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Welcome to the 2010 An Rí Rá Montana Irish Festival!

Dear Friends of Irish and Gaelic Culture:

We are proud to offer you one of the crown jewels of the festival season herein Butte, Montana. This is the longest-running Irish cultural celebration inMontana, with this its eighth year in Butte, and its tenth year in total. This

is your home-grown festival, offering you the best in Irish entertainment, workshops,history, film, literature and fun. While our headliner presentations are nationally andinternationally known, you will also have the opportunity to see the finest musiciansand dancers from Montana and the region.

Your An Rí Rá Festival Committee has worked hard to bring you this family ori-ented event. You will find something for all ages here, and go home with memories totreasure for years to come.

The founders of the Montana Gaelic Cultural Society, in particular, Tom Sullivanand Richard Newman, are to be commended for their vision and hard work in creat-ing this organization. Their dream of creating a “Montana Gaeltacht” that would pre-serve and promote Irish culture has served to create an atmosphere in which this goal is being achieved.

Today, there are classes in Irish language; Irish dance, Irish music, and more and more Montanans of Irish descentare celebrating their heritage by keeping it alive. There also is an Irish Studies Program at the University of Montanain Missoula. One of the goals of the Society is to create an Irish and Gaelic Cultural Centre, so the vibrancy of thiseffort will be available all year long. This festival is designed to help raise funds for these activities and to build a fundfor a cultural center, as well.

As you participate in and enjoy this year’s An Rí Rá, you will hear the strains of traditional Irish music, and you willsee dancing by extraordinary international and regional dancers. You also will see bilingual (Irish and English) signage.We look forward to helping you with pronunciations and translations.

Thank you for attending the 2010 An Rí Rá Montana Irish Festival. We hope you enjoy all the events we have to offeryou, and that you will tell all your friends and family, so they can enjoy it with you in 2011.

Sincerely,

Frank Walsh Lorretta LyndeChairman President

2010 An Rí Rá Committee Chairs2010 An Rí Rá Chairman – Frank Walsh

Fundraising — Brendan McDonough

Music & Dance — Tom and Cindy Powers

Logistics & Author Series — Mike Tutty

Festival Treasurer — Suzie Hall

Vendors — Joani O’Neill

Children’s activities – Cathy Tutty & Mary Walsh

Volunteers — Julie O’Gara

Hospitality — Lori Maloney, Mary Kay Maloney,

Dannette Harrington, Mitzi Daily, Mary McMahon

Archival Photos — Chris Hardesty

Author Series, Films & Genealogy —

Shain Wolstein

Irish Culture & Language — Kay Eccleston

Irish Mass — Marko Hayden

5K & 10 K Race — Mike Patterson

Publicity & Promotion — Lorretta Lynde

Merchandise — Teresa Scott

Promotion and Distribution — Monica Cavanaugh

Flag Program: Show your true colorsFly your family crest Irish flag over the Festival

Irish flags with family crests and family names fly overUptown Butte during the 2010An Rí Rá Montana IrishFestival on Aug. 13-15. These flags may be purchased by

individual or families for $50 each for non-members of theMontana Gaelic Cultural Societyor $45 for members. This priceincludes $35 for the flag and a $15fee ($10 for MGCS members) formounting and taking the flagdown from uptown light poles. Theflags will be returned to the own-ers after the festival and can be flown over Montana IrishFestivals in upcoming years by paying only the mounting fee.The Society will notify you in subsequent years so you canarrange for your flag to be raised. Proceeds go to the MontanaGaelic Cultural Society, sponsor and producer of the Festival.If you would like to purchase a flag for your use during thecoming year and be on the list for flying it next year, call 723-1183, Cavanaugh’s County Celtic.

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Headliners:

Makem & Spain Brothers

The Prodigals will get your Irish up

This New York Irish band start-ed in 1997. One of the most suc-cessful bands to emerge from the

East-Coast Irish scene, The Prodigalscombine brilliant original lyrics andmelody with a genuine passion for thetraditional music of Ireland and afunky, anarchic energy.

Calling their genre of music “jigpunk”, the Prodigals fall within a tra-dition epitomized by the Pogues andBlack 47, merging traditional Irishmelodic roots with rock rhythms. Bandmembers are Gregory Grene (buttonaccordion and lead vocals), TrifonDimitrov (bass and backup vocals),Dave Fahy (guitar and lead vocals),and Chris Berry (drums).

The band has its own distinctivesound, particularly distinguished bylead melodic roles being filled by but-ton-key accordion and bass along with

the vocals, and has received substan-tial critical notice through the years. Itis the sound of Greg Grene on accor-dion that gives them their uniquesound.

Many Celtic rock bands (includingthe Pogues) feature accordion, but thisis the piano accordion. It Greg’s abilityto make the button accordion, familiar

to fans of traditional music, rock thatsets them apart.

He is also the writer of much of thebands original material. Theirarrangements bring a traditional sen-sibility to the bass and drum drivensound of Celtic rock. The hard drivingrhythm section keeps the band on therock and roll road.

