1. Out and About

2. Gaelic Sports at the Dubliner Sat and Sun Mornings
3. Kevin King's Farewell Performance At Rosie's This Weekend
4. Arizona Celtic Cultural Association Formed
5. Memo From Meadowlark
6. News From Sedona
7. E.R.I.N. News
8. An Irish Girl's Journey! Starring: Irish Actor *Marian Tomas Griffin* - At ICC On Sat
Sept 30
9. Southwest Acoustic Music Gathering In Tucson Oct 20-22
10. This Week In Irish Music

Lindianne Sarno, author/musician, and her husband, musician/photographer Gary Kuitert, will speak on Lindianne's novel, Greensleeves, An Historical Novel of the First Irish Diaspora. Set in Tir Conaill (County Donegal) in the 1500's, in the court of Irish scholar-king Maghnus O Domhnaill, Greensleeves chronicles the work of a band of Irish scholars and musicians who dedicated their lives to saving Irish culture in the face of the English invasion. Greensleeves draws the reader into renaissance/reformation Europe through the eyes of singer Caitlin ni Conor--who becomes Lady Greensleeves. Refuting the rumor that King Henry VIII wrote the song, Greensleeves offers an account of the song's cultural and spiritual origins in Ireland and Scotland, and how the tune acquired English lyrics.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Celtic Spring is scheduled to perform at the Arizona Irish Festival on Sat. Oct. 26]

From Betty Breckenridge:

Celtic Spring was voted the "Viewers' Choice" winner of Wednesday night's America's Got Talent show. There's also a "Judges' Choice" winner (but what do they know?).

Thanks to all who helped make this happen by voting (repeatedly!) for Celtic Spring. This is a definite boost to our promotional clout!

Last week I did not include the information for Flagstaff. Here is the location and ticket information.

FRI - SEPT 8, 8:00 PM - FLAGSTAFF - CLINE LIBRARY, NAU

P resented by Living Traditions Presentations & sponsored in part by NAIF. Old Blind Dogs will perform at the NAU Cline Library Auditorium Fri, Sept 8, 2006 at 7:30pm. Tickets will be available at NAU Central Ticketing (523-5661), Cedar Music, Arizona Music Pro, Jitters Coffee, and www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, contact Kari Barton at 928-600-1365 or LivingTraditionsPresentations@createtech.biz.

SAT - SEPT. 9, 7:30 PM - BERGER CENTER

Tucson Museum of Art 140 N Main Ave Tucson

Reserved seats $19 advance/$22 door Antigone Books, Brew & Vine, CD City, Enchanted Earthworks Online Rhythm and Roots, more info 520-297-9133

SUN- SEPT. 10, 7:00 PM - PRESCOTT - HASSAYAMPA INN

Hassayampa Inn 122 E Gurley St St Prescott
928-776-1999

Mary/George,

Please post the following Gaelic Matches Schedule for:

Saturday, August 12

8:00 a.m. - Football Quarterfinal - DUBLIN v WESTMEATH

Sunday, August 13

6:00 a.m. - Football Quarterfinal - MAYO v LAOIS
8:00 a.m. - Hurling Semi-Final - KILKENNY v CLARE

Shown @ the Dubliner Irish Pub
40th St & Thunderbird Rd.

Thanks a bunch,

John McGuinness

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The Gaels will present a recording of a Gaelic football game at the Irish Cultural Center on Fri., Aug 25, 2006]

Last week I did not include the information for Flagstaff. Here is the location and ticket information.

FRI - SEPT 8, 8:00 PM - FLAGSTAFF - CLINE LIBRARY, NAU

Presented by Living Traditions Presentations & sponsored in part by NAIF. Old Blind Dogs will perform at the NAU Cline Library Auditorium Fri, Sept 8, 2006 at 7:30pm. Tickets will be available at NAU Central Ticketing (523-5661), Cedar Music, Arizona Music Pro, Jitters Coffee, and www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, contact Kari Barton at 928-600-1365 or LivingTraditionsPresentations@createtech.biz.

