11/04/2009
ARIZONA IRISH MUSIC SOCIETY
AIMS NEWS AND NOTES
11/04/2009
Arizona Irish Music Society
www.azirishmusic.com
Information Line: 602-770-8077
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newsletter on the web at www.azirishmusic.com/00000000.htm.
The Irish Cultural Center
is at 1106 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-258-0109 www.azirish.org
1 Out And About
--- Irish Foundation Meeting On Wed
--- IFA Pub Sunday Willl Be: At Tim Finnegan’s, Sun, 8 Nov 09,
--- FPIA Programs Planning Meeting At Tim Finnegans On Sun
--- Art, Food And Music At First Friday Nov 6
--- Celtic Crafters Craft Sale This Weekend
2. Jed Marum And Lonestar Stout At Fids
On Sun Evening Nov 8
3. Acclaimed Irish Traditional Music Band Buille .At ICC On Thur Nov 12
4. House Concerts For Captain Mackey's Goatskin And Stringband
--- Phoenix - Tue Nov 17th at 7:30 PM
--- Tucson - Wed Nov 18th at 7:00 PM
5. Celtic Dance Academy Presents: The Irish Nutcracker
6. Winter Solstice Information Released
7. Gaelic Phrases Of The Month
8. This Week In Irish Music
--- IRISH FOUNDATION MEETING ON WED
The IFA's meeting is Wednesday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m., at the Center.
There will be a short business meeting followed by an episode of Ballykissangel.
--- IFA PUB SUNDAY WILLL BE: AT TIM FINNEGAN’S, SUN, 8 NOV 09,
1:00 p.m., 9201 N. 29th Ave., Phoenix, 602-997-2323.
--- FPIA PROGRAMS PLANNING MEETING AT TIM FINNEGANS ON SUN
The “meeting” will start at about 1:00 PM to go with music interruptions. On the agenda will the the concert by Buille on Nov 12 (see below) and the House concert for the Captain Mackey's Goatskin And Stringband (see below) on Tue the 17th. In addition will the IFA and Academy Christmas Party of Sun Dec 13. has invited FPIA and this can be discussed.
--- ART, FOOD AND MUSIC AT FIRST FRIDAY NOV 6
Come join the Irish Community Friday, November 6 with a cookout with hamburgers, hot dogs, brats and more.
Our featured artist for November is Beverly Fizzel. Beverly is a fabric artist who also worked in oil, acrylics, watercolor, pastels, charcoal and ink. It takes her about six months to complete a fabric piece entirely by hand. Her ideas come from her life’s experiences, including music, performing arts and her imagination. Her work is not for sale, but she plans to sell limited edition prints of her work. She retired in 2004 from a career in printing and graphic design, which included owning two printshops. She first entered her artwork in scholastic art competitions in high school. In 1963 she earned both Best of Show and First Place awards with her first oil painting in a show in Scottsdale. Her work is in private homes throughout the United States and Canada.
There will be an Irish seisiun with players from all over the valley.
--- CELTIC CRAFTERS CRAFT SALE THIS WEEKEND
On Friday, November 6, 2009 from 11:00 am until 8:00 pm & Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm The Irish Cultural Center located at 1106 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004 will be presenting The Celtic Crafters at the ICC's Craft & Bake Sale.
START YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING HERE!
Enjoy Home Baked Goods including Plum Puddings, Irish Soda Bread and Scones.
Aprons, Celtic Towels, Glassware, Soap, Knitted Items and Much More....
Special Children's Shopping Area
Many Items Under $20.00
Hot Dogs, Burgers, Brats and Pototo Salad from 11:00 am til 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm til 8:00 pm Friday, November 6th
One Block From the Roosevelt Street Light Rail Stop.
Contact Patricia at 480-242-3500, C.J. at 602-233-2111 or the ICC at 602-258-0109
6029979795 Price: $5Fiddler's Drea m Coffee House Phone: (602) 997-9795 Venue Notes: Fiddler's Dream Coffeehouse is located in North Phoenix, just 1 block North of Glendale Avenue on the east side of 17th Street. |
3. ACCLAIMED IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC BAND BUILLE .AT ICC ON THUR NOV 12
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM
Where: The Irish Cultural Center (ICC)
Tickets: $15 to the public, $12.50 for FPIA members and ICLF Academy students
Buille are
Niall Vallely, Paul Meehan and Caoimhín Vallely. They have joined forces
to create one of the most potent new sounds to emerge from Ireland in many years.
Concertina virtuoso Niall Vallely enlists his brother Caoimhín on piano (yet another creative member of the legendary clan, so prominent in the Irish arts scene) and guitar powerhouse Paul Meehan to forge a new sound and to take Irish music onward to new frontiers.