Their song “Open Reel” was playedin the film Pride and Glory during thebar fight scene between EdwardNorton and Colin Farrell

The Prodigals have played through-out the United States, from LosAngeles and Las Vegas to Chicago,Boston and Maine, as well as abroadin Canada, Europe and Ireland, butthey remain firmly rooted inManhattan. The Prodigals call PaddyReilly’s their home when in New YorkCity.

� Makem and Spain Brothers return

to their ‘Home Away from Home’

Back by popular demand, the Makem and SpainBrothers return this year for the 2010 An Rí RáMontana Irish Festival. Since the first time they per-

formed here, this group has considered Butte their “HomeAway from Home.” Several years ago, they wrote a songwhich captures their feelings for this city and its people,and they recorded a DVD with that title at the Mother LodeTheatre at that time. Such a relationship between perform-ers and place are not usual, and there are many underlyingreasons for this one.

Every generation has a few acts that define where amusical genre is going, performers so confident in their cho-sen field that they are able to completely embrace the genreand yet introduce something new to it. In Irish folk musictoday, that act is the Makem and Spain Brothers.

Not in the past 30 years has a group taken the interna-tional stage with such vocal power and stage presence, cap-turing the essence of their genre, while standing out assomething truly unique. A host of various instruments andfive male vocals, using precise three-part harmonies blendperfectly for what many have described as a wall of sound.The Makem and Spain Brothers are at their best onstagewhere their talent and enthusiasm draw in fans who havenever experienced the joy of folk music.

The band of brothers who were once considered the newkids on the block, have honed their craft over nearly twodecades of international performances and are now one ofthe truly stalwart, road-tested Irish vocal groups available.They have played before millions of people from Canada toTexas, from California to the Caribbean and over to Ireland,highlighting national PBS specials and popular Irish talkshows along the way.

Makem and Spain brothers not to be missed.

The Prodigals can get the crowds up,dancing and singing.

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MAITH AGAT!(A Thousand Thank Yous!)

To all our wonderful

Sponsors and Donors from An Ri Ra

Montana Irish Festival

An a special thank you to all our volunteers and to any helpers and donors

we may have indavertently missed. We could not do it without you!

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Mickey Spain

Musical Jamboree

Our American Children’s Folk Music Tradition isalive and well and has no signs of slowing downthanks to The Mickey Spain Musical Jamboree. In a

program for childrenand adults alike, theMusical Jamboreebrings a new andexciting program to AnRí Rá Montana IrishFestival this year.

Mickey and hisband-mate and brotherLiam, grew up in avery musical house-hold. Their father, asinger and multi-instrumentalist, per-formed Irish andAmerican Folk musicthroughout the NewEngland area andthese two apples didn’t fall far from the tree.

The Jamboree includes Mickey andLiam Spain, John Doherty andBrian Richards.

Dillon Junior Fiddlers

The Dillon Junior Fiddlers so delighted audiences atthe last three years’ An Rí Rá that the committee wasbesieged by requests that we bring them back. These

young people, from the southwest Montana area in andaround Dillon, present an extraordinarily entertaining andtalented array of performances.

The group formed more than 24 years ago in a basementwith four young musicians, a couple of parents and aninstructor. It has now expanded to an ensemble of about 25players. Musical direction for the group is by Sandy James,a former Montana State Men’s Fiddle Champion. A scholar-ship fund has afforded group and individual instructionfrom many of the top fiddlers in the nation for the DillonJunior Fiddlers.

This group of young performers has had the opportunityto perform in Japan, Washington, D.C., and many othervenues. But these young people also have a strong commit-ment to community service, particular in the area of seniorcitizen outreach. They play at convalescent centers, benefitsand community functions. Their growing reputation has ledthem to host a national-class fiddle contest in Dillon eachyear.

Rang Ginealeolaíocht(Genealogy Workshop)

If you have an interest in learning how to researchyour genealogy, or if you’d like to polish the skills youalready have, the An Rí Rá Genealogy Workshop is just

the place for you to do so. Julie Bushmaker of the TheButte Genealogical Society will conduct this workshop.

Subjects will include how to use public records andmethods for Internet research. Learn how to use city direc-tories, cemetery indexes, school census records, marriagerecords, obituaries, and birth records.

The workshop fee of $15 per participant includes a use-ful packet on how to do this research. The workshop will befrom 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, August 13& 14 at the Butte Silver Bow Archives. Space is limited.

The Montana Gaelic Cultural Society appreciates theefforts of the Butte Silver Genealogical Society and theArchives in making this event possible.

Fiddlers provide an array of music.

Kathleen Keane & Tantrum

America’s newtrad-influencedpower sextet

will perform as one ofthe headliner groupsat An Rí Rá MontanaIrish Festival. Thegroup featuresKathleen Keane,multi-instrumentalist(fiddle, whistles andbox), singer anddancer. An Rí Rá fans will remember Kathleen’s appear-ance here in 2003. Her credits include “Cinderella Man,”“The Road to Perdition,” “Backdraft,” and a Number Onerecord in Billboard’s World Music Chart. She has gracedstages around the world with numerous groups, includingGaelic Storm.