Tucson Museum of Art 140 N Main Ave Tucson

Reserved seats $19 advance/$22 door Antigone Books, Brew & Vine, CD City, Enchanted Earthworks Online Rhythm and Roots, more info 520-297-9133

Hi George, I'm moving! I'll be going to Pittsburgh, PA to complete my degree; I have to do an internship for the next year at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Conviently, Blackwood will be appearing at Rosie McCaffrey's this weekend, August 11th and 12th. It'll be my last weekend with Blackwood, so I'd like to take the chance to invite everyone out on Saturday, August 12th to see me off. I promise to wear a kilt, and I also promise NOT to dance. I think city regulations bar me from doing so anyway!

It's also my wife Sarah's birthday, so we've reserved the upper floor of Rosie's on Saturday the 12th for people who like to listen to Blackwood but don't like to look at us.

I look forward to seeing you and lots of others from the community this weekend.

Cheers!
Kevin
dirtyheel@yahoo.com

Contact: Michelle Campbell, Facilitator
Telephone: (623) 561-2721
Email: mcampbell@azcelts.org

(Glendale Arizona) July 26, 2006

The Arizona Celtic Cultural Association (ACCA) to promote Celtic heritage and culture has been formed to promote Celtic heritage and culture in Arizona by establishing an association for those organizations with this common interest.

The mission of the ACCA is to form a coalition of all various Celtic organizations and social groups to assist in their membership recruitment, event scheduling and presentation of the community to the people of Arizona.

The ACCA strives to bring together all Celtic organizations and social groups to a forum whereby we can establish a single force for publicity, community relations and other mandates as brought to this association's attention.

Some of the Celtic groups participating on the council include the Caledonian Society of Arizona, the Irish Foundation of Arizona, The Irish Cultural and Learning Foundation, the Prescott Area Celtic Society, the Welsh League of Arizona and the Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society. All Arizona based Celtic organizations are invited to join.

The ACCA meets the first Friday of the month at the Irish Cultural Center, located at 1106 North Central Avenue in Phoenix. Michelle Campbell, past President of the Caledonian Society of Arizona is the facilitator. The ACCA can be reached at www.azcelts.org or (623) 561-2721.

Greetings!

Hope you're all finding ways to keep cool during our "global warming"! If you're planning to go out for some fun, check out Meadowlark's upcoming performance dates at the beautiful Marriott Desert Ridge. Or, join us for Saturday afternoon tea at Arcadia Farm's Phoenix Art Museum location.

And if you're planning to stay in and relax, visit our new internet store, Earthsong Online where you'll find lots of new music by hundreds of artists. (Check out "What's New at Earthsong Online" below.) We promise to ship your selections quickly! While you're "in", be sure to check out our sister site, Gaia's Lap Internet Radio where you can listen to a great selection of beautiful music. This station broadcasts a stellar mix of New Age, Celtic, World, Native American and Contemporary Acoustic music, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.

Join us at these Special Venues!

August 7 - Marriott Desert Ridge, Scottsdale 6- 10pm
August 19-Arcadia Farms Cafe at the Phoenix Art Museum Summer Tea 2:45-4:45pm
August 28-Marriott Desert Ridge, Scottsdale 6- 10pm

Here's wishing everyone cooler days and some good summer fun... Enjoy!

Rick & Lynn
Meadowlark
mail@meadowlarkmusic.com

Hi George,

I'm happy to let you and AIMS readers know that Sedona has finally joined the Celtic Music family! Things are looking up here!

A nice venue has proved to be available at long last. It's called Future Studios, a bit of a "New Age" atmosphere, but you hardly notice when Celtic performers are holding forth and it's a nice friendly and comfortable venue.

On July 6 they presented 3 solo performers under the title "Musicians Showcase" and two of the three were familiar names on the Irish music scene. First we enjoyed Connie Fisher's lovely vocals and guitar. Then the evening closed with the enchanting and inspiring harping of Laurie Riley playing the double-strung harp.

On July 22 we were treated to a performance by Tucson's "Round The House" who presented their usual fine mixture of songs and energetic Irish traditional dance tunes. At Future Studios they played to a capacity audience (about 150) and received several standing ovations from the enthusiastic listeners. I had been urging RTH to come to Sedona for several years, but no good venue was apparent until I found Future Studios and put them in touch. It was more than worth the wait.

