SCHEDULE CHANGE for Artisan jam session

The monthly open Celtic Jam Sesssion will be NEXT Thursday, January 15 instead of tonight, at Cherry Street Artisan. This change is for this month only, due to New Years day falling on Thursday. Sorry for the late notice, we just found out about this ourselves.  www.cherrystreetartisan.com 

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Ceili this Friday

The monthly ceili will still be this Friday at First Christian Church, corner of Tenth and Walnut in downtown Columbia. There will be a beginners lesson at 7:00 p.m. and dancing starts at 7:30 p.m. All ages, all ability levels are welcome!

Music this month will be by Deirdre Harnedy (flute/whistle), Tim Langen (fiddle), Ausitn Dey (piano) and Kate Akers (bodhran).

Christine Harker will be calling the dances.

For more info, see http://www.moceltic.org/second-fridays.html 

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Classes Start Next Week

Deirdre Harnedy, our Irish artist in residence, will be teaching the following classes that start next week: Irish fiddle, 1, 2 & 3 Tin Whistle 1, 2 & 3 Irish Langauge 1 These classes will run for 6 weeks and the cost is $45. If you have not registered, but still want to, call Deirdre at 442-2048.

Later in January, we will be starting a children's step dancing class and an adult/teen set dancing (social dancing) class.

The Spring session of classes will begin March 1 and will include all the classes above, plus Helen Gubbins will be here to teach Irish Button Accordion, Irish Music Backup for guitar/piano, and History of Irish Music.

Details and registration info for Spring will be posted on our web site by the end of January.

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CONCERT - Robert Burns Live! 
Friday, January 23, 2004, 8:00 p.m. 
Sacred Heart Church Activity Building (corner of Waugh and Locust in Columbia)
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Tickets for this show are now on sale at the following locations: 
     Streetside Records, Tiger Tales Bookstore, Graham & Taylor. 
$12 public, $10 CMCAA members. 

CMCAA members are requested to buy their tickets at the door. If you have not renewed your membership in the last year, you will be asked to do so. Membership info is on the web here: http://www.moceltic.org/membership.html 

High School students and younger will be admitted free.

Scottish Actor Christopher Tait will portray Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, complete with 18th c. costume and authentic dialect. His performace will be a first person narrative account of Burns' life, and dramatic readings of his work. In addition, Alex and Carrie Sutherland, sCottish musicians residing in St. Louis, will be along to provide traditional music and songs.

Robert Burns (1759-1796) is commemorated around the time of his birthday every year (January 25) by Scots worldwide. The traditional means is with a "Burns Supper" which has a particular itinerary and menu, including Haggis, an infamous traditional Scottish dish.

While not a dinner, We're very excited about this concert as a way to celebrate Scotland's national poet and learn more about his life and work. It promises to be a whole lot of fun and even fairly educational!

Christopher is doing a "tour of Missouri" which includes several Burns Dinners, so if you are interested in attending one, I'll list the ones I know of on the calendar.

Want to know more about Robert Burns? See http://www.robertburns.org/ 

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Wednesday Night Slow Jammers Showcase Their Talents

Ginny Wallace and fellow Slowjammers invite you to join them for an afternoon of Irish song and music on Sunday, January 11 at 1:15 at Unity Center of Columbia (.

"Slojam" is the group of musicians who gather on Wednesday nights to play Irish music. Most have been playing Celtic music for a relatively short time and they enjoy learning together. Ginny, a Slowjammer, is also a voice student of Margaret Waddell, and this serves as her annual recital.

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The Silent Fiddle

The Celtic music community mourns the passing of Scottish Fiddler Johnny Cunningham, who died on December 15, 2003.

His obituary from The Scotsman can be viewed here: http://www.news.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm?id=1380552003 

www.johnnycunningham.com 

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Local and Regional Calendar

see: http://www.moceltic.org/calendar.html 

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