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Eva

Irmelin on Germany tour

Irmelin diary, May 2013

Three concerts in three very different venues.
First concert was a big hall, Altes Elwerk in Greifswald. Chamber music feeling, a wonderful audience giving us the most heartful response.
Second concert in an out door venue on the country side, Venne Früling Folk Festival. Beautiful small, families, young people, rain and sunshine in mix, and a super nice sound. Thank you sound engineer, and thank you lovely audience!
Third concert in a club in Berlin. In the nice area of Prentzlauerberg, full of small and hidden pearls of culture everywhere. Great night out in Berlin. Met lovely people in both audience and the local arrangers, promoters of vocal music and excellent artists, Mattias and Tania. 

Greifswald, Nordischer Klang.
Sun + dark sky, I like!

Walking in town, first night.

Fish with green fish-bone are a lovely tasting fish. Dinner on a boat in the canal.

Hotel Galerie. I can recommend this place. Nice paintings in my room. The chinese lucky cookie had a good line saying:

Sometimes, travelling to new places can bring great transformation.

On the road towards Osnabrück and the small village Venne.

Us having the best spot in sunshine on Venne Früling Folk Festival.
Outside the café where I expected Aragorn sit in a corner. Instead I saw 4 Gandalf walking around on the festival area.....

Astrid's garden. A truly inspiring place to retreat after concert. Frogs singing in the pond.

Last day in Berlin. Haus der Sinne.
Tango, lindy, blues dance on some evenings, and now, vocal evening with choirs and Irmelin!

Back stage in the dark cellar.....
What can be more Berlin than a club like this.....

German audience, what a wonderful tour we've had meeting you all great people! Hope to see you soon again!
Eva

Kurs i folksång och kulning sommaren 2013

Här kommer tips på var du kan gå kurs i folksång i sommar. Jag har frågat runt bland mina sångkolleger och fått tips från dem.

19 maj Kl 14-18
"Vi segla ut på livets hav" viskurs med Eva Rune.  Bjönni, Ellös, en timme utanför Göteborg. Anmälan till Ingegärd Johansson via mail: ingegardgm.johansson@telia.com

13 juni + 15 juni: VALLÅTAR, TRALLÅTAR & DRAMATISKA SÅNGER
- sångkurs i folklig tradition med Gudrun Engberg
Tid: torsdag 13 juni kl 19.00-21.30 samt lördag 15 juni kl 12.30-17.00 (inkl fikapauser)
Plats: Stuvstakyrkan, Mellanskogsvägen 1-3, Huddinge.
Kostnad: 375kr/vuxen, 200kr/stud, inkl fika. Anmälan senast: fredag 7 juni till Stuvstakyrkan 08-774 13 34 el. stuvstakyrkan@stuvstakyrkan.se


15 juni kl 10-14 Viskurs med Eva Rune i Övertänger
Sjung på gehör, folkvisor både enstämmigt och med enkla spännande flerstämmiga arrangemang.
max 10 deltagare
anmälan till info@evarune.se
Kostnad 400 kr
Plats Övertänger 387


16 juni kl 10-15 Kulningskurs med Eva Rune i Övertänger
Ropa in sommaren med mig! Lockrop och vallvisor.
max 8 deltagare
anmälan till info@evarune.se
Kostnad 400 kr
Plats Övertänger 387


19-20 juni, sångkurs med Ida Malkolmsson. Nääs samfundet i midsommarveckan http://www.naassamfundet.se/vara-kurser/

8-14 juli Ålsta Folkhögskola, en vecka med sång, spel och dans. Mer info Gun-Britt H, 060-58 93 27, 070-607 15 02.  

10-13 augusti, Marie Selander och Elisabeth Ask har kurs på Åsa folkhögskola. Världens sång- och röstkurs heter den. www.asa.fhsk.se

Varje sommar hålls folkmusikkurser på Malungs Folkhögskola: www.malungsfolkhogskola.se/kurser/kortkurser-sommarkurser

Somriga hälsningar, Eva

Bike season begins

My Honda CB 250 from 1981 was checked without any remarks today at Bilprovningen.

So now I'm ready to keep up the driving a bit more than last season....I'm sorry to say my bike has been a bit neglected.

It was a bit windy today so I tried to not stress too much about going over the big bridge. I am a bit low in my driving technique after a long time without driving. It's all about trust and relax. The bike itself know often better than me, but as soon as my arms tense up because of sudden wind, my reaction can make the bike more unstable. So as usual it's a good lesson to learn. Go with the wind in a relaxed manner. And my fantasy about "problems" causes more stress than the reality. I decided to drive relaxed and to trust and know that today no one will blow off that bridge :-) It worked!

Eva

Irmelin on tour in Finland

Soon I will be absorbed by Irmelin events for a week! So much looking forward to sing with Maria and Karin again! It will be workshops, concerts and cd release for our new album, North Sea Stories.
More info of tour and new cd is found on irmelin.nu

Frozen mix of ginger, honey and lemon.

Today I was walking with the dog, gathering inspiration in nature.
Spring is in the air.
Ice is melting.

Form and transformation.

A frozen well in the forest is the last remains of ice and snow.

Colour and light.

Eva

Old folk songs in Svartnäs church, Dalarna

Here in this remote village of Svartnäs I had the joy to sing old folk hymns accompanied of a pump organ played by Sofia Pekkari. Lot's of people came to take part in this service on the day after Easter day. It was a fine moment of meditative music that I will remember long.

View from the church in Svartnäs.
Sofia and I included three hymns on folk melodies from Bingsjö wich is not too far away from Svartnäs. Both villages is surrounded by endless forest, the place for many wild animals including wolf, lynx and bear.

The white wooden church in Svartnäs.

Svartnäs is one of the small churches in Svärdsjö parish in Dalarna. 

Eva

Dog on ice

Ice skating today in sunshine and wind. Leo surpriced me and enjoyed some winter sports!

Small dog on a big ice.

Happy flowers on this stunning maxi long party dress from the 70's.

Fashion by: Aspens made in Sweden

Unfortunately it's wrong size for me, but I'm sure I have saved this gem to now find a new happy owner somewhere.  No more hiding in the wardrobe! New parties are waiting! This dress really makes one shine and I wonder who picked it originally and what parties it has been to in those days.

Leo the dog is sleeping and snoring right beside me now, curled up with his nose under his back leg. Tired after this fantastic day out on the ice.

Eva