Kathleen’s dance history is equally impressive. She is achampion Irish stepdancer, choreographer and instructor.She began her dancing career at the age of five with theDennis Dennehy School of Irish Dancing (where MichaelFlatley (Riverdance, Lord of the Dance) studied Irish danc-ing.) She quickly progressed over the next few years accu-mulating hundreds of medals and trophies, having reachedthe open championship level by the young age of nine, andwinning the title of Midwest Regional Champion at herfirst regional Oireachtus.

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Finnegan Ridge, a corner-stone of the An Rí RáMontana Irish Festival’s

regional offerings since 2003,returns this year for anotherFestival performance of high-ener-gy instrumental and melodic vocalharmonies. They play traditionmusic from Ireland, Scotland,England, Canada and America.The Bozeman group is known fora variety of Celtic vocal andinstrumental music, some ofwhich is ancient and traditional,some modern, and some original.All of it carries the vibrant flairfor intricate arrangement and var-ied instrumentation.

Performers

Finnegan Ridge high energy

Finnegan Ridge, of Bozeman, plays traditional Irishmusic with lots of variety.

Tra le Gael hails from theFlathead Valley. It is known forits traditional and contempo-

rary Celtic music, from soaring airsand melodic ballads to lively jigsand driving reels. The beautiful har-monies of their combined voices aswell as instrumental arrangementsand variety of music to fit anyoccasion.

The ensemble is made up of KarinHilding on flute and pennywhistle,Gary Morris on guitar and man-dolins, Barbara Calm on hammereddulcimer and Katy Meyers on Celticharp, with Terry Meyers onbodhrán.

Tra Le Gael has in-state roots.

Tra Le Gael: Celtic music with a flair

Shuttle detailsSave yourself the hassle of

trying to find parking andwalking long distances withthe An Rí Rá Montana IrishFestival Shuttle Service. It pro-vides transportation from theButte Civic Center Parking Loton Harrison Avenue to theUptown during the Festival.The service, sponsored by theBest Western Butte Plaza Innand the Hampton Inn, will runhourly from 2 to 11 p.m. onFriday, and from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. TuckerTransportation is the provider.

Tom O’Carroll presents ‘The Irish Diaspora’

Dublin born folklorist, folk-singer and instrumen-talist Tom O’Carroll brings a wealth of stories,humor, wit and history to his performances.

He has played at concerts, festivals, colleges, librariesand pubs all over the U.S. and Canada, as well as hisnative Ireland, including a stint for one month in Seoul,South Korea.

Whether playing a plaintive air on the tin whistle orsinging and playing rousing traditional songs to the accom-paniment of the guitar or the bodhrán (Irish drum), youwill be captivated with Tom’s lively program of Irish cul-ture. O’Carroll plays guitar, banjo, tin whistle and bodhran.

Are your ancestors

in the photo display?Each year An Rí Rá features

the Montana Gaelic CulturalSociety’s Archival PhotoDisplay.

This exhibit, featuring earlyIrish Montanans and events inthe Montana Irish community,has told these stories throughphotographs and writtendescriptions.

If you have a Montana Irishancestor who should be includ-ed in this display for the nextfestival, please send photosand written information to:

Montana Gaelic CulturalSociety, 1515 B Street

Butte MT 59701

Strings of Fire, a family band out of Sheri-dan,

Mont-ana, includes mother Jennifer Boucher, son

Cody and daughter Tiffany. Tiffany is the 2010

Montana Fiddle Champion, and she placed

eighth in the nation during recent competitions.

Both Cody, now a high school freshman, and his

sister, Tiffany, a junior are former members of the

Dillon Junior Fiddlers.

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Dublin Gulch a Butte favorite

At An Ri Ra 2008, the announcerpresented “Dublin Gulch” as “thehouse band”. They have the distinc-

tion of being the only band to play at theMontana Irish Festival every year goingback to its inception in Missoula in 1999.

Tom Powers and Mick Cavanaugh hailfrom Butte: Tom sings most of the leadvocals and plays the bodhran; Mick playswhistles, guitar, tenor banjo, and man-dolin. Helena’s Jim Schulz contributesvocals, guitar, mandolin, and bouzouki,and Missoula’s John Joyner adds fiddle,banjo, and backing vocals. Tom and Mickhave been at the core of the group sinceSt. Patrick’s Day 1993, while John andJim started contributing their talents in2002.

