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Tory Gallery

The world is but a canvas to our imagination.

About Me

I'm an artistic music playin', dancin' fool whos a ramblin' gal and always wants go somewhere new. I love road trips, especially when they are with the best friends in the world.Im in school right now, it's not the greatest place in the world, but I enjoy it a decent amount. My friend Erica and I do a radio show called "Neighborhood Watch" on the school radio station, WSHC Shepherdstown every week Wednesdays from 3-4 PPM. Its a pretty rad show, you should listen sometime, you can listen online at http://www.897wshc.org/listen.htmlI am in a band called Ophelia with two of my good friends, Lucy and Greta. We have fun.Other than that I'm just a open minded girl who loves to fill life with new experiences.

My Interests

Playing the Mandolin, listening to music, going to concerts, hanging out with friends, going to concerts, writing poetry and music, going to jam sessions, and lotsa other stuff to, festivals, camps, Clifftop: Appalachian Stringband festival, Mt. Airy, Common Ground Music and Arts camp, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, grilled cheese sandwhiches, hot chocolate, hot soup, italian and mexcian food, chips, hammocks, sunny days, clouds, mandolins, guitars, banjos, fiddles, basses, trees, dogs, cats, birds, GIANT PANDAS!, art, books, driving in the countryside, mountains, airplanes, oceans, basketball, soccer, excercising, movies, warm beds, tents, campfires, square dances, clogging, poetry jams, cook outs, picnics, Jacksons Mill, hayrides, pizza, french fries, carrots, singing/dancing in the rain, long walks, parties, dolphins, staircases, drawing, painting, stain glass windows, cool houses, history, philosophy, literature, late nights, the moon, stars, the sun, space, God, religion, big fields, radios, long road trips, sleeping bags, colorful things and lots and lots of other things!

I'd like to meet:

People who are interesting in their own special way and have a lot to talk about, but not to much you know. People who always remain true to themselves. Musicians of course. Artists. Nice people...

Music:



Ophelia, Tony Trischka, Danny Knicely, Tara Lindhart, Reveillons!, Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, The Mammals, Uncle Earl, The Duhks, Crooked Still, Sometymes Why, Genticorum, Old Crow Medicine Show, Casey Driessen, The Wiyos, The Morgantown Rounders, Adam Hurt, Rachel Eddy, The Midriffs, Dan Rose, Dwight Diller, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, The Carolina Chocolate Drops and Sankofa Strings, Walt Michael and Company, Jessica Kilroy, Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen, The Poor Rounders and The Woodshedders, Zoe Speaks, Carla Gover, Mitch Barrett, Silk City, Fox Hunt, The Hillbilly Gypsies, Kristin Andreassen, Laura Cortese, Hanneke Cassel, Jake Armerding, Jeremy Kittel, Matt and Shannon Heaton, Grada, Railroad Earth, The Avett Brothers, Rushad Eggleston and the Wild Band of Snee, Bruce Springstein, Boulder Acoustic Society, Glen Phillips, John Mayer, Ski Patrol, The Shins, The Fray, The Goo Good Dolls, Maroon Five, Brian Vollmer, Gaelic Storm, Natalie McMaster, Allison Krauss, Mark Schatz, Danny Knicely, Hell on the Nine Mile, Spouse, The Hackensaw Boys, The Speakeasy Boys, Herb and Hanson, Foghorn Stringband, King Wilkie, Gillian Welch, Tripping Lily, Dan Frechette, Todd Burge, The Greencards, Pierce Woodward, Katie and Liz Davis, Bela Fleck, Edgar Myer, Sam Bush, Barry Mitterhoff, Guy Davis, Tom Chapin, Harry Chapin, Pete Seege, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Brittany and Natalie Hass, The Eagles, Rafe Stefanini, Wilson Douglas, Dirk Powell, Bluegrass, Traditional Appalachian, Blues, Jazz, Quebecois, The Jolly Bankers, Steppin in It, The Amity Front, Celtic

Movies:

Forest Gump, Riggeltto, Garden State, Ladder 49, Abandon, The Butterfly Effect, 13 Going on 30, A Love Song for Bobby Jones, A Walk to Remember, Guys and Dolls, The Notebook, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Tristan and Isolde, Memoirs of a Geisha, Pirates of the Carribean 1 and 2, Hotel Rwanda, Big Fish, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music, The Wizard Of Oz, Oklahoma, Old Music Documentaries

Television:

House, ER, Joan of Arcadia, Macguyver, Friends, American Idol, Sex and the City, Providence, 7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls, Reba, Dharma and Greg, Greys Anatomy, What About Brian?, One Tree Hill, Quantam Leap, 24, Numbers, Boy Meets World, Masterpiece Theater, Mountain Stage

Books:

The Giver, Number of The Stars, Harry Potter,Tom Sawyer, Up From Slavery, The Scarlett Letter, 1984, books about Old Time Music

Heroes:

Ma and Pa, Grandma Gallery, My sister Emily, My brothers Matthew and Nathan, everyone else in my family, Megan Downes, Kristin Andreassen, Lydia Martin, Dominique Razzook, Kaitlyn Dante (R.I.P), Mike Merenda, Ruth Ungar-Merenda, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Pierce Woodward, Laura Cortese, Eileen Carson-Schatz, Mark Schatz, Jessica Kilroy, Adam Hurt, Rachel Eddy, Joe Herrmann, Lucy Cochran, Greta Van Doren

My Blog

Realization

Hey everyone,On Saturday I went to a wedding and when I got there I realized something. The church where it was held was the last place I went with one of my best friends, Kaitlyn Dante who died in a ...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:04:00 PST

Pigtown Fling/Concert/Clifftop

So, last weekend was Pigtown Fling and it was great. I finally got to see Lucy for once. We hung out a bit. We played at the Pigtown Fling with Bill Fraley on Bass, Matt Metz on Guitar, and Ben Tow...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:15:00 PST

Growing Up and life in general

So, growing ups great, and not so great.  I always thought that being a grown up would be like this totally amazing thing. But I just don't see that yet in being an adult.  Maybe it is just ...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:45:00 PST

Common Ground on the hill

    this year was absolutely amazing! I can't even say how life altering it was as it alwasy is!The classes were wonderful this year. I took chiarascruo drawing, qubecois mandolin/tenor...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:44:00 PST

Summer is finally here!

Well hello there dear sweet friends of mine! WOW!!!!!!!! I can't belive I am already done my freshman year as a college student. It feels really amazing to be done. I think the year went really well f...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Sat, 12 May 2007 07:49:00 PST

I miss you! Spring Break...and other random things on my mind...

Hey everybody!  Its been quite some time since I have written one of these blogs...so I felt it was about time and what better subject to bring up then how much I am missing you all!  Its be...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:48:00 PST

Oh, summer

well friends, summer is coming upon us quite quickly! only 8 weeks of school left! it'll be gone before we know it. I have no clue what to do with myself this summer! I have plenty of things to keep ...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:27:00 PST

Old Favorites

I've just been thinking about how randomly i've been hearing musicians on the radio or on tv that I havent heard in years lately. For example, On Gilmore Girls the other night there was a man playing...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:26:00 PST

whats up peeps?

Hows everyone? I'm sick right now. I got the common cold. It sucks how many stupid disesases go around college. I think that we should learn how to not get sick by th etime we are 18 haha.So I have...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:25:00 PST

People Disappoint Me and Make Me Sad

Lately I have realized just how much people can hurt other people. I don't understand it myself. How can someone lie to someone...I mean in my opinion the person being lied to always finds out about...
Posted by Tory Gallery on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:56:00 PST