ARIZONA IRISH MUSIC SOCIETY
AIMS NEWS AND NOTES
1. Out and About --- HAPPY NEW YEAR --- HAPPY NEW YEAR The Irish are always interested in a party and New Year's Eve is no exception.
Irish Cultural Center - Contradance Can it really be nearly 2007 already? Time flies. Overall it was a good year, despite it raining on the Parade after six months of drought!??! It has certainly been busy with the addition of two new pubs in the Phoenix area, a new pub in Tucson, and a new pub in Prescott. There are some new bands such as the Brazen Heads, the Rakes, and Cork Road while several bands released new CD's including the McMorrows, Sven Henrich, O'Carroll's Gate, Oceans Apart, and the Chuckawalla Rhythm Kings (I'm sure I'm missing somebody…). Arizona was a popular destination for touring groups include Leahy, Danu, Patrick Ball, Matthew Gilsenan, Black Watch, Welsh Guards, Ken O'Malley, Battlefield Band, Solas, Maire Ni Chathasaigh, Christopher Dean, Four Shillings Short, Alastair Fraser and Paul Machlis, Luka Bloom, Roger Landes and Randall Bays, Gaelic Storm, Young Dubliners, Old Blind Dogs, Van Morrison, Marian Tomas Griffin, Gerry O'Beirne and Rosie Shipley, Riverdance, Dervish, Ensemble Galilei, and Bonnie Rideou plus visits by festival performances such as Alex Beaton, Celtic Spring, Bad Haggis, Wicked Tinkers, Tartan Terrors, Paisley Close, Brian Freeman, Tanya Brody, and Michi Regier. 2006 also had major comedy and music shows by both the Hal Roach troupe and the Novel V. Ginnity show. But despite fears that there would be over saturation, 2007 promises to be just as busy. The ICC is a busy place for all kinds of activities. In addition to daily tours, the Academy, special workshops, and hosting meetings for Celtic community groups, there were a substantial number of programs and activities: Banquets and Receptions Concerts Dance Events Exhibits Fund Raisers Lectures Movies & Videos Party or Picnic Theater and Story Telling (I regret that I do not have a complete list of the fine programs the Welsh League has presented on the first Sat at noon of each month because they are excellent. They include a St David's Day Party, a program on Welsh folk dancing, a guest lecturer on theWelsh language, a pub quiz, and a video on "Welsh-Americans' Involvement In The American Civil War").
[The following was originally posted in November]
Paul Knight Vocals, guitar, bodhran The following is used with permission from www.ireland-information.com/irishphrases.htm PHRASE: Ta agam le rudai a cheannach PHRASE: Ba maith liom an cota deas/geansai deas PHRASE: Ba maith liom seo a chur ar agaidh ag mo teach To learn Irish Gaelic (as well as Scottish and Welsh), contact the Academy
at the Irish Cultural Center. 602-258-0109 or www.azirish.org/academy_class.shtml PHOENIX Michael McClanathan Will Be At The Westin Kirland Every Evening At Sunset. WED Paul Knight will be at into The Bean on Wed. FRI/SAT Scones will be at Fibber Magee's on Fri and Sat. Keltic Cowboys will be at Rosie McCaffrey's on Fri and Sat. Traveler will be at Rula Bula on Fri and Sat. The Scones will be at Skeptical Chymist on Fri and Sat. SUN Irish Cultural Center - Contradance Dubliner - Keltic Cowboys Fibber Magee's - Shirley's Temple Mariott Desert Ridge - Meadowlark Molly Brannigan's - Booya Rosie McCaffrey's - O'Carroll's Gate Rula Bula - Love Brokers Seamus McCaffrey's - Sven Henrich Skeptical Chymist - Brazen Heads
1. PHOENIX
AIMS News and Notes 12-27-2006
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The Irish Cultural Center is at 1106 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. 2006 A BIG YEAR FOR CELTIC MUSIC
3. ICC YEAR IN REVIEW
4. COMING ATTRACTIONS
--- Fri, Jan 12 - Allanah At Irish Cultural Center
