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Irish Music & Dance Association

33rd Year, Issue No. 1

January 2015

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The mission of the Irish Music and Dance Association is to support and promote Irish music, dance, and other

cultural traditions to insure their continuation.

Since last year,

the Irish Music and Dance Association has:

♣ Hosted more than 7,000 people at our 33rd St. Patrick's Day Irish Celebration and 12th Day of Irish Dance at Landmark Center for two days of Irish music, dance, and workshops showcasing the wealth of great Irish music and dance groups in our community. This year’s Day of Irish Dance welcomed a new Irish dance school.

♣ Hosted IMDA Honors Laura MacKenzie in November; an evening celebrating and honoring the contributions of musician Laura MacKenzie for her commitment to traditional Celtic music and her ongoing support and encouragement of traditional musicians and students. The evening included performances by her many friends including reunions of several of the many bands that Laura has been a part of over the years and performances by two IMDA Educational Grant recipients, as well as a bit of dancing.

♣ Awarded five IMDA Educational Grants to musicians on a range of instruments, helping each to continue to grow in their musicianship. This is the 9th year of the program and brings to 35 the total number of students of Irish arts who have received grants.

♣ Honored 17 dedicated Irish dancers from six Irish dance schools with the IMDA Decade of Dance Award. This was the 8th year of the program, with a total of 118 dancers receiving the award since 2006.

♣ Sponsored the IMDA Music Workshop Tent at Irish Fair Minnesota in August as part of our long-term commitment to Irish Fair. In 2014, workshop offerings included uilleann pipes, tenor banjo, guitar, autoharp, bouzouki and a range of song and music workshops.

♣ Continued our partnership with Irish Fair Minnesota by organizing the “Best Legs in a Kilt Contest” at the Fair for the 7th year. Enthusiasm for this event continues to grow bringing additional participants as well as great visibility for Irish Fair.

♣ Promoted Irish music and dance to the larger community through the calendar and events information on the IMDA website, updated weekly to reflect the dynamic nature of live music and dance in the Twin Cities.

♣ Promoted Irish music and dance to the wider community through the IMDA Facebook Page. The IMDA Facebook Page currently has 1,151 “fans”, including fans in Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Serbia, Australia, Brazil, and Germany as well as across the United States.

♣ Provided financial support for the Minnesota Feis. ♣ Kept our members informed about Irish happenings and community news through the IMDA Monthly Newsletter

and Music Calendar. ♣ Served the greater community by providing information about Irish music and dance groups, céilís and other Irish

events through the IMDA Community Resources List, available year round on the website and distributed at our St. Patrick’s Day festivities and at Irish Fair Minnesota. This list continues to grow, including an ever-expanding list new bands, new dance schools, merchants and venues.

♣ Continued to encourage Irish theatre by presenting a production by the Celtic Collaborative at our Day of Irish Dance event. IMDA provided the original performance opportunity for the Celtic Players, which has become the Celtic Collaborative, and served as fiscal agent for initial grant applications.

♣ Provided a referral service to community members wishing to book Irish musicians and dancers for their own events.

The Irish Music and Dance Association would like to thank our volunteers and donors for their generous support in 2014:

St. Paul Irish Dancers Our many volunteers at St. Patrick’s Day and throughout the year

Inside this issue:

IMDA Discount to Irish Play 4

IMDA Grant Winner 5

CIM Éigse in February 10

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Tune of the Month by Amy Shaw

This month’s tune was composed by our own Sherry Ladig in honor of Laura MacKenzie, on the occasion of Laura being honored by the IMDA in November. That was a great event indeed, featuring performances by Laura and many other local musicians. What a great thing it was to celebrate our “high priestess of Celtic music,” who has given so much to the traditional music communityhere in Minnesota! I was in the green room warming up when the Ladigs premiered this pipe march that night, but I have since given it a good listen and I think it’s a great tune and a fitting tribute to Laura. Not only that, but Sherry has composed a nice harmony to go with it. Sherry is herself a pillar of our musical community. She is the writer of the insightful book reviews in the An Leabhragán column in this newsletter. Sherry is also a composer and arranger who plays piano in several groups, including Dunquin, The New Pearl Buttons, Dalwhinnie, and O'Rourke's Feast. She has been writing new tunes in the traditional style for at least thirty years and her compositions are widely played all over the world. Her best-known tune is probably the slow air titled Eileen Collins, which you can hear on the O’Rourke’s Feast CD released by New Folk Records last summer. May Sherry’s latest tune, “Laura MacKenzie, Queen of the Pipes,” enjoy the same popularity!

