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Philadelphia Ceili Group Seanachie ~ January 2011 Philadelphia Ceili Group Seanachie ~ January 2011 The Philadelphia Ceili Group is looking forward festival report are available at meetings or can be to an exciting year with a new Board in place and emailed to you at your request. exciting concerts and events coming up for the spring. The Ceili Group is governed by a 9 member This part of the meeting can also be used to bring Board of Directors interested in the support of Irish up any other questions, comments or suggestions culture through a variety of activities. We hope that on ideas that you as our members would like to 2011 will prove to be an exceptional year with the see the Philadelphia Ceili Group address. You various events being offered. The current board is can also email your idea or comment to the Board composed of Frank Dalton, Lori Lander Murphy, at phillyceiligroup@gmail.com or attend one of Courtney Malley, Jimmy McGill, Rosaleen McGill, our board meetings and speak during the member Mary Lou McGurk, Anne McNiff, Beth Ann Moran input part of the agenda. Bailey and Tom O‟Malley. The PCG Board meetings are normally held the 3rd A Message from the President Sunday of the Month at 2:00 p.m. at the Commodore Barry Club aka “The Irish Center.” Happy New Year everyone and may good fortune find you this year! We are really looking forward The Board Meetings dates for 2011 are as follows: to this coming year. We have some great concerts on our schedule. Isaac Alderson and Jonas February 20, 2011 August no meeting Fromseier will be here in February. We are co- March 20, 2011 September 18, 2011 April 17, 2011 October 23, 2011 sponsoring a Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch May 15, 2011 November 20, 2011 concert with the Coatesville Irish Traditional June 12, 2011 December 18, 2011 Music Series. Nic Gaviskey is coming in April July no meeting and they are a young new group and we are really looking forward to hearing them. We are already January 15, 2012: Annual Membership Meeting working on the festival line up and it is just so exciting. And of course we have our monthly At every PCG board meeting there is an agenda ceili‟s, music sessions and Singers nights. We are item that opens up the floor to members for doing our best to keep traditional Irish music questions and comments. Over the next several alive and kicking in our area. I would like to months we will be using this time to take thank Sarah O‟Doherty, our outgoing board questions, comments, suggestions, etc. from member for all of her help and support over the members regarding the annual PCG Traditional last couple of months and we look forward to Irish Music and Dance Festival. The 2010 festival working with her again. And I would like to that took place in September was a success in welcome Lori Lander Murphy to the board. Lori many ways but there is always room for is very familiar with the Philadelphia Irish improvement and new suggestions. We would community and will be a great asset to us. really like to hear from you. Copies of the Philadelphia Ceili Group Seanachie ~ January 2011 Page 1 of 8 PCG Sponsored Events ~ Saturday, April 23, 2011: NicGavisky Workshops (times to be announced) Concert Mark Your Calendars: 8:00 p.m., Irish Center Friday, January 28, 2011: 4th Friday Ceili, 8:00 Wednesday, May 4, 2011: Singer Session, 8:00 p.m., Irish Center p.m., Irish Center Wednesday, February 2, 2011: Singer Session, Friday, May 6, 2011: Slow Session followed by 8:00 p.m., Irish Center Regular Session, 8:00 p.m., Irish Center Friday, February 4, 2011: Slow Session Friday, May 27, 2011: 4th Friday Ceili, 8:00 followed by Regular Session, 8:00 p.m., Irish p.m., Irish Center Center June, July and August events to be announced Saturday, February 12, 2011: Isaac Alderson and Jonas Fromseier Concert, 8:00 p.m. Irish 37th Annual Traditional Irish Festival Center Thursday, September 8, 2011, Friday, September Friday, February 25, 2011: 4th Friday Ceili, 9, 2011 and Saturday, September 10, 2011. 