"There's something amusingly faux-Albertan about a marching band of nasal flautists, with pink sashes and a Stalinist leader waving a baton like a cattle-prod."

- Liz Nicholls, The Edmonton Journal

 

"You and your Slappyfeatherwhistlers provided great entertainment at our concert. There were lots of favorable comments and I am amazed at what you guys can do. Lots of development too from a year ago, although I thought your take-off on the James Bond thing last year was very funny. "

- Anne McIntyre, Conductor of
the Edmonton Children's Choir

 

"You were electrically entertaining!!!! Thanks for joining us."

- Laura Sterling, Community Connections
for North East Community Edmonton

 

"What a delightful experience!"

- Ireland Fund of Canada

"I'm not sure if it was the music, choreography, or the fact that you all look so young, but you have definitely returned my innocence."

- Caesar Marquez

 

"Ever heard of the Nose-Flute? neither had I until about two weeks ago. As esoteric as the ocarina or the digeridoo, they seem to come in two main varieties - simple and exotic. These ones look and sound like mini-flutes and from what I listened to, sounded quite nice. A smaller, wooden sound to go with the wispy breaths of the nose. I couldn't tell you if what I was listening to was a nose flute, a fife, or a piccolo - to give you an idea of what the instrument sounded like. It can range a couple of octaves, which is versatile enough. Held up under the nose, it's cool to see one played.

Not as cool though as the simple ones. These ones have this pennywhistle quality (from what I can tell they are a single octave), but you only need one hand to play them. So what do you do with the free hand? Well, dance. The Slappyfeatherwhistle Nose-Flute Ensemble, a unique talent troupe from Edmonton, does just that. In a cabaret of matching outfits, choreography, and nose-flutes, a half dozen or so teens led by a conductor hum out a medley of traditionals and skitter around the stage in vaudevillian delight. The youths, mostly girls, look like the quirky suburban music and theatre types from high school. Whoever they are they put on a good show with an instrument I had never heard of - i hope to see them again."

- Scott 9:54pm, Bluestarblog