The IMDA Board is:

President: Lisa Conway

Vice President: Jan Casey

Treasurer: Mark Malone

Secretary: Open

Board Members: John Concannon Kathie Luby Tim Monahan Editor: John Burns

IMDA Board Meetings are open to the membership. The Board meets regularly on the First Tuesday of each

month at 6:30 pm at the Dubliner Pub in St. Paul. Members are encouraged to verify the time and location shortly before, as meeting times and locations can change.

Contact Information Write to: Irish Music and Dance Association

236 Norfolk Ave NW Elk River, MN 55330

Call: 612-990-3122 E-mail: [email protected]

Newsletter Submissions We welcome our readers to submit articles of interest, news, and notices of events to be published in the newsletter. The deadline is the 20th of the preceding month. Send to: [email protected]

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The Gaelic Corner By Will Kenny

When you first start learning Irish, or if you just occasionally try to translate a bit of Irish into English with a dictionary, it might appear that the Irish "have at it" way too much ... in the sense that "at" pops up in literal translations way more than you would expect. "At" is translated by the preposition ag (pronounced "egg") in Irish. Naturally, it translates "at" quite straightforwardly in a phrase like ag siopa, "at a shop." But ag is also used with what is called a "verbal noun" in Irish, which roughly corresponds to the -ing form of the verb. Thus I might not only be ag siopa, "at a shop", but I also might be ag siopadóireacht, "at shopping", that is, doing the act of shopping. Tá mé ag siopadóireacht ag siopa, "I am at shopping at a shop". In similar fashion, I could be ag ól ("at drinking") or ag snámh ("at swimming"), and so on. Now, ag is used very often in a common construction to express "to have". For example, Tá carr agam literally means, "A car is at me". But it is how we say, "I have a car," as there is no stand-alone verb expressing "to have" in Irish. And to bring things full circle, this use of ag ("at") to express "have" is used for knowledge and abilities. If I say, Tá snámh agam, literally, "Swimming is at me", it means, "I know how to swim", or simply, "I can swim". That sets up statements like this one: Tá snámh agam, agus tá mé ag snámh. Literally, "Swimming is at me, and I am at swimming." That doesn't make much sense unless you understand the idiomatic aspects of those uses of "at". The statement simply means, "I can swim, and I am swimming." Put Sunday afternoon, January 25, on your calendar for Gaeltacht Minnesota's annual fundraiser. A few bucks gets you a great afternoon of entertainment, maybe a priceless (well ...) door prize,

and it helps us maintain our very lean budget to provide another year of free Irish lessons to the community. The event will run 2-6 pm at the Dubliner, with music and dancing and more, all for only five dollars! More details at our web site at www.gaelminn.org. We hope to see you there!

If you have been hoping to join our regular Monday classes, your next opportunity is coming up. We will offer our four-week "Intro to Irish Gaelic" through St. Paul Community Education during the first four Mondays in March. Registration is through Community Ed, and will open on-

line on January 2. We'll have more information, and links, on our web site at www.gaelminn.org in the first week of January. We had a wonderful time at our 34th annual Christmas Dinner, ably hosted at Kieran's. We had a good crowd not only of students and instructors, but of the family and friends who give us support and encouragement throughout the year. This is one of our most cherished traditions, the very first dinner being held just a few months after the first classes, and it was great to come together for a very entertaining evening. Our thanks to Martin McHugh, Pete Tritz, and Tom Lockney for giving us some great tunes, we truly appreciate their generosity in sharing their talents with us. Thanks, too, to everyone who shared a "party piece": we had songs and stories and even a joke, it was good fun. Finally, special thanks to Suin, who regularly handles all the arrangements that make this event go so smoothly, and then she turns around and does the same for our annual fundraiser. In recognition of her wonderful volunteer service over a long period of time, Suin was awarded the infamous traveling trophy this year. Congratulations, Suin! Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit! "A prosperous New Year to you!"

