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May 25, 2009 Kingston MA, Memorial Day. June 14, 2009 Holy Ghost Feast, Saint Joseph's. July 4, 2009 Block Island. July 14, 2009 Gwozdz. July 28, 2009 Caswell Groves. August 11, 2009 Fitzimmons Arms. August 25, 2009 North Attleboro.
This Year there was no piper playing taps. Paul did them all and the last one at the town hall Bob played the echo
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Sorry no pictures. I forgot my camera. The church was undergoing renovation so the service was held at another church. After the service we had a procession starting around 11:30 for about 3/4 mile.
No concert this year. The parade started at 11:30. We finished at about 12:15. We had our complimentary lunch then most of us caught the 1:30 boat back to Pt Judith. Lou had to wait because the 1:30 boat could no take cars. The 1:30 boat was nearly empty which made for a very pleasant return trip.
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After many years I finally decided to try and find out how to pronounce the name "Gwozdz". Based on the website "http://www.gwozdz.org" I will go with "Gvoozhj".
Below was extracted from the Gwozdz website:
Gwozdz Pronunciation
Gwozdz is a Polish family name. The word Gwozdz means nail in Polish. Accent marks are used for the word Gwozdz. It is pronounced Gvoozhj.
The name Gwozdz is traditionally spelled with three accent dashes: over the o and over both z’s. All three dashes are like the French acute mark.
Like this: Gwóz'dz'
The G is like the g in “game”. Not like the G in “George”.
The w in Polish has a v sound, as in “violin”.
The Gv combination consonant is very difficult for English speakers. Here is a way to sound it out: Imagine a game of tag where everyone must play a violin while running. I would call this game “tag violin”. Say that over and over quickly: “tag violin”. Try not to add a vowel between the two words. Do not say “tag-a-violin”. When you can say it without a vowel, remove the “ta” and say “g violin”. Then remove the “ionlin” for the “g v” sound.
OK, it is very difficult. Most English speakers have to add a soft vowel between the g and v, making the sound gav or gev, with the vowel as brief as possible. Polish speakers can combine the gv with no vowel sound at all. We form the g but hold it back for a split second, then let it explode along with a v.
The oo is long, like in toon. In Polish, the ó and u are identical sounds. The o without the accent, however is soft, as in “dog”. Gwoz'dz' without the accented o is pronounced Gvozhj.
The z' is pronounced soft, like the z in azure, usually indicated as zh in pronunciation guides. Without the accent, the Polish z is the same as the English z. So Gwózdz' = Gvoozj. With a dot accent, z. is also pronounced like the z in azure. Few English speakers can hear the difference between z' and z.. Pronounce z. with the tongue a little more forward toward the teeth; pronounce z' with the tongue a little more to the back.
The dz' is equivalent to the English j as in judge. Or G as in George. Polish dz, cz, rz, and sz are treated as single consonants. In other words, the z is sort of like an accent mark when added after those letters. That is why Polish has so many z’s. (English does the same thing with h, using h to change a sound to another one, usually unrelated to h, like ph, which is pronounced f.) In our name, that first z is a normal z; the second z modifies the d. That makes dz' doubly accented. Without the accent, dz is as in English. With a dot, dz. has the tongue a little forward compared to dz'.
The z'dz' combination consonant is very difficult for English speakers. To practice, try “azure judge” and remove the “ure” for “azh judge”. For this one, even Polish speakers “voice” the zh with a very tiny soft neutral vowel between the consonants.
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This concert had been postponed from the previous week because of rain. Retired trumpeter Al Boegler paid us a surprise visit and provided some of the pictures shown here.
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Some of the pictures were provided by Al Boegler. Al is in a couple of the pictures. He is the one out of uniform. This time of year lighting becomes a problem and you can see in picture 20090811_09 the trumpets straining to read those teeny-tiny notes in "Lassus Trombone".
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This was the last concert of the year. We played in the gazebo located on the town green. Last year I waited too late to take pictures. It got dark before I took many. This year I took most of them before the concert started. There was a photographer from one of the local papers taking pictures but he only put 3 up on the newspaper's web site and besides being poorly "composed" he put watermarks on them and wants $10 for a 5in x 7in and the digital is not available.
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