Educating Japan

Just heard word that the SFW Nose-Flute Ensemble have some fans in Japan. Well, a teacher originally from America is teaching a musical theatre group in Japan. His name is Gart and apparently he had bought a wack load of nose-flutes back in the day. Came across the ensemble and now has future plans to teach the japanese kids of Komatsu Japan the nose-flute with intentions of putting something together in their theatre shows. This is great news. The more we can inspire to blow through the nose, the better. Nose-Fluters Unite!!

http://osugimusicaltheatre.com/

Natanielle heads to Ottawa

Natanielle Felicitas, a long time member is heading to Ottawa for an internship at an art centre somewhere in the nations capital. After writing paper after paper about arts, management, grants, Nose-Flute, etc...she is finally putting her schooling into practice. She had a fare well party at Circles in Edmonton. It was a great turnout. Because of my travels across the globe it was a bit of a rush to get some Nose-Fluters together for a rehearsal for the gig. And I really wanted to play a new song. Something catchy, something that is so lovely to hear you never want it to end......

Well over the past year, Emma Hooper, fellow nose-flautist and I have discovered an old Ukulele song called "Tonight you Belong to Me" by Billy Rose and Lee David in 1926. It was made popular by Steve Martin's movie The Jerk. There is something about this song that everybody loves. Truth be told, I have played this song at least 20 times a day in my flat. I felt a bit better when Emma told me the same thing. In the end the four of us that could make it to the party put our Nose-Flutes to our faces and infected the crowd with this beautiful ditty. At the end of the show, somebody came up to me and said that she was just listening to the song in her car and that she too can't get enough!!!! Seriously, play it, sing it, listen to it.....LOVE IT.