—Will

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Old Log Theatre in Greenwood MN Presents Irish Comedy January 16—March 7

This Broadway play was written by John Patrick Shanley, award winning author of Doubt (Tony Award) and Moonstruck (Academy Award) and is performed by Raye Birk; Candace Barrett Birk; Sandra Struthers Clerc and Michael Booth. Outside Mullingar premiered on Broadway February 2013. Tony Nominated for Best Play of 2013.

Outside Mullingar is about the romance of Anthony and Rosemary, neighbors in rural Ireland, who are nearing their middle years. It is by

turns poetic, uplifting and funny. Anthony is an introverted farmer and Rosemary is the woman who vows to have him at all costs. When Anthony's father threatens to disinherit his son, Rosemary steps into the middle of a land feud and family eccentricities beyond what one might imagine. On the brink of romantic catastrophe, this one-of-a-kind Irish heroine fights against time and mortality in hopes of securing her dream of love. A compassionate, delightful play about how it’s never too late to take a chance on love.

IMDA members will receive a a $5 discount on Thursday - Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m. and on Sundays at 2:00 p.m. matinee (February 14performance is excluded). Members must use the code IMDA when ordering tickets online or when calling the box office.

Order tickets on-line at www.oldlog.com/Shows/Outside-Mullingar or call the box office at 952.474.5951 | Toll Free: 1.866.653.5641

The Old Log Cabin Theatre is located at 5185 Meadville St., Greenwood, MN

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North Connaught Style Intrigues Young Flute Player By Jan Casey

Traditional musician Emma Fitzgerald, who hails from Michigan, has been listening to traditional music since she was little. Emma grew up in a musical family (her mother plays fiddle), has played Irish flute for several years and expanded her own personal study of the instrument when she came to the Twin Cities for college. Since arriving in the Twin Cities, Emma has taken some classes from Norah Rendell at the Center for Irish Music, began going out to sessions regularly, joined the Macalester College student music group Flying Fingers and now plays in the traditional group Trout in the Milk. Emma has taken a leadership role in Flying Fingers, a group that allows students who have had little or no exposure to Irish music to learn about the style and try it out, as well as providing a presence for Irish traditional music in the Macalester community. (Flying Fingers has performed in the Tea Room at IMDA’s Day of Irish Dance.) Emma used her IMDA Educational Grant to attend the Minnesota Irish Music Weekend (MIM) in June. She looked forward to workshops with Catherine McEvoy, who plays in the North Connaught style – her favorite style. She has been striving to inject this influence into her own playing. Emma tells us that she “loves the rhythmic pulse that flute players in that area of Ireland have.” Emma had studied sean nos dance and was looking forward to continuing with Brian Hart at MIM. Emma commented, “I have found that learning to dance greatly increases the understanding of the music, and vice versa.” Emma was especially anxious to attend MIM this summer since she was planning to spend a semester abroad studying at University College Cork (UCC) this fall. She was eager to learn as much as she could about the music so that she could make the most of her time in Ireland, take in as much music as she could – and bring it back to Minnesota. Emma’s instructor noted that Emma has demonstrated that she can “glean a lot of information from very little stimulus based on her inner drive to learn,” and that she has “clarity of artistic intention [that] is rare in such a young musician.” Emma is just now returning to the US from Ireland. She writes: “Ireland has been great. I can't believe it's over! Even though I'm not studying music, this semester I got to take flute lessons with one of my favorite flute players, Conal O Grada. He's the flute teacher at UCC. It was incredible being able to learn from him every week, one on one. The department also let me borrow one of their flutes, a Hammy Hamilton, because it's much better than mine. I also took two other music courses, Intro to Irish Trad and Music in Modern Ireland, both very informative courses. I didn't get to go to many festivals because of timing and other commitments, but I did make it to a very small one in Ballyvourney called Éigse Dhiarmuid Uí Súilleabháin. The flute workshop was fantastic, taught by Paul McGratton.” The Irish Music and Dance Association is pleased to help this dedicated young musician continue her study of the Irish flute. Jan Casey coordinates IMDA’s Educational Grant program. The deadline for applications for 2015 is April 27. Application information is available on the IMDA website – www.IMDA-MN.org.

