On a beautiful sunny, summer day in August, complete with small rain showers and beautiful breezes, we had the opportunity to share our music at the Vancouver Island Exhibition in Nanaimo, BC. There is almost nothing better than playing outdoors at a festival or an event on one of these perfect summer days. Since this event is also an agricultural exhibition we were occasionally accompanied by the peaceful bleating of sheep in the background. It was great fun. Isn’t Paul’s hat great?
At a Native American Flute Festival you get to see many great flute makers and of course try out the beautiful flutes. Dennis Lombard, of Mountain Flutes is one of my most favorite flute makers. For me his flutes have pure sound and a real connection to spirit and they sing joyfully. Seeing him at Flute Quest was a real treat and a great opportunity to thank him for his great flutes.
Oh, I just can’t wait until the next flute event.
For a person who plays the Native American Flute, sharing your music at a Flute Festival dedicated to the Native American Flute is a real thrill.
For this event Paul was unable to attend and so I was able to use the beautiful guitar tracks through the magic of technology. Paul became the guitar
player in the box ( so to speak) and it was great fun introducing him as the man in the box.
The Saturday evening concert featuring Mary Youngblood, two time grammy award winner and Gary Stroutsos was inspiring. Both are beautiful
musical artists.
Occasionally I venture out on my own to attend Native American Flute Festivals
and am very excited at the opportunity to play this year at this Festival.
Sponsored by the Washington Flute Circle it draws flute friends, collectors,
players, and performers from many places.
I believe I am one of the only Canadians to being playing this year
at the new breathe stage.
My performance times are:
Friday, August 15 at 3:30 PM
and Sunday, August 17 at 10:00 AM kicking off the performances for the day.
It is a fun and family oriented event offering you a great opportunity
to hear some of the worlds best flute players. Mary Youngblood, 2 time grammy
award winner will be there along with Gary Stroustos, Vince Chafin,
Bill Hoshal and Ancient Sounds.
Check it out
at www.flutequest.com
Paul the other half of Wind Weaver, ( he’s the weaver and I am the wind in Wind Weaver will be merrily staying in Nanaimo.)
He and his better half, Catharine will be selling their beautiful puppets at markets throughout the weekend.
Check them out at www.givealittlegiggle.com So far we haven’t taught the puppets to play the flutes but they
do dance like little fiends to beautiful flute and guitar music.
Exciting things are happening for Wind Weaver.
Our song, Summer Clouds, has been selected by Roadtrip Nation, a
PBS documentary entering its sixth season. It will be used in one of the upcoming episodes.
The date of showing has not been determined yet.
You can check out the road trip nation website at
http://www.roadtripnation.com
We are not shy about saying how happy we are to have had our music chosen for this
documentary. Did I mention there was dancing and cheering when we heard we had made the cut.
Once again I am heading off to the Zion Canyon Drum and Flute festival.
For a player of Native American Flutes, this is a very exciting gathering.
Not only is there a multitude of wonderful sounding flutes to sample
and dream of owning there is an amazing number of flute players
who are just overflowing with enthusiasm and wonderful music
to chat with.
Listening to other’s share there music is a real highlight of
a Native American Flute Festival. Terry Mack is one of
the few Canadians who ventures down to this festival.
I will be performing on Friday, May 15th from 12:30 to
1:00 PM at the open mic stage.
Flutes Used on the Wind Weaver Wild Threads CD
People have been asking me what Native American flutes I used in the songs on our Wild Threads CD.
There just wasn’t enough space on the CD liner notes to add that information, so here is
the list.
Summer Clouds – Maple E - Mountain Flutes ( Dennis Lombard)
Enchanted - Alaskan Yellow Cedar F# - Mountain Flutes
Coming Home - Rainbow Poplar G - Mountain Flutes
Fluid Ooze - Lacewood A - Mad Max Flutes
Sundance - Curly Maple and Padauk G – Ancient Territories (John Stilwell)
Jester’s Feast – Redwood A – Mountain Flutes
Aerial Wandering – Rainbow Poplar G – Mountain Flutes
Cedar High G – High Spirits Flutes
Wild Threads – Mesquite Low C- Mad Max Flutes
Coccobolo – High C Drone – Mockingbird Flutes (Larry Evans)
Moonlit Reflections – Alaskan Yellow Cedar F# - Mountain Flutes
Elemental Chant – Bamboo Drone B - Buffalo Moon Flutes
Tibetan Singing Bowl
On beautiful Vancouver Island you can hear the ethereal and haunting sounds of the Native American Flute weaving its way into and around the magical sounds of an acoustic guitar as Wind Weaver performs their unique blend of music.
Terry Mack, Native American Flute player and Paul Bezooyen, acoustic guitar player form this unique duo.A serendipitous opportunity to jam together resulted in an incredible synergy unfolding between the two unique writing and playing styles of both artists.
Terry’s music honors the traditional style of the Native American Flute beautifully, however her music also pushes beyond, delving into a wide range of genres including folk, celtic, medieval and Jazz. Terry has been inspired by Mary Youngblood, Mark Holland and Autumn’s Child, Scott August and R. Carlos Nakai. Terry travels to Native American Flute Festivals throughout North America and introduces the beautiful sound of Native American Flute music to everyone.
Paul is a veteran songwriter who throughout his career has written for television and other audio visual productions. He has released two solo CD’s. Paul’s guitar style and lyrics are heavily influenced by Joni Mitchell and Bruce Cockburn. With these and other talented artists as inspiration Paul has crafted a very personal style of his own.
This recent collaboration of musical exploration and experimentation between Terry and Paul has blossomed into the newly established duo “Wind Weaver”.
Wind Weaver has been working (well it’s more like playing) hard at completing our CD Wild Threads.
We are excited to announce it will be available on February 20.
Terry, will have the CD’s for sale at the Nanaimo, Maple Sugar Festival February, 20 t0 22. Look for them at the Peaceful Spirit Flutes sales table in the vendors tent.
We will have it for sale from our website and other locations that will be announced in the next few weeks.
