Author Archives: lydia

Födelsedagen

My birthday in Sweden featured the best-ever beginning when the birthday carolers came to my door at midnight:30, with harmony and hugs. I didn’t even know there were two verses! I had a fun day-trip to Uppsala, where I bought myself a most excellent book, Jul i Stora Skogen (Christmas in the Big Woods). The […]

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Igloo

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Julkonsert

Our Christmas concert came together into a very pleasing show. In contrast with the fall concert, this performance included both the playing class and the dance class. It was fun to introduce more collaboration. There were more opportunities for smaller groups, not quite so much everyone-playing-most-of-the-time. And of course opps for the musicians to play […]

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Julkonsert prep: lots of baking

Student concerts at ESI feature home-baked goodies for fika, so we had a big baking party. I confess that most of my personal contribution entailed staying out of the way, plus an occasional round of photo documentation, but all will have to admit that the delicious results spoke for themselves. While I’m at it, I’ll […]

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Lucia at ESI

(The longer I didn’t go and fetch my camera, the later it became, so there are only these few pics from Petra’s new camera as wielded by Johannes.) Super-sweet: the ESI staff provided our own little Lucia pageant during morning fika. Stina baked lussekatter and served glogg, and set the serving table with even more […]

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Builders’ seminar and spelträff

This weekend ESI hosted the semiannual gathering of nyckelharpa builders — beginning with a Friday evening gathering, at which a number of us performed a short set of tunes in prep for the upcoming Xmas concert, and then a full day of Saturday programming, all organized by Esbjörn Hogmark. We were invited to join them […]

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