At that performance I gave Mycenay, who books all performances, the business card and CDs of "Oceans Apart" and suggested she consider booking them sometime. She wasted no time and "Oceans Apart" will be performing at Future Studios on Saturday, August 19. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to get information about Connie, Laurie and Round the House to you before their performances, but I hope you can include a notice about the upcoming Oceans Apart gig on August 19, and that some of their fans can make the trek north for it.

Future Studios is located at 30 Hozoni Drive, Sedona, AZ, 86336. You can phone there for directions at 928-228-9139, or phone me at 928-634-8995 (or email me, see below). Any Celtic groups or individuals interested in performing in Sedona can contact: Mycenay, Future Studios, P.O. Box 4779, Sedona, AZ 86340 or phone her at 928-228-9139. Future Studios also has a state of the art Recording facility.

Bryce Babcock
Cottonwood
bandz@commspeed.net

E.R.I.N. meets for Breakfast at 7:00am each Friday morning, at The Irish Cultural Center, 1106 North Central Avenue, Phoenix. We are working on a Guarantee basis. Reservations are necessary.

No-Shows will be charged to E.R.I.N.

E.R.I.N. CALENDAR

August 11 - Breakfast 7:00am
Marty O'Toole
Building a High Performance Team

August 18 - Breakfast 7:00am
Silent Auction
Jeffrey Jamison
City of Phoenix - Help the Homeless

August 25 - Breakfast 7:00am
Todd Lee
The Building of Irish Nationalism

September 1 - No Meeting
Labor Day Holiday

ABOUT TALK BY JANICE BRYSON & KATHY WOOD

Today's speakers were Janice Bryson and Kathy Wood, co-founders of the Irish Arizona Project. The purpose of the project is to research and collect historical information about people in Arizona of Irish birth or ancestry. Additionally, they hope to encourage people to investigate their own genealogy and record their stories and personal histories. You can expect to see more of this at this year's Irish Festival. Janice and Kathy have plans for a large tent packed full of exhibits and tools for searching and developing your own history.

Kathy spoke of her interest in the project starting with lessons in Irish at the Irish Cultural Center. This took her to a Celtic language conference in San Francisco where she was introduced to the name, Eugene O'Growney. Fr. O'Growney was one of the three founders of the Gaelic League in Ireland, at the end of the 19th century. He ended up living in Arizona where he came in contact with the Sisters of Mercy (from Ireland) and other influential Irish and Irish Americans. Kathy feels there are so many stories of Irish in Arizona and too little attention paid to collecting them. There is a need to for these stories to be told, recorded and remembered.

Janice went on to tell how her family had emigrated to the US and Arizona in the early days of the Arizona Territory. In digging deeper into the lives of her grandfather's grandfathers and grandmothers she too realized there is very rich history of the Irish in Arizona. These men and women involved themselves in every aspect of frontier life. Her series of articles in the Desert Shamrock are a history of the making of Arizona.

Be prepared for more from these two women at the 6th Annual Irish Festival on October 28th. An Irish Arizona tent will house exhibits, slide presentations, genealogists and audio recorders all in effort to secure a bigger place for Irish history in Arizona.

Saturday, September 30th - 8:00 pm

One night only!
"Ms. Griffin wields her satirical scalpel effortlessly and with hilarious results."

"She is an excellent mimic." ...
T.S Kerrigan, American Reporter Theater Critic..July 10, 2006

Tickets: $15.00 | Seniors: $12.00
Groups of 10 or more - 10% discount
Tickets available at the door.

Advance Tickets available at: Irish Cultural Center Hotline: (602) 258-0109
e-mail: mary@azirish.org

Born in New York City and raised in County Mayo, Ireland, Marian Thomas Griffin has been a part of the New York music, theatre and film scene for the past 8 years. She recently moved to Los Angeles where she now resides.

