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This story was submitted by Charles Keiser: I have had some fun expierences playing didge for people in the past. On my way to Alaska ( in Montana) last summer I got a campsight at a pay to camp place along the highway. At night you had to go into a little bar to pay for you camping. I walked in wearing my 100lb pack with snowshoes, crampons, ice axe, gold miners pan, and didge all mounted to the outside. I set my pack down and orderd some french fries at the bar. Several dudes came up to me and were curious about my didge. At first they thought it was a container for a fishing pole, but I told them what it was and asked them if they would like to listen to a toon. They were game, and so I started to jam. The next thing I knew I was haveing fun, and making $tips$. Dudes that have never herd a didge before can be easily impressed by a sub David Hudson player. While I was up in Alaska, my bike had some carburator trouble, so I had to put in the shop in Anchorage. While I was in Anchorage I was board so I wonderd around the mall. While in the mall, I came across a pretty girl running an auction for a really cool big indian drum. I paid the three dollars, and bought a ticket, and talked to the girl for a while. She was from the Akila House, for recovering alcholics. While talking to her I mentioned that I like to play indian flutes and didge (ancient woodwinds are my thing). She invited me to come by and play at the Akila House. I showed up, but I was soggy. I had to borrow a pedal cycle to make the trip across Anchorage (in a driving rain storm). At the Akila house they fed me, then put me on stage. Most of my audience were Native Alaskan Indians. I explained each of my instruments, and jammed on each for a while. After a while I talked some of the Natives into giving me a drum beat, and that is where the real fun began. After our Jam secession, the oldest indian dude took out a flute he had made. He passed it around the circle of people there, and explained that as each person touched, a part of thier spirit was to be imprinted on the flute. After everyone had held the flute he presented it to me. I had fun it was a cool way to spend a rainy afternoon.
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