--- Fri. Jan. 19 to Sun Jan 21 - Feis in the Desert at Crowne Plaza San Marcos in Chandler
--- Tue, Jan 23 - Chieftains at Mesa Center for the Arts
--- Fri. Jan 26 - Delite Gaddie on Introduction to Genealogy at Irish Cultural Center
--- Fri. Feb 2 to Sun Feb 4 - Two Rivers Renaissance Faire in Yuma
--- Sat. Feb 3 - Irish Medieval Castle Dinner
--- Fri. Feb 9 - Dr. Patrick Bixby on Samuel Becket
--- Fri. Feb 16 - Tony Kenny at Orpheum Theater
--- Sat. Feb 17 - Colleen Pageant - St. Paul's Church
--- Fri. Feb 23 - Readings From Beckett by Reader's Theater
--- Sat. Feb 24 & Sun. Feb 25 - Arizona Scottish Gathering & Highland Games at Mesa CC
5. Gaelic Phrases
6. This Week In Irish Music
1. OUT AND ABOUT
Dubliner - Keltic Cowboys
Fibber Magee's - Shirley's Temple
Mariott Desert Ridge - Meadowlark
Molly Brannigan's - Booya
Rosie McCaffrey's - O'Carroll's Gate
Rula Bula - Love Brokers
Seamus McCaffrey's - Sven Henrich
Skeptical Chymist - Brazen Heads
2. 2006 A BIG YEAR FOR CELTIC MUSIC
3. ICC YEAR IN REVIEW
4/10/2006 Dinner Honoring John Bruton
09/12/2006 Pan Celtic Ceilidh
11/05/2006 An Cara Dinner (Festival contributors and volunteers)
12/21/2006 Winter Solstice Party
2/16/2006 Bringers and Surrounded by Hounds
2/24/2006 Connie Fisher and Mythos
4/23/2006 Four Shillings Short
5/13/2006 Roger Landes and Randall Bays
10/13/2006 Gerry O'Beirne and Rosie Shipley
11/12/2006 Bill Craig
Monthly Monthly Ceili (3rd Fri.)
Monthy Phoenix Contradance plus Annual Spring Frolic (last Wed)
9/10/2006 No Feis Feis - A Fun Dance Competition
12/15/2006 Irish Nutcracker
Monthly First Friday Art Exhibits with a new exhibit with food and music
4/ 2/2006 Fundraiser for the St. Patrick's Parade at ICC
5/21/2006 Irish Spring Fundraiser for Arizona Irish Festival
Periodic Irish Tea Parties
10/28/2006 Arizona Irish Festival
4/14/2006 Maire Ni Chathasaigh on the "Irish Harp"
4/16/2006 Easter Rising
4/28/2006 Dr. Niall Brady About The Medieval Rural Settlement Project
5/12/2006 Loreto Guinan: The Cultural Heritage of Irish Peatlands
6/23/2006 C.R.O.F.T. on Medieval Crafts
6/30/2006 Gaelic Sports by Denis Kelly of the Gaels
8/11/2006 Lindianne Sarno And Gary Kuitert On The History And Music Of
Greensleeves
1/27/2006 Gangster's, Cops and Priests:1930's Hollywood's View of the Irish
2/10/2006 Video - "In Search of Ancient Ireland"
5/26/2006 Video "In Search of Ancient Ireland" Part II & III
9/ 8/2006 Movie: "Knute Rockne All American"
4/23/2006 Irish Foundation Spring Picnic
7/23/2006 Christmas in July Party
10/22/2006l Irish Foundation Fall Picnic
12/02/2006 Irish Foundation Christmas Party
1/13/2006 Reader's Theater Presents "Women Writers Of Ireland"
6/16/2006 Bloomsday Celebration
9/30/2006 Marian Tomas Griffin: An Irish Girl's Journey
10/20/2006 Scary Irish Stories for Halloween
4. COMING ATTRACTIONS
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--- Fri, Jan 12 - Allanah At Irish Cultural Center
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Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-258-0109
www.azirish.org Having coined the phrase, "Eclectic Celtic," Allanah brings
to the stage a high energy, "tastefully bawdy" show with a wide variety of music
and dance, from the traditional, Irish to world folk, performed solely for your
enjoyment. www.allanah.com/
Tristan Schwartz Mandolin
Tyler Coles Fiddle
Robin Dodder Flute, piccolo, pennywhistle, bones, and vocals
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--- Fri. Jan. 19 to Sun Jan 21 - Feis in the Desert
at Crowne Plaza San Marcos in Chandler
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Crowne Plaza San Marcos
One San Marcos Place Chandler AZ 85225
www.feisinthedesert.org 480-600-8509
Irish dance competition hosted by the Bracken School.