As lead singer and guitarist with many traditional Irish bands including Aisling Eire or as a solo performer Marian has entertained audiences all over New York City at venues like Tir Na Nog, Fitzer's, Tommy Makem's, Fibber McGee's, Paddy Reilly's and the Guinness Fleadh to name just a few. Her first CD Tales Of Erin released in 1998 featured the single Angela's Smile inspired by Frank McCourt's Pulitzer prize winning memoir Angela's Ashes. When Conor McCourt approached Marian to provide a song for his documentary The McCourt's of Limerick which aired on Cinemax in March 1998, he had no idea of the phenomenal reaction Angela's Smile would bring. The first national exposure of this song was Marian's appearance with Frank McCourt on CBS's Off-Tenth. Her second CD Downtown Monday Night was released in March 2002.

As a member of the Irish Repertory Theatre Marian made her debut in Frank McCourt's The Irish and How They Got That Way. Time Out Magazine called her the most talented of the lot and John Simon of New York Magazine said "Marian, who acts, sings and plays several instruments, besides looking like a more delicate Maureen O'Hara, I simply lost my heart to". At the Irish Repertory Theatre Marian also appeared in The Shaughran and she has had the honor of appearing on Broadway for the past 5 years as part of the Irish Repertory Gala Benefit on Broadway with such stars as Gabriel Bryne, Sinead Cusak, Tate Donovan, Eric Stoltz, Angela Lansbury, Liam Neeson, Vanessa Redgrave, Milo O'Shea, Frances Sternhagan and Kevin Spacey.

On screen Marian has worked with Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford in Columbia Picture's The Devil's Own, in Nye Heron's Sax & Violins and the soon to be released Sparrow's Trap written, directed and starring Brendan O'Carroll (Agnes Browne). Marian starred in CBS' "As The World Turns" as Mary Mennihan and in 2004, appeared as Typhoid Mary in the Emmy-nominated "Most Dangerous Woman in America" on PBS.

October 20th - 22nd, 2006

Center for the Performing Arts
Pima Community College, West Campus
2201 West Anklam Rd.
Tucson, Arizona

Featuring World Renown Performing Artists:

Ken Kolodner, Evo Bluestein, Dr. Jorge Pastrana, Tina Bergmann, Bryan Thomas, Stephen Seifert, Rick Thum, Randy Marchany, Wes Chappell, Laurie Riley, Bonnie Carol, Robert Force, Stefan George, Anna & Sam Guo, Lois Hornbostel, Dave Firestine, Alejandra & Hector Larios & Dulcianna!

Educating, Sharing & Uniting Through The Joy Of Music

Over Ninety Hours Of Workshops In:

Hammered Dulcimer, Salterio, Guitar, Harp, Mountain Dulcimer, Violin, Bass, Autoharp, Mandolin, and Yang-qin and More!

Concerts Both Friday & Saturday Evening!

More information will be available with the completion of my website

after June 30th 2006 at:

or call

Anna Duff
520-885-2135
dulcianna@theriver.com

It is my intention to find us a host hotel that will give us a group rate. Meals will be catered at the festival site. Again I will know more after June 30th.

Tuition will cover all workshops and all concerts:

$120.00 for advance registration before September 15th, 2006
$140 thereafter.

It is a possibility that there will be a few scholarships available for the underprivileged please contact me after June 30th. Meals and Lodging are not included in the tuition fee but I am looking into reasonably priced group rates.

Michael McClanathan Will Be At The Westin Kirland Every Evening At Sunset.

WED

Paul Knight will be at into The Bean on Wed.
Scott Jeffers will be at into The Dubliner on Wed.
Smoot Mahooty with Brid Dower will be at rosie McCaffrey's on Wed

THUR

Shay Veno will be at Fibber Magee's on Thur

FRI

The Irish Cultural Center will host Lindianne Sarno And Gary Kuitert "On The History And Music Of Greensleeves"

Keltic Cowboys will be at the Dubliner on Fri and Sat.

Pat McCrossan will be at O'Connor's on Fri and Sat

Blackwood will be at Rosie McCaffrey's on Fri and Sat

Traveler will be at Rula Bula on Fri and Sat

O'Carroll's Gate will be at Seamus Mc Caffrey's

There will be at contradance at the Kenilworth School on Sat.