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IMDA Community Calendar January 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 1 6pm Mike Wallace Half Time Rec, St. Paul

2 6pm Irish Music Session Dubliner Pub, St. Paul 7pm Gourley, Feddersen & Miller CD Launch The Celtic Junction, St. Paul 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest, Mpls 9pm Broken Spoke Kieran’s Pub , Mpls

3 1pm CiM’s An Luan Claddagh Coffee House, St. Paul 3pm First Saturday Ceili Dubliner Pub, St. Paul 9:30pm Belfast Cowboys Lee’s Liquor Lounge , Mpls

4 Noon: Traditional Session Kieran’s Pub, Mpls Noon: women’s Christmas at Keegan’s Pub Keegan’s Pub, Mpls 4pm Learners Irish Session 6pm Advanced Irish Music Session Keegan’s Pub, Mpls 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest, Mpls 8pm Pub Quiz Dubliner Pub, St. Paul

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6 7:30pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub, Mpls 9pm Todd Menton Dubliner Pub, St. Paul St. Dominic’s Trio Nye’s, Mpls

7 7pm Traditional Irish Session Rueb ‘n’ Stein, Northfield 7pm Irish Social Dance 9pm Broken Spoke Dubliner Pub, St. Paul 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest, Mpls

8 6:30pm Pub Quiz 8pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub, Mpls

9 6pm Irish Music Session Dubliner Pub, St. Paul 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest, Mpls

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11 Noon: Traditional Session Kieran’s Pub, Mpls 1pm MN Celtic Fiddlers Celtic Junction, St. Paul 4pm Learners Irish Session 6pm Advanced Irish Music Session Keegan’s Pub, Mpls 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest, Mpls

12 7:30pm 2nd Monday Sea Shanty Sing Dubliner Pub, St. Paul

13 7:30pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub, Mpls 7:30pm Irish Set Dancing w/ the Twin Cities Ceili Band Dubliner Pub, St. Paul St. Dominic’s Trio Nye’s, Mpls

14 7pm Traditional Irish Session Rueb ‘n’ Stein, Northfield 7pm Irish Social Dance Dubliner Pub, St. Paul 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest, Mpls

15 6:30pm Pub Quiz 8pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub, Mpls 9pm Scotty and Shane Dubliner Pub, St. Paul

16 6pm Irish Music Session Dubliner Pub, St. Paul 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest, Mpls

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

18 Noon: Traditional Session Kieran’s Pub, Mpls 2pm Irish Pub Sing Merlins Rest, Mpls 4pm Learners Irish Session 6pm Advanced Irish Music Session Keegan’s Pub, Mpls 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest, Mpls 8pm Pub Quiz Dubliner Pub, St. Paul

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20 7:30pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub, Mpls St. Dominic’s Trio Nye’s, Mpls

21 7pm Irish Social Dance 9pm Broken Spoke Dubliner Pub, St. Paul

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23 6pm Irish Music Session Dubliner Pub, St. Paul 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest, Mpls 9pm St. Dominic’s Trio Kieran’s Pub, Mpls

24 9pm St. Dominic’s Trio Kieran’s Pub, Mpls

25 Noon: Traditional Session Kieran’s Pub, Mpls 4pm Learners Irish Session 6pm Advanced Irish Music Session Keegan’s Pub, Mpls 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest, Mpls 8pm Pub Quiz Dubliner Pub, St. Paul

26 7pm 4th Monday Shanty/Pub Sing Merlins Rest, Mpls

27 7:30pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub, Mpls 7:30pm Irish Set Dancing w/ the Twin Cities Ceili Band Dubliner Pub, St. Paul St. Dominic’s Trio Nye’s, Mpls

28 7pm Irish Social Dance 9pm Todd Menton Dubliner Pub, St. Paul

29 6:30pm Pub Quiz 8pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub, Mpls

