TONIGHT: Second Thursday Open Traditional Music Jam Session, 7:30 p.m.
NEW LOCATION: The Chez Coffeehouse

The second Thursday monthly jam sessions have a new home. We will no longer be playing music at Cherry Street Artisan. Instead, we'll be playing music at The Chez Chandelle Coffeehouse, 100 Hitt Street. The Chez is part of the First Presbyterian Church campus ministry building.

Folks who have been in Columbia a long time will remember when The Chez was "the spot" for acoustic music. It hasn't been used much in many years, but we're hoping to change that.

Come out tonight for coffee and dessert, bring your instrument or just your ears!

Friday, March 12 (Hey that's tomorrow!) - CMCAA Monthly Ceili, 7 p.m.
Come out and dance with us! Or just come to listen and hang out! Between the dances, we often have a song or some demonstration step dancing to give the evening a bit of variety.

Music by Deirdre Harnedy, Helen Gubbins & Austin Dey
Caller: Christine Harker

7:00 p.m. Kathryn will teach basic steps and moves for beginners.
Christine will teach two or three figures of a set dance that we'll do later in the evening.
7:30 - 10p.m. Ceili and Set dances, ending the evening with the Waltz Cotillion

Location: First Christian Church, corner of Walnut and Tenth Streets in Columbia. Enter through the parking lot entrance on the north side of the building.
Cost: $5 for adults, kids 14 & under are welcome for free.
What to know: dancers of all ages and experience are welcome. All dances are called. Please wear clean shoes that won't mark the dance floor.

A little info on the difference between "ceili" and "set" dances
Most Ceili dances have long lines and any number of dancers dancing together, often progressively so you dance with different people each time it repeats. The structure is similar to contra dances. Set dances are always done in groups of 8 dancers (a set = four couples) with the dancers dancing with the people in their own set. (Similar to square dances) There can be many sets on the floor, all doing the same dance. Set dances are structured in figures -- a single set dance usually has 3 to 5 "figures" in it. You dance a figure, pause for a moment then dance the next figure. The figures will have different tunes and sometimes different tune types (ie reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas). Set dances are danced once through without repeating.

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

Sunday, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30pm
"Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America"
Film, Discussion and Music with Dr. Kerby Miller and CMCAA musicians
Sponsored by CMCAA and MU Celtic Society
This is a FREE event!
Location: 205 General Classroom Building, MU Campus (GCB is on Rollins Rd, just west of Brady Commons) There is parking available behind Brady Commons (enter from Hitt Street) and in the Turner Ave. Garage.
Music from 6:30 - 7pm, then we'll start the film, followed by discussion, q&a with the author.

Dr. Kerby Miller, MU Dept of History, will be on hand as we show the 1.5 hour version of the PBS mini-series "Out of Ireland," which is based on his book by the same name. In writing this book, Dr. Miller collected and researched letters sent between Irish immigrants and their families back in Ireland.

The enormous story of Irish emigration is well told in this documentary that mixes an adept historical overview and deeply touching personal stories with well-chosen archival material and gorgeously filmed modern footage. The troubled history of Ireland is covered by way of explaining why millions fled their homeland, and deserved attention is given to the uprising of 1798 and the Great Famine of the 1840s. The flood of poor Irish to the New World and their struggles to assimilate and eventually triumph is told with excerpts of letters, some of which are beautifully read by the noted playwright John B. Keane. Musician and folklorist Mick Moloney appears frequently to offer apt anecdotes and appropriate snatches of song, and historians provide perspective on the poverty and political repression at home that forced the Irish to cross a dangerous ocean to find a better life.

St Paddy's Day!
Wednesday, March 17 7:30 p.m.
Irish music with Luck Penny at D'Agostino's Restaurant & Bar
Come on out for some Irish cheer and great music with Deirdre, Helen, Heinrich and Kate!!
4200 Merchant St Columbia / phone: (573) 445-9993
D'Agostino's is in the Cherry Hill Village, near the intersection of Scott Blvd and Chapel Hill.

Saturday, March 13 - Lúnasa play in Kansas City
Community Christian Church (near The Plaza)
concert info: www.mvfs.org     Lunasa web site: http://www.lunasa.ie/home.php

We're arranging carpools for this event, so if you need a ride or can take passengers, call or e-mail Kate. kakers@chivalry.com or 442-2048.

"The Bothy Band meets the Flecktones in Lunasa, Ireland's new all-star quartet. Like the late, lamented Bothy Band, Lunasa emphasizes flute,fiddle and pipes in it's dazzling reworkings of traditional Irish folk tunes. As Bela Fleck's Flecktones have with bluegrass, Lunasa managesto marry jazz-rock bass lines and an expanded harmonic sensibility to an older rural music." - The Washington Post

Lunasa brings a jazz-like sense of swing and improvisation to this mix of traditional numbers, originals and covers.
- The Boston Herald

Concert: Thursday, March 25: Mick Maloney's Irish Music and Dance Festival
Presented by Lincoln University Share in the Arts
Tickets: $12 adults, $5 students (high school and younger)
You can buy tickets at the CMCAA Ceili on March 12.
http://www.lincolnu.edu/~sita/ 
This group, also known as The Green Fields of America, was formed in 1978 by musician and folklorist Mick Moloney. Since that time the personnel has changed but the concept has remained constant over twenty years: to show in one major group some of Irish America's finest musicians and dancers. Indeed the group was the first on either side of the Atlantic to bring together Irish vocal, instrumental and dance traditions on the concert and festival stage. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts a record five times, the group has toured the United States constantly since the late 1970's.

CONCERT: John Carty and Ged Foley, April 1
Presented by CMCAA
Location: The Chez Coffeehouse, 100 Hitt Street, Columbia
$12 public/$10 CMCAA members

It's two-fifths of Patrick Street! John Carty, TG4 (Irish television) Traditional Musician of the Year for 2003, plays fiddle and banjo, both with equally awe-inspiring prowess. He's just recently joined the lineup of the Irish supergroup Patrick Street which includes guitarist and singer Ged Foley. Ged, also well known for his years with The House Band and Celtic Fiddle Festival, is an extraordinary guitarist, excellent singer and has a few less-known talents as well, including playing fiddle, mandolin and Northumbrian smallpipes.
More info: http://www.moceltic.org/carty-foley-concert.html

St Louis Tionol & Celtic Festival
John and Ged are both teaching at the St. Louis Tionol April 2 - 4. John will be teaching banjo and Ged will teach guitar accompaniment (especially in DADGAD tuning) www.tionol.org 
We will have registration forms for the Tionol at the ceili on Friday, March 12.

English Country Dancing, Fourth Fridays

There's going to be folk dancing EVERY Friday in Columbia at First Christian Church!  February marked the beginning of English Country Dancing on the fourth Friday of every month. The location is the same as for our Irish Ceilis -- First Christian Church at the corner of Tenth and Walnut.
All dances are taught and called. Live music.

The next English Country Dancing night is April 23.  There won't be one this month because of the Spring Breakdown Dance Weekend.

Contra dances happen on the first and third Fridays of the month. For more info, see http://mmtd.missouri.org 

Regional Celtic Calendar

The WHOLE calendar is here: http://www.moceltic.org/calendar.html

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