Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann

O'Neill-Malcom Branch

January CEILI

at Frying Pan Park

Saturday, January 14, 2011

Playlist and More details

Join us for another MAD Week this summer!

2012 CCE Musical Arts & Dance (MAD) Week
July 9 - 13, 2012
Cedar Lane Unitarian Church - NEW LOCATION!
9601 Cedar Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814-4099

Instrumental:  Fiddle - two classes each of beginning, intermediate & advanced - one for adults, the other for kids.  Flute / Pennywhistle - pennywhistle for complete beginners; intermediate and advanced flute; Uileann Pipes; Guitar Accompaniment; Tenor Banjo; Button Accordion; and more...

Dance:  Set dance; Sean-nos

Will feature first-rate faculty again this year. Final list TBA shortly.

For registration info, check back here next week or send email to:

Mitch Fanning, Director

THE 17th ANNUAL CCE IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL

Saturday, September 22, 2012
Sherwood Community Center at Van Dyck Park
3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22030
&
The Auld Shebeen Irish Pub
3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030.

Here's info about last year's (2011) CCE IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL

Direct from Co. Sligo - TEADA!

MUINTEOIRI with All-Ireland champions Billy McComiskey and Brendan Mulvihill
Members of the OLD BAY CEILI BAND
The SOUTH ROSCOMMON SINGERS CIRCLE
NARROWBACKS, RAMBLING HOUSE, SHANNON DUNNE, PAT EGAN, LILT, The BOG BAND
THE NEW CENTURY DANCE ENSEMBLE with PETER BRICE and ZAN McLEOD
and SEVEN DANCE SCHOOLS!

PLUS
The IRISH BREAKFAST BAND, CELTIC MARC, HIBERNIAN COLD FRONT, MOLLYHAWKS, SHEPHERD’S PIE, KAREN ASHBROOK AND PAUL OORTS, The DIRTY PINTS, SEISUN, and BETH BENEDETTO.

WORKSHOPS
Irish Music for Four-String Instruments with Betsy O'Malley
Irish Language with Beth Benedetto & Mike Schaeffer
Bodhran with Myron Bretholz
Pennywhistle with Karen Ashbrook
Singers Circle with Kevin Donleavy

The 16th annual CCE IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL, sponsored by the CCE O'Neill-Malcom Branch with support from the Fairfax City Commission on the Arts, will take place on Saturday, September 24th at:

The Sherwood Community Center at Van Dyck Park
3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22030

AND

The Auld Shebeen Irish Pub
3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
.
FREE Admission

There will be live traditional Irish music and dance at both the Sherwood Center and the Auld Shebeen pub stage.
FREE Ceili that evening, 6:30 -8:30, directly following the Festival at The Sherwood Center.
Music by Shephard's Pie and TEADA.
Food Truck by Doug the Food Dude.

RAIN or SHINE.

For more information and a full schedule, please visit:

2011 CCE Irish Folk Festival Page