Wednesday 2 May 2012

Cape Breton Session - Upcoming musical events

Saturday May 26

Andrea Beaton, Allan Dewar, Troy MacGillivray
Cape Breton Square Dance and Ceilidh. St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts 310 St. Patrick St. Entrance to Kildare Room off Cumberland St. Square set instruction 7:30, dance and ceilidh 8pm. Open jam session - bring your instruments! Cash bar, all ages welcome. Additional entertainment by local musicians. The dance will be our first collaboration with St. Brigid's and the Irish Cultural Centre and we're really looking forward to it. We've got a wonderful lineup of musicians booked; Andrea, Troy and Allan have all toured extensively through the US and Europe and are home in Canada for a while. Andrea Beaton will be promoting her new CD released in January, "Little Black Book" which is comprised of all original instrumental compositions written in the traditional Cape Breton/Celtic style.

Tickets $10 advance $15 at door. Available at Ottawa Folklore Centre, from Brent MacDonald 613-233-3047 (brent.macdonald@rogers.com) or Beth MacGillivray
(cbsession@cbsession.com) Check the OCBS website http://www.cbsession.com/squaredanceMay2012.htm for more details on ticket availability.

Sunday May 27

Troy MacGillivray In Concert, with: Allan Dewar, Jake Charron.
Special Guests: Louis Schryer, Matt Pepin, Andrea Beaton, Terry Lynn Mahusky, Samantha Harvey, Sarah Robinson. The Almonte Town Hall Auditorium 7:30pm.

Tickets $20 available at: Mill Street Books, Almonte 613-256-9090 www.millstreetbooks.com

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