The band draws many of its songsfrom the musical works that emergedduring the folk music revival of the late1950s and early 1960s. They also performsongs by a variety of contemporary Irishsongwriters and tunes from the Celtictradition. The group’s songs cover both

serous and humorous topics and tell stories of Irish people and Irish history.In addition, they work to pass down thisheritage to younger dancers and musi-cians. They are very involved with thefamily program “Handing Down theHeritage,” which has become an impor-tant part of Butte’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

A crowd favorite for their combinationof traditional jigs and reels and songsboth humorous and poignant, the band isoften seen in the company of Butte’sTiernan Irish Dancers. They recentlyreleased a long-awaited recording aptlytitled “Dirty Old Town.” The studio proj-ect includes many pieces the band hasbeen performing live for some time, and anumber of musical guests contribute tothe expanded arrangements. This followsto previous CDs, “Any Day Above Groundis a Good One,” recorded live in June of2002, and “A Celtic Cowboy Christmas,”recorded with their friends Willson &McKee in 2003.

Dublin Gulch consists of MickCavanaugh, Tom Powers, JimSchulz and John Joyner.

Four Schillings Short Fiddle Dundee

Since its inception in 1985 in the SanFrancisco Bay Area, Four Shillings Shorthas taken an experimental approach to

folk and traditional music.Since 1995, Aodh Óg O’Tuama and Christy

Martin have formed the core of Four ShillingsShort.

In a single evening, the pair performsTraditional Irish tunes, Indian Ragas, FolkBallads, Medieval and Renaissance instrumen-tals, a cappella numbers as well as contempo-rary folk and original compositions. The hus-band-wife duo set out on their first tour in1996. Since then they’ve toured constantly,reaching out to audiences in the United Statesand Europe.

Audiences have been amazed to witness thisduo perform on a fantastic array of instru-ments, including, but not limited to: North Indian Sitar, HammeredDulcimer, Mandolins, Banjo, Whistles, Recorders, Medieval and RenaissanceWoodwinds, Charango, Bowed Psaltery, Guitar, and even a Krumhorn.

Born in Cork, Ireland, Aodh Óg O’Tuama comes from a family of poets,writers, musicians & teachers. He studied music at University College Corkin Ireland and Stanford University in California and worked as a Sound andLighting Designer in professional theatre for 28 years.

Californian Christy Martin grew up in a family of musicians and dancersand began studying the Sitar at age 15 with a protégé of famed sitar maestroRavi Shankar. Christy later discovered the rich sound of Celtic music, whichprompted her to get her first hammered dulcimer.

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Schedule of EventsFriday, August 139 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Trinity Dance Workshop -

Advanced 2 (Registration & Extra Fees Apply)

Butte Central High School

9 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. Trinity Dance Workshop -

Introduction to Irish Dance (Registration & Extra

Fees Apply) Butte Central High School

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Genealogy Workshop

Butte Archives

10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Kids Activities Festival

Grounds

9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Irish Language Classes - PART

ONE OF TWO DAY WORKSHOPS (Registration &

Extra Fees Apply) Butte Central High School

11 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Trinity Dance Workshop -

Advanced 1 (Registration & Extra Fees Apply)


11 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Trinity Dance Workshop -

Adults Step Dancing (Registration & Extra Fees

Apply) Butte Central High School

12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Author Series - Dave

Emmons - Beyond the American Pale — The Irish

in the West 1845-1910 Butte Archives

1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Author Series - Ellen

Crain & Lee Whitney - Butte Butte Archives

1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Trinity Dance Workshop -

Beginner I & II (Registration & Extra Fees Apply)


1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Trinity Dance Workshop -

Ceili Dancing (Registration & Extra Fees Apply)


1:30 p.m. Flag Raising Ceremony - Butte-Silver

Bow Courthouse

2:30 p.m. - 3:45pm Author Series - ZenaBeth

McGlashan — Buried in Butte Butte Archives

3 p.m. Mickey Spain Jamboree - Copper Ceili

Tent

4:15 p.m. Tiernan Irish Dancers - John “The

Yank” Harrington Stage

5 p.m. Debbie O’Carroll Copper Ceili Tent

5:30 p.m. Kathleen Keane & Tantrum John

“The Yank” Harrington Stage

6 p.m. Tom O’Carroll Copper Ceili Tent

7 p.m. Trinity Irish Dancers

John “The Yank” Harrington Stage

7:30 p.m. Four Shillings Short - Copper Ceili

Tent

8:30 p.m. The Prodigals - John “The Yank”

Harrington Stage

10 p.m. Makem & Spain Brothers -

John “The Yank” Harrington Stage

Saturday, August 14 8:30 a.m. An Ri Ra Rith Road Race

Emma Park

9:30 a.m. - 11:30am Genealogy Workshop

Butte Archives

10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Kids Activities

Festival Grounds

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Irish Language Classes PART

TWO OF TWO-DAY WORKSHOPS (Registration &

Extra Fees Apply) Butte Central High School

12 p.m. Trinity Irish Dancers - John “The Yank”

Harrington Stage

12 p.m. The Great Scots - Copper Ceili Tent

12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Author Series - Karen Buley

- Nurses on the Run: Why They Came and Why

They Stayed, Butte Archives

12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Kids basketball shoot-out with

