Ceili tonight -- come dance with us!
Caller: Christine Harker
Musicians:  Kerry Moran, Shannon Spellman and Austin Dey

Irish social dancing for all ages and all abilities -- no experience needed, just your sense of enthusiasm and fun!  
7 pm beginners' lesson, dancing starts at 7:30 pm.
$5 admission for adults, free for kids
Please wear clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the dance floor.

Location is First Christian Church in Columbia, corner of  Tenth and Walnut Streets.  Park and enter behind the church.

Wednesday, March 16, 6:30 p.m.
Moulin Musique Celebrates St. Pat's

Moulin Musique is a monthly showcase of local mid-Missouri artistic talent presented by piano diva Sutu Forte. This month she celebrates St. Patrick's Day by including a few Irish music guests. Harpist Melissa Purvis will open the show at 6:30 and fiddler Tim Langen will perform at 7:30, with a bit of dance demonstration by our own CMCAA set dancing club.   Other performers at this month's concert variety show include  The Bait Shop Boys (naughty hillbilly jazz),  Forte and Roe (power classical), Dan Snurr (classical/jazz trumpteur) and  Anastasia Pottinger (visual artist).

Tickets are $12 for adults, 1/2 price for children, students and seniors.  Includes complimentary beverages.
You can reserve seats by calling 573-875-0600 (reservations are recommended as seating is limited)

There is a Moulin Musique e-mail announcement list. If you would like to be added so you hear about this show each month, send an e-mail to Angela Wehmeyer  awehmeyer@gmail.com asking to be added to the list.

Other events going on near St. Pat's:

March 8-19 Musicians at John D McGurk's in St. Louis:  www.mcgurks.com
Malachy Burke, Tommy Hanlon, Martin Byrne

Tonight -- Friday March 11,  Irish music at Paddy Malone's Pub in Jefferson City, starting 8 p.m.
  700 W. Main, Jeff City; phone: 573-761-5900 http://www.paddymalonespub.com/

Saturday, March 12 - Kansas City:  The Black Brothers perform for Missouri Valley Folk Life Society www.mvfs.org

Saturday, March 12 - 5th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Jefferson City, starts at 2 p.m.

Sunday, March 13 - St. Louis:  The Black Brothers perform at the Radisson Hotel, Clayton. For details, call Sharon at 636-225-2204

Thursday, March 17 -- Paddy Malone's Pub, Jefferson City -- Corned beef and cabbage served all day; Irish music starting at 5 p.m. with Pugue Malone
  700 W. Main, Jeff City; phone: 573-761-5900 http://www.paddymalonespub.com/

Friday, March 18 - Lunasa performs in St. Louis
8:00 pm at Blanch M Touhill Performing Arts Center, UMSL
$15.00 general admission, $7 students
Box office: 314-516-4949 toll free: 866-516-4949

Saturday, March 19 - Brewer & Shipley perform at Focal Point, St. Louis

Thursday, March 31, 2005, University of Missouri Concert Series presents Trinity Irish Dance Company
7 p.m. at Jesse Auditorium on the MU campus
Tickets:  $16, $20, $24, children $12   for more info: www.concertseries.org 

Thursday, March 31 & Friday April 1
Paul Muldoon, an Irish poet, is speaking at MU in the Stotler Lounge at the Memorial Union, March 31 at 7:30. He?s also doing a lecture on April 1^st at 4 in Tate Hall. For more info: http://web.missouri.edu/~cla/calendarofevents.html.

Tionol Reminder!

The St. Louis Tionol & Celtic Music Festival is roaring right up! The dates are April 8 - 10.  It's a weekend full of music and dance classes, ceilis, concerts, sessions and merrymaking!

The latest news is that Irish whistle and flute goddess Joanie Madden (of Cherish the Ladies) will be teaching whistle classes at the Tionol this year! This is quite an impressive addition to an already power-packed lineup of teachers and performers.

You can get all the info about the weekend and even register and buy concert tickets online here:
www.tionol.org

Finally... for all you on "baby watch"... there's no news yet. See you at the ceili tonight!

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