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The 31st
Comhaltas Irish Dance Festival
2008 will be on Saturday,
May 25th.
CCE Fiddle Week 2008, July 7th through the
11th.
The Traditional Irish Music and Dance Festival
Saturday, September 27th, noon until 6 pm, Van Dyck Park, 3730 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax VA 22030
Enjoy traditional Irish music and dancing at this FREE outdoor festival (but donations are much appreciated)
Three stages of bands, Irish set, ceili and step dancing all day long, food,
Don't miss it!
The Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann 2008 North American Convention was held in Parsippany, New Jersey from Thursday, March 27th through Sunday, March 30th. The nest convention will be in St. Louis in 2009.
Comhaltas Ceoltoirii Eireann
(CCE)
Ceili, Saturday, May 10th,
at Green Acres Center, 4401 Sideburn Road, Fairfax (City) 22030. (see
link to map below) Music by the Bogwanders Ceili Band. Dances called by
Marilyn Moore.
A class at 7 pm will review the Sweets of May.
Dancing from 7:30 until 11 pm.
Program of Dances
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Walls of Limerick |
Rakes of Mallow |
Clare Orange and Green Set |
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Gay Gordons |
Two-Hand Reel |
Waltz |
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Sweets of May |
Harvest-Time Jig |
High Cauled Cap |
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Waltz of the Bells |
Waltz |
Dancers’ Choice Reels (if time) |
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Sliabh Luachra Set |
Baltimore Set (Skibbereen) |
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The featured performer at the first break will be Shannon Dunne.
Admission is $12 for CCE members; $15 for non members. Special prices for
students and families.
For information about the ceili, call Kendra Swann 703-490-5207.
"The O'Neill-Malcom CCE ceili is intended to be both
family and beginner friendly, while encompassing a mix of dances from the
spectrum of Irish traditions, including 2 and 3 hand, ceili and set dances.
Each dance program includes both easy and more challenging dances, with more of
the easy dances early in the evening. A workshop is offered at the beginning of
the ceili each month, and all dances are called. In addition, CCE offers
Saturday morning classes for those who are interested in improving their
footwork and learning the more challenging dances." For
information on the classes, call Larry Frank at 703-281-0910 or
lfrank2 @ earthlink.net.
There will be no April ceili. CCE will join with Fairfax
City's Spotlight on the Arts for a night of Irish music and dance on Saturday
evening, May 3rd. The last ceili, until the fall,
will be on Saturday, May 10th.
The CCE organization is interested in posting all notices of
upcoming Irish related activities in the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan
areas. Please submit your posting in a paragraph form that lends itself to
ready posting on the site without editing by the web master.
Links to Web Site's Pages
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Joining CCE List Serve
Frequent Emails |
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| Irish Language, Literature groups, Daltai link to phrases to use on St. Patrick's Day | ||||
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Upcoming |
| Article in January 22, 2008
Issue of Connection Newspapers |
Fiddle Week 2008 |
This site is
always being updated. The site aims to include specific information on
activities sponsored by this branch: ceilis, classes, schools, feis and
festivals, music sessions, and literary groups. It will also include
information on classes and activities offered by individual members. It will
include information on how to join CCE and how to get on our list serve
which will provide more complete and current information on upcoming activities than
this web site. Membership is not required to be on the list serve. Links to other web sites believed to be
of interest to readers will also be included.
The web master Hugh Conway can be reached at 703-273-6869 and at ccepotomac--@--yahoo.com