Montana Tech’s Men’s basketball coach. Knights of

Columbus building

12:30 p.m. Tom O’Carroll Mother Lode Theatre

12:30 p.m. Finnegan Ridge Highlands Stage

12:30 p.m. Strings of Fire Copper Ceili Tent

1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Author Series

Stan Lynde - To Kill a Copper King Butte Archives

1:30 p.m. Makem & Spain Brothers - John


1:15 p.m. Debbie O’Carroll Copper Ceili Tent

Butte Archives

2 p.m. The Prodigals Highlands Stage

2 p.m. Tiernan Butte Mother Lode Theatre

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3 p.m. Kathleen Keane &Tantrum John “The Yank”Harrington Stage

3:15 p.m. Finnegan Ridge

Highlands Stage

3:30 p.m. Dillon Junior

Fiddlers Highlands Stage

3:30 p.m. Dannsairean Irish

Dance Mother Lode Theatre

3:45 p.m. Micky Spain

Jamboree Copper Ceili Tent

4:30 p.m. Dublin Gulch John


4:30 p.m. Tom O’Carroll

Highlands Stage

4:30 p.m. The Butte Digital

Film Project: “Young Butte

America Speaks” Mother Lode

Theatre

5 p.m. Debbie O’Carroll

Copper Ceili Tent

5:30 p.m. Tiernan Irish

Dancers John “The Yank”

Harrington Stage

5:45 p.m. Butte “The

Original” Movie Mother Lode

Theatre

6:15 p.m. Tra la Gael

Highlands Stage

6:15 p.m. Four Shillings

Short Copper Ceili Tent

6:45 p.m. Makem & Spain

Brothers John “The Yank”

Harrington Stage

7:30 p.m. Tom O’Carroll

Highlands Stage

7:30 p.m. Session/CeiliCopper Ceili Tent

8:15 p.m. Trinity Irish DancersJohn “The Yank” Harrington Stage

8 p.m. Kathleen Keane &Tantrum Highlands Stage

8:30 p.m. The Great ScotsCopper Ceili Tent

9:45 p.m. The Prodigals John“The Yank” Harrington Stage

10:45 p.m. The ScatteringJohn “The Yank” Harrington Stage

Sunday August 15th 12 p.m. Outdoor Irish Mass

Emma Park

2 p.m. The Butte Digital Film

Project: “Young Butte America

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3:30 p.m. Butte “The

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The Children’s Events at An Rí Rá will pro-vide the usual exciting entertainment andfun for the little ones. This year’s children’s

Activities Tent will be located to the space infront of the Phoenix Building. The area has largesandboxes, and many other supervised activitiesfor fun and interest.

All activities are at the “Corktown Courtyard”under the protection of an overhead tent. This islocated on the north side of Park Street, just one-half block off Montana Street.

Activities run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridayand Saturday. The Children’s ActivitiesCommittee provides a safe and entertaining expe-rience for the little ones to enjoy the festival.

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There’s lots to keep the younger set busyduring all the other activities at the festival.

Irish magic show new this year

Debbie O’Carroll is a “one of a kind”magician. She combines stage magicwith lots of audience participation to

create captivating programs for children (ofall ages).

She uses highly visual props, colorful cos-tumes, delightful magic and lively stagemovement to both educate and entertain.Active audience involvement is the mostimportant feature in Debbie’s magical the-atre. Youngsters are invited to become a vitalpart of the performance as they learn by

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An Rí Rá Rith

(5k & 10k run)

An Rí Rá is proud topresent the seventh year ofthe An Rí Rá Rith (Run).The sanctioned event offersboth a 5K and a 10K runand a fun run. It is held onSaturday, with all registra-tions prior to race day. Acoupon is provided with therace packet to access theAn Rí Rá Montana IrishFestival at a discountedprice.

The courses loop throughhistoric uptown Butte. Thecourses have hills and longflat stretches. The racesstart and end at EmmaPark. This event is open toall, and the schedule is:

Friday, Aug.13Packet Pickup at the

Best Western Plaza InnSaturday, Aug.147-7:45 a.m. – Packet

pickup, Emma Park7:50 a.m. – Call to the

starting line8 a.m. – 5K/10K Start9:30 a.m. – Awards.The non refundable

entry fees for adult/youth is$15. Participants receive adiscount on their admissionto the An Rí Rá MontanaIrish Festival. There is noRace Day registration.There will be plenty ofwater stations to make surerunners and walkers arehydrated.

To the delight andexcitement of An Rí Ráaudiences since 2003,

the highly skilled dancers ofTrinity Irish Dance havetraveled from Chicago topresent their intricate foot-work patterns across theoutdoor stages in UptownButte.

Then the music kicks inand the company that start-ed the current craze for Irishstep dancing is fullylaunched for another year.Twelve dancers will be atthe Festival, several makingtheir second and thirdappearances in Butte, whichthey consider one of theirfavorite shows of the year.They will be just returningfrom performing at theLatium World CulturesFestival in Cori, Italy

This Chicago companywas started in 1990 by artis-tic director Mark Howard sothat competition championscould continue to dance,making the transition from

craft to art in the process.Back by popular demand,

the Trinity Irish Dancersbring their cutting edge,world championship levelperformances to this year’sAn Rí Rá Montana IrishFestival. This group contin-ues to surprise and delightaudiences with their dynam-ic and colorful presentations.They have become a main-stay of An Rí Rá, and arereturning for their seventhyear on this stage.

