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Embassy representatives really enjoyed the Washington DC, Alexandria and Baltimore St. Patrick's Day parades, the Irish American Club of Washington DC Dinner and Dance, the Gaelic Mass, and are looking forward to more St. Patrick's celebrations in the area this week!
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Irish culture on the Kojo Nnamdi Show!
The Kojo Nnamdi Show will feature Irish culture on Wednesday, 14th March. Further details here.
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Téada at the Institute of Musical Traditions
Irish band Téada will perform at the Institute of Musical Traditions on 14th March.
One of Irish traditional music's leading exponents, Téada is driven by a fascination for the timeless, expressive force of music inherited from previous generations of musicians.
Further details here. |
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Reel Around the Shamrock at the Strathmore
The Strathmore Music Center is hosting a Reel Around the Shamrock St. Patrick's Day Celebration with Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul, Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance with Brendan Mulvihill and Billy McComiskey.
Eileen Ivers has earned the title "the Jimi Hendrix of the violin" (The New York Times), and her band Immigrant Soul, "rocks the house everywhere it plays" (The Boston Globe). This St. Patrick's Day dance and celebration joins Ivers, her champion players and a host of gifted guests in a jig-worthy party on stage at Strathmore!
15th March at 8pm at the Strathmore Music Center. Further information here. |
Celtic Thunder - The 1982 Reunion!
With driving rhythms, fresh melodies and literate lyrics Celtic Thunder was the soundtrack of Baltimore`s Irish gatherings starting in 1977. They went on to tour Ireland, play the Clinton White House (twice!), and be named "one of the best Irish folk acts in America" by The Washington Post. Original members Jesse Winch (bodhran, bouzouki), Terry Winch (button accordion), and Linda Hickman (flute) are joined by singer Dominick Murray and fiddle great Tony DeMarco, reconstituting the group's line-up ca. 1982.
Friday, 16th March
Creative Alliance at The Patterson. Further details here.
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Northern Virginia St. Patrick's Day Celebration "Meet the Author" Events
Ballycastle Enterprises LLC and Michael Healy, professional genealogist, author and travel photographer of the "Irish Genealogy Tips, Techniques, and Tales", "Ireland Mosaic: A Photo Journey", and "Irish Pubs Photo Book Volume 1" Nook eBooks, announced that local Northern Virginia Barnes & Noble bookstores will host a St. Patrick's Day celebration "Meet the Author" event. The public is invited to visit the Barnes & Noble stores' Nook sections to meet Mike and learn more about his new Irish eBooks on the Nook.
Saturday, 17th March, Fairfax Store, 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Drive, Fairfax
For more information: Michael Healy, 877 224-5535, Mike@GoBallycastle.com. |
Exhibition by Irish artist Roisin Fitzpatrick - Artist of the Light® - La Luna Gallery, Washington D.C.
Exhibition Location: La Luna Gallery, 5171 MacArthur Blvd., NW, Suite 150, Washington, D.C. 20016.
Exhibition dates: March 1 to April 30, 2012
Gallery Hours: Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. and late Thursday to 7 p.m.
Opening reception: The exhibition will be officially opened by Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley on Thursday March 22, from 7 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
Party with the artist: Saturday March 24, from 7 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
Please RSVP to info@ArtistoftheLight.com for the above events as early as possible as places are limited.
To arrange an a personal tour of the exhibition with the artist, please email info@ArtistoftheLight.com. |
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Irish guitarist John Feeley
performs at Westmoreland Congregational Church
Irish guitarist John Feeley will perform at the Westmoreland Congregational Church on Saturday, 24th March.
Known widely for his arrangements of traditional Irish music,John's program will feature some of these arrangements plus his interpretations of the Bach Chaconne, other classics and some new works for the guitar.
Further information here. |
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Expanded Irish Music Classes at Washington Conservatory
at Glen Echo Park
New Irish Fiddle Classes
The Washington Conservatory of Music at Glen Echo Park announces new evening Irish Music classes for both youth and adults. Popular area fiddler Mitch Fanning is teaching two new fifteen-week classes of Irish Fiddle beginning on Wednesday, March 7.
Other classes in March and April include Irish Bodhran with well-known musician Jesse Winch, and Beginning and Intermediate Irish Flute and Irish Bouzouki taught by members of the Wammie-nominated duo "Lilt": Tina Eck, flute and Keith Carr, bouzouki. Classes and private instruction in Irish-style accompaniment for bouzouki and guitar are taught by special arrangement.
For more information and to enroll: 301-320-2770 or www.washingtonconservatory.org.
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Ireland Travel Photo Exhibit in Leesburg, Virginia
Ballycastle Enterprises LLC and Michael Healy, professional genealogist, author and travel photographer, announced an Ireland travel photo exhibit "The Irish Public House" at King Street Coffee, 110 S. King Street, Leesburg, Virginia. The photo exhibit is open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily Monday - Sunday for the entire month of March.
For more information: Michael Healy, 877 224-5535, Mike@GoBallycastle.com
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CCÉ Musical Arts and Dance (MAD) Week
CCÉ Musical Arts & Dance (MAD) Week will take place the week of July 9-13 on the grounds of Cedar Lane Unitarian Church in Bethesda, Maryland.
"We're hoping to get more families involved this summer," says Mitch Fanning, director of MAD Week; "there's no better way for families to explore and celebrate Irish music or cultural heritage - there's something for old and young, siblings and parents alike," continued Fanning.
The CCÉ MAD Week faculty, many of whom are world-class and All-Ireland performers and recording artists, will be featured in a public concert on Wednesday evening, July 11. This event will be co-sponsored and jointly produced by the Institute of Musical Traditions as part of their concert series at a location TBD.
More info, including class schedule, faculty bios, and registration information at CCÉ branch website. |
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