30 6pm Irish Music Session Dubliner Pub, St. Paul 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest, Mpls 9pm Wild Colonial Bhoys Kieran’s Pub, Mpls

31 7:30pm Norah Rendell in Concert with Brian Miller and Randy Gosa The Celtic Junction, St. Paul 9pm Sweet Colleens Kieran’s Pub, Mpls

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Northwoods Songs: Irish Songs from Lumberjacks and Great Lakes Sailors By Brian Miller

Northwoods Songs features a new song each month pulled from my research into old songs collected in the pine woods region that stretches from New Brunswick west through northern Minnesota. In the 1800s, a vibrant culture of singing and song-making developed in lumber camp bunkhouses and on Great Lakes ships. The repertoire and singing style were greatly influenced by Irish folk repertoire and Irish singing styles. Many singers in the region had Irish background themselves. Each installment of Northwoods Songs is also published online at www.evergreentrad.com/northwoods-songs. As of December 2013, I will also videotape myself singing the song of the month. My hope is that others will learn some of these songs and make them their own as I have. Links to song videos will be posted along with the online version. -Brian Miller

THE PITCHER OF BEER

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I’m a friend of the poor man wherever I roam, no matter what countryman he, I will share in my loaf and the meat on the bone, with a gramacree welcome for thee.

Each night in the week, each week in the year, with our hearts and our conscience both clear, We will fill up the glass for to help the time pass, and drink from the pitcher of beer.

(Gallagher repeats these last two lines here with the same melody)

The child in the cradle, the dog at the door, the fireside cheerful and bright, The old folks at the table with plenty galore will welcome you in with delight.

Their blessings they’ll give, it’s “Long may you live, and merrily pass over each year,” They will hand you their glass for to help the time pass, and drink from the pitcher of beer.

Oh be cheerful and merry for life’s but a day, we’ll die and leave others behind, For to fret and to worry, to weep and to pray, when relief we can easi-lye find.

Just pull up a chair and drive away care, and that will turn sorrow to cheer, Tell a story or two, let it be old or new, and drink from the pitcher [spoken:] of beer.

_______________________________ We are back to Beaver Island, Michigan this week with a song I transcribed from the singing of Dominick Gallagher as recorded by Ivan Walton in 1940. Gallagher (1867-1954), like many other Beaver Islanders of his generation, was the son of a man from Arranmore, County Donegal. Gallagher’s father, “Big Dominic” was himself a great singer with many songs imported from Arranmore. However, the younger Gallagher did not get this song from his father. He told Walton: “I learned that song in the lumber woods when I was 17 years of age [ca. 1884], the first winter I left home, from an old French Canadian… …I was up in a camp called Camp Three. It was built new that fall ..up at Grand Marais on Lake Superior shores and that winter the snow was about five feet and a half on the level and I shoveled snow all winter for 16 dollars a month and put in 14 hours some days.” As with “Barney Blake” (See Northwoods Songs, Oct. 2014), the Grand Marais mentioned is almost certainly Grand Marais, Michigan. And, like “Barney Blake,” “The Pitcher of Beer” is a song that began on the Irish music hall stage and then entered the unaccompanied tradition in the north woods lumber camps. The original was written by Edward Harrigan, one of the most renowned Irish songwriters of the 19th century for the 1880 play The Mulligan Guard’s Christmas… so there is a seasonal connection.

Visit my blog version of this article and my Northwoods songs online at

www.evergreentrad.com/northwoods-songs

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YOU can support Eigse CIM, A Gaela Event Saturday, February 21 at The Celtic Junction

Éigse [eg-shuh] is an Irish word used for festivals celebrating traditional Irish arts and culture. It is in this spirit that we gather for a sparkling evening to raise funds for The Center for Irish Music and their mission of handing down traditional Irish music.

Dinner and Concert Guests

Come at 5pm and sit down with Tom Crann, CIM Instructors and the Ad-vanced Youth Ensemble as we kick off the evening with a family-style din-ner by Cara Irish Pubs. Dinner and concert tickets are $60.

For $600.00, sponsor a dinner table with seating for 10. Sponsors may choose to completely fill a table with 10 guests, or may ask to include a few CIM instructors to join them their table for dinner.