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--- Tue, Jan 23 - Chieftains at Mesa Center for
the Arts
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Mesa Center for the Arts,1 East Main Street, Mesa 4
80-644-6500
www.mesaartscenter.
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--- Wed, Jan 24 - Centennial Hall, U of A
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Centennial Hall - University of Arizona Tucson
520-621-1249 www.uapresents.org
When the Chieftains were formed in 1962, it is doubtful anyone would have imagined
they would become Ireland's most famous traditional Irish band. With more than
42 albums and almost 40 years of touring, they have never lost their appeal.
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--- Fri. Jan 26 - Delite Gaddie on Introduction
to Genealogy at Irish Cultural Center
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Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-258-0109 www.azirish.org
Where did you come from? Genealogy is the study of ancestry. Delite Gaddys will
help the audience get started on the process.
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--- Fri. Feb 2 to Sun Feb 4 - Two Rivers Renaissance
Faire in Yuma
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Joe Henry Park, 1st Street and 22nd Ave
www.tworiversfaire.com
The inaugural Yuma renaissance faire features minstrels, dancers, and various
players on our three stages. You're invited to join in the joyious celebration
and raucous doings around every turn. Aye, there will be gypsys, story tellers,
swordsmen, and even pirates to delight young and old alike. All the day long,
you will be entertained and amazed. Come one, come all!
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--- Sat. Feb 3 - Irish Medieval Castle Dinner
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Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004
Hosted by the Ennis Committee of Phoenix Sister Cities
602-258-0109 www.azirish.org
Step Back in Time and Dine with Royalty At the Irish Medieval Castle Dinner
with music by Oceans Apart.
$55 Phoenix Sister Cities Commission Members
$60 Non-Members
Reservations & Payments Required by January 25thContact:
Phoenix Sister Cities Commission
17 South 2 nd Avenue - 4 th Floor - Phoenix, AZ 85003
602-534-3751 - Fax: 602-534-1433
www.phoenixsistercities.org
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--- Fri. Feb 9 - Dr. Patrick Bixby on Samuel Becket
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Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004
Hosted by the Ennis Committee of Phoenix Sister Cities
602-258-0109 www.azirish.org
7:30 PM
In 1969, Samuel Beckett won the Nobel prize in literature "for his writing,
which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern
man acquires its elevation." While best know for his work, "Waiting for Godot",
Beckett was a prolific playwright, novelist, poet and literary critic. Dr. Bixby
will explore the life of one of the giants of modern literature as part of Beckett
month at the Irish Cultural Center.
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--- Fri. Feb 16 - Tony Kenny at Orpheum Theater
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Orpheum Theater, 203 W. Adams Phoenix
602-262-7272 www.tonykenny.net
7:30 PM
The Star of Jurys Irish Cabaret!
Tony Kenny is one America's most popular and enduring Irish entertainers. Every
summer, at Jurys Hotel in Dublin, Tony Kenny packs in sold out houses consisting
of fans from countless nations. His annual American tours have extended this
popularity, making his voice and name recognizable to lovers of Irish music
everywhere. Among his many hits collected over the years are Through The Eyes
Of An Irishman, My Son, Ireland's Call, Mother and much more. Equally adept
at Irish music, standards and show tunes, Tony's credentials as one of the great
male vocalists of our time are firmly established and recognized by his legions
of admirers. Enjoy these recordings! They embody the very best of Irish music
today, from standards which we all know and love, through to the very finest
compositions by today's great Irish songwriters. Among the many awards he has
received in recognition of his accomplishments and contributions to Irish entertainment
is the 1998 Performing Artists Trust Society Award. www.regorecords.com/tonykenny.html
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--- Sat. Feb 17 - Colleen Pageant - St. Paul's
Church
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St. Paul's Church, 330 W. Coral Gables Phoenix AZ 85023
www.azcolleen.com (623) 936-5461
The Colleen Pageant is an event that encourages young colleens to become part
of their Irish heritage, to share experiences with others of Irish descent and
to learn more about the Irish and their traditions. It is hoped that they, and
all of us with them, will continue to promote pride and understanding of Irish
culture and tradition and keep the Irish spirit alive in our hearts.
