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Many thanks carlos, loved the meal certainly was not expecting that when I flew out very generous

I think Carlos must have either gotten married with parental consent or simply had a baby when he was in high school He looks too young to have a young adult like her.

Yes, enjoying a nice relaxing day in Lagos today. The Red piano looks great, Carlos. Can't wait to try ...

That's close enough! I'm sure we can hop a train from there after the party . And maybe Greener, world traveling business man that he is, can arrange for us to charter a plane at a discount. Then a bunch of us could cross the pond together.

FarmGirl - Thanks, you're very kind! And the answers are "no" and "no" btw...

Greener - I'm glade you're enjoying Algarve. That beach is awesome!

Starr Keys - I'm in

And now, pictures of EPP2014 duets.

:: casinitaly & SwissMS


:: UKIkarus & CarlosCC


:: Guest & UKIkarus


:: PaperClip & casinitaly


:: CarlosCC & daughter





More later.

Just perfect!!

Back in Ashford with my grandmother now, all is well

I managed to sneak in a 15 minute session on the red piano before I went to the airport so I can say I happily say I have had a go

I really enjoyed the trip and all, once things settle down here a bit I'll see what I can upload.

I look half dead (tired) in all of those pics lol quite embarrassing... but it was ever so fun!

Last pictures. Videos soon.

:: Friendly atmosphere among all



:: The EPP2014 cake


:: Some of the gifts: Ana did the notepads; I did the drawings.


:: All the group


:: Ana with the pianists (holding the famous mugs)
:: From left to right: PaperClip, torquenale, Ana, CarlosCC, Greener, patH, SwissMS, UKIkarus and casinitaly


:: CarlosCC with Carlos Lala (owner of Duetos da Sé restaurant). Thanks Lala!


:: To Frank Baxter and Kathy.

Carlos,



Oh, almost forgot this one.... I was interested in everyone's impression of the tone and touch on the C.Bechstein. That is one of the few European brands that I never got to test drive when I was piano hunting. (Fazioli and Hamburg Steinway being the other two I missed)

Jim, I found the touch quite light - much easier than the other (2) grands that I've played. As for the sound, I thought it was very mellow and warm.

Yes, the touch is soft, like the pedals strength. Very easy to control.
Key responses was quite good, allowing fine control of the dynamics.

I like deep bass tonalities, but I've played pianos with a "longer" bass. Nothing that I couldn't control after a 5min warming-up phase.

What a fantastic collection of lovely pics! Glad you all had fun in this piano party.

And Congratulations Carlos on your great work to organise this event.

Thanks Recaredo!!!
Maybe you can join us in the next EPP

I liked it. It had a not too hard touch, and wasn't too loud either.
The second piece I played, "Un petit train de plaisir" by G.Rossini, sounded particularly nice on it.

However, I don't know if the Una Corda pedal was working properly.

I love seeing all the photos. It makes me smile to see you guys all having a great time together.

Ok, I finally have my pictures downloaded or uploaded (actually in some cases both!)

If anyone is interested in general pics of Lisbon... Here are some you can peek at:

CASINITALY'S LISBON PICS


As for some from the party...a few that are not the same as what's already been posted !


Here is Ana , Carlos's charming wife who was a darling and took care of us all like a mother hen with her little chicks!



Ana and Alessandra (Torquenale)


Enjoying the performances!




Thanks again to Carlos - and Ana! for all the work in organizing the event and making it such great fun.

Thanks to all who came out - it was wonderful to meet you /see you again!

I'm having post-party withdrawl symptoms..... I need a new project !!!

Very nice of you CAS, The pictures of Lisbon were a surprise as well. Some of the architecture there seems somewhat Moroccan or at least an Asian or Persian influence, very geometric rather than statuary and the like. Thanks for including them. What a beautiful city!

The EPP for Greener was over only today! After returning from Algarve and before going home tomorrow, we met again and here are a couple of pictures with him.

We had a lunch at my place, and he played for us, too! Thanks for your music, Greener!



After lunch we went to Myriad hotel to play the "red piano". At the hotel we had a small audience who applauded in every piece that we played on. We were there about 1 hour and, at the end, we took some pictures. Jeff has the pictures, so he can show and tell more about this story in detail. Lots of fun!

Yes, unfortunately this will be my final report from beautiful Portugal. I'll be heading back to the big smoke in ... a few hours.

I wish I was staying longer. I could not have asked for more in a vacation. Everyone I met was very nice. The cities clean, I felt safe, excellent food and perfect weather my entire stay. Lastly, all very reasonably priced. If you've never been ... I highly recommend.

This trip has also solidified many new friendships a half a world away. Thank you again Carlos and Ana for another fabulous day in Lisbon. I managed to make it to Liberdade for my third pair of "Made in Portugal" shoes, just before closing .

What a tremendous time I have had. I just hope now that I can make it to more EPP's like this one.