CCE Potomac
  • Home
  • About
    • Welcome
    • What We Do
    • Branch Officers
    • Newsletter
    • Membership
    • History
    • Sign up for our Listserve
  • Events
    • CCE Convention 2023 >
      • Convention Schedule
      • Conference Faculty
    • Irish Folk Festival
    • MAD Week
    • Mid-Atlantic Fleadh
  • Dance
    • Local Dance Schools
    • Area Dance Events and Groups
  • Music
    • Local Irish Music Teachers
    • Sessions
  • Calendar
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
    • Welcome
    • What We Do
    • Branch Officers
    • Newsletter
    • Membership
    • History
    • Sign up for our Listserve
  • Events
    • CCE Convention 2023 >
      • Convention Schedule
      • Conference Faculty
    • Irish Folk Festival
    • MAD Week
    • Mid-Atlantic Fleadh
  • Dance
    • Local Dance Schools
    • Area Dance Events and Groups
  • Music
    • Local Irish Music Teachers
    • Sessions
  • Calendar
  • Contact
Search by typing & pressing enter

YOUR CART

CCÉ Convention 2023 Schedule

Updated 3/19/2023. Subject to change.
For a list of faculty, go to the conference registration page here and scroll down to Workshop Signup.
Go to faculty bios
Return to Conference Page

Céili

Performance

Session

Workshop

Roundtable

Misc

 

Thursday, june 29

 

8:00 - 11:00 pm

Opening Céilí with Rambling House

Ballroom

8:00 - late

Multiple Sessions and Showcase Performances

Throughout hotel

 

 

 

Friday, june 30

 

8:30 - 10:00

Welcome & Continental Breakfast

Ballroom

10:00 - 5:00

Vendors

Ballroom Foyer

10:00 - late

Multiple Sessions and Showcase Performances

Throughout hotel

10:00 - 11:30

Basic Footwork for Sean-nós and Set Dancing
Taught by Kate Bole

Ballroom

10:00 - 12:30

Northeast Region Meeting

Theatre

10:00 - 12:30

Canada East and West Region Meeting

Timberlawn

10:00 - 12:30

West Region Meeting

Great Falls

10:00 - 12:30

Mid-Atlantic Region Meeting

Linden Oak

11:30 - 1:00

Dance School Showcase

Ballroom

12:00 - 1:00

Roundtable: Irish Language Officers

Forest Glen

12:00 - 1:00

Roundtable: Youth Officers

Glen Echo

1:00 - 5:00

Irish Film Screenings

Theatre

1:00 - 5:00

Provincial Meeting

Forest Glen

1:00 - 2:30

Set Dance Workshop
Taught by Pádraig & Róisín

Ballroom

1:30 - 3:00

Crash Course in Irish History
Taught by Noel Fahey

Glen Echo

1:30 - 3:00

All Things String
Taught by Brendan Callahan

Linden Oak

1:30 - 3:00

Intermediate Concertina
Taught by Lexie Boatwright

Timberlawn

1:30 – 3:00

Fiddling for Violinists
Taught by Mitch Fanning

Great Falls

3:00 - 4:30

Beginner Sean-nós Dancing
Taught by Kate Spanos

Ballroom

3:30 - 5:00

All Things Wind

Linden Oak

3:30 - 5:00

Guitar: DADGAD Tuning
Taught by Zan McLeod

Timberlawn

3:30 - 5:00

Introduction to Irish Language
Taught by Mike Schaeffer

Theatre

4:30 - 5:30

Library of Congress Irish Holdings

Glen Echo

4:30 – 6:00

Martin Mulvihill Tune Collection

Theater

5:00 - 6:00

The Irish in Washington
Taught by Bob Engelman

Theatre

5:00 - 6:00

Intro to Trad: Tune Types and Session Etiquette
Taught by Joey Abarta

Timberlawn

5:00 – 6:30

SCT Exam Preparation
Taught by Annmarie Acosta

Great Falls

6:00 - 8:00

Dinner Buffet

Ballroom

7:00 - 8:00

Mick Moloney Tribute

Theatre

8:00 - 11:00

Céilí with Pride of Moyvane

Ballroom

 

 

 

Céili

Performance

Session

Workshop

Roundtable

Misc

 

Saturday, July 1

 

