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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Celtic Music In Texas

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. The O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat will be held October 29-30 in Midlothian, just 30 minutes south of Dallas, at a wonderful camp and conference center there. There will be classes in fiddle, flute, harp, uilleann pipes, tinwhistle, bodhran, guitar, piano accordion, button accordion, piano, hammered dulcimer, Anglo and English concertinas, harp, mandolin, tenor banjo and bouzouki, and their staff includes some of the best players in the Irish tradition, including Liz Carroll, John Doyle, Jerry O'Sullivan, Roger Landes and others. Online registration is now underway. For more info, please visit their website at http://www.irishtradmusic.org/oflaherty.htm or contact the retreat director, Ken Fleming, at kenfleming@irishtradmusic.org or call him at (972) 238-8724. 2. If you didn't get enough at O'Flaherty's, or just can't get away that weekend, you have a second (if not as intensive) chance at music workshops at the Austin Celtic Festival November 5-6. For more information see http://www.austincelts.org/festival/workshops.htm 3. And speaking of the Austin Celtic Festival, the special hotel rate expires on October 15, so make your reservations by then! See http://www.austincelts.org/festival/accomodations.htm for the full skinny. 4. And as long as we're still on that subject, the ACF could use more volunteers. Stage management, ticket gate, ACA product booth, cleanup, you name it. It's the noble thing to do, but you also get perks! (Or is it perqs?) You get free admission for yourself & several of your nearest and dearest (6 names on the guest list), you will be fed and watered (or soft drinked--a food ticket and a soft drink ticket for each half-day shift), and get to buy a fest T-shirt at cost (which looks to be $8). (Sorry, we tried giving them away one year and it hurt too much.) Please contact volunteer@austincelts.org with your name, email address, phone number, the kind of work you're interested in doing, and what times you can (or can't) work from Friday through Monday. And now, on to this week's music! IN FROM OVERSEAS: * Gerry O'Beirne in Houston 10/11, La Grange 10/15 * Echoes of Erin Concert Tour (assorted All-Ireland musicians) in Oklahoma City 10/11 * James Keane at the International Accordion Festival in San Antonio 10/15-16 and at the Cactus Cafe in Austin 10/17. TEXAS (AND EX-TEXAS) PERFORMERS ON THE ROAD: * Cluan in Corpus Christi 10/14-15 * Ed Millar at MacHenry's 10/15 * Blaggards in Dallas 10/15 * Red McWilliams & Beyond the Pale at the League of Celtic Nations Festival in Amarillo 10/15-16 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 *********************** # Saturday, October 15, 2005 Gerry O'Beirne The Bugle Boy 1051 N. Jefferson St. (Hwy 77) La Grange, TX 979-968-9944 8 - 10 PM $10 http://gerryobeirne.com/ # Saturday & Sunday, October 15-16, 2005 International Accordion Festival La Villita South Alamo St. at E. Nueva. San Antonio, TX admission free! Celtic events: SATURDAY Celtic Crossover workshop: 12:30 PM, Juarez Stage James Keane with Poor Man's Fortune: 3 PM, Maverick Stage, and 7:30 PM, Arneson Stage SUNDAY James Keane with Poor Man's Fortune: noon, Maverick Stage, and 5:30 PM, Arneson Stage Irish jam session with James Keane: 2:30 PM, Cos Stage http://www.internationalaccordionfestival.org/ # Monday, October 17, 2005 James Keane with special guests Cactus Cafe Texas Union UT Austin campus Austin, TX 8 PM $5 ************************************************ EVENTS IN EAST TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND LOUISIANA ************************************************ # Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Gerry O'Beirne McGonigel's Mucky Duck Pub 2425 Norfolk Houston, TX 713/528-5999 8 PM $12 http://gerryobeirne.com/ # Thursday, October 13, 2005 Blaggards Beverly Pub 6325A Beverly Hill (one block south of Richmond, between Hillcroft and Fairview) Houston, TX 9 PM http://blaggards.com/ Heather & Thistle's Burns Club Houston, TX 7:30 PM Contact Ted Hirtz at tedhirtz@wt.net or 713-529-0050 for location. The topic for this meeting will be witches, bogles and other spirits of Celtic origin. http://www.heatherandthistle.org/ # Friday, October 14, 2005 Blaggards Brian O'Neill's Pub 5555 Morningside Dr. Houston, TX 713/522-2603 10 PM http://blaggards.com/ # October 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 