Luck Penny, CMCAA's performing ensemble, recently added Ian Walsh, a young fiddler from St. Louis to the lineup. An alumnus of the St. Louis Irish Arts program (www.slia.org), Ian transferred to Mizzou this fall and was looking for opportunities to play traditional music. He is a highly accomplished musician who has competed at the All-Ireland Fleadh on fiddle and also plays mandolin, tenor banjo and whistle. The Columbia Tribune published a profile of Ian in Ovation on November 22.  To read the article, see http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2003/nov/20031123ovat003.asp

D'Agostino's has established itself as a great music venue and eatery in Columbia since opening just over a year ago.  Owner Debbie D is a blues singer with the Mo' Betta Blues and the D'Agostino family band, and has used her experience as a performer and a Mom to create a  comfortable, inviting space to enjoy playing and listening to music. The great Italian food is a bonus! D'Agostino's is located in Columbia in the Village of Cherry Hill, near the intersection of Chapel Hill and Scott Blvd in Columbia.  To get directions, call them at 445-9993

More Luck Penny dates:

Thursday, Dec 4: Summit Lake Winery, Holts Summit (just north of Jeff City on Hwy 54) www.summitlakewinery.com

Wed, Dec 10:  Deirdre Harnedy plays lunch time music at Cherry Street ARtisan, 11:30- 1 pm

Wed, Dec 10: Irish music at D'Agostino's for Women's Music Night: Women of Folk

Friday, Dec 12: CMCAA Ceili, 7:30 - 10 pm, set and ceili dancing with music by Luck Penny and friends.

Wednesday, Dec 31: First Night Columbia ceili from 10 - 11:30 p.m.

January Music, Dance and Language Classes

Deirdre Harnedy, our Irish artist-in-residence will be teaching all the music and language classes.  Deirdre is also giving individual lessons in fiddle, whistle and flute.

Class schedule

Monday evenings:

 6 - 6:50 p.m. Tin Whistle 3

 7 - 7:50 p.m. Fiddle 3

 8 - 8:50 p.m. Tin Whistle 2

Tuesday evenings:

 5:30 - 6:20 p.m. Tin Whistle 1 (beginners)

 6:30 - 7:20 p.m. Irish language

 7:30 - 8:20 p.m. Fiddle 2

Childrens' Step Dancing, ages 5 - 12

MU student Colleen Deisner studied Irish dancing in St. Louis for many years and has offered to teach a children's step dancing class beginning in January if there is enough interest.  Time and place have not been determined yet; please send and e-mail if you have a child who would like to take this.

Details about classes and registration information will be posted on our web site.  We still have several loaner instruments available for beginners. Just ask!

Helen Gubbins, our second 2003 summer artist-in-residence, will be returning for in February to teach button accordion, accompaniment and history of Irish music from March 1 - to the end of May.

The University Concert Series presents Tomaseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas next Tuesday evening at Jesse Auditorium. This promises to be a delightful evening of storytelling, traditional music and step dancing.

Tomaseen Foley is a renowned story teller from Teampall an Ghleanntain, County Limerick Ireland.  For this show he's brought together a fine cast of traditional musicians, singers and dancers to complement his story telling and present a recreation of an authentic Christmas celebration in an Irish farmhouse in the 1940s.

Besides Tomaseen, the cast includes cast includes five step dancers and eight musicians and singers. Some notables:

• step dancer and choreographer Maire Clerkin, who worked on Dancing on Dangerous Ground as a choreographer and performed with Riverdance principals Colin Dunne and Jean Butler.  
• Isaac Alderson is a young musician from Chicago who "mopped up" at the 2002 All-Ireland Fleadh, winning not one but THREE All-Ireland Champion titles on three different instruments: Uilleann pipes, flute and whistle.
• Muireann ni Amhlaoibh is sean nos singer from Inisheer, one of the Arran Islands where Irish is still spoken as the first language.

buy tickets online at  http://concertseries.org/performances/2003-2004_season/celtic_christmas.php

Visit the Tomaseen Foley web site for more details about the show:  www.tomaseenfoley.com

Sunday Dec 7, KOPN benefit concert,

Windsor Auditorium, Stephens College, 7 pm, $12 at the door, $10 advance

for more info see:  http://www.kopn.org/30th_Anniv.htm

The Rank Sinatras, The Peoples' Republic of Klezmerica and Leela & Ellie Grace will perform.  CMCAA will host an Irish music jam session in the lobby before the show, and in the Davis Art Gallery (just down the hall)  afterward.  There is an exhibition of KOPN memorabilia in the Davis Art Gallery that you shouldn't miss.  Jake Shumacher, original host of Strike the Gay Harp Celtic radio show, which is the longest running show on KOPN, hopes to be on hand, along with his wife Mary Baker.  Both Jake and Mary were members of the local Irish band "Swoop" in the 1970s and 80s.

 

KOPN 89.5 FM is one of the few community-owned completely listener-supported radio stations in the country. It has a wonderful variety of locally produced programming spanning many genres of music, talk shows about local issues, and airs BBC news, Fresh Air, and the Diane Rheam show. It's a community treasure that's often overlooked and underheard.

Wednesday, Dec 3 -- Luck Penny at D'Agostino's Italian Restaurant,  Cherry Hill Village Columbia (near intersection of Chapel Hill and Scott Blvd) 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Directions to D'Agostinos from E Broadway: Take East Broadway east past Fairview Road until it turns into Scott Blvd. Follow Scott Blvd south to Chapel Hill Road. Turn left onto Chapel Hill and take the immediate right onto Corona Rd. At the top of the hill is Merchant St. D'Agostinos is located at 4200 Merchant St.

Thursday, Dec 4 - Luck Penny at Summit Lake Winery, 5 - 8:00 p.m.
 Holts Summit MO (just north of Jefferson City) www.summitlakewinery.com

Saturday, December 6 - John Skelton, Irish flute player, at The Focal Point www.thefocalpoint.org

Sunday, Dec 7 - KOPN Benefit concert, Windsor Auditorium, Stephens College campus, 7 p.m.
 Irish traditional music jam session in the lobby before the show and in the Davis Art Gallery (down the hall) afterward.
For more info: www.kopn.org

Tuesday, Dec 9, Tomáseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas, presented by the University Concert Series, 7 p.m.
 Buy tickets online
 Tomáseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas web site

Wednesday, Dec 10 - Irish music at Cherry Street Artisan, Columbia 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. www.cherrystreetartisan.com

Wednesday, Dec 10 - Women of Folk - Women's music night at  D'Agostino's Italian Restaurant. Irish music from 7 - 8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec 11, Open Irish traditional music jam session at Cherry Street Artisan, 7:30 p.m. Come play, sing, dance, or just hang out and listen!

Friday, December 12  CMCAA céilí, 7:30 - 10 p.m.
   First Christian Church Fellowship Hall, Corner of Tenth and Walnut, downtown Columbia
   Come at 7:00 p.m. for beginners instruction.
  $5 admission for adults, kids are admitted free.

Saturday, Dec 13  Christmas Celtic Ceili,  St. Louis Scottish Rite Cathedral Lindell Blvd. 7 to 9 pm
Olive Street Parking-FREE,
Music provided by Peat, Fire, & Flame, The Boatrights, John Ford Piping Band, The Shriners Pipes and Drum Band, and Doc Christmas.
Under 5 Free 12 and under $5.00 Adults $ 10.00
For more information visit our web site at http://billthedoc.tripod.com

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