Founding Artistic Directorand Emmy Award-winningchoreographer MarkHoward’s goal was to createmeans to provide profession-al career opportunities tostudents who formerly hadno path to such attainmentfor their dance trainingbeyond the competitive cir-cuit.

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doing. Debbie O’Carroll studied Dramatic Arts at EmersonCollege and at Lesley College where she received her M.A.She has toured nationally as a children’s theatre actress forthe past 25 years.

Her career began in a children’s variety theatre companywith Tom Bergeron, Gene Boles and Jim Flood and she alsoperformed with City Stage, The Opera Company of Boston,The National Mime Theatre and “Dollee & Debbie.” She hasserved on the Board of the International Brotherhood ofMagicians, Boston, since 1991.

In 1997, Debbie received a performance award from theMunster Society of Magicians in Limerick, Ireland and in2003 she was given The New England MagicalEntertainment Group’s Performer of the Year Award. In2009, Debbie was presented with a Beacon Award from theCity of Newburyport, Massachusetts with recognition fromthe Massachusetts House of Representatives for inspiringyoungsters through the art of magic.

Debbie teaches theatre and magic workshops as an artist-in-residence in schools.

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(Continued from Page 16)of expression while maintaininga high regard for traditionalIrish dance.

Trinity is a uniquely Irish-American company, and was thefoundation for the progressiveIrish dance style which led tocommercial productions such as“Riverdance.”

Most of the company’s dancerscome through the prestigiousTrinity Academy of Irish Dance,which is the Chicago/Milwaukee-based school that has earned anunparalleled number of teamworld titles for the United Statesat the World Championships ofIrish Dance.

Trinity is not an organizationto rest on its laurels as theworld’s best.

Mark Howard has expandedthe company’s range and reper-toire in a host of imaginative and new directions. Trinity’sperformances cross both cultural and disciplinary bound-aries in significant ways. The result is a new and innovativepresentation that surpasses the source without losing itsessence.

Trinity is accompanied by its own band of world-classmusicians. They include:

Barret Harvey, Christopher Layer and Brendan O’Shea.

Butte’s own Tiernan dancers step up

The Tiernan Irish Dancers, atraditional Irish step-dancingschool and performance group,

was founded in January 2004. Thedancers range in age from 5-18 years.

At the 2003 An Rí Rá Montana IrishFestival in Butte, Trinity Academy ofIrish Dance founder and artistic direc-tor, Mark Howard fell in love with the“passion to learn” that he discovered inthe children out here. After years ofrequests by Irish dance organizationsin the West, Trinity became the firstMidwest/Eastern program to answerthe much-needed call for elevated con-sistency, professionalism and expertise.

The name Tiernan (which is a syn-onym for Trinity and means “God”)was chosen and the three-city TiernanIrish Dance organization was born.Tiernan is now the sister school ofChicago, Milwaukee and Madison’sTrinity Academy of Irish Dance, withbranches in Butte and Helena.

The training these Montana dancers

receive produces young people whohave confidence and poise. This year,three of our dancers were graduatedfrom high school, and they are on tothe next big phase of their lives.

Anna Hill of Helena — This yearAnna fulfilled a lifelong goal by com-peting in the World Irish Dance com-petition in Scotland. In the fall, Anna

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TIERNAN

is a favorite ofthe MontanaIrish Festival. Ahome-grownproduct, thetroupe hasmore than 60 dancers.


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Dannsairean

of Billings

performs

(Continued from Page 17)will attend the University of Chicago, majoring in Englishwith a minor in Spanish and gender studies.

Kerry Powers, Butte — plans to attend the University ofMontana to earn a degree in Education. She will be a fourthgeneration Griz and plans to keep a close eye on her Grizzlyfootball team. Kerry will also continue her education in Irishdance and hopes to take the T.C.R.G exam to become a certified Irish dance instructor.

Briene Marinovich, Butte — will be attending MontanaState University in the fall to begin work on a degree innursing. Having witnessed Briene’s persistence in recoveringfrom two major injuries in the course of her dancing careerwe know she will achieve this goal and any others she setsfor herself in the future.

From all who have watched these graduating dancersgrow up over the years of An Rí Rá, Good luck and may thelessons learned in your Irish dance education serve you wellthroughout your lives.

An Rí Rá ispleased towelcome the

Dannsairean IrishDance group fromBillings for thesecond time thisyear.

Dannsairean (Gaelic fordancers) Irish Dance wasformed seven years ago inBillings by Rebekah Rae..

Before moving toMontana, Rebekah dancedcompetitively on the westcoast for 5 years with MaherIrish Dance Company inPortland, Ore.

Dannsairean is a commu-nity based dance group andits dancers ages range from 4½ to 19 years of age. The

group has performedthroughout the YellowstoneValley; for retirement cen-ters, community functions,Highland Games, corporateparties, half time shows forRocky Mountain College’sbasketball team.

