Centrepoint Theatre - Traditional / Celtic Series

TRADITIONAL / CELTIC SERIES
General Public on-sale September 12

CELTIC THUNDER (see other blog posting as well)
This show is a celebration of Celtic music and the Celts' heritage, a joy for the entire family, performed as always, with Celtic Thunder magic. The wildly entertaining Celtic Thunder pays homage to the musical culture of Ireland, with a repertoire of inspired songs from the group's new... (tickets on sale now)

THE IRISH ROVERS 40th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
For more than four decades, the Irish Rovers have charmed and entertained audiences around the world. These international ambassadors of Irish music, whose coming together took place in Canada, have maintained their timeless...

JOHN McDERMOTT
John McDermott, a true fan-favourite at Centrepointe Theatre, is no stranger to making magic on stage. His last CD, Journeys: Bringing Buddy Home, was guaranteed to make the hardest of hearts soften and have those with soft hearts crying without reservation...

THE CELTIC TENORS
The Celtic Tenors have established themselves as the most successful classical crossover artists ever to emerge from Ireland. Since scoring an international record deal with EMI in 2000, The Celtic Tenor's fifth and latest album features songs by Stephen Foster and Bob Dylan among...

Read more at the Centrepointe website event page.
http://www.centrepointetheatre.com/events_tickets/index_en.html?view=list

CELTIC THUNDER - September 13 & 14 at 8 pm Centrepointe Theatre

CELTIC THUNDER
September 13 & 14 at 8 pm, Centrepointe Theatre

This show is a celebration of Celtic music and the Celts heritage, a joy for the entire family, performed as always, with Celtic Thunder magic. The wildly entertaining Celtic Thunder pays homage to the musical culture of Ireland, with a repertoire of inspired songs from the group's new CD Heritage. Enjoy traditional standards such as "Whiskey in the Jar," "Black is the Color," "Skye Boat Song" and "Red, Red Rose", while taking in passionate performances that range from solo numbers, to enchanting duets and powerful ensembles.

Genre: Music
Prices: $79.50 / $69.50

TradConnect - a social network for Irish traditional music lovers!

TradConnect was launched in April 2011 and is a new social network for people who play, listen to and enjoy traditional Irish music. With close to 1,000 members, the aim of the site is to connect people that are learning and playing traditional Irish music with other players in their area.

Irish traditional music has always been about meeting up and playing music with other musicians. For many people the local pub session is viewed as the starting point in meeting other musicians. However in many areas there is no weekly session. Joining these sessions for a lot of people can be too daunting an experience. You may not know the tunes, the speed might be too fast or you may not be welcome. Alternatively you may be an advanced player and may be frustrated with the quality of these sessions. Some can be great and many can be average at best. This frustrates a lot of musicians with the result being that there are thousands that do not go out and play.

TradConnect supports the ideas that you only need a couple of musicians in order to get something started. Once you have two or three likeminded musicians you can get your sets of tunes together, practice, socialise and maybe start a weekly session. This can be in your house, in your local pub, at parties or whenever or wherever you want. When you have three musicians you may decide to add a forth or fifth member. Then things can take off and others find you and join. Over time you build up a group of players. You do it your way, at your level and in your own time.

- Tony Lawless, Dublin

ps - You can also follow TradConnect on Twitter via @TradConnect

Ottawa Cape Breton Session Update & Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championship

Hitch up the wagon Ma, we're movin'!

The OCBS website has moved to a new address. You'll find us now at http://www.cbsession.com Update your bookmarks! The old location will continue for a short while. We also have a new email address: cbsession@cbsession.com

Aug 26 —Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championship: Competitor Showcase & Dance 6:30 pm - 11 pm Travelodge Ottawa Hotel & Convention Centre 1376 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON

More Information

Aug 27—Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championship: 22nd Fiddling Competition & Show Shenkman Arts Centre, Orléans Town Centre 245 Centrum Road, Ottawa, ON Preliminaries begin at 12:00pm: $25.00 Finals begin at 7:00pm: $35.00 Tickets for both shows: $45.00 *Note: HST and box office fees are extra.

New World Festival - Randolph, Vermont - 4 Sept 2011

Celebrate Vermont's Celtic and French-Canadian roots at the 19th annual New World Festival in Randolph, Vermont, Sunday September 4, 2011. In 2007 I attended the 15th event, and a little review is here.  This is a really fun festival. You buy a pass, and you basically get the run of attending as many gigs as you please in the town, which is basically shutdown to traffic for the full 12 hours.  This year they have 6 stages running. Some of the stages are in local churches, or in the wonderful Chandler music hall. Food is all local, beer and wine from Vermont producers, , children's activities, and work from Vermont artisans. Musician's recordings are sold at a central point in the town. If you want a great weekend getaway across the border, I really recommend this festival.

Craig

Reminder: The Atlantic Voices Choral Composition Contest 2011

REMINDER: The deadline is fast approaching! Don't miss out, get your contest entries in early!

The Atlantic Voices Choral Composition Contest 2011 Atlantic Voices: The Newfoundland and Labrador Choir of Ottawa is a mixed-voice (SATB) community choir that sings music from and about Atlantic Canada. This is our second Choral Composition Contest, and the choir is looking for quality choral music with an East Coast flavour. We are offering two prizes, a 1st prize of $500 and a 2nd prize of $200, for original choral works by Canadian composers. The winning works will be programmed on Atlantic Voices' spring 2012 concert. This competition is open to all residents of Canada, of all backgrounds and all ages. Note: the winning entrant need not have a particular connection to the Atlantic region.

