2007 Festival and Program
ANNUAL TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC AND
DANCE FESTIVAL
Sponsored by the O'Neill Malcolm Branch of Comhaltas
Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCE)
Saturday, September 22nd 2007
Van Dyck Park, 3730 Old Lee Hwy., Fairfax City, Virginia 22030
12 noon - 6pm
Free Admission - Donations accepted to defray festival costs are welcome.
Three stages of traditional music and dance featuring the finest
Irish musicians and dancers from the Washington and Baltimore area.
(Directions: Get to Fairfax Circle, Rte 50 and 29, and head south past
Fairfax High School)
GALWAY STAGE
THE PAVILLION
CLARE STAGE
Mobile Stage
Riser Stage
| 12-12:30 | Hedge School | 12-12:30 | Aoibhneas An Rince | 12:00-12:40 | Celtic Marc | ||
| 12:35-1:15 | Flying Cows of Ventry | 12:35-1:35 | GWCC Dancers | 12:50-1:30 | Kilshanny | ||
| 1:20-2:00 | Karen and Paul | 1:40-2:15 | Tir na n'Og | 1:35-2:10 | Sior-Og with the | ||
| 2:00-2:45 | Beth Benedetto | 2:20-3:00 | Irish Breakfast Band | Duffy School | |||
| 2:55-3:25 | Bog Band | with Boyle School | 2:15-2:50 | Pat Garvey | |||
| 3:30-4:00 | Culkin School | 3:05-3:40 | Tuesday Night Ceili Club | 3:00-3:45 | Botzer and Cavanagh | ||
| 4:10-4:50 | Dirty Pints | 3:45-4:15 | Calico Cloggers | 3:50-4:20 | Mulvihill and Gafney | ||
| 4:55-5:35 | Shannon Dunne | 4:20-5:00 | CCE Dancers | 4:25-5:05 | Mark Hillman | ||
| with Sean Yes | 5:00-6:15 | Monster ceili with The | |||||
| 5:40-6:15 | O'Neill-James School | Inn Mates and Friends | |||||
PERFORMERS
BRENDAN MULVIHILL virtuoso fiddler extraordinaire
MARK HILLMANN a wizard on the Irish uilleann pipes
KAREN ASHBROOK and PAUL OORTS masterful playing on hammered dulcimer, flute and anything else with strings
KILSHANNY – A QUARTET OF EXPERTS John Knowles fiddle, award-winning banjo player, John Ready, guitarist/box player Jim Hyland and mandolin/concertina player, Joe Robinson
THE INN MATES one of the finest traditional dance bands in the area
BETH BENEDETTO
award winning sean-nos (old-style) singer in the
Irish language
SHANNON DUNNE with SEAN-YES – Sean-Nos step dancing from Shannon with hot tunes from Sean-Yes - Featuring Patrick Cavanaugh, Brendan Bell, and Josh Dukes
THE BOG BAND a great group of fiddling 7th graders led by their teacher Mitch Fanning
THE SLIGO CREEK HEDGE SCHOOL talented kids from karen’s summer camp
FLYING COWS OF VENTRY hard driving ballads and tunes
THE DIRTY PINTS Small yet powerful trio of fiddle, whistle, and guitar
CELTIC MARC - celt with “kick” driving tunes and gentle songs
IRISH BREAKFAST BAND an institution in the Washington area
SIOR OG traditional Irish tunes as only they can play them
BUTTON ACCORDION WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE DAY PRESENTED BY TONY
ZISELBERGER AND
DEBORAH BROWER WITH INSTRUMENTS PROVIDED BY LEARNER ACCORDIONS
IRISH LANGUAGE AND SEAN-NOS (old-style) SINGING IN IRISH WORKSHOP presented
by
the O’’Neill-Malcom Branch CCE Irish Officer, Beth Benedetto
STEP, SET, AND CEILI DANCE DEMONSTRATIONS WITH AUDIENCE
PARTICIPATION
Featuring:
THE O’NEILL JAMES SCHOOL
AOIBHNEAS AN RINCE
THE CULKIN SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCE
COMHALTAS CEOLTOIRI EIREANN DANCERS
GREATER WASHINGTON CEILI CLUB DANCERS
Tír na nÓg DANCERS
THE CALICO CLOGGERS
THE TUESDAY NIGHT CEILI CLUB (Fairfax City Parks and Recreation Class)
SCOIL RINCE Ni DUBTHAIGH