5 Alive Chataqua Concert, June 21, 2001

Me, my mom, my sister, Josh, and Hannah Blount decided to form a band to play for our local Chataqua festival. It was a LOT of work, but we had fun and other than being billed as a children's performance (still can't figure that one out), I think it went fairly well. We had a number of people playing instruments that they just picked up for the performance (Hannah on recorder, myself on mountain dulcimer, and my mom on recorder). Anyway, here are the tracks from the cd we made. All of them were recorded on tape, captured via a Sound Blaster Live!, edited in Audacity (noise recution in Acustica), and are compressed as ~112kb OGG Vorbis files.
Carolan's Draught (3:38, 2.9MB)
  • Josh Blount: Guitar
  • Becky Ritch: Guitar
  • Kristen Ritch: Bodran
  • Erik Ritch: Tenor recorder
  • Hannah Blount: Soprano recorder

Simple Gifts (2:00, 1.5MB)
  • Hannah Blount: Mountain dulcimer
  • Josh Blount: Guitar
  • Becky Ritch: Tamborine
  • Erik Ritch: Alto recorder

Smash the Windows - Irish Washerwoman - Smash the Windows (2:06, 1.7MB)
  • Josh Blount: Low whistle, Penny whistle
  • Erik Ritch: Bodran
  • Becky Ritch: Hammer Dulcimer
  • Kristen Ritch: Egg

Come and Kiss Me Now - Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes - O Dear, What Can the Matter Be (2:04, 1.4MB)
  • Hannah Blount: Soprano recorder
  • Becky Ritch: Alto recorder
  • Erik Ritch: Tenor recorder
  • Josh Blount: Guitar

Piere la la - Irish Washerwoman (2:31, 1.5MB)
  • Becky Ritch: Harp
  • Erik Ritch: Soprano recorder

MacDonald's March (2:40, 2.0MB)
  • Josh Blount: Iilan Pipes
  • Hannah Blount: Bodran
  • Kristen Ritch: Tamborine
  • Beck Ritch: Hammer Dulcimer
  • Erik Ritch: Soprano recorder

We Gather Here Good Neighbors - Triple Time - Hornpipe (2:49, 1.9MB)
  • Erik Ritch: Soprano recorder
  • Hannah Blount: Soprano recorder
  • Becky Ritch: Guitar

Patsy Geary - Coleman's Cross (2:06, 1.5MB)
  • Josh Blount: Iilan pipes
  • Erik Ritch: Bodran
  • Becky Ritch: Guitar
  • Hannah Blount: Violin
  • Kristen Ritch: Tamborine

Prince Rupart's March - Hunting Chorus (2:44, 1.8MB)
  • Hannah Blount: Soprano recorder
  • Erik Ritch: Alto recorder
  • Becky Ritch: Guitar

Barbara Allen (1:30, 0.9MB)
  • Becky Ritch: Harp
  • Hannah Blount: Soprano recorder

Juice of Barley (2:07, 1.7MB)
  • Josh Blount: Guitar
  • Becky Ritch: Hammer dulcimer
  • Hannah Blount: Mountain dulcimer
  • Erik Ritch: Soprano recorder
  • Kristen Ritch: Tamborine

Catherine Tyrell (2:36, 1.8MB)
  • Josh Blount: Low whistle
  • Becky Ritch: Hammer Dulcimer

Hungarian Dance - Dixie (2:00, 1.2MB)
  • Becky Ritch: Harp
  • Erik Ritch: Soprano recorder
  • Hannah Blount: Soprano recorder

Scarboro Fair (1:37, 1.2MB)
  • Hannah Blount: Mountain dulcimer
  • Erik Ritch: Mountain dulcimer
  • Becky Ritch: Bowed psaltry
  • Josh Blount: Guitar

Star of the County Down (3:28, 2.8MB)
  • Erik Ritch: Bowed psaltry, Soprano recorder
  • Becky Ritch: Hammer dulcimer
  • Hannah Blount: Bodran
  • Kristen Ritch: Castanets
  • Josh Blount: Low whistle

Rondo (6:53, 4.9MB)
  • Josh Blount: Low whistle, Penny whistle, Harmonica
  • Becky Ritch: Guitar
  • Hannah Blount: Violin, Mountain dulcimer
  • Erik Ritch: Bodran, Soprano recorder
  • Kristen Ritch: Tamborine, Castanets