ARIZONA IRISH MUSIC SOCIETY

AIMS NEWS AND NOTES

AIMS News and Notes 5-20-2009
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The Irish Cultural Center is at 1106 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Out And About

--- Irish Foundation Of Arizona News

2. Trotter’s Wake At Lis Doon Varna On Sat
3. Memo From The Knockabouts
4. Memo From Vyktoria Pratt Keating
5. Yonatan Miller To Play On Thursday
6. Update On Bloomin’ Beerfest Sat June 6
7. Cara And Old Blind Dogs Duo To Play Temple Of Music And Arts Aug 29
8. Trip to Prescott
9. This Week In Irish Music

1. OUT AND ABOUT

--- IRISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA NEWS

PUB SUNDAY MAY 31 AT

THE TURF

Come join us on Sunday, 31 May 09, at The Turf, 705 N. 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004(between Filmore and Roosevelt), from 1:00 P.M. until the conversation runs dry.

http://www.theturfpub.com/

MONTHLY MEETING WED JUNE 3

The Irish Foundation of Arizona will meet on Wednesday, 3 June 09, at 7:00 P.M. at the Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. We will have a short business meeting followed by another episode of Ballykissangel (an Irish television program filmed in Avoca, in the Wicklow area). We hope to see you there.

Thank you,
Anna

2. TROTTER’S WAKE AT LIS DOON VARNA ON SAT

Hello all,
We'll be at Lis Doon Varna again next Saturday...

Saturday, May 23, 2009
12:00pm-3:00pm
Lis Doon Varna Peoria Irish Pub and Restaurant 16100 N. Arrowhead
Fountain Center, Peoria (at north end of Harkins Theater parking lot) 623-979-0730

Please see our home page for more details at:
http://www.trotterswake.com

If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, please reply to this e-mail or call to let us know.

Thanks,
Drew
(602) 799-1040

3. MEMO FROM THE KNOCKABOUTS

Thanks Prescott!

We had a great time at the Prescott Highland Games this past weekend. Jason and the Prescott gang always take great care of us (thanks for the beer!) It was fun to see some of our old fans and make new ones. We hope to see some of you up in Flag this weekend.

CHARLY'S PUB THIS WEEKEND!

We'll be a Charly's Pub on Friday, May 22nd so join us for a night of drinking, dancing and raising some Irish hell. It's a holiday weekend so take advantage of it and let's show Flagstaff that NOBODY can party like the Knockabouts!

Rosie McCaffrey's
May 29 & 30

Hey all you Phoenix fans! We'll be back at Rosie's real soon and hope you make it out to see us. It is a huge help when you are there and we really appreciate it!

Want to see us at your favorite Pub in Phoenix?
Let your local pub know that they need to book the Knockabouts! Since we do not live in Phoenix, your personal contact with the pub can help us land a gig. If they need to find out more about us please direct them to our website for contact info and such.

Slainte,
John, Jacquie, Ron, Kari and Tim
www.knockabouts.org

4. MEMO FROM VYKTORIA PRATT KEATING

Hello One and All, here are my upcoming shows..hope to see you there!
Vyktoria
www.vykoria.com

Fri May 22nd Celtic Crossings 7-10pm Prescott
(In The Gateway Mall)

Sat May 30th Copa Habana Wine Bar 6-9pm Phoenix
(At Bell Rd And E. 3rd Street.)

Sun May 31st Pony Espresso 11-2pm Prescott Valley
Www.Ponyespressocafe.Com

5. YONATAN MILLER TO PLAY ON THURSDAY

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Yonatan is a regular member of the Rakes and produced and performed on their fine CD “rough around the edges”.]

Hi

Kitchen Synch is a project i have been working on with banjo player extraordinaire STEVE THOMAS

our next performance will be on THURSDAY MAY 21

AT THE PARADISE LOUNGE

http://www.paradiselounge.biz/

its near the corner of Tatum and Cactus on the southwest side kind of going backwards from McDonalds in the parking lot you get to another layer of stores and if you can see the Baskin Robbins ice cream store its tucked away around the corner to the right

we play a mix of classic rock tunes mixed in with Irish, bluegrass, klezmer and a whacky blend of instruments and styles

please pass this on to anyone you think would be interested

thank you

Yonatan
yonatanmiller@yahoo.com

6. UPDATE ON BLOOMIN’ BEERFEST SAT JUNE 6

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a revised version of last week’s announcement. It has been revised to give the correct URL to order tickets. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66128).

BLOOMIN’ BEERFEST SAT JUNE 6

WHO:
Bloomin’ Beerfeest Committee and Irish Cultural Center & Learning Foundation

Plus the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild! Contact: John Reilly.
602.695.7581

WHAT:
Third Annual Bloomin’ Beerfest!

WHEN:
Saturday, June 6, 2009 @ 7pm

WHERE
The Irish Cultural Center, 1106 North Central, just steps from the Roosevelt Light Rail Station.

COST:
$10-$35*

*The $25-$35 price of Bloomin’ Beerfest tickets includes admission to the event,
16 tickets that can be presented to taste the wares of participating craft brewers, and a souvenir tasting mug.