The group’s motto is,“Enriching Lives and theCommunity Through Dance”.

Dannsairean’s membersare very excited to return toAn Ri Ra this year and theyplan to add to the Irish spirit!

Sraith Scriobhneoirí(Writer Series)

Audience responsehas made this featureof the An Rí Rá

Montana Irish Festival amainstay. There are numer-ous Irish subject bookswritten and published inMontana, and each yeargives audiences a chance tomeet some of these authorsand hear them talk abouttheir books. The MontanaGaelic Cultural Society isproud to offer this presen-tation and to provide thisvenue for these authors.

This is the 2010 sched-ule, designed to be complet-ed each afternoon so atten-dees can enjoy the eveningconcerts. Each author willspeak for 30 minutes or so,allowing time for questions,book sales and signings.

Location: Newly renovat-ed and expanded ButteSilver Bow Public Archives,305 West Mercury Street,Butte.Friday, Aug. 1312:00 – 1:15 David

Emmons – Beyond theAmerican Pale – The Irish inthe West 1845-1910

1:15 – 2:30 Ellen Crainand Lee Whitney - Butte

2:30 – 3:45 Zena BethMcGlashan – Buried in ButteSaturday, Aug. 1412:00 – 1:15 Karen Buley

– Nurses on the Run: WhyThey Come, Why They Stay

1:15 – 2:30 Stan Lynde –To Kill a Copper King

2:30 – 3:45 TeddyO’Sullivan – The US NavyBases in Bantry Bay, TheirHistory and Consequences

In keeping with the pri-mary goal of the MontanaGaelic Cultural Society,

which is to sustain and pro-mote Irish language andculture, MGCS is offeringworkshops for beginningand intermediate Irish lan-guage at the 2009 An Rí Rá.

“The Irish Languageworkshop provides anopportunity to learn orimprove your knowledgeand use of the language.Our experienced instructorswelcome students at all lev-els: beginner, intermediate,or advanced. The workshopis offered in a 2-day format.The workshop begins onFriday, August 13, and runsfrom 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., andcontinues on Saturday,August 14, from 10 a.m.until 2 p.m. Cost for the 2-day workshop is $25 perperson. MGCS members will

receive the discounted priceof $20 per person.”

This workshop is both anintroduction and a refresherfor those wishing to learnabout Irish Gaelic. BeginnerIrish I is for those who haveno prior experience with thelanguage and wish to learnbasic greetings and phrases.Intermediate Irish II isdesigned for those withprior experience in the lan-guage who want to expandon their acquired skills. Theworkshops are open to allfor a small fee of $25 fornon-members, and $20 formembers. A shorter,advanced section will beoffered for those withgreater fluency.

An Rí Rá is pleased topresent experienced instruc-tors (all native speakers) toconduct these classes. Theyare:

Imelda White, who wasraised in Ardara in theDonegal Gaeltacht in a fam-ily steeped in Irish lan-guage, culture and tradition,will teach one of the sec-tions. She received honorsIrish in the LeavingCertificate from the depart-ment of Education, Dublin.She taught Irish to bothgraduate and undergradu-ate students at StanfordUniversity, and at St.Athanasius School,Mountain View, California.She currently teaches smallgroups in her home inMountain View and doestotal immersion workshopsworldwide by invitation.

Imelda has taught severalimmersion courses in Butte,and is back by populardemand.

Jim McCabe was bornin Tullamore, Offaly, Irelandand lived there throughhigh school, where I firstlearned Irish. His wholefamily came the US in 1953-54 as the rest of his moth-er’s family had emigratedhere in the 1920’s. They set-tled in New Jersey wheremy mother’s family lived.He earned his B.S. and MBAdegrees from Seton HallUniversity. In the latenineties when I startedattending classes withTreasa Ní laoi and the late


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Ranganna Teanga Gaeilge

‘Butte: The Original’ film

to be shown at Mother Lode

� Locally made film captures spirit

of The Mining CityA recently released movie about Butte, Mont. will be

shown during An Rí Rá Montana Irish Festival.The film, Butte: the Original, premiered at the Mother

Lode Theatre in June. The 84-minute documentary film,written and produced by Butte filmmakers Dick Maney andB.J. McKenzie, is a tribute to the people of Butte, a miningtown that has built strong community bonds over thecourse of its colorful history. The film’s production was spon-sored by Atlantic Richfield.

Instead of actors, the film features a cast of local charac-ters who include a dozen Butte miners, writers, and otherswho relate their personal experiences working and living on“the richest hill on earth.” Historic photographs and never-before-seen footage of Butte help tell the story of a tough,resilient mining town.

The film will be screened at the Mother Lode Theatre onSaturday, Aug. 14 at 5:45 p.m., and on Sunday, Aug. 15at 3:30 p.m.

