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March Madness
- Pg 1 of Celtic Events in the Northwest
( this is going to be a wild
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March 5th & 6th
Geoffrey Castle St Paddy's Concert at Kirkland Performing Arts
Center 8pm
Recording artist and
electric six-string violinist Geoffrey Castle is joined on this
most Irish of weekends by Irish Dancers and special guest
musicians. Tickets are $15-25 and available online at the KPAC
website Special guests include the Gothard Sisters
Gothard sisters on Youtube
and Geoffrey on Youtube |
www.geoffreycastle.com/
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March 5th & 6th Eugene Oregon Irish Cultural
Fest
Evening concert
features Teada at Beall Hall at the Univ of Oregon 8pm, also
includes daytime instrumental workshops with Teada, Eliot Grasso,
& Jenny Humphrey, dance workshops with Maldon Meehan &
Geraldine Murray, Irish language workshop with Ger Killeen, Easter
rising historical presentation, food, drink, vendors &
more.
Teada is a fabulous group & the festival class roster is
loaded with great offerings - enjoy!
Tickets are onsale now www.eugeneirishfest.org
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http://www.eugeneirishfest.org/
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S&A
Entertainment in Tualatin Oregon announce these dance events:
Tir Eoghain Ceili Classes every
Monday in Portland OR
w/Sam
Keator 7-9pm
@ Yeates Studio in the Arciform Building 4231 North Interstate Avenue, Portland
more details here:
www.oregonirishclub.org/tireoghainceilidancing.html
13
& older, drop-in fee $3 phone 503.286.4812 for
more info
S & A Traditional Irish Ceili
class on Thursdays, 7-9pm Winona
Grange,
8340 SW Seneca St, Tualatin, OR
13 & older, drop-in fee $5.
Contact Sam Keator
for more details www.SandAIrishEntertainment.com
March 5th Irish Ceili in Tualatin OR at the Grange Hall just off I5
Youtube video
sample
Doors open 6:30; Lesson 7pm
, Dancing 7:45pm till 11:00pm
Winona Grange,
8340 SW Seneca St, Tualatin
, Oregon
$10 with family max of
$40
phone 503.691.2078
Email sam.keator@verizon.net
for more details www.SandAIrishEntertainment.com
These Irish folkdances are suitable to all ages & easy
to learn. Most ceili's have
a follow the leader pattern. |
Here's
a youtube
of a ceili in Tualatin. This is the Cross of Arboe into the
Bonfire dance. The musicians are Landon Kuhn and Danny O'Hanlon
email sam.keator@verizon.net |
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March 6th
McKassons at Phinney Ridge 7:30pm
in
the Phinney
Neighborhood Center (Brick Building),
General Admission: $15 $2 off for SFS & PNA members &
seniors
kids are half price Reserve
online, or
by calling 206/528-8523.
The ultimate family band (with sibs Ryan & Cali McKasson on
fiddle/viola and piano, Ryan's wife Brooke McKasson on vocals, and
Brooke's brother Matt Jerrell on percussion) They have been very
busy making new McKassons music. If
appreciate Scottish fiddle music, you are in for a treat!
Take a look at their recent music video on Youtube
Concert is
sponsored by the Seattle Folklore Society
http://www.seafolklore.org/folksche.html |
www.themckassons.com
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March 6-7 Feis
at the Seattle Hilton The
11th Pacific Northwest Irish Dance Championships Feis will be
March 6-7, 2010 at the Hilton
Seattle Airport. We are inviting a noteworthy panel of
adjudicators, and top-notch musicians to provide you with a great
feis experience at a wonderful venue
On Saturday: all
Open Championships and related specials; all First Feis
competitions regardless of age; all solos and related specials up
to and including U13; and all adult solos and specials. On Sunday:
all Preliminary Championships and related specials; all solos and
related specials 13&O; and all team competitions.
Adjudicators
confirmed are Ann Lavin and Laura Stack of Illinois, Sally Houston
of Alberta, Kathleen Maeve Smith of California and Philip Owens of
Connecticut. The musicians are the top-notch duo of Brian Glynn
and Conor McGuirk of New York.
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http://www.tonycomerford.com/
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March 6th "The
Great West
Craic Fest" in Aberdeen featuring
Clumsy Lovers,
Culann's Hounds ,
Ockham's Razor, Amadan, Molly Malone Step Dancers and Clan Gordon
Pipes
Craic (pronounced "crack") equates to fun & entertainment in Irish
and the line-up promises ample amounts of both. Four Celtic-influenced rock bands will converge
at the Great West Coast
Craic Fest, making Aberdeen an epicenter of Celtic
rock music. Not the Aberdeen in Scotland, as might be expected, but
rather the quaint, historic logging town in Western Washington. The Clumsy
Lovers of Vancouver, Culann's
Hounds of San Francisco,
Amadan from Portland; and Ockham's Razor from Seattle will bring the vibrancy and vitality of
traditional Irish and Scottish
music and mix it with their own unique pulse of modern
rock, pop and even gypsy tunes .