Contest entries must be received electronically or postmarked no later than October 31st, 2011. Late submissions will not be accepted. Changes or modifications to any submitted score will be accepted until midnight on the closing day of the contest, October 31, 2011.

For more information concerning the submission please visit our website:
www.atlanticvoices.ca, or contact director@atlanticvoices.ca.

Celtic Thunder - September 13 & 14

This show is a celebration of Celtic music and the Celts heritage, a joy for the entire family, performed as always, with Celtic Thunder magic. The wildly entertaining Celtic Thunder pays homage to the musical culture of Ireland, with a repertoire of inspired songs from the group’s new CD Heritage. Enjoy traditional standards such as “Whiskey in the Jar,” “Black is the Color,” “Skye Boat Song” and “Red, Red Rose”, while taking in passionate performances that range from solo numbers, to enchanting duets and powerful ensembles. For tickets and information.

The Tara Players present Patrick Pearse Motel

The Tara Players present

Patrick Pearse Motel
by Hugh Leonard
Time: August 16 – 27 at Matinee August 21

Location: Ottawa Little Theatre

Contact OLT for Tickets (on sale now by calling 613-233-8948 ext 1)

Now on Twitter

Hi folks, for any of you Twitterers (?) out there, Irish Music Ottawa is now on Twitter. Simply follow @IrishMusicOtt .  As I get 'round to things, I will post reminders of postings to this blog etc.  and re-tweet items of interest that I get in the Twittersphere (who comes up with this stuff?).

Craig

Prayers urgently needed...

My sister's son-in-law, Rob Hilliard, is in the Intensive Care Unit at the General Hospital with a very severe case of septisemia. This has come on very suddenly and his chances of survival are low. He is being treated with massive doses of antibiotics but so far he has not started to respond and there is nothing more that can be done to help him except to pray. He is 37 years old and he and Jenn have three young children. Please pray for his recovery and for the family who are going through an incredibly difficult time right now.

Pat Cassidy

The Ottawa Celtic Choir 2011-2012

The Ottawa Celtic Choir is starting its 4th season this fall. We encourage anyone with an interest in singing Celtic songs to come out and join - all are welcome. The choir sings songs from all seven Celtic nations, in various Celtic languages, English, French and in the Galician dialect. Rehearsals take place on Tuesday nights, 7pm to 9pm, at St. John the Evangelist Church, on the corner of Elgin and Somerset Streets. For more information, contact Ellen MacIsaac at ellen@laughingbrook.ca

Thanks!
Ellen

Naismith's Celtic Jam - Day change

Because of a request from the owner at Naismith's Pub in Almonte, we are going to change the regular weekly Celtic Jam from Thursday to Wednesday.

So starting on Wednesday, September 07 at 7:30, there will be a weekly Celtic and other music jam session at Naismith's Pub in Almonte. There is no cost to this jam. This open session welcomes anyone who likes to play Celtic music in public in a pub environment.

The jam at Naismith continues on Thursday night for August.

Please direct any questions to Charlie.

Thanks all

Charlie

Ottawa Contra Dance 2011-2012 schedule now posted

The Ottawa Contra Dance schedule is now posted for 2011-2012. Here is some stolen text from their excellent webpage for those who are unfamiliar with Contra Dance:

Contra is a fun form of community dance where you begin and finish one dance (about 10min) with the same partner, progressing up and down the hall in long lines while you dance with different sets of other couples, repeating a sequence of moves guided by the caller. Essentially it's lots of fun AND excellent exercise. To see videos of what contra dancing looks like in Ottawa, click here.

Caint is Comhrá Fundraiser - House concert

Ottawa's Irish Language Group Caint is Comhrá presents an evening of harp and song with

Susan Sweeney Hermon and Janine Dudding of Acacia Lyra and Joan McKay reading from her recent award winning selection of poetry.

Friday August 19th 2011.

Please reach the contact below for exact address (off Main Street in East Ottawa). Pizza donated by Margaret Moriarty and will be served at 6:30 p.m.

Guests may bring Drinks, Salad or Dessert.

The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m.

Suggested donation $15.00 at door.

Proceeds support the annual Irish Language Weekend in Arnprior.

If you have not heard Acacia Lyra, this is an opportunity you should not miss. Check their web site.

Because of limited seating please RSVP to Bridget Guglich:
Email: briguglich935@rogers.com
Phone: (613) 834-0387

Susan Sweeney Hermon and Janine Dudding blend both contemporary and traditional Celtic harp music, performing, composing and singing music in several languages from many corners of the world.

Fógra faoi Galilee: Deireadh Seachtaine Lán Gaeilge 23ú Meán Fómhair go 25ú Meán Fómhair, 2011 Arnprior

For all Irish language enthusiasts!

Deireadh Seachtaine Lán Gaeilge: Arnprior

Dé hAoine, 23ú Meán Fómhair go Dé Domhnaigh, 25ú Meán Fómhair, 2011

Friday, September 23rd to Sunday, September 25th, 2011

All inclusive $200.00!

For info: briguglich935@rogers.com

(sent by: Clár Ní Dhuibhir)