*Presale tickets can be purchased online for $25 from May 4 through June 4 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66128 ($35 at the door). Beer tasting ticket sales are limited to 500 persons.

*$10 price includes non-beerfest admission to the Bloomsday celebration.
Tickets are available at the gate. ($35 at the door).
Beer tasting ticket sales are limited to 500 persons.

*$10 price includes non-beerfest admission to the Bloomsday celebration.
Tickets are available at the gate.

7. CARA AND OLD BLIND DOGS DUO TO PLAY TEMPLE OF MUSIC AND ARTS AUG 29

From In-Concert!, Tucson:

Our next Celtic show, a double bill, will be Saturday, August 29th at the Temple of Music and Art.

The five-piece Irish band Cara returns from Germany, with guest 2duos. 2duos includes a duo from Scotland, two of the finest performers in Celtic music today, Aaron Jones, lead vocalist of Old Blind Dogs along with his partner, Claire Mann on Irish flute and fiddle. Claire is a virtuoso on both instruments and it will be her first Tucson appearance. Their CD "Secret Orders" is one of the finest releases in Celtic music in the past few years. 2duos includes Aaron and Claire, along with Gudrun Walther and Jergen Treyz of the band Cara. This quartet just released a CD, and Cara has a new live CD and DVD. Some dancers will join in a finale along with all 7 performers on stage.

Reserved seats are now on sale at www.inconcerttucson.com. $20; $18 for seniors. On line fee $3/ticket. Or by phone at 622-2823 at $4 fee--9 to 3:30pm To buy with no fee, use Temple Box Office at 330. S. Scott Avenue; same hours. The Temple, originally built in 1927 and refurbished in 1990, has comfortable seats, excellent acoustics and beer and wine will be available at the show in the courtyard.

Thanks, and see you at the show.

Don Gest
520-981-1475
www.inconcerttucson.com

8. TRIP TO PRESCOTT

The Highland Games in Prescott were blessed twith very nice weather last Sat. I was pleasantly surprised by how it actually cooled off in the afternoon. After over a week of 100 degree weather in Phoenix, this was wonderful.

I got a late start and ran into some heavy traffic so I did not arrive until about 10:30 AM. My first stop was at the main stage where a I caught Oceans Apart who were followed by the Knockabout. It was impressive how many people were in audience from the start;

One of the interesting part of the main stage was how Ron Baron and others from the Knockabouts did the sound. I didn’t ttalk to the organizers, but this could have been an economy move that proved to be a real plus. There is a recurring problem at events with sound engineerrs who don’t understand acoustic music; Their pub system was strong eought that the music could be heard all the way on the other side of the field. It seemed to work quite well.

I wandered around the grounds. Their vendor area was a bit tight but they seemed to attract good crowd. I wandered up the clan and organization tents and said hello to some familiar faces. I arrived late and had missed the parade of the clans in opening, but still touched base.

I finally worked my way to the Irish Cultural Center tent at far end of the fain grounds. In a sense, the ICC seemed to act as a clan tent for the Irish. I stayed about half hour and helped answer questions about Irish name history along with July O’Nahar (Desert Shamrock) and Gaelan O’Ryan (graphic artist for the ICC). While Mary Moriarty was out.

The games had a shuttle bus to take people to the top of the hill to go to the second stage. I stayed to take pictures of the dancers. The first group was the Royal Country Dancers followed by highland dancers combining two schools. I don’t know much about Scottish dancing, but I enjoyed their shows. One of the Scottish performances included some four year olds.

I did not stay for the pipe bands because I wanted to back to hear Tom Thomas. He does a wide variety of Celtic material including Welsh. When he did a Welsh lullaby, John Good joined him to sing in Welsh.

Tom was joined on stage by the “Celtic Cloggers” who did clogging to Celtic music. They did a very entertaining show and I expect they will get invited to some other festivals.

I had to leave early, but I came away impressed by their overall show. I had a good time.

9. THIS WEEK IN IRISH MUSIC

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PHOENIX
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Michael McClanathan will be at the Westin Kirland every day at sunset.

WED

Paul Knight will be at Into The Bean on Wed
Trevor Jones will be at Murphy’s Law on Wed
Scott Jeffers will be at the Dubliner on Wed.

THUR.

Ktchen Synck will be at Paradise Louonge on Thur.
Shay Veno and Jane Hilton will be at Tim Finnegans on Thur

FRI/SAT

D’Arcy Magee’s will host Chris Alcaraz on Fri

The Biffos will be at the Dubliner will be used on Fri and Sat.

Fibber Magee’s will host the Insominiacs on Fri and Sat

Murphy’s Law will host Aong for the Ride on Fri and Freddy Thuder on Sat.

O’Donoghe’s will host Easton Ashe on Fri

Rosie McCaffrey’s will host Rocket 88 on Fri and Sat

Rula Bull will host Walt Richardson on Fri and Sat

Skeptical Chymist will host Kyle Phelan on Fri and Sat

Keltic Cowboys willl be at Tim Finnegans on Fri.

