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Leo
MacNamara & Aurora Burd House Concert Jan 16th
'09 at the Des Moines Community Center:
Leo hails from Scariff,
County Clare, which is at the east side of the county.
Scariff is steeped in Irish
traditional music and is considered by many as the heart
and home of the music. In April 2009, Leo has been
invited to play in the All-Star Clare Ceili Band at the
Comhaltas North American Convention in St.
Louis. Leo plays regularly at Paddy Coyne's Irish
Pub in Seattle & Tacoma & Bellevue and he teaches whistle &
flute in the Seattle area. 
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Leo invited Aurora to join him at this Irish concert. She
is an adept fiddler and competed last spring in Detroit's
Midwest Fleadh (winning her sr fiddle division). This
qualified Aurora to compete at the Fleadh
Cheoil 2008 in Tullamore, Ireland. We suspect she may be the first musician from the Seattle region to ever qualify for this elite
competition. Aurora can be heard at Leo's weekly Jam
Session at Paddy Coyne's in Seattle & Tacoma &
Bellevue..
Here's a video of Aurora at the 2008 Fleadh
Cheoil na hEireann in Ireland 
Our thanks to Leo & Aurora, plus all the attendee's for a
lovely evening !
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