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Visiting ViennaBy Robert Farley (cl_kaulana) | cl_kaulana@oocities.com | Vienna Strasse/7000 A baby's birth, a Chilean band class, and a century-old mountain village brass band highlight this issue's featured sites.
This information came to me from writer, editor and published limericiste "Esmeralda Mudd," a resident of Vienna Strasse 7437. Her daughter's name is Mimi, and Mimi has a site at Vienna Choir 1210, from which you can access Kellsie's page. Kellsie is Mimi's niece by marriage, and that makes her Esmeralda's (not her real name, btw) great-grandniece by marriage. Perfectly clear, huh? In Ms. Mudd's own words: "When Mimi's niece by marriage, Laurie Roland, had her second child, Mimi immediately set up a page to commemorate Kellsie's birth. Before Kellsie was an hour old, the news of her arrival was being boldly proclaimed on the Web. Meanwhile, Mimi's husband, Donald, and Russ, the baby's proud father, took early pictures. Before Kellsie was four hours old, one of her first photos was out there for the entire world to admire!" Congratulations to all. Drop by and give them your best.
Andrea Eblen is a music student from Santiago, Chile, who built a web page for the Tri-M Music Honor Society chapter at Nido de Aquilas school as a final project for band class. Even though it's her first site, Vienna Choir 1696 is full of good pictures and great information for those curious about Chilean band classes. She plans to keep it updated, too, so drop by and tell her what you think.
Another excellent first-timer's page I recently welcomed to Vienna belonged to Markus Santin at Vienna Strasse 9978. This German language page is clearly made-to-order for Vienna because Markus lives in Gufidaun, a small village in the South Tyrol (Sudtirol) district of Italy on the border of Austria. A 33-year-old police officer, Markus plays the "Steirische Harmonika," a specially made accordion, and the clarinet, and is the leader of two of the village's three "folcloristic" groups. These groups play in a traditional music style that has been around for centuries. For a taste of the musical style, click on the picture of the group above, or here for another selection. The folcloristic traditions were begun in the village over 100 years ago. According to Markus, the village was and has always been poor, so making music was one of the best ways to entertain one another. The bands entertain for all sorts of church festivities and village parties, as well as playing at annual festivals and events throughout Austria and Italy. Believe it or not, some of the clothes and nearly all of the music the band plays are over 100 years old. "All the notes we're playing are written by simple people of our country, the most of this from farmers in the wintertime," Markus told me in an email. "...the trousers (in stagleather) and the belts of some of us have aged really 100 years and more. All the other clothes are with the original design and remade in our time," wrote Markus. Markus likes to update his page, so pay him a visit and get a taste of what it's like to play music in a rustic mountain village. I had planned to do another site, but lost the URL. It was one done about sitarist Pandit Gyan Shankar Ghosh by Sanjay Dixiton. My apologies to you, Sanjay, and if you can email me your URL, I'll be happy to write up your site. :) CL_Kaulana has been a resident of Vienna Strasse for almost a year now, half of that as a community leader. It's during his block scanning, welcome letter writing, and stints in HelpChat that he finds the sites to include in his Visiting Vienna column. Find out how to join the Vienna Community Leaders. |
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