Ó Thús (From the Beginning)The Montana Gaelic Cultural Society

(MGCS) has been active since 1997. Duringthat time, the group founded by ThomasSullivan and Richard Newman, two engineersfrom Missoula, has sponsored classes in theIrish language, Irish dance classes, music anddrama presentations, and ten successful IrishFestivals. There is now an Irish StudiesProgram at the University of Montana, andwork is being done toward the establishmentof an Irish Cultural Centre in Butte.Aidhmeanna an Chumainn(Society Goals)

It is the aim of the Society to continuedeveloping such programs, increasing mem-bership and support so that access to theIrish and Gaelic culture is provided to allMontana communities. To accomplish this, itis vital to build membership, with an eyetoward establishing access to the organiza-tion throughout the state.An Mhana le MGCS — Ní Neart GoCur Le Ceile

(Unity is Strength)In keeping with the motto of MGCS, the

group continues to work to establish connec-tions and strong communication with allMontana organizations interested in promot-

ing and establishing programs in Gaelic cul-ture. The MGCS Board of Directors hasagreed to reach out to all such groups withsimilar goals. If you have such a group, andshare these interests, please contact us [email protected] Studies Program

The Montana Gaelic Cultural Society hasbeen involved in the promotion of Irish lan-guage instruction at the University levelsince 2001. Courses were offered in Missoula,Butte and Helena under an arrangementwith UM and MGCS. The response to thecommunity classes were strong, and thiseffort has resulted in an expanded academicpresence in Irish Studies program at theUniversity of Montana in Missoula. In addi-tion, there are several non-credit studygroups meeting on a regular basis, and Irishimmersion weekends are held several times ayear. Information on these weekends is avail-able at the MGCS web site,www.mtgaelic.org.Become Involved?

If you are interested in any aspect of ouractivities, have experience which may help inany way, or if you would just like to havemore information, contact [email protected]


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(Continued from Page 19)Seán Tierney. In 2000,he began his long association

with Daltaí na Gaeilge and has taught at many of Daltaí’sevents. He taught a course at the Irish AmericanAssociation of NW Jersey this past year and an immersionweekend at Madison,Wis. (advanced) last year. In 2006 hecompleted a two-week intensive course in Irish at UCGalway in Carraroe. Galway and a one week course incomhrá in Ballyferriter,Co. Kerry in 2005.

Ted Ó Sullivan, who will be a guest lecturer at the AnRí Rá Book Fair and Authors Lectures, has agreed to con-duct an abbreviated workshop for the advanced Irish lan-guage students. This is an excellent opportunity for thosewith advanced skills to have a session of their own.

Ted O’Sullivan

The Montana Gaelic Cultural Society

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John Hamilton III as Pipe

Major and Richard Menke as

Drum Sergeant.

Their musical backgrounds

are just a varied , ranging

from early childhood to not

playing an instrument until

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is our ability to impactthe world in which welive and the lives ofthose we have touched.It is with great respect

that we honor all of thepeople on this memoriallist who left an ever-lasting impression inour lives. Our liveshave been enriched bythese people, and theywill never be forgotten.

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through the passingyears, through days ofcloud and sunshine, joyand tears, and whenthe great call comes,though sunset gleams,I’ll walk beside youthrough the land ofdreams”

2010 An Rí Rá Memorials Irish/Gaelic

Outdoor MassThe traditional outdoor

Irish/Gaelic Mass has become amuch anticipated event at An Rí Rá.Held in Emma Park, the Mass willbe conducted by the Rev. DennisKeane, pastor of St. Agnes parish inRed Lodge, Montana. Father Keaneis originally from Galway.

This traditional Sunday event isopen to people from all denomina-tions, and represents several mean-ingful elements of the heritage ofMontana Irish People. The origins ofMass held in open air come from along and turbulent series of histori-cal events in Ireland.

All are welcome to this service,regardless of denomination. TheMass will be held at 12 p.m. onSunday, Aug. 15, in Emma Park.

While there will be some chairsavailable, you may wish to bringyour own lawn chair, sunblock, anda hat or umbrella for shade.

Special Friends of the AnRí Rá Family:Rachel HyleLiam ClancyTommy and Mary MakemAndrew GreneColeman Francis Keane

Memorial List of Family,Friends & Loved Ones:Jerry RiordanMary Corbitt LewisRob LochrieShirley LochrieMargaret MaffeiTim FerkoKarl Pentecost

Charmon PentecostJohn PentecostMary Jule CavanaughMcLeodLillian K. BrownJim HarringtonLarry DennehyLouis BergerGary MarkovichAnn CalnanDavid CoteJune MerzlakJerry SheaFr. Edward CourtneyEd MorrisCreighton WalshAnn Rice

William “Bill” A. DriscollPatrick “Chops” DriscollPatricia LavelleMrs. Jenny McLaughlinDelores RidgeRobert “Robin” EvansFr. Sarsfield O’SullivanGerald “Jerry” V. ConlonJeff SatterlyJack CrowleyRita MoranRobert and MaryMcDonoughPatrick and Alice Downey** Every Irish Man, Woman,and Child who gave their life onthe Butte Hill

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