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Saturday, July 02, 2005

Celtic Music in Texas

ANNOUNCEMENT: If you love Irish music and want to learn to play it or play it better, you are invited to spend an enjoyable, but productive, weekend with some of the best traditional players you'll find anywhere. People like Liz Carroll on fiddle, John Doyle on guitar, Jerry O'Sullivan on uilleann pipes, Roger Landes on bouzouki and three dozen other teachers from around our region on nearly every instrument Irish music can be played on. Please visit the retreat's website at http://www.irishtradmusic.org/oflaherty.htm. The retreat will be held October 29-30, 2005 in Midlothian, Texas, just 30 minutes south of Dallas, at a comfortable camp and conference center there. For more information, please contact the Retreat at (972)238-8724 or email its organizers at retreat@irishtradmusic.org. Thanks! ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: Calendar timing is going to be hinky the next coupla weeks. Get your listings in as soon as you know them. TEXAS BANDS ON THE ROAD: * Brobdingnagian Bards in College Station 7/8, Killeen 7/9 * Blaggards in Austin 7/16 THIS WEEK'S MUSICAL HIGHLIGHT: Check out the Emily Dugas Band at the Mucky Duck in Houston 7/12 Note: These mailings assembled by unpaid volunteers in a sleep-deprivation experiment. All schedules subject to change or perhaps even error. Send listings, preferably in text-only format, to calendar@texcelt.org. The calendar covers Monday to Monday (under normal circumstances) and is mailed over the weekend (under normal circumstances). Submit your listings by Friday. Regular events are listed once a month. *********************** EVENTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS *********************** * Sunday, July 3 Celtic Song Session Things Celtic 1806 W. 35th Street (just east of Mopac, on the north side of the street) Austin, TX 512-472-CELT 2:30 - 5 PM The space is outdoors but sheltered (though sometimes we can sing inside). Please bring a folding chair as seating is limited. Also, bring some water or a non-alcoholic beverage to wet your whistle. Please kindly observe the no-smoking policy for the benefit of the singers. Everyone who comes will have a chance to sing. Any song that is Irish, Scottish, or otherwise Celtic will do. Songs tend to be solo round-robin, but singalongs are great too. A cappella singing is preferred in the Irish tradition. Just bring your voice. You may also bring a guitar or other instrument if you prefer to accompany yourself. * Wednesday, July 6 Austin Celtic Association board meeting Bennigan's 301 Barton Springs Road (next door to the Embassy Suites, facing the Hyatt) Austin, TX 512/472-7902 7 PM Open to the public website: austincelts dot org (for AOLish reasons we can't link directly right now) * Thursday, July 8, 2005 Brobdingnagian Bards KEOS FM College Station, TX 7 PM http://thebards.net/ * Friday, July 9, 2005 Brobdingnagian Bards Irish Dragoon Pub Killeen, TX 8 - 11 PM http://thebards.net/ * Sunday, July 10 Brobdingnagian Bards Things Celtic 1806 W. 35th Street (just east of Mopac, on the north side of the street) Austin, TX 512-472-CELT 2 PM http://thebards.net/ Craobh Thir na gCnoc (Gaelic League of Austin) board meeting Bennigan's 301 Barton Springs Road (next door to the Embassy Suites, facing the Hyatt) Austin, TX 512/472-7902 3 - 4 PM http://www.austingaelicleague.com/ * Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Brobdingnagian Bards Cactus Cafe Texas Union 24th & Guadalupe UT Campus Austin, TX 8:30 PM http://thebards.net/ Brazos Valley Celtic Association Carney's Pub 3410 South College Bryan, TX 7 - 9 PM For information contact Claire Byrne at ravenwood@alpha1.net http://www.bvcelts.org/BVCAmain2.html Scottish Society of San Antonio Monthly board meeting Covenant Presbyterian Church Roleta Drive San Antonio, TX 7 PM http://www.scottishsociety-sa.org/ * Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Craobh Thir na gCnoc (Gaelic League of Austin) general meeting Bennigan's 301 Barton Springs Road (next door to the Embassy Suites, facing the Hyatt) Austin, TX 512/472-7902 6 PM For more information contact Rollin MacRae at (512) 441-2257 http://www.austingaelicleague.com/ Austin Celtic Association general meeting Bennigan's 301 Barton Springs Road (next door to the Embassy Suites, facing the Hyatt) Austin, TX 512/472-7902 7 PM Presentation by Ken Liechti of Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums Open to the public website: austincelts dot org (for AOLish reasons we can't link directly right now) * Thursday, July 14, 2005 The Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas Beethoven Home (off of South Alamo) San Antonio, TX Phone 210-656-2666 for information http://www.harpandshamrock.org/ * Saturday, July 16, 2005 Blaggards Fado Irish Pub 214 W. 4th St. Austin, TX 512/457-0172 10 PM http://blaggards.com/ ************************************************ EVENTS IN EAST TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND LOUISIANA ************************************************ # Thursday, July 7, 2005 Houston Highland Games Association meeting St. Thomas Episcopal School Auditorium 4900 Jackwood Houston, TX 281-558-5580 6:45 - 7:45 PM board meeting 8 PM general membership meeting http://houstonhighlandgames.com/ # Thursday, July 8, 2005 Brobdingnagian Bards KEOS FM College Station, TX 7 PM http://thebards.net/ Bounds Street Haute Pig BBQ 1856 Main St. Madison, MS 601/853-8538 http://www.boundstreet.com/ # Saturday, July 9, 2005 Blaggards Brian O'Neill's Pub 5555 Morningside Dr. Houston, TX 713/522-2603 10 PM http://blaggards.com/ # Sunday, July 10, 2005 Jed Marum O'Flaherty's Irish Channel Pub Ballad Room 514 Toulouse Street New Orleans, LA 504/529-4570 8 PM - 12:30 AM http://www.jedmarum.com/ # July 11-24, 2005 Jed Marum O'Flaherty's Irish Channel Pub Ballad Room 514 Toulouse Street New Orleans, LA 504/529-4570 8 PM - 12:30 AM http://www.jedmarum.com/ # Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Emily Dugas Band (formerly of Clandestine) with EJ Jones, Al Coffrin, Drew Dugas, and Peter Suk McGonigel's Mucky Duck Pub 2425 Norfolk Houston, TX 713/528-5999 8 PM $10 http://www.mcgonigels.com/emilydugaspromo.html Brazos Valley Celtic Association Carney's Pub 3410 South College Bryan, TX 7 - 9 PM For information contact Claire Byrne at ravenwood@alpha1.net # Sunday, July 17, 2005 Celtic Concert & Ceilidh Knights of Columbus Council 803 2616 Louisiana Houston, TX 5 - 8 PM free admission (donations for performers accepted) http://home.att.net/~ceilidhmusic/CelticConcert.h tm # Tuesday, July 19 Thistle & Harp: Celtic Heritage Society of East Texas Monthly meeting Oakland Heights Baptist Church 1607 Judson Rd Longview, TX 7 - 9 PM http://www.txcelt.com/ ********************************************** EVENTS IN NORTH TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND ARKANSAS ********************************************** * Sunday, July 3, 2005 Seamus Stout Trinity Hall Irish Pub and Restaurant 5321 East Mockingbird Lane #250 Dallas, TX 214-887-3600 9 PM - Texas Celtic Music Network http://texcelt.org calendar@texcelt.org Sign on at http://texcelt.org/Subscribe.html BEWARE OF ATTACHMENTS CARRYING VIRUSES! 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