Concert-only Guests

Arrive at 7:15 p.m. to enjoy the Silent Auction reception and a stellar concert featuring the CIM Instructors. Concert-only tickets are $25.00 per person and may be purchased in advance or at the door.

Special thanks to all who gather a table of friends in support of CIM!

Ticket Reservations

Reserve tables, dinner and/or concert tickets online @ www.centerforirishmusic.org Silent Auction Items

We are gathering a wide assortment of Silent Auction items, including a Great Experiences section, to support the mission of hand-ing down the tradition of Irish music. To donate a Silent Auction item, visit the Silent Auction Page, send a completed Silent Auc-tion Donation Form to Emily Flagstad at [email protected] or call 651-815-0083.

The Volunteer Team

If you would like to support CIM with the gift of your time, we'll thank you with a meal, fantastic music, and excellent company!

For volunteer information, visit the Volunteer Page, or contact our Volunteer Coordinator Becky Bollinger at [email protected].

The Center for Irish Music is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) community music school

dedicated to handing down the tradition.

Smidirini* By Copper Shannon

(*Irish for ‘Bits and Pieces’)

♣ Comhghairdeas lenár gcairde a phós le gairid! (Congratulations to our friends who recently married!) Siobhan Dugan (devoted Gaeltacht MN student, newsletter writer for Irish Fair and the Celtic Junction and all around great volunteer) and harper Chad McAnally were married in December. May your hands be forever clasped in friendship, and your hearts joined forever in love.

♣ Go mbíodh biseach ort gan mhoill Captain Dave Draeger of the Hounds of Finn. (May there be improvement on you without delay.) May he soon be feeling good after the addition of his new “Irish” pacemaker. He’s hoping his heart will beat in an Irish jig!

♣ Comhghairdeas le (Congratulations to) Norah Rendell and Nathan Gourley. Both recently

completed successful Kickstarter campaigns to help launch new CDs. Norah’s is “Traditional Songs from Canada: a solo album,” with a launch planned for Jan. 31. Nathan’s is “Life is all Checkered: Traditional Irish Music on Two Fiddles,” with a Minnesota launch on Jan. 2.

♣ The bands they are a changing…. The Hounds of Finn are “wishing farewell, fair winds and

following seas to Captain Dave Draeger who is sailing on to new endeavors.” The band hopes he’ll join them now and again in the future. Best wishes to all!

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Ceili Corner By Bhloscaidh O’Keane

First Saturday Céilí - Dubliner Pub, 2162 University Avenue , St. Paul at 2:00 p.m.

Third Saturday Night Céilí - The Celtic Junction, 836 Prior Ave., No. St. Paul.

Irish Dance Classes:

Céilí Dancing - Wednesday Nights

Dubliner Irish Pub - 2162 University Avenue in Saint Paul. Learn Irish dancing in a genuine Irish pub with a wooden floor that has known a whole lot of dancing feet. Steps and dances are taught by Paul McCluskey and Kirsten Koehler. Basic beginning steps are taught beginning at 7:00, with advanced lessons and dancing continuing until 9:30 PM. Year-round; no children, and must be of legal drinking age. Free.

Set Dancing - Tuesday Nights

Dubliner Irish Pub - 2162 University Avenue in Saint Paul. Set Dancing at 7:30 pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, music by the Twin Cities Ceili Band. The cost is $5 for the band, beginners welcome, for more information call Geri at the Dubliner (651)646-5551.

Check www.lomamor.org for all up-to-date Irish folk dancing information.

Update on IMDA Membership The Irish Music and Dance Association would like to remind members of a change in policy regarding membership. Because of rising costs in printing and postage, the Irish Music and Dance Association asks that members who want to receive their newsletter by U S mail support the IMDA by contributing at least $35 a year. All members have the option of receiving their newsletter by e-mail for faster delivery and color photos! We welcome your financial support of the IMDA at any level and that support helps us continue our work to promote Irish music and dance in the Twin Cities and beyond. You may also become a newsletter-only member without making a financial contribution. Whichever membership option you choose, we appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at a concert or dance event soon!

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