RE: Upcoming Celtic Shows

Just a note. I took a guitar workshop with Stanley Greenthal and have some of music. He is very good. Telynor I have followed for years. They are amazing musicians.

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> From: Mistress of the Blue Shift[SMTP:quarong at aa.net]
> Reply To: filk at dragoncat.net
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 5:17 PM
> To: filk at dragoncat.net
> Subject: Upcoming Celtic Shows
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> DUSTY STRINGS OPEN HOUSE = Saturday 12/9/00 from 9am-10pm at their main
> store site in Fremont. They have a whole calendar of concerts, tours, and
> snacks; and all of it is free. The lineup is fairly extensive, so I'll let
> you read it yourself at www.dusty-strings.com
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> MAGICAL STRINGS = The virtuoso Boulding family and various friends are
> back for their usual holiday concert series. I'm not much of one for
> "holiday" music, but I always enjoy this show in part because they make an
> effort to find little known pieces rather than focusing on the old
> stand-bys. The events usually sell out, so I'd contact the venue in
> advance: www.magicalstrings.com
> 12/8 North Thurston Performing Arts Center in Olympia 7:30pm.
> 12/9 First Congregational Church in Portland 7:30pm.
> 12/10 Kent Meridian Performing Arts Center in Kent. 3 & 7pm
> 12/15 First Baptist Church in Tacoma 7:30pm
> 12/16 First Presbyterian Church in Downtown Seattle 7pm.
> 12/17 Lincoln Theater in Mt Vernon 2:30 & 7:30pm
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> TOM LANDA & THE PAPERBOYS = My favorite Celtic Bluegrass Rock group will
> be playing at the Tractor Tavern on Dec 14 at 8pm & Dec 15 at 9pm. (Both
> shows are likely to have an opening group, so The Paperboys won't be on
> until a bit later most likely.) Tickets are $12 and I would strongly
> recommend that you get them in advance especially for the Friday night
> show: You can do so at the Tractor or via Ticket Web. www.paperboys.com
>
> THE CASEY NEILL TRIO = Another favorite of mine, and not only because it
> includes my fluteplayer friend Hanz Araki. They are a general American
> folk group with strong overlays of Bluegrass and Rock music, mixing some
> traditional tunes with some powerful original lyrics by Casey Neill, and
> solid arrangements by Zak Borden.
> Thurs DEC 14th - Bellingham, WA TRIO at Wild Buffalo 208 W Holly st
> Fri & Sat DEC 15th & 16th - Anacortes, WA TRIO at Watertown Pub
> Sun DEC 17th - Portland, OR Casey solo at the White Eagle. This
> will be a short set with 2 other featured writers as part of the
> Dave Carter & Tracy Grammers Songwriter Night.
> A larger tour is in the works for early 2001 as part of the
> release of their second group CD. www.speakeasy.org/~jlks/casey/
>
> TELYNOR = Fri 12/15 at 7pm at Dusty Strings in Fremont, $8. John & Anna
> Peekstok play a variety of music from the Celtic lands, Medieval &
> Rennaissance era Europe, and early America on an astounding variety of
> instruments. (Anna playing modern blues on a hurdy-gurdy at Folklife is
> something I'll never forget!) www.telynor.com
>
> STANLEY GREENTHAL = Sun 12/17 "A Winter Solstice Evening" at Valdi's
> Ballard Bistro in SEattle. 7:30pm, $9 general admission. This concert is
> organized by Victory Music, a local group that does a lot with Folk,
> Celtic, Jazz / Blues, and other musical forms. "Stanley performs spirited
> Celtic and Balkan instrumentals with traditional and original songs of the
> season." He is a singer / songwriter with expertise on several "guitar
> family" instruments; and he'll be joined by Kip Greenthal on percussion and
> harmony vocals, and Joel Bernstein on concertina, fiddle, and >
> harmonica. I've never seen Mr. Greenthal in person, but have heard a lot
> of good things about him; and Valdi's is a nice place to eat, socialize and
> listen to music.
>
> SETANTA = This is Hanz Araki, Finn McGinty, and Dale Russ. 3 veteran
> session players from the Seattle area that do a great deal of traditional
> Irish music with some very contemporary energy. You can see some
> combination of them and their associates almost every Fri and Sat night at
> Conor Byrnes, Irish Immigrant, or some of Seattle's other pubs. Setanta
> has their first group CD coming out, however, on Sunday January 14th at 8pm
> at the Tractor Tavern. I have an advance copy, and it is
> fantastic! www.hanzaraki.com
>
> CONOR CROKE BENEFIT = Mr. Croke is a Dublin native now living in
> Seattle. He was paralyzed in a work accident, and has no medical
> insurance. The local Celtic community is having 2 fund raising benefits
> for him in December, including raffles, auctions, and lots of music. For
> more information call Robin at 206-938-3045 or Pat at 206-525-2955.
> Sunday 12/10 at 7pm at the Irish Immigrant in the Univ
> District = Owl N Thistle Band, Setanta, & Oliver Mulholland.
> Sunday 12/31 from 1pm-1am at the Old Pequlia in Ballard = 12
> hour disco marathon at $2 a song.
>
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> That's all I have right now. I hope you all are doing well.
>
> Quarong
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> Karen Rall, Folk Music Programming Coordinator for Westercon 54 in Portland and
> Norwescon 24 in Seattle. If you'd like more information about Celtic music
> activities
> in the Greater Seattle area, or about Filking at Cons & SCA Events, please
> reply to
> <quarong at aa.net>. General Convention info is available at
> <www.sfnorthwest.org>,
> and SCA information at <www.sca.org>.
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Received on 12/09/00