2005 Play: By the Bog of Cats Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company Midtown Art Center 3414 LaBranch Houston, TX 832-418-0973 8 PM $10 # Tuesday, October 18, 2005 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 ********************************************** # Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Echoes of Erin Concert Tour City Civic Center Music Hall Freede Little Theater 201 N. Walker Oklahoma City, OK 405/840-1547 7:30 PM Sponsored by Irish Arts Oklahoma, a branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann For information contact Jean Hill at irishartsok@msn.com. http://www.comhaltas.com/concert/us-artistes.htm # Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Gerry O'Beirne MacHenry's 7618 Camp Bowie West Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 817-377-0202 8 PM $12 http://gerryobeirne.com/ # Saturday, October 15, 2005 Ed Miller MacHenry's 7618 Camp Bowie West Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 817-377-0202 8 PM $10 http://www.songsofscotland.com/ Brothers 3 Lightcatcher Winery 6925 Confederate Park Rd. (FM1886) Fort Worth, TX 817-237-2626 7 - 9:45 PM $12 Behan opens. http://brothers3.us/ http://www.behanmusic.com/ Blaggards Tipperary Inn 5815 Live Oak Dallas, TX (214) 821-6500 10 PM http://blaggards.com/ Ceili Move Studio corner of Preston & Campbell Rd. Dallas, TX 7:30 - 9:30 PM Sponsored by the Southwest Celtic Music Association. Dances called by Michael & Susan Harrison. Music played by Mimi Rogers & friends. $5 for SCMA members, $7 for non-members, free for children ages 12 and below. Dancers must be age 13 or older to participate. Younger children may attend with their families, accompanied off the dance floor by an adult throughout the evening. Liquid refreshments (non-alcoholic) will be provided. For questions contact IrishDance@dragonseye.com http://ceili.dragonseye.com/ # Saturday & Sunday, October 15-16, 2005 8th Annual Celtic Festival & Craft Faire Tri State Fairgrounds Rex Baxter Building (North of Exit 72-B on I-40) Amarillo, TX SATURDAY 10 AM - 11 PM Adults $8, children 5-12 $5. SUNDAY 10 AM - 5 PM Adults $4, children 5-12 $3. $1 off paid one-day admission with 2 cans food donation. Two-day pass: adults $10, children $6. $2 off two-day pass with 4 cans food donation. Featured acts include Red McWilliams, Rodney Branigan, Beyond the Pale, High Plains Irish Step Dancers, and Jerre’s Merry Fiddlers http://www.celticamarillo.org/ 2nd Annual Gaelic Immersion Weekend hosted by the Scottish Club of Tulsa University of Tulsa College of Law Tulsa, OK Instructor: Muriel Fisher $90 includes registration fee, the course materials, and lunch on both Saturday and Sunday For information contact Chris Merle at chrislmerle@yahoo.com http://www.tulsascots.com/gaelic.html ********************* EVENTS IN SOUTH TEXAS ********************* # Friday & Saturday, October 14-15, 2005 Cluan Cassidy's Irish Pub Ramada Inn 601 N. Water St. Corpus Christi, TX 361/879-0534 http://www.cluan.com/ # Saturday & Sunday, October 15-16, 2005 International Accordion Festival La Villita South Alamo St. at E. Nueva. San Antonio, TX admission free! Celtic events: SATURDAY Celtic Crossover workshop: 12:30 PM, Juarez Stage James Keane with Poor Man's Fortune: 3 PM, Maverick Stage, and 7:30 PM, Arneson Stage SUNDAY James Keane with Poor Man's Fortune: noon, Maverick Stage, and 5:30 PM, Arneson Stage Irish jam session with James Keane: 2:30 PM, Cos Stage http://www.internationalaccordionfestival.org/ *********************************** EVENTS IN WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO *********************************** # Saturday & Sunday, October 15-16, 2005 8th Annual Celtic Festival & Craft Faire Tri State Fairgrounds Rex Baxter Building (North of Exit 72-B on I-40) Amarillo, TX SATURDAY 10 AM - 11 PM Adults $8, children 5-12 $5. SUNDAY 10 AM - 5 PM Adults $4, children 5-12 $3. $1 off paid one-day admission with 2 cans food donation. Two-day pass: adults $10, children $6. $2 off two-day pass with 4 cans food donation. Featured acts include Red McWilliams, Rodney Branigan, Beyond the Pale, High Plains Irish Step Dancers, and Jerre’s Merry Fiddlers http://www.celticamarillo.org/ - Texas Celtic Music Network http://texcelt.org calendar@texcelt.org If you had this forwarded to you, sign on at http://texcelt.org/Subscribe.html BEWARE OF ATTACHMENTS CARRYING VIRUSES! THIS LIST DOES NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS!
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