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Saturday, April 08, 2006

Celtic Music In Texas

THIS WEEK'S BIG NAMES: Celtic Woman: Houston 4/13, San Antonio 4/14, OKC 4/15 Riverdance: Shreveport 4/7-9 ON THE ROAD: Red McWilliams back in town: Corpus 4/7-8, Dallas 4/13 Blaggards: Austin 4/7, College Station 4/8 (and home in Houston various dates) Various performers at the San Antonio Highland Games 4/8-9, at the Heritage Society Music Festival in Sandia 4/9, and at CeltFesTexas in Odessa 4/8-9 COMING NEXT WEEK: Irish Harper Maire ni Chathasaigh: Dallas 4/18, Houston 4/19 Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis: Ft. Worth 4/20 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 *********************** # Friday, April 7, 2006 Blaggards Fado Irish Pub 214 W. 4th St. Austin, TX 10 PM http://blaggards.com/ Austin Celtic Association social gathering Mother's Cafe 4215 Duval Austin, TX 7 - 9 PM Come hear harper Doc Grauzer at his regular gig! http://austincelts.org/ http://www.docgrauzer.com/ # Saturday, April 8, 2006 Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums 7th Annual Ceilidh Scholz Garden 1607 San Jacinto St. Austin, TX 6:30 PM $5 Featuring Celtic music, Scottish highland & country dancing, and bagpiping & drumming http://www.silverthistle.com/ Blaggards O'Bannon's Taphouse College Station, TX 10 PM http://blaggards.com/ # Saturday & Sunday, April 8-9, 2006 San Antonio Highland Games Helotes Festival Grounds 12210 Leslie Road San Antonio, TX Performers include Needfire, Paisley Close, Sally's Garden, Michael William Harrison, The Drambeauties, San Antonio Highland Dancers, Bluebonnet Scottish Country Dancers, Celtic Menagerie, San Antonio Irish Dancers, Black Bexar Pipe Band, and San Antonio Pipes and Drums http://www.sahga.org/ # Sunday, April 9, 2006 Craobh Thir na gCnoc (Gaelic League of Austin) meeting Mother Egan's Irish Pub 715 West 6th Austin, TX 3 - 4 PM # Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Scottish Society of San Antonio Monthly board meeting Covenant Presbyterian Church Roleta Drive San Antonio, TX 7 PM http://www.scottishsociety-sa.org/ # Thursday, April 13, 2006 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/ # Friday, April 14, 2006 Celtic Woman Laurie Auditorium Trinity University One Trinity Place San Antonio, TX 8 PM $50-65 http://www.celticwoman.com/site.html ************************************************ EVENTS IN EAST TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND LOUISIANA ************************************************ # Friday-Sunday, April 7-9, 2006 Riverdance The Strand Theatre 619 Louisiana Ave. Shreveport, LA (318) 226-1481 8 PM $47-$65.00 http://www.riverdance.com/ # Saturday, April 8, 2006 Blaggards O'Bannon's Taphouse College Station, TX 10 PM http://blaggards.com/ # Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Blaggards Yuri's Night World Space Party Flying Saucer Houston, TX http://blaggards.com/ http://www.yurisnighthouston.net/ # Thursday, April 13, 2006 Celtic Woman Sarofim Hall Hobby Center Houston, TX 8 PM $50-65 http://www.celticwoman.com/site.html # Tuesday, April 18, 2006 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 ********************************************** # Saturday, April 8, 2006 Cairde na Gael Tipperary Inn 5815 Live Oak Dallas, TX (214) 821-6500 8 PM http://www.cairdenagael.com/ Seamus Stout Trinity Hall Irish Pub and Restaurant 5321 East Mockingbird Lane #250 Dallas, TX 214-887-3600 9 PM - 12:30 AM Ceili Move Studio corner of Preston & Campbell Rd. 17062 Preston Road, Suite 108 Dallas, TX 7:15 - 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/ # Sunday, April 9, 2006 Behan and Emerald School of Irish Dance Dallas International Festival Majestic Theater 1925 Elm St. Dallas, TX Festival starts 2 PM $10 http://www.behanmusic.com/ # Thursday, April 13, 2006 Red McWilliams 1st Annual International Festival Mountain View Colllege Dallas, TX 12:30 - 2:30 PM http://home.flash.net/~celtsong/ United Scottish Clans of Oklahoma monthly board meeting Church of the Savior 5600 NW 63rd Oklahoma City, OK 7 PM http://www.uscoscots.org/ # Saturday, April 15, 2006 Irish Rogues Tipperary Inn 5815 Live Oak Dallas, TX (214) 821-6500 8 PM http://www.irishrogues.com/ Celtic Woman Music Hall Oklahoma City, OK 8 PM $50-65 http://www.celticwoman.com/site.html # Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Irish harper Maire ni Chathasaigh Southern Methodist University campus Dallas, TX 7 PM 214-351-3890 $15 (students $10) (includes reception) Award-winning Irish harpist Maire Ni Chathasaigh will perform and provide insight into the history and role of the harp in Irish history. Maire will play examples of Irish harp music covering four centuries and will discuss the changing role and repertoire of the harp in present-day Ireland. She is considered the most influential player of the instrument in modern times. Presented by the Irish American Cultural Institute, DFW chapter ********************* EVENTS IN SOUTH TEXAS ********************* # Saturday & Sunday, April 7-8 2006 Red McWilliams Cassidy's Irish Pub Ramada Inn 601 N. Water St. Corpus Christi, TX 361/879-0534 http://home.flash.net/~celtsong/ # Saturday & Sunday, April 8-9, 2006 San Antonio Highland Games Helotes Festival Grounds 12210 Leslie Road San Antonio, TX Performers include Needfire, Paisley Close, Sally's Garden, Michael William Harrison, The Drambeauties, San Antonio Highland Dancers, Bluebonnet Scottish Country Dancers, Celtic Menagerie, San Antonio Irish Dancers, Black Bexar Pipe Band, and San Antonio Pipes and Drums http://www.sahga.org/ # Sunday, April 9, 2006 Heritage Society Music Festival Knolle Farm and Ranch FM Road 70, Route 1 Sandia, TX (361) 547-2546 Performers include Red McWilliams, Jed Marum, and Gravel Walk. # Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Scottish Society of San Antonio Monthly board meeting Covenant Presbyterian Church Roleta Drive San Antonio, TX 7 PM http://www.scottishsociety-sa.org/ Scottish Society of South Texas Lower Valley meeting First Presbyterian Church 402 E. Jackson Harlingen, TX Refreshments 6:30 PM Meeting 7:30 PM http://www.scotsrgv.com/ # Thursday, April 13, 2006 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/ # Friday, April 14, 2006 Celtic Woman Laurie Auditorium Trinity University One Trinity Place San Antonio, TX 8 PM $50-65 http://www.celticwoman.com/site.html # Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Scottish Society of South Texas Upper Valley meeting First Presbyterian Church McAllen, TX 7 PM http://www.scotsrgv.com/ *********************************** EVENTS IN WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO *********************************** # Saturday & Sunday, April 8-9, 2006 CeltFesTexas Odessa, TX Saturday 9 AM - 7 PM Saturday Ceilidh 8 PM - midnight at Shrine Club Sunday 10 AM - 6 PM Performers: Bel Air Highlander Pipe and Drum, Beyond the Pale, Don Gabbert, Ed Miller, Empyre Pipe and Drum Band, High Plains Irish Dancers, Jiggernaut, Maciolek School of Dance – Irish Fever, Trinity River Whalers, Tripping Up the Stairs - 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! 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