January Celtic Events in
the Northwest
( wahoo...its
Rabbie Burns time! )
Happy Hogmanay &
First-footing to Seattle Scots
In Edinburgh, the Hogmanay New Yrs eve celebration is capped with
an evening of fantastic fireworks & celebrations in the street
Of course the singing of Robbie Burns Auld Lang Syne is
included. The custom of first-footing starts immediately after midnight.
It involves being the
first person to cross the threshold of a friend or neighbors home
and often involves the giving of symbolic gifts such as
salt, coal, shortbread, whisky, or a black bun ( fruit cake) to bring different kinds of luck to the
household. Food and drink are then shared with guests. This may go on throughout the early hours of the morning
and well into the next day as you roam from house to house. The first-foot
is supposed to set the luck for the rest of the year.
Traditionally, tall dark men are preferred as the first-foot
guest over the threshold for the best o' luck.
Jan 7-14th Scottish band Molly's Revenge
in concert at these Northwest venues
Molly's lineup
includes bagpipes, fiddle, whistles, guitar, bouzouki and
mandola.
Youtube Video sample
here
Jan 8th Irish Set dancers &
musicians
don't forget
the doin's in Tacoma at 3pm followed by a potluck at 6pm.
Email mjhoiland@yahoo.com
if you need more info
Jan 8 - Feb 12 Sean-nós dance class w/Alicia
Guinn on Sundays
Classes resume Jan 8th
at Washington Hall, 153 14th Avenue,
Seattle, WA.
Beginners: 6:30-7:30pm
Continuing: 7:30-8:30pm
Sean Nos is an old dance style from
Ireland, think of it as old timey Irish tap dancing.
Its a fun aerobic
activity for all ages. Youtube video sample.
For an entire
series of six workshops: $65-90 sliding scale (pay as you are
able). $15 per class drop-in rate.
The beginners class is for students who want to start or continue
building a strong foundation of basic sean-nós steps and rhythms.
Absolute beginners welcome! The continuing class is for
students who have some knowledge of sean-nós dancing. This
time around we'll focus more on reviewing and integrating steps
through improvisation and performance skills.
S&A
Entertainment
in Tualatin Oregon announce these
events:
Tir
Eoghain Ceili Classes every Monday w/Sam Keator 7-9pm @
Yeates Studio in the Arciform Building 4231 North Interstate
Avenue, Portland OR 13 & older, drop-in fee $3more details: www.oregonirishclub.org/tireoghainceilidancing.html
phone 503.286.4812
Winds of Donegal Irish Ceili class on Thursdays, 7-9pm
Winona Grange,
Jan 6th Tualatin Ceili , 7:30pm – 11:00pm, Live
Irish music & dance, First Friday of the Month Who: 8 years
and older
Admission: $10, $5 students including college and seniors 65+, Winona Grange #271, 8340 SW Seneca St, Tualatin 97062 www.SandAIrishEntertainment.com
Jan 18th Celtic Lunch hour with Hanz Araki and Kathryn
Claire.
Tualatin
Heritage Center 8700 SW Sweek Drive,
Tualatin OR 97062. Tickets are $10 cash. Doors open 11:45am,
concert at 12:15pm. Bring your lunch!
Jan 13th Caledonian & St. Andrew's Society of Seattle Monthly Gathering
at 7:30pm
Lake
City Presbyterian Church with a potluck!
The venue is located at 3841
NE 123rd ST, Seattle WA . The public is invited to
attend.
They'll be finalizing plans for the Master's of the Scottish
ARTs field trip & Gung Haggis Fat Choy celebration in
February 2012.
Jan 13th Ceili of the Valley Salem OR
There will be dance
calling/instructing, dance demo's, and live Music
at the Salem Oregon ceili
held at the VFW Hall,
630 Hood St. NE, Salem OR
The Ceili costs $10 per person - $30 per family. $8 for CVS members
& students.
Jan
13-15th Fort
Casey Scottish Winter Workshop
Applications are now being accepted for the Alasdair
Fraser and Natalie
Haas Winter Workshop to be held Jan 13-15 at Fort
Casey on Whidbey Island. Alasdair Fraser is recognized
throughout the world as one of the finest fiddle players Scotland
has produced. Vibrant young cellist Natalie Haas is a
seasoned performer, recording artist, and teacher. She plays
regularly with master Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser, and is a
graduate of the Juilliard School.