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--- Fri. Feb 23 - Readings From Beckett by Reader's
Theater
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Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-258-0109 www.azirish.org
Reader's Theater will perform works from Samuel Beckett as part of a month long
celebration of the centennial of the Nobel Laureate
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--- Sat. Feb 24 to Sun. Feb 25 - Arizona Scottish
Gathering and Highland Games at Mesa CC
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Mesa Community College, 1833 W Southern Ave Mesa AZ 85202
480-461-7000 www.arizonascots.com/games.html
Scottish athletics, pipe bands, music, highland dancing, clans, and vendors
are all part of this great Celtic celebration.
5. GAELIC PHRASES
PRONOUNCED: taw ah-gum leh rudd-ee ah kee-ann-ock
MEANING: I have to do some shopping
PRONOUNCED: buh wott lum on kota djas/gan-see djas
MEANING: I would like a nice coat/nice sweater
PRONOUNCED: buh wott lum shuh ah kurr air eye-gh egg muh chock
MEANING: I want this sent to my house
6. THIS WEEK IN IRISH MUSIC
Scott Jeffers will be at into The Dubliner on Wed.
Smoot Mahooty with Brid Dower will be at Rosie McCaffrey's on Wed.
Dubliner Irish Pub
3841 E. Thunderbird Rd.
Phoenix
602-867-0984
12/27/2006 | Wed | 9:00 PM | Scott Jeffers |
12/31/2006 | Sun | 9:00 PM | Keltic Cowboys |
Fibber Magees
1989 W. Elliott Rd. #19
Chandler
480-722-9434
12/29/2006 | Fri | 9:00 PM | Scones |
12/30/2006 | Sat | 9:00 PM | Scones |
12/31/2006 | Sun | 9:00 PM | Shirley's Temple |
Irish Cultural Center
1106 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix
602-392-7850
12/31/2006 | Sun | 7:00 PM | Phoenix Contradance |
Mariott Desert Ridge
5350 East Marriott Drive
Phoenix
480-293-5000
12/31/2006 | Sun | 6:00 PM | Meadowlark |
Molly Brannigan's Traditional Irish Pub
1744 South Val Vista
Mesa
480-507-7827
12/31/2006 | Sun | 9:00 PM | Booya |
Rosie McCaffrey's
906 E. Camelback
Phoenix
602-241-1916
12/27/2006 | Wed | 7:30 PM | Smoot Mahooty With Brid Dower |
12/29/2006 | Fri | 9:00 PM | Keltic Cowboys |
12/30/2006 | Sat | 9:00 PM | Keltic Cowboys |
12/31/2006 | Sun | 9:00 PM | O'Carroll's Gate |
Rula Bula
401 S. Mill Ave
Tempe
480-929-9500
12/29/2006 | Fri | 9:00 PM | Traveler |
12/30/2006 | Sat | 9:00 PM | Traveler |
12/31/2006 | Sun | 9:00 PM | Love Brokers |
Seamus Mc Caffrey's
18 W. Monroe
Phoenix
602-253-6081
12/31/2006 | Sun | 9:00 PM | Sven Henrich |
Skeptical Chymist
15688 N. Pima Ftw - at
Scottsdale
480-609-8677
12/29/2006 | Fri | 9:00 PM | Scones |
12/30/2006 | Sat | 9:00 PM | Scones |
12/31/2006 | Sun | 9:00 PM | Brazen Heads |
Westin Kierland Resort
6902 E Greenway
Phoenix
480-624-1030
12/27/2006 | Wed | 5:00 PM | Michael McClanathan |
12/28/2006 | Thu | 5:00 PM | Michael McClanathan |
12/29/2006 | Fri | 5:00 PM | Michael McClanathan |
12/30/2006 | Sat | 5:00 PM | Michael McClanathan |
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