8:00 p.m., Irish Center VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Wednesday, March 2, 2011: Singer Session, 8:00 p.m., Irish Center If you have any experience in technical theater and are interested in volunteering to assist with Friday, March 4, 2011: Slow Session followed setting up and running LIGHTS or SOUND at by Regular Session, 8:00 p.m., Irish Center PCG events please contact Anne McNiff at Friday, March 25, 2011: St Patrick‟s Day Ceili phillyceiligroup@gmail.com. Community Mor, 8:00 p.m., Irish Center – Live music with Service hours to meet school requirements the McGillians available. We are also looking for more member involvement in different capacities. Please Sunday, March 27, 2011: Jackie Daly and Matt contact us if you are interested in becoming more Cranitch; Concert, 8:00 p.m., Coatesville involved in the Ceili Group! In addition, if you Cultural Center, Co-Sponsorship with the have photos from past PCG festivals and/or Coatesville Irish Traditional Music Series events, please contact Beth Ann Bailey at Friday, April 1, 2011: Slow Session followed by bab12@verizon.net. Also, if you are a CPA who Regular Session, 8:00 p.m., Irish Center is familiar with non profits, please contact Beth Ann Bailey at the above email. Wednesday, April 6, 2011: Singer Session, 8:00 p.m., Irish Center Friday, April 22, 2011: 4th Friday Ceili, 8:00 p.m., Irish Center Philadelphia Ceili Group Seanachie ~January 2011 Page 2 of 8 An Update on the Archive Project Upcoming Events Sponsored By the by: Mary Lou McGurk, President Philadelphia Ceili Group: This project is coming along slowly but very Saturday, February 12, 2011, 8: 00 p.m. steadily. In December we were approached by the Librarian at Villanova University, where we have ISAAC ALDERSON and JONAS FROMSEIER one copy of our archives. They would like to scan and mount on the Web digital copies of our archives. This work would be done totally without cost to anyone except staff time by the special and digital collections team at Falvey Memorial Library and would be for use by the students in the Irish studies program. I met with the director and his staff and I think that this is a great opportunity for us. I would like to start with the most current year 2010, as a test run. They have a musicologist on staff, who will transcribe the recordings. After that I Saturday, February 12, 2011, 8:00 pm would like to alternate between the oldest Commodore Barry Club 6815 Emlen St. recordings and then the new, i.e. 1977, 2009, 1978, Philadelphia, PA 19119 etc. We are still missing a few releases from 2010, but working diligently to have those soon. We now General Admission: $15.00 have a total of 728 performers and 265 signed PCG members $13.00 releases. Four performers have declined to Purchase tickets online: participate, which leaves only 459 more releases to http://www.philadelphiaceiligroup.org/philadelphi obtain. So please if you know that you have a_ceili_group/concert-tickets.html. Tickets will performed at a concert or a festival for us and have also be available at the door. not signed a release, please do so. If you have not heard from me yet or you know someone that I ISAAC ALDERSON began pursuing the craft of haven‟t gotten hold of yet, please contact me at Irish traditional music at the age of thirteen in his mlmcgurk@verizon.net. home city of Chicago. Throughout his teenage years he had the good fortune to study with Thanks again to all of you that have signed. I will Fermanagh flute and whistle master Laurence keep you updated. Nugent, and took piping lessons periodically with Al Purcell, Kieran O‟Hare, and Jerry O‟Sullivan, among others. At the 2002 Fleadh Cheoil in Listowel, Isaac was named the All-Ireland Senior Champion on three instruments: uilleann pipes flute and whistle, the first American to do so. Now residing in New York City, he has played throughout the northeast and across the country, and in Europe and Canada with a wide range of traditional and modern Irish music artists. Philadelphia Ceili Group Seanachie ~January 2011 Page 3 of 8 Originally from Denmark, JONAS The Coatesville Traditional Irish Music Series, FROMSEIER took up the banjo in his teens. in cooperation with the Philadelphia Ceili Being from a small island, he would travel to the Group present: mainland every month to go the nearest session in Copenhagen and learn tunes from the local JACKIE DALY has been described by the New players, both Irish and Danish. At twenty-one York Times as “probably the best accordionist in Jonas moved to Ireland to play music full-time Ireland.” Born in Kanturk, Co. Cork, he grew up and now resides in Galway. He has been surrounded by the rich music tradition of Sliabh fortunate enough to meet and play with numerous Luachra (Shleeve LOO-cra). His lifelong affinity legends in Irish music. In 2007, Jonas was asked with fiddle-music resulted in two highly to join Irish group Arcady and in 2008 he started acclaimed and classic albums featuring fiddle and up his own band Mórga. Jonas has toured accordion, one with the late Co. Cork musician extensively in Europe and the United States with Séamus Creagh, and the second with the great Kevin Burke. Jackie has been a central figure in various groups.
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