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Luttgutt
Oud Junkie
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I envy you guys!!
Have a nice time 
Take a "Trudelutt" for me (a norwegian saying : )
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charlie oud
Oud Junkie
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Leon, Look forward to seeing you and Blondie mate !
Best Wishes, Charlie
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Owain-Hawk
Oud Junkie
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You know you're an Oud addict when you're more excited about seeing a Blondie Oud rather than a blondie girl!!
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Ararat66
Oud Junkie
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Location: Portsmouth, UK
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There'l be another blondie coming to Oxford - this one belongs to my mate Alfie who is just getting going on oud, and what better way to start than on
this fabulous one from Michael Moussa.
These photos where taken with my other blondies then round at Alfies place the other week. This was a 60th birthday present from Alfie to ... Alfie -
now there's wisdom in action.
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charlie oud
Oud Junkie
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Location: Newcastle upon tyne. UK
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Very nice indeedy and is that a yamaha sg 200 ?. I had one about 30 yrs ago.
Best Wishes, Charlie
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alfie
Oud Admirer
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hi all this is my first time on the forum
and i am really looking forward to the weekend
and a big thank you to leon for your patience i know it must be hard listening to me
that is about it from me thanks one and all
see you all soon i hope
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Ararat66
Oud Junkie
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Hi Alfie
Hello stranger lol.
Yes Charlie it is, its on (permanent) loan from a friend, great fun but I'm not really an electric guitar player ... I really enjoy it though and it
brings a different touch and sensitivity to technique so I cut loose with it sometimes. The flame maple blondie thing is purely coincidental, my
acoustic is a handmade guitar by a luthier in Salisbury called Nick Marchant, and the SG2000 was offered out of generosity (I kept complaining at the
woeful state of its manky old strings and kept offering to get new ones for him and restring it etc ).
My workroom looks a little sparser now Alfie's oud is with ... well Alfie of course
Cheers
Leon
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abusin
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 3-23-2006
Location: Manchester England
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Beautifull Oud Alfie,
I hope you play in good health 
welcome to the forums too
Leon how are you my friend, can't wait to see you and of course Blondie, mate she is awesome
see all soon, InshaAllah
Best Regards
Awad
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Ararat66
Oud Junkie
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Hi Awad
I'm sound mate - It'll be great to see you again my friend.
Leon
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abusin
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 3-23-2006
Location: Manchester England
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One an a half day to go,
polishing risha's today )
see ya soon 
Best Regards
Awad
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Ararat66
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Hi Awad
Forget the risa ... I'm polishing my shoes mate 
Leon
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DaveH
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 12-23-2005
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They won't stay shiny long in the coal shed!
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Ararat66
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I'll bring a shovel then 
Leon
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jdowning
Oud Junkie
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Good luck with meet #2 in Oxford guys. Headington is my home town. Hope that the weather is favourable.
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DaveH
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That puts us about 2 miles away, John. It's a long way from here to the praries!
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Ararat66
Oud Junkie
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Hi all you UK udis
Thanks for a fabulous meeting, especially to Dave H and his beautiful wife. Absolutely fantastic to meet you all - we need to do this more. I'll put
the images and video I've got onto a cd and send to Michael to put onto the web and we can link to here.
Next time I'm going to sort out a really good camera and we ought to sort out some way of good quality video and sound recording. There was some
terrific playing happening from everyone and it needs to be honoured.
LETS KEEP THIS GOING ... See you all soon
Leon
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Kelly
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 1-30-2007
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A BIG THANKYOU to Dave for hosting such a great meeting. It was truly fabulous and a feast for the ears and the eyes as well as excellent company. I
feel that I have learnt alot through listening and watching others playing. Its a great encouragement to practice more. I look forward to some
pics.
I'm sure we will keep this going and maybe post some ideas for songs/tunes to have a go at for next time.
Best wishes to everybody and hope that everyone got home safely.
Kelly
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Michael
Oud Maniac
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Registered: 1-22-2004
Location: Bristol, UK
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Yup, arrived safely back in Bristol. Great to meet you all, and really great to hear everybody's playing and try out some lovely ouds. I was really
impressed by the standard of playing all round (note to self - practice more).
Many thanks, Dave, for organising, hosting and putting us all up - not to mention putting up with us all.
Maybe see you all 18-19 July?
Michael
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Ararat66
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Michael
The same applies to you especially now you can do oud wrist yoga
Cheers
Leon
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Owain-Hawk
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 6-17-2008
Location: Morecambe, UK
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WOW! I don't know where to start!
BIG BIG Thanks Kelly for looking after me - you never know how I might react around all those Ouds ) - taking me to Oxford and back, and of course, teaching me so much of your skill!
MASSIVE thanks to Dave for hosting the event, ordering food, and letting us stay overnight! 
THANKS to everybody else for fantastic music! I learnt SO much! I know it sounds strange, but I have greatly improved after this meet! I'm really looking forward to see some pics/vids!
... I'm already planning for the next one.
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abusin
Oud Junkie
Posts: 442
Registered: 3-23-2006
Location: Manchester England
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HI FOLKS, THAT WAS AN AWSOME GATHERING,
thanks DaveH for the outstanding hospitality, sorry for the late arrivals and please keep it to yourselves and save me the embarssment
No I really enjoyed those hours with you all, I would have stayed but had to leave.
BIG TANKS to Ustaz Bashir Abbas for the attendance, he enjoyed your playing as much as your company.
Come on guys, it doesn't take that long to upload pics/ vids! I'm really looking forward to see what I missed
peace
Best Regards
Awad
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Owain-Hawk
Oud Junkie
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Location: Morecambe, UK
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Of course!!!! THANK YOU BASHIR ABBAS!!!!! A LEGEND! I had a fanstatic
time listening to him, it was an HONOUR! 
By the way Awad, can you email me your phone number? I didn't hear everything you said to me on Kelly's mobile.
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DaveH
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 12-23-2005
Location: Birmingham, UK
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No sooner said than done, Awad. Here's a few photos. Sorry, I don't really have any video clips worth sharing as my camera wasn't really up to it.
Hoping someone has better ones.
That was awesome. I get to play with about 10 fantastic ouds, sorry, oudists, and I didn't even have to leave my own home or wander the motorways
(like some!).
Special thanks to Osman for bringing Bashir Abbas, master instrumentalist, composer and King of Khoumassi, along. We all realise what a privilege
we've just experienced. Please thank him again for visiting us. I hope you can find some way of sharing the recordings you made.
It was great to finally meet you all and here's hoping we can manage a lot more opportunities to grow together as oudists.
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DaveH
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Third pic: Alfie, with brand new Michael Moussa fitting him perfectly, me, Owain, Michael (B), Charlie, Kelly, Leon, Osman and The Man.
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Owain-Hawk
Oud Junkie
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Thank you Dave!! GREAT PICS! Of course, special thanks to Osman. As I said, it was a great honour to meet Bashir Abbas.
C'mon Dave though, give a video a try! Even if the video quality is bad, we can still hear something!! Please?!
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