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Celebrate Paddy's Day with us!
Connie Dover and Glen Road concert
Saturday, March 10, 7:00 p.m.

Location:  Unity Center of Columbia, 1600 W. Broadway
Admission -- suggested donation is $12 adults / $8 students and seniors / $5 kids 6 - 17
We can accept cash and checks at the door, or pay by credit card in advance at www.moceltic.org

There is a PDF flyer for the concert here:  http://www.moceltic.org/2007/cd-glen-road.pdf
  (Please print a couple and hang them up or share with friends!)

About Connie Dover

 Connie Dover is an accomplished singer of the traditional music of Great Britain and Ireland. Her soaring, crystal clear voice and inspired arrangements display a depth and breadth of range that have earned her a rightful place among the world's finest Celtic singers.

Connie's four best-selling albums: Somebody (1991), The Wishing Well (1994) and If Ever I Return (1997) and The Border of Heaven (2000), have firmly established her reputation as a world-class vocalist, garnering rave reviews the world over. Produced by Silly Wizard alumnus Phil Cunningham, they feature instrumentation by truly great traditional musicians from both side of the Atlantic.

Connie began her Celtic music career as a lead singer for the Kansas City-based Irish band, Scartaglen. Currently performing in a duo with former Scartaglen member Roger Landes, she has toured extensively throughout the USA and Canada, appearing on radio, television, in concert and at nearly every major folk festival in North America. 

www.conniedover.com

Glen Road  - Mike Dugger, Turlach Boylan and Mason Brown

Imagine yourself in Ireland at the end of the day. The weather is rough and everyone is inside in the kitchen while rain beats on the windows. The fire gets stoked with peat, the kettle boils and mugs of hot sweet tea are passed around. Someone takes a fiddle off the wall and launches a reel, joined soon by flute and guitar. The floor is cleared for a setdance. Sparks fly from the flagstones, songs are sung, joke and stow drill through the air and you are lost in the moment. Welcome to Glen Road in concert; bring your dancing shoes.

Turlach Boylan, flute player extraordinaire, is from County Derry, Ireland. He now lives in Houston. He is widely recognized for a highly praised debut solo CD entitled, “The Tidy Cottage.” Boylan was a finalist in the 2000 Crossroads Magazine music awards. In addition to flute, he also plays tenor banjo, tin whistle and penny whistle. Mike Dugger began his music career as a guitarist with the acclaimed Celtic band Scartaglen and quickly graduated to playing tenor banjo and fiddle. He is a gifted tenor with a strong voice and is a noted composer and songwriter.

Irish music this evening at Kayotea, 6 - 8 p.m.

Join the Thursday evening Irish sessioners tonight at Kayotea for Irish music and fun (ceol agus craic) !
Kayotea is located at 912 E Broadway, between Ninth and Tenth Streets -- directly across from KOPN radio. They have terrific sandwiches, wraps, soup, etc. and an endless selection of teas and coffees to try.  Wonderful, relaxing atmosphere!   http://www.kayotea.com/

Irish Ceili Dance Friday, March 9

Irish social dancing for everyone!  Easy group dances with live Irish music, refreshments and fun -- what more could you ask for on a Friday evening!?

7:00 beginners' lesson,   7:30 dancing begins

All ages are welcome, no experience necessary.  Please wear clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the floor.

St. Patrick's Day Events on Saturday March 17

St. Pat's Celebration at The General Store in Rocheport (202 Central St)

Afternoon -- Road bowling, in the great Irish tradition 

Irish stew and other traditional Irish food served

7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Irish music jam session with local musicians

For more info and to register for road bowling competitions, contact Kim Phillips at (573) 698-2282

 

Irish Concert at Kayotea  7:30 - 10 p.m.

Columbia favorites Tim Langen and Tom Schultz will play at Kayotea on St. Patrick's Day evening. Lively Irish tunes and songs.

 

No cover -- just fill the tip jar to show your appreciation!

CMCAA Book Club News

The book we will be reading for March is Last Night’s Fun: A Book about Traditional Irish Music by Ciaran Carson.

ISBN: 0865475318
ISBN-13: 9780865475311
Format: Paperback, 208pp
Publisher: North Point Press

A summary follows.
From the Publisher
Ciaran Carson's Last Night's Fun is a sparkling celebration of Irish music and life that is itself a literary performance of the highest order. Each chapter takes the title of a traditional tune, and as in a session played by brilliant improvising musicians, each tune leads into another, melodies and variations weaving in and out in a haze of talk and memory. Carson's inspired jumble of recording history, poetry, tall tales, and polemic captures the sound and vigor of a ruthlessly unsentimental music. A leading Irish poet who is also an accomplished flute player, he tells of his Belfast childhood, of learning to play music, of his travels in Ireland and America, of poteen, pub life, and the special pleasure taken in a well-made Fry "the morning after the night before." Loosely interpreted standards, as Carson points out, achieve a special kind of profundity and resonance - a tune can never be played the same way twice - so this is also a book about the poignancy of lost airs, about music as "a way of renegotiating lost time" and recognizing mortality.

We will be meeting to discuss the book on Monday, March 26 at 6 pm at the Cherry Street Artisan.

If you have questions or need more info, contact Wendi Rogers rogerswe@missouri.edu

Gentle reminder -- membership dues

Here's a gentle reminder that CMCAA's annual membership dues are a reasonable $12 for an individual, $20 for a family, and $8 for a student or senior.

To read about membership and pay your dues online:  http://www.moceltic.org/membership.html

St. Louis Tionol and Celtic Festival, April 20 - 22

Tenth anniversary year!
We have a great lineup this year. Mike Rafferty, famous East Galway flute player, will be here along with Willie Kelly who’s a perennial fiddle teacher at Catskills Irish Week. Patrick Ourceau, and the other members of Chulrua (Paddy O’Brien and Pat Egan) will be returning. Michael Cooney, Mickey Dunne and Tommy Martin will be keeping the pipers going. Laurence Nugent, Shannon Heaton, John Skelton, and Brian Kelso Crow will be doing flute and whistle. Barbara MacDonald Magone will be returning to teach keyboards and Eileen Gannon will be doing honors on harp.We're adding second guitar class and Jim Flanagan, ballad singer, poet, and native irish speaker will be teaching the ballads class. And of course, we’ll have Ged Foley back on guitar and Mark Stone and Chris Weddle on bodhran.
If you’ve not attended before, come and join us in April. To those returning – we’ll see you on April 20th.

Please see the web site for the full schedule, roster of artists and online registration.
http://www.tionol.org/

Calendar events

I've been updating the local and regional calendar of Celtic events. Please check it regularly for updated information, especially during March!
http://www.moceltic.org/calendar.html