Please join us as we explore Scottish traditional music through
workshops, jams and a concert. For online Registration forms &
more info :
www.nwscottishfiddlers.org
The Jan 15th 3pm concert is open to the public
featuring Alasdair Fraser
and Natalie Haas
at Fort Casey Conference Center, 1276 Engle Road, Coupeville, WA
98239. Tickets - adult: $23, Seniors 65-up: $21 and
18-under: $18 Tickets at brownpapertickets.com
or email Beverly heisings@msn.com
More info
here Concert on the
Cove http://www.concertsonthecove.org
Here's a
Youtube sample
of Alasdair and Natalie's Winter Workshop
Jan 14th Traditional Irish
Singing workshop at Dusty Strings in Ballard
Instructor: Julie Henagin 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., $35.
More info on Dusty Strings website here
In this workshop, Julie will address the thorny question of what is traditional Irish
singing -in either English or Irish Gaelic. She will
discuss and play examples of different regional and personal styles provide
social and cultural contexts, and explore ornamentation, phrasing, and
other nuances of style. She'll coach participants as a group and
individually on songs in both languages; participants are welcome to bring
a song with them. Discography, bibliography and lyric sheets provided.
Please bring a recording device if possible.
Jan 14th Tacoma Scots Pipe
Band's Robert Burns Supper 6pm
at St. Martin of Tours Church,
2303 54th Ave E., Fife, WA
The social Celtic entertainment hour starts
at 6pm, followed by a supper with Haggis, Roast Beef &
Scottish Salmon, a Tacoma Scots Pipe Band Performance, Scottish
Entertainment, Scottish Dancing, No Host Bar and traditional
Scottish dancing to music
Irish Set Dance Lessons are held
Sundays @ 7pm in
Mick
Kelly's
435 SW 152nd St in Burien, see map
but not
Jan 1 or Jan 8th due to private parties ...we'll be back Jan 15th. Lessons
are only $5. Drop in anytime. There's live music
& we walk thru all dances first. No
partners reqd. Beginners are welcome to join in -
that's what lessons are for !
Resuming on Jan 15th Scottish
Step Dance Class Sundays 5:30-6:30 at Dance Works
in Redmond WA w/Elizabeth Miller
The class is a general level Scottish step dance class for adults and teens
(not Cape Breton - more like a low key adult version highland fling).
Scottish step dance includes both soft and hard shoe traditions; the soft shoe
is balletic and graceful, including dances that range from 1740 to present;
the hard shoe is a very old tradition and has steps similar to English clogs
and Cape Breton-style steps. Drop in's are welcome
$5/class For questions email Elizabeth Miller martlet3@comcast.net
Jan 20th Portland Oregon Ceili at
the PPAA Each
Céilí starts with a lesson at 8pm and dancing at 9pm. Live
music provided in January by Hanz Araki & friends.. The
dances are taught and called. No experience or partner is
needed. Ages 8 and up welcome. Dance
lessons 8pm , Ceili 9-12pm
$8 Members, Students and Seniors,
$10 non-members
at the PPAA in downtown Portland Take Exit #300B off I5 southbound to get to the PPAA,
at 618 SE Alder Street (click for map)
Jan 20th Celtic Nights in Bellinghams's
Mt Baker Theatre 8pm
In this glittering production,
six of Ireland’s vocal talents are complemented by six
accomplished step dancers, creating an exhilarating picture of a
passionate people who dared to dream big and doggedly carved out a
home in the New World. In Celtic Nights, their story is told
through the power and majesty of music and the hypnotic fury of
dancing feet.
Tickets $20-42 available online www.mountbakertheatre.com
Jan 21 Celtic
Nights at Bremerton's Admiral Theatre
Drawn from the history & folklore of Ireland and her Celtic
cousins, Celtic Nights will take you on a journey of a people
leaving & arriving, their lives spent in a world of ships,
trains & planes, coaches & horses, on foot; coming &
going, saving for fares, writing of where they were, always moving
on the surface of a foreign land, meeting, searching for a
place better than Ireland or half as good.
Contact
Kathleen for more info