Niall Vallely : Acclaimed throughout the world as one of Ireland's greatest concertina players, Niall Vallely began learning the instrument at the age of seven, taught by his parents Brian and Eithne Vallely, founders of the Armagh Pipers' Club. A founding member of Nomos , he has in recent years performed both in a solo capacity and with musicians such as Karan Casey, Tim O’Brien, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, and Paddy Keenan. In 1999 he released his debut solo album Beyond Words , and in 2003 released Callan Bridge , a collaboration with his brother Cillian (of Lúnasa) on pipes.
Paul Meehan : A product of thriving Irish music scenes in Manchester, County Armagh, and Cork, Paul recorded three albums with the highly acclaimed North Cregg. He has also spent a number of years touring and recording with Dorsa, the Karan Casey Band, and Lúnasa. In recent years Paul has appeared on stage with the likes of Altan, At the Racket, Paddy Keenan, Tommy Peoples and Liz Carroll.
Caoimhín Vallely : Like his older brother Niall, pianist Caoimhín grew up in Armagh and began tin whistle lessons at the Armagh Pipers Club before moving to the fiddle. While still only seventeen, he joined the band Upstairs in a Tent, where he played alongside Brian Finnegan (formerly of the band Flook) and Kathryn Tickell. In Cork he co-founded North Cregg. Theater credits include a stint as musical director with the Belfast-based Dubblejoint and playing with Alan Kelly’s dance show “Celtic Legends.” His debut solo piano album Strayaway will be released shortly.
Together Buílle are, in the words of The Irish Times , “As fresh a breath that’s blown through traditional and roots circles in a long, long time.”
4. HOUSE CONCERTS FOR CAPTAIN MACKEY'S
GOATSKIN AND STRINGBAND
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--- PHOENIX - TUE NOV 17TH AT 7:30 PM
“Soldiers Songs: The Irish Abroad and Sldiering
Home of Jim and Add Daugherty’s Home (bring you own libation).
$15 or $12 for PIA members or Academy students. Contact mary@fourpeaksirisharts for the address
www.captainmackey.com
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--- TUCSON - WED NOV 18TH AT AT 7:00
PM
. The suggested donation is $15 (all of which goes to the artists).
For more information, or to make a reservation, contact Melissa Tatum at melissaltatum@yahoo.com
or 520-275-3811. Reservations are required.
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Jimmy Crowley & Máirtín de Cógáin 
Two generations of Cork balladeers
Corkmen Máirtín de Cógáin and Jimmy Crowley have
given their whole lives to the promulgation and nurture of the ballad. Both
men hail from the rebel county of Cork and now reside in America. Máirtín
and Jimmy proudly speak the Irish language and have won degrees in the subject
from the University of Ireland.
Máirtín is a founding member of The Fuchsia Band who have taken many a festival by storm in America. A consummate story-teller, actor, singer and musician, he can be seen and heard in the hit movie, The Wind that Shakes the Barley about the Irish War of Independence and subsequent Civil War.
Jimmy Crowley is reckoned to be something of a legend in Irish music from his earlier work with Stokers Lodge, described by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin as "an icon in Irish music". He has recorded ten albums of music, is a committed songwriter and a song collector; and has found in Máirtín an able partner and counterfoil for the respect and commitment they both have for all branches of the song tradition from the bardic, Gaelic songs to the present day revival.
Captain Mackey's Goatskin and Stringband takes its name from a legendary Irish-American Fenian and a legendary Cork folk band from the sixties, Paddy's Goatskin and Stringband, which had a seminal effect on Jimmy's musical life. The Stringband's membership is fleshed out by the addition of Irish fiddler Valerie Plested and guitarist Don Penzien for a mighty sound, indeed!
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If you are unfamiliar with their work, Mairtin has sample tracks on his myspace
page at
http://www.myspace.com/mairtindecogain
Jimmy has sample tracks on his website at
http://jimmycrowley.com/music.htm
You can also find sample tracks on the Captain Mackey website:
http://www.captainmackey.com/recordings.htm
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Captain Mackey's Goatskin and Stringband will be one of the featured bands
on the Irish Tours Cruise, Jan 20 to 27 sailing the Caribbean. http://www.irishtours.com/Cruise.html.
Some of the other entertainers include: Mary Black, the Black Brothers, Johnny
McEvoy, the Karan Casey Band, the Elders, Tommy Sands, and a bunch of others.
December 19th 7:00 PM December 20th 2:00 PM
Mesa Arts Center
A magician with secrets, an enchanted gift, a battle with the Mouse Queen, a magical adventure through the land of Tir Na Nog where fairies, flowers and gypsies dance to Irish tunes: it must be the Irish Nutcracker. Join Clare as she experiences the classic holiday Christmas story the Irish way. The Irish Nutcracker returns to Phoenix in 2009 to celebrate its fifth anniversary after four years of standing room only crowds. New features this year are LIVE music performed by a local Irish band and a new, larger venue to accommodate the high level of interest in this exciting holiday production. The Irish dance drama is based on the classic ballet and holiday story. All of the performers are students of the Celtic Dance Academy. The show includes performers of all ages and abilities.