9:00- 11:00

SCT Examination
Examiner: Eileen Gannon

Brookside

10:00 - 5:00

Vendors

Ballroom Foyer

10:00 - late

Multiple Sessions and Showcase Performances

Throughout hotel

10:00 - 11:30

Intermediate Fiddle
Taught by Brian Conway

Glen Echo

10:00 - 11:30

Intermediate Flute
Taught by Linda Hickman

Forest Glen

10:00 - 11:30

Beginner/Intermediate Tin Whistle
Taught by Tina Eck

Theatre

10:00 – 11:30

Beginner/Intermediate Tenor Banjo/Mandolin
Taught by Keith Carr

Great Falls

10:00 - 11:30

Advanced Concertina
Taught by Lexie Boatwright

Timberlawn

10:00 - 11:30

Intermediate/Advanced B/C Accordion
Taught by John Whelan

Linden Oak

10:00 - 11:30

Intermediate/Advanced Sean-nós Dancing
Taught by Kelly Smit

Ballroom

10:30 - 12:30

Brunch

Ballroom

12:00 - 1:30

Harp
Taught by Eileen Gannon

Glen Echo

12:00 - 1:30

Uillean Pipes
Taught by Joey Abarta

Forest Glen

12:00 - 1:30

Piano Accompaniment
Taught by Annmarie Acosta

Timberlawn

12:00 - 1:30

Harmonica: Chromatic or Diatonic
Taught by Don Meade

Great Falls

12:00 - 1:30

Traditional Singing
Taught by Kevin Elam

Linden Oak

12:00 – 1:30

Beginner/Intermediate Button Accordion
Taught by Dan Brouder

Theatre

1:00 - 2:30

Set Dance Workshop
Taught by Pádraig & Róisín

Ballroom

2:00 - 4:00

SCT Examination
Examiner: Eileen Gannon

Brookside

2:00 - 3:30

Advanced Fiddle
Taught by Brian Conway

Glen Echo

2:00 - 3:30

Advanced Flute
Taught by Laurence Nugent

Forest Glen

2:00 – 3:30

Advanced Tenor Banjo/Mandolin
Taught by Angelina Carberry

Linden Oak

2:00 - 3:30

Bodhrán
Taught by Myron Bretholz

Great Falls

2:00 - 3:30

Piano Melody
Taught by Donna Long

Timberlawn

2:00 - 3:30

Irish History through Song
Taught by Ann Lynch Lyons

Theatre

3:00- 4:30

Preventing Repetitive Stress Injuries for Irish Trad Musicians
Taught by Sean McComiskey, PT, DPT

Great Falls

4:00 - 5:30

Donegal Fiddle
Taught by Seán Heely

Glen Echo

4:00 - 5:30

Accompaniment for Irish Trad
Taught by Kevin Elam

Timberlawn

4:00 - 5:30

Roundtable: Accordion Summit!
Led by John Whelan, John Nolan, Billy McComiskey, Sean McComiskey, and Patty Furlong. Facilitator: Terence Winch

Linden Oak

4:00 - 5:30

Frank Harte Memorial Singers’ Circle
Led by Dan Kaufman

Theatre

4:00 - 5:30

Highland Pipes
Taught by Tim Carey

Forest Glen

4:00 - 5:30

Clogging, All Levels
Taught by Agi Kovacs

Ballroom

5:30 - 6:30

VIP Reception

Brookside

5:30 - 6:30

Pre-dinner Cash Bar

Ballroom Foyer

6:30 - 8:30

Banquet with Program

Ballroom

9:30 – 12:30

John Whelan All Star Céilí Band with Pádraig & Róisín

Ballroom

 

 

 

Céili

Performance

Session

Workshop

Roundtable

Misc

 

Sunday, July 2

 

9:00 - 2:30

SCT Exams
Examiner: Eileen Gannon

Glen Echo

9:00 - 2:30

Multiple Sessions

Throughout hotel

10:00 - 11:00

Mass in Irish

Theatre

10:00 - 12:00

Brunch

Ballroom

10:30 - 12:00

Roundtable: Promoting Set Dancing

Timberlawn

10:30 - 12:00

Roundtable: Protecting Children

Linden Oak

10:30 - 12:30

Rafferty Video Archive

Theatre

11:30 - 1:00

Set Dance Workshop
Taught by Pádraig & Róisín

Ballroom

11:30 - 1:00

Roundtable: CCE Chairs

Forest Glen

11:30 - 1:00

Roundtable: Fundraising

Linden Oak

11:30 - 1:00

Roundtable: Running a Music School

Timberlawn

11:30 - 1:00

Books By and About the Irish

Great Falls

1:30 - 4:30

Closing Céilí with Ceol na gCroi Céilí Band

Ballroom

 

Webmaster: Dan Kaufman