Craic Fest will take place at the historic D&R Theatre in Aberdeen, WA (205
South I St.) Tickets are currently on sale at the official Craic Fest
website (http://greatwestcoast.com/fr_index.cfm
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on each featured band's website, select ticket outlets and brownpapertickets.com.
For More Information
Contact:
Scott Ference - info@craicfest.com
206-669-2719 or Bill Gibbons - galwaybay@coastaccess.com
Official Website: http://greatwestcoast.com/fr_index.cfm
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March
7th Teada in Concert at Portland 7pm
With lush Irish orchestration, Teada, meaning "strings" in the Irish
language revels in the vibrant traditional music of Ireland, deftly playing up
its structural intricacies while preserving the timeless energy of the reels,
jigs, hornpipes, and other lesser-known tunes in the repertoire. The group
includes Oisin Mac Diarmada (fiddle), Paul Finn
(button accordion), Damien Stenson (flute), Sean
McElwain (bouzouki/guitar), and Tristan
Rosenstock (bodhran).
Buckley Auditorium in the University of Portland's campus,
5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Portland, OR 97203
Tickets avail at The Celtic Corner, 4142 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
503-287-3009 for $18, or $22 day of show
Or purchase on
the web with Brown Paper Tickets www.brownpapertickets.com/event/96022
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http://www.teada.com/
Youtube video sample
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March 8-13
Friday Harbor Irish Music Camp in Roche Harbor, WA
One of
Ireland's finest fiddlers and a respected teacher, Antoin
MacGabhann from Co. Meath, will be joining Randal Bays on the
fiddle teaching staff. Teaching flute this year will be Sean
Moloney, an excellent player from Co. Galway and the son of famed
fluter Eddie Moloney. Teaching concertina will be County Clare's
Florence Fahy from near Belharbour, an area rich in concertina
tradition; and by popular demand our guitar instructor this year
will be fingerstyle wizard Tony McManus. Our accordion instructor
is a fabulous musician from Co. Galway, Johnny Og Connolly. Our
scholarship student this year is an excellent fiddler and teacher
from Ohio, Justin Bridges. (see below), and Andrea Cooper will be
back (from the east coast!) to teach her popular whistle class.
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| March 12
Friday Harbor Irish Camp Staff Concert
is sure to be a highlight at the San Juan Community Theatre at
7:30pm - the public is welcome. Tickets are avail via their
website $26 http://www.sjctheatre.org/ |
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Men of Worth Concerts
in Kent & Bremerton, WA
Scotsman Donnie MacDonald and Irishman James Keigher perform
traditional and contemporary Irish and Scottish folk music,
combining beautiful vocal harmonies, and a variety of instruments.
Men of Worth have been called "the real thing in Celtic
entertainment." Irish dancers and additional musicians
will join the duo for this special pre-St. Patrick's Day
performance.
March
11th: Kent's Performing Arts Center 7:30pm $15-20
10020 SE 256th St.
Kent, WA Onsale now http://www.ci.kent.wa.us/arts/page.aspx?id=1454
March 17th:
Bremerton's Admiral Theatre 7pm $10-19 515
Pacific Avenue, Bremerton, WA with special guests Maureen Brennan ( celtic harp) , Kevin (
Irish pipes & fiddle) and Kelsey Wilson ( step dancer)
Onsale: http://www.admiraltheatre.org/events09-10/Men_Of_Worth.html |
http://www.menofworth.com/index.asp
Youtube sample
with John Taylor
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April Verch Concerts & fiddle workshop The
first thing that strikes you is the pure energy that infuses her
fiddle playing and step dancing. A native of the Ottawa
Valley in Ontario, April is world-class fiddler, a champion
stepdancer, an acclaimed composer, and a vocalist whose
voice is absolutely captivating. It was April's time spent
studying music at Berklee College of Music in Boston that first
lead her to blend together different forms of traditional
music to form her own distinct sound. She then launched her
professional career by winning the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle
Champion and the Canadian Open Fiddle Champion titles (the first
and only woman to win both). April had the honor of
performing at the recent Olympics opening ceremony. In addition to
her touring schedule, she is in great demand for her teaching
skills at workshops, master classes and music camps. She has
released seven recordings to date, her 2001 Rounder Records
release earned a JUNO nomination for "Best Roots/Traditional
Album".
A sample on Youtube
March12
Concert: at Dusty String in Ballard WA Friday,
March 12 7:30
p.m., $18 Come
experience the next generation master fiddler who is keeping
traditional tunes and songs alive, exciting, and fresh. Dusty
Strings Concert Details Here
March 13th Fiddle Workshop: Dusty Strings in
Ballard 10:30 a.m $35 Workshop
Details here
March 14th Concert: Olympia at Traditions Cafe 7pm
$15-20 Traditions
Cafe Concert Details here
March 27th Concert: Nancy's Farm in Bellingham 7:30pm $15 www.nancysfarm.com
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http://www.aprilverch.com
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Contact
Kathleen for more info
