, I think it's well worth the effort to get everyone to make an entry. I'll keep you informed about the situation, Not only does the Wandering Dige have a life of it's own, but the Journal has taken on the same temperment! John Bobeda |
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Hi Mike, I'm responding to your question about the WD journal on the list for others to read also. The Journal is in good hands, I have it at the moment, and will send it to Richard Man. From Richard, then, it will go on to Geoff Brown in an attempt to bring it up to date. It will then come back to me where it will meet up with the Wandering Didge and all will be current. There was a time lag where the Journal was held up in the mail and the stick traveled ahead of it, nasty little thing..has a mind of it's own! But what can you expect from such a fine instrument. I'll have it for about a week, I hope! Then the whole Wandering package will be back together and move on to John Arntz and on and on. The Wandering Didge and the wandering journal are in great shape and both are very unique in character. When this project is completed the journal and the didge will be well doccumented by the individuals who participated. For those who are waiting for their turn, It will be worth the wait. If you are interested in the project maybe contacting Brandi Chase is the best place to start, since she is mapping the slightly convoluted trail of the wandering stick. Any thoughts Brandi? |
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Hi mike, Yes, I do have the Wandering didge. I've had it for approx 2 weeks and I'm ready to move it on. I don't know if Geoff brown contacted you yet or not to fill you in on the situation. We, Myself, Geoff, Richard and others in the bay area did not receive the journal during the time that the didge was handed off to us. I got the journal before I got the didge and sent it to the first person in the bayarea who had not made an entry. That Was Richard Man. Richard is supposed to sent it to Geoff and then back to me so that I can make an entry. We will then be caught up with the journal and the didge. When the ndidge was handed off to me, I gave it to Joe Gentile whop mwas visiting the area for a week, (Morgan Hill Califortnia). Joe's daughter was a little slow in getting it over to me so I've just really had a short time with it because of time constraints. I contacted Geoff Brown yesterday about getting it up to him so that he can do the journal and put his sig on the didge...It looks great, sounds great and is in fine shape. My plan is to get the didge to Geoff the end of this week if I get the journal back from Richard. I can drive it up to Geoff's place which is about an hour away. Geoff will then do his thing....he has already recorder it so he shouldn't have it very long. Geoff stated that John Arntz has asked for the didge so he was going to send it up to him next....I think he is a little north of the bay area. We want to get the didge, the journal and the flight carrying case all back together into one package before it moves again. That didge is really a great one especially for more traditional style playing and it also has some great harmonics..Guan really did a service for us all! Please let me know it all of this works with your plans and if any changes need to be made. The Idea of this instrument getting from one person to another in a week is not working out because of everyon's time constraints and the travel factor...took me two weeks of calling and calling to get the didge. It was a little upsetting til I realized that this didge has a life of it's own and that's all part of the deal. |
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To Mike Spencer-Harty, David Bolnski and Geoff Brown; I packed up the Wandering Didge and the journal and sent it by UPS to: Geoff Brown 723 Gilbert Av. Menlo Park Ca. 94025 The Tracking number is 1Z950X410349719965 The package number is #31477 The package is insured for $1,000 US Pick up can be arranged by calling UPS at 1-800-PICK-UPS if necessary. If for some reason Geoff can not pick up the package it will be returned to; David Blonski 5050 Traverse Creek Rd. Garden Valley, CA. 95633 I used David's address as a return address rather than my own so that It will indeed move on in any case and not come back to me. The Didge is well packed with 3 layers of bubblepack and 2 layers of cardboard and tightly taped the full length of the package, I don't anticipate any damage but, the insurance was in case it is lost in the mail. I think that we should be ok on this, since the didge started out packaged in a simular fashion. Someone should check out the 5 cracks to make sure it's not leaking. Remember the cracks happened in I think Tazmania as mentioned in the journal. Geoff has the case, so now the case, the didge and the journal should all get back to gether again. I hope that this is not an inconvenience to Geoff or anyone else. It looked as if I would not have been able to make a trip up to Geoff's place so it seemed a reasonable alternative. All of our phone numbers are listed with UPS just in case we need to be called. It's outa my hands now and it feels great! I'm glad to have had a shot at the didge and be part of the project but I'm also glad to see it move on! If this didge ever gets back to Australia it should go on exhibit...what a neat project! John Bobeda jobobeda@cruzio.com |
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Hello Again Brandi, To answer your question Below: Geoff asked for the Didge back because he didn't sign the didge and also didn't make an entry into the journal because Fred T, had it in San Francisco but didn't let anybody know Until I asked him to send it to me. Geoff also has the traveling hardcase which was with the didge when I got it. I'm just glad that it will all be together again and that Geoff has to deal with getting it to the next person. He asked for it back before it moved out of the Bay Area and I promised I'd get it back to him once the journal arrived. Since he is one of the original subscribers to the Mills list I felt that I should honor his request. I was in the middle of this thing for too long and wanted to make sure that the Didge didn't come back to me so, that is why I put David Blonski's name and address on the return...just in case, Geoff has a problem with the delivery. Geoff seems to have a very tight schedule now that he has retrained as a massage therapist. He also has been getting several Didge playing Gigs. It didn't look as if we were going to have any time slots that coensided for the next few weeks so that's why I sent the didge rather than the hand carried route |
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