Maryland Traditions Achievement and Living Traditions (ALTA) Awards
The Maryland Traditions Achievement and Living Traditions awards ceremony and concert link Marylanders to living cultural traditions across the state. This year's honorees are the Carroll County Ramblers, J. Gruber's Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack and Sparrows Point Steel Mill and Communities.
Past and present members of The Seldom Scene will perform a tribute concert to Mike Auldridge, a former member who helped found the legendary Bluegrass band in Bethesda more than 40 years ago and was honored this year with the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Old Bay Ceili Band will lead a celebration in honor of the longstanding contributions of Joe Byrne to the traditional Irish music communities of Maryland and beyond. Byrne, the late proprietor of J. Patrick's Irish Pub in Baltimore, received a 2008 ALTA Award in the category of Place.
Date: Dec. 1, 2012
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Address: Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center on the Montgomery College Takoma Park - Silver Spring campus (7995 Georgia Avenue)
Cost: Free, but tickets must be reserved in advance online (http://altaawards.eventbrite.com) or by phone at the box office (240) 567-5775. |
A December Evening of
Poetry and Irish Music
On Thursday, December 6, 2012, at 7 pm, Terence Winch will be reading his poems, then will switch to button accordion and join Cahercrea (Terence Winch, Jesse Winch, Michael Winch, and Dominick Murray) for a set of traditional Irish music. This free program is part of a spoken word and music series called HearArts, at VisArts, 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, MD 20850 (P: 301-315-8200/info@visartsatrockville.org). For more information, go to http://www.visartsatrockville.org/heararts. |
Danú: Christmas in Ireland: An Nollaig in Éirinn
Danú will perform at George Mason University's Center for the Arts on 1st December. Further information here. |
Boyle School of Irish Dance
Celtic Christmas 5K and 1-mile Fun Run
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Burke Lake Park, Fairfax Station, VA
Students from the Boyle School of Irish Dance are hosting a Celtic Christmas 5K Race and 1-mile Fun Run.
For more information click here.
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