Come and start your holidays off on a festive Irish note by joining us for the Irish Nutcracker. Tickets will be available through the Mesa Arts Center box office. For more information about the performance,visit www.celticdanceacademy.com or contact Sarah Henrich at 602-820-3988.
The Celtic Dance Academy tradition, excellence, friendship,family
Contact: Sarah Henrich
Tel. 602-820-3988
e-mail. celticdance@gmail.com
6. WINTER SOLSTICE INFORMATION RELEASED
On Monday, December 21, 2009, The center, will be presenting our 10th annual
Winter Solstice. Outside celebrations marking the longest night of the year
start as the sun goes down, so dress to keep warm.
Solstice, now as in ancient times, marks the longest night of the year whereby the Sun is at its lowest elevation in the sky. The return of the Sun from its most southern position on the horizon has always been of great ceremonial significance, in addition to serving as a celestial clock.
Through the magic of Irish mythology, special visitors from afar will be here on December 21st to help us celebrate Solstice, which is considered the oldest celebrated festival in the world. Our special visitors are known as the ‘Swans from Pleiades’.
The customary Irish dinner will be served starting at 4:00 p.m. Reservations for food would be appreciated by December 19th. Please call 480-242-3500 or 602-258-0109.
WHAT: Solstice celebrations
WHERE: Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N. Central Ave., Phoenix.
(A Light Rail stop is nearby at Roosevelt St.)
WHEN: Monday, December 21, 2009 4:00 pm
COST: $12.00 includes dinner. $6.00 for presentations only.
For further information, please call (480) 242-3500 or (602) 258-0109 or check
www.azirish.org.
PHRASE: Oiche Shamhna
PRONOUNCED: ee-ha how-nah
MEANING: Halloween (the night before Samhain)
PHRASE: Tabhair feirin dom no buailfidh me bob ort!
PRONOUNCED: tour ferr-een dum no booligg may bob urt
MEANING: Trick or Treat
(give me a treat or I will play a trick on you!)
PHRASE: Tine cramha/Cailleach/Taibhse
PRONOUNCED: tinneh cravh-sheh/coll-yuk/tavh-sheh
MEANING: Bonfire/Witch/Ghost
View the archive of phrases here:
8. THIS WEEK IN IRISH MUSIC
Michael McClanathan will play the pipes each day at sunset at the Westin Kirland.
WED
Paul Knight will be at Cup O Karma on Wed evening.
Scott Jeffers will be at the Dubliner on Wed evening
Malcolm will be at the Devonshire Community Center on Wed evening
There willl be seisiun at Lis Doon Varna on Wed eveing
THUR
Shay Veno and Jane Hilton will be be at Tim Finnigans on Thur
FRI/SAT
There will be a seisiun at the ICC as part of First Friday.
Auld Dublin will host Ronyas on Fri and Sat
Brazen Heads will be at the Dubliner on Fri and Sat
Keltic Cowblys will be at Fibber Magee's on Fri and Sat
Biffos will be at the Irish Wolfhound on Fri.
Lis Doon Varna will host the Insomniacs on Fri and Sat
Murphy's Law will host Along for the Ride on Fri
O'Donoghue's will host Easton Ashe on Fri.
Eddie McAnteer will be at the Old Pueblo on Fri
Smoot Mahooty will be at Rosie McCaffrey's on Fri and Sat
Traveler will be at Rula Bula on Fri and Sat
Seamus McCaffrey's will host the Waters on Fri
Skeptical Chymist will host Capitol Down on Fri and Sat
tim Finnegan's will host Zimi's on Fri and Pheed on Sat.
Turf will host the Jump Back Brothers on Fri and the Biffos on Sat
SAT/SUN
Paddy's Peg Leg will be at Lis Doon Varna on Sat afternoon
Pat McCrossan will be at Lis Doon Varna on Sun afternoon
There will be a seisiun at Tim Finnegan's early Sun afternoon
There will be a seisiun at Fibber Magee's late Sun afternoon
Jed Marum will be at Fiddler's Dream on Sun eveing
TUCSON
There will be a seisiun at the Auld Dubliner Tucson late on Sun afternoon.
FLAGSTAFF
There willl be a contradance at Ashurst Hall at NAU on Sat evening
There will be a seisiun at Charly's late Sun afternoon.
PRESCOTT
There will be a contradance at the Activity Center on Fri evening
Karl Jones will be at Celtic Crossings on Fri evening and Inis will be at Celtic Crossings on Sat evening
SEDONA
Meadowlark will be at Tlaquepaque on late Fri afternoon
COTTONWOOD
There will be a contradance at the Cotton
Civic Center on Sat evening.
