It’s “kick up your heels” Saturday as the Martin Family Band plays Celtic tunes at the Willow Creek Orchard’s 5th annual open house in Collegeville and Canadian fiddler and singer April Verch performs at Calvary Church in Philadelphia.
But save some toe-tapping strength for Tuesday’s “Irish Christmas in America” at the Irish Center in Mt. Airy, featuring Karan Casey and Teada and some incredible musicians and dancers. And get your tickets now. In many cities where this show is touring, it’s playing to sold-out crowds. This year you can purchase performance CDs or you can win a copy in our “help irishphiladelphia.com hit 1,000 subscribers to its newsletter” contest. All you have to do to be entered is to subscribe to our weekly informative email newsletter (we call it Mickmail) or, if you’re already a subscriber, forward your issue on to someone else who you think might subscribe. We’re only about 13 people away from achieving our goal for the year. Next year: world domination.
On Wednesday, our friends Dennis Gormley and Kathy DeAngelo, otherwise known as McDermott’s Handy, will be performing their own Christmas special at the Fox Chase Library in Philadelphia. Not only are they fine musicians, Dennis never fails to crack us up, so expect some great fun.
And if you’re not too Christmased out, Leahy—an astonishing family of eight talented brothers and sisters from Canada—will present their Christmas show at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday, December 12. You may have seen their PBS special or heard their award-winning albums. They even stole some thunder from Shania Twain when they opened for her in her inaugural world tour.
If our calendar isn’t out Christmas shopping, you can check it for all the details.
