Celtic Spring in concert.
If you’re up for a little drive—just to Pottsville—the Clover Fire Company is holding its 23rd annual Irish Weekend from Friday through Sunday. It’s a freebie on Friday and only $4 for adults to get in to hear groups like The Martin Family Band, the Irish Lads, The Breaker Boys, the Kilmaine Saints, and Charlie Zahm and Tad Marks.
In Newfield, NJ, her friends are holding Haley’s Ceili to raise money for the seven-year-old fiddler Haley Richardson to Ireland to compete in the Fleadh Cheoil (All-Ireland) competition.
Also on Saturday, another group of friends are coming together to raise money for a group that calls itself Carmel’s Crew. They’ll be walking in the Susan B. Komen three-day in October. A karaoke beef-and-beer is scheduled at Paddy Rooney’s in Havertown to raise money for the team, walking for Carmel Bradley who was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago. Carmel, now cancer-free, is walking too.
On Sunday, Celtic Spring—called the “vonTrapp family of Irish music” and featured on “America’s Got Talent—will be performing at the Keswick Theatre. The six Wood siblings all play the fiddle and dance—and yes, at the same time. Their dad plays drum and their mom plays piano.
This Thursday marks the return of Free Movie Night at the Irish Center. This week, watch a fascinating documentary that will take everyone back to their Irish roots—way back. Using archeological finds and DNA testing, researchers are now coming up with some interesting answers to the question, “Who are the Irish?” One clue: Part of the action takes place in Africa. Come for a late dinner—there’s a new menu at the Irish Center and most of the entrees are under $5.
Ceili Rain is taking the stage next Friday at the Sellersville Theatre. This Nashville-based band is led by Bob Halligan Jr., a songwriter who has penned hits for Cher, Joan Jett, Kathy Mattea, Judas Priest and Michael Bolton. Ceili Rain does Celtic music with a pop-rock flair.
Next Saturday, Celtic Women comes to the Mann Center for the Perfoming Arts.
And there’s plenty more on the way: The Kane Sisters with Edel Fox, are on tap for the Irish Center on Sunday, August 1. The two siblings are fiddlers in the Sligo style and Fox, who is on staff at the famous Willie Clancy Summer School in Miltown Malbay, is one of the most accomplished Irish traditional performers in Ireland today. The three recently performed and taught at the annual Catskills Irish Arts Week in Durham, NY.
