Central Missouri Celtic Arts Association

6:15 - 7:00 p.m. at Unity Center of Columbia, 1600 West Broadway
Tuesdays, Oct 10 - Nov 21 (skip Halloween)
for ages 5 - 18
$45 for six weeks

You can still enroll! e-mail Kate at kakers@moceltic.org
Marian Sharp will be teaching this class. She spent the summer in Ireland learning from some of the world's best Irish dance teachers.

Marian is also teaching a class for adults on Sunday afternoons. Contact her for more information about that class:
mesmc8@mizzou.edu

Join us for a spooky night of Irish dance on Friday the Thirteenth
Music: Tim Langen and friends
Caller: Kathryn Difoxfire

7:00 - beginners lesson, 7:30 dances begin
Location: First Christian Church, corner of Tenth and Walnut Streets (enter through the back door off the parking lot)

All dances are taught and called. You do not need any experience or a partner to join in.

Concert Wednesday, October 25 7:00 p.m.
Helen Gubbins and Tim Langen
Location: Kayotea tea room, Broadway, downtown Columbia
(non-smoking venue with lots of tea, coffee and goodies available)
No cover -- the musicians are at the mercy of your generosity at the tip jar for this one.

Helen Gubbins was our artist in residence in the summer of 2002 and the spring semester and part of summer 2003. Since then, she's gone on to work on her masters degree in music at UCC. Helen plays the two-row button accordion and penny whistle, and is a lovely singer as well. Helen is making a short visit to Columbia between stops in Chicago and Oregon. We'll be very glad to welcome her back to Columbia.

There are two groups that meet weekly in Columbia to learn Irish set and ceili dances.
Monday evening dance group - organized by Rune Sharp mussettsharp@yahoo.com
A beginners' group, self-styled "the cloddhoppers" -- concentrating on learning set dances that are commonly dancesd around Ireland.

Tuesday evening dance group - organized by Kat Difoxfire difoxfire@hotmail.com
A more advanced group, concentrating on learning a wide variety of sets and ceili dances.

Music sessions:
Irish Music Slow Jam meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome. Contact Sherry for details. (Location varies) BorcherdingS@health.missouri.edu or phone 573-449-1570

Traditional music jam session for young people, led by Tim Langen
Meets two Sundays per month. Please contact Tim for time, location and other details.
langent@missouri.edu or 442-5305.

October 21, 8:00 p.m.
Paddy Keenan at The Focal Point, St. Louis $13/$15
Truly a giant in the world of Irish pipers, Paddy is an inspiration and a joy to watch! From a family steeped in traditional music, Paddy himself took up the pipes at age ten, playing his first major concert when he was 14. His flowing, open-fingered style of playing can be traced directly from the style of such great Travelling pipers as Johnny Doran; both Paddy’s father and grandfather played in the same style; his own style is a direct result of his father’s tutelage. At 17, Paddy left Ireland for England and Europe, where he played blues and rock, but eventually came back to his family’s music, by now infused with an extra energy and fury that makes his style absolutely riveting.

I received this announcement from Patrick Harvey at St. Louis University:
"I am assisting the Midwest Women's Educational Foundation in the production of a storytelling DVD, one of a series. The theme of it is Celtic Stories, and we are presently seeking musicians and tellers of Celtic tales who would like to participate. You can find more information about the project and the 1st completed DVD, "Fables and Fairy Tales" at http://www.mwef.net/projects/storytellers/prodFFT.html
Please contact Patrick Harvey pharvey2@slu.edu or Donna Collins, the project director, at donnacollinsevents@yahoo.com, or Manager@MidwestWomensEducationFoundation.org."

Weston Irish Festival this weekend
October 13, 14 & 15 - Weston Missouri (north of Kansas City)

Featured performers:
Seven Nations, Máirtín Dé Cógáin (of The Fuchsia Band), Tullamore, The Elders, Bob Reeder, Eddie Delahunt and more.
http://www.westonirish.com/wif.shtml

American folk music events this weekend

Barton and Para
Friday, Oct 13, 7:30 p.m., Thespian Hall, Boonville, MO
Cathy Barton and Dave Para announce the release of their 12th album, “Sabbath Home,” a collection of some of their favorite gospel songs. A special, one-time concert featuring this music will be presented Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. at Thespian Hall in the couple’s hometown of Boonville, Mo. The concert will also feature all the guest musicians who appear on the album

For concert information, call Dave or Cathy at 660-882-7821, or the Friends of Historic Boonville, 660-882-7977. On the web: www.bartonpara.com

The Reedy Buzzards return to Columbia
Saturday, Oct 14, 7:00 p.m.
Unity Center of Columbia
1600 West Broadway (corner of Broadway and Manor Drive / Clinkscales)
$10.00 admission

In 2003 the Reedy Buzzards played a benefit concert for KOPN in Columbia, and prior to that they appeared at The Big Muddy Folk Festival. They provide a terrific evening of fun music and entertainment. Highly recommended.

Bring your kids! We'll have a kids dance-a-thon in the back of the hall!

About them:
In the mid-1930s there was a new kind of music pouring from the radios and juke joints of America. It slowly grew from the tangled roots of African field shouts and the blues, and mingled with the mournful ballads and driving fiddle tunes of white settlers. It picked up a melancholy hope from churches, black and white, along the way.

The Reedy Buzzards formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1992 to explore the musical moment, sometime back in the 1930s, when Appalachian string-band music, country and western, gospel, and what would later become known as bluegrass, all co-existed in a single stream of acoustic American music. The Reedy Buzzards specialize in the tight harmonies of the great brother-music bands of the past, from the Carter Family to Bill and Charlie Monroe, from the Louvin Brothers to the Everly Brothers.

http://reedybuzzards.com/