Trevor Jones will play early on Fri at the Turf. The later shift at the Turf will feature Hellow Swendon on Fri and To The Gallows on Sat

Sat

Trotter’s Wake will be at Lis Doon Varna on Sat afternoon

Sun

Meadowlark will be Lis Doon Varna on Sun afternoon

Tom Teven will be at Rosie MdCaffrey’s on Mon

Sat

 

Trotter’s Wake will be at Lis Doon Varna on Sat afternoon

 

Sun

Meadowlark will be Lis Doon Varna on Sun afternoon

Mon

Tom Teven will be at Rosie McCaffrey’s on Mon

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FLAGSTAFF
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The Knockabouts will be at Charly’s on Fri.

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PRESCOTT
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Vyktoria Pratt Keating will be at Celtic Crossings on Fri evening.

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SEDONA
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Karl Jones will be at
- The Oak Creek Brewing Co on Thur.,
- Martini Bar on Sat
- Indian Gardens on Sun,
- Martini Bar on Mon

1. PHOENIX

 

D'Arcy McGee's
2000E Rio Salado    Tempe    480-557-9087

5/22/2009

Fri

7:00 PM

Chris Alcaraz

Dubliner Irish Pub
3841 E. Thunderbird Rd.    Phoenix    602-867-0984

5/20/2009

Wed

9:00 PM

Scott Jeffers

 

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Biffos

 

5/23/2009

Sat

9:00 PM

Biffos

Fibber Magees
1989 W. Elliott Rd. #19    Chandler    480-722-9434

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Insomniacs

 

5/23/2009

Sat

9:00 PM

Insomniacs

Lis Doon Varna
16100 N. Arrowhead    Peoria    623-979-0730

5/20/2009

Wed

9:00 PM

Seisiun at Lis Doon Varna

 

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Waters

 

5/23/2009

Sat

1:00 PM

Trotters Wake

 

5/23/2009

Sat

9:00 PM

Waters

 

5/24/2009

Sun

9:00 PM

Meadowlark

Murphy's Law
58 S San Marcos Place    Chandler    480-812-1588

5/20/2009

Wed

8:00 PM

Trevor Jones

 

5/22/2009

Fri

8:00 PM

Along for the Ride

 

5/23/2009

Sat

8:00 PM

Freddy Thunder

O'Donoghue's Irish Pub
20469 N. Hayden Rd.    Scottsdale    480-585-6329

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Easton Ashe

Paradise Lounge
4541 East Cactus Road    Phoenix    602-953-2993

5/21/2009

Thu

9:00 PM

Kitchen Synch

Rosie McCaffrey's
906 E. Camelback    Phoenix    602-241-1916

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Rocket 88

 

5/23/2009

Sat

9:00 PM

Rocket 88

 

5/25/2009

Mon

9:00 PM

Tom Teven

Rula Bula
401 S. Mill Ave    Tempe    480-929-9500

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Walt Richardson

 

5/23/2009

Sat

9:00 PM

Walt Richardson

Skeptical Chymist
15688 N. Pima Ftw    Scottsdale    480-609-8677

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Kyle Phelan

 

5/23/2009

Sat

9:00 PM

Kyle Phelan

Tim Finnegans
9201 N. 29th Ave. #52    Phoenix    602-997-2323

5/21/2009

Thu

9:00 PM

Shay Veno and Jane Hilton

 

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Keltic Cowboys

 

5/23/2009

Sat

9:00 PM

UFC 98

Turf
705 N. First St.    Phoenix    602-296-5043

5/22/2009

Fri

4:30 PM

Trevor Jones

 

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Hello Swendon

 

5/23/2009

Sat

9:00 PM

To The Gallows

Westin Kierland Resort
6902 E Greenway    Phoenix    480-624-1030

5/20/2009

Wed

6:00 PM

Michael McClanathan

 

5/21/2009

Thu

6:00 PM

Michael McClanathan

 

5/22/2009

Fri

6:00 PM

Michael McClanathan

 

5/23/2009

Sat

6:00 PM

Michael McClanathan

 

5/24/2009

Sun

6:00 PM

Michael McClanathan

 

5/25/2009

Mon

6:00 PM

Michael McClanathan

 

5/26/2009

Tue

6:00 PM

Michael McClanathan

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3. FLAGSTAFF

 

Charly's Pub and Grill
23 N Leroux St    Flagstaff    928-779-1919

5/22/2009

Fri

9:00 PM

Knockabouts

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4. PRESCOTT

 

Celtic Crossings
3250 Gateway Blvd -    Prescott    928-443-8454

5/22/2009

Fri

6:30 PM

Vyktoria Pratt Keating

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5. SEDONA

 

Indian Gardens Country Store
3951 N Az-89-Alt    Sedona    928-282-7702

5/24/2009

Sun

7:00 PM

Karl Jones - Irish Rover

Martini Bar
89A at New Frontiers    Sedona   

5/23/2009

Sat

8:00 PM

Karl Jones - Irish Rover

 

5/25/2009

Mon

9:00 PM

Karl Jones - Irish Rover

Oak Creek Brewing Co
2050 Yavapai Drive    West Sedona    928-204-1300

5/21/2009

Thu

7:00 PM

Karl Jones - Irish Rover