CALENDAR
1. PHOENIX
1. PHOENIX
Auld Dubliner - Peoria
9780 W. Northern Peoria 623-877-1918
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Ron Hoyas
11/7/20 Sat 9:00 PM Ron Hoyas
Cup O Bean
1710 W. Southern Ave Mesa 480-890-0579
11/4/20 Wed 7:30 PM Paul Knight
Devonshire Community Center_
2802 E. Devonshire Phoenix 602-262-3562
11/4/20 Wed 7:00 PM Malcolm Harris
Dubliner Irish Pub
3841 E. Thunderbird Phoenix 602-867-0984
11/4/20 Wed 9:00 PM Scott Jeffers
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Brazen Heads
11/7/20 Sat 9:00 PM Brazen Heads
Fibber Magees
1989 W. Elliott Rd. #19 Chandler 480-722-9434
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Keltic
11/7/20 Sat 9:00 PM Keltic
11/8/20 Sun 4:00 PM Fibber's Sun
Fiddler's Dream
17th St. & Cactus Phoenix 602-997-9795
11/8/20 Sun 8:00 PM Jed Marum
Irish Wolfhound
16811 N. Litchfield Surprise 623-214-1006
11/5/20 Thu 8:00 PM Pheed
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Biffos
Lis Doon Varna
16100 N. Arrowhead Peoria 623-979-0730
11/4/20 Wed 7:00 PM Irish Seisiun
11/5/20 Thu 9:00 PM Insomniacs
11/7/20 Sat 12:30 Paddy's Peg
11/7/20 Sat 9:00 PM Insomniacs
11/8/20 Sun 12:00 Pat McCrossan
11/10/2 Tue 8:00 PM Lis Doon
Murphy's Law
58 S San Marcos Chandler 480-812-1588
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Along for the
O'Donoghue's Irish Pub
20469 N. Hayden Rd. Scottsdale 480-585-6329
11/6/20 Fri 8:00 PM Easton Ashe
11/7/20 Sat 6:00 PM Wedding
Old Pueblo Cafe and Pub
102 N. Old Litchfield Litchfield 623-935-5059
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Eddie McAtear
Rosie McCaffrey's
906 E. Camelback Phoenix 602-241-1916
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Smoot
11/7/20 Sat 9:00 PM Smoot
Rula Bula
401 S. Mill Ave Tempe 480-929-9500
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Traveler
11/7/20 Sat 9:00 PM Traveler
Seamus Mc Caffrey's
18 W. Monroe Phoenix 602-253-6081
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Waters
Skeptical Chymist
15688 N. Pima Ftw Scottsdale 480-609-8677
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Capitol Down
11/7/20 Sat 9:00 PM Capitol Down
Tim Finnegans
9201 N. 29th Ave. #52 Phoenix 602-997-2323
11/5/20 Thu 9:00 PM Shay Veno
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Zimis
11/7/20 Sati 9:00 PM Pheed
11/8/20 Sun 1:00 PM Finnegan's
11/8/20 Sun 9:00 PM Irish
Turf
705 N. First St. Phoenix 602-296-5043
11/6/20 Fri 9:00 PM Jump Back Bros
11/7/20 Sat 9:00 PM Biffos
Westin Kierland Resort
6902 E Greenway Phoenix 480-624-1030
11/4/20 Wed 5:30 PM Michael
11/5/20 Thu 5:30 PM Michael
11/6/20 Fri 5:30 PM Michael
11/7/20 Sat 5:30 PM Michael
11/8/20 Sun 5:30 PM Michael
11/9/20 Mon 5:30 PM Michael
11/10/2 Tue 5:30 PM Michael
2. TUCSON
Auld Dubliner - Tucson
800 East University Tucson 520-206-0323
11/8/20 Sun 4:00 PM Tucson Irish
3. FLAGSTAFF
Ashurst Hall - NAU
Creative & Comm Arts Flagstaff 928-523-1889
11/7/20 Sat 7:30 PM Contradance -
Charly's Pub and Grill
23 N Leroux St Flagstaff 928-779-1919
11/8/20 Sun 4:00 PM Flagstaff Irish
4. PRESCOTT
Celtic Crossings
3250 Gateway Blvd - Prescott 928-443-8454
11/6/20 Fri 6:30 PM Karl Jones -
11/7/20 Sat 6:30 PM Inis
Prescott Activity Center
824 E. Gurley St. Prescott 928-445-8823
11/6/20 Fri 7:30 PM Contradance -
5. SEDONA
Tlaquepaque
336 Hwy 179 Sedona 928-282-4838
11/6/20 Fri 4:00 PM Meadowlark
6. REST OF AZ
Cottonwood Civic Center
Main Street Cottonwodd 928-774-5936
11/7/20 Sat 7:00 PM Contradance -
Sunday,
November 8, 2009