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Events in Maine:
Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts Newsletter = DEFFA You can learn about lots of great folk music events, in Maine and New England, concerts, and festivals on their website: www.deffa.org.

This is a great monthly newsletter of Maine and New England folk events, dances, concerts.
Subscriptions available from:
Margaret Cox, 15 Dyer Brown Rd, New Sharon ME 04955, e-mail, mcox@megalink.net
Advertisements and Information to be included or questions about the DEFFA News can be directed to:
Richard and Pam Green, Editors <editor@deffa.org> 19 Pine Needle Alley Wayne ME 04284 207-685-8141

Ongoing Song Circle(First Fridays-Ceilidh House),Ceilidh House Studio, Pownal, ME (207) 688-4483 www.ceilidhhouse.org

Ongoing The Nappertandies(7 PM-Mar 19);Bailey's Mistake(7 PM-Mar 26); RiRa, Portland, ME www.rira.com/portland/

Ongoing Dave Rowe,Dave Rowe Trio, Monstweag Roadhouse, 942 US Route 1, Woolwich, ME (CANCELLED Dave Rowe-6 PM-RESCHEDULED: Apr 3),Maine Irish Heritage Center, Portland, ME www.maineirish.com (Dave Rowe Trio: St. Patrick's Day Concert-8 PM-Mar 13); The Kerrymen Pub, Route 1, Saco, ME (Dave Rowe Trio-St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17);Kinney's Sugar House, 200 Abbott Road, Knox, ME 2 PM www.mapleconfections.com (Dave Rowe Trio-Mar 22);North Star Music Caf?, 225 Congress Street,Portland, ME (207) 699-2994 www.northstarmusiccafe.com(Dave Rowe Trio-8 PM-Apr 24);Franco American Heritage Center, Lewiston, ME 7:30 PM www.francoamericanheritage.com (Dave Rowe Trio, Schooner Fare, Denny Breau, Kendall Morse-Benefit for the Jack McPhillips Memorial Fund)

Ongoing Boghat (Mar 18)Irish Night-All concerts at 7:30 PM followed by a Seisiun at 9 PM), Blue,650 A Congress Street, Portland, ME (207) 774-4111 www.portcityblue.com

Thru Mar 31 String Band Class w Ryan Thomson(6:30 PM-8:30 PM-Kittery Adult Education), Traip Academy, Kittery, ME(207) 439-5896 prines@kitteryschools.org www.kitteryschools.org

Mar 13 Dave Rowe Trio(St. Patrick's Day Concert-8 PM-Mar 13);St. Dominic's Reunion(May 19), Maine Irish Heritage Center, Portland, ME 8 PM www.maineirish.com

Mar 13 Enter The Haggis(7:30 PM-Mar 13); Muriel Anderson(Knock On Wood Guitarfest-May 2), Waterville Opera House, A 93 Maine Street, Waterville, ME (207) 873-7000 www.operahouse.org

Mar 13-14 Anna Mae Mitchell and Rising Tide, 18 Strings, Next Generation Theater Celtic Dancers(St. Patty's Celebration), Next Generation Theater, 39 Center Street,Brewer, ME 7:30 PM $10 General, $8 Seniors & Students &Military Free: Children 12 & Under (207) 989-7100 or (207) 356-5166 www.nextgenerationtheatre.org

Mar 14 Hope Hoffman(Free Demo Class for Parent Child Creative Folk Dance), Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME Demo Class:2 PM-2:45 PM Question & Answer Session: 2:45 PM-3 PM Drop In Basis www.curtislibrary.com
Mar 14 Kathryn Larson(Family Dance-6 PM-7:30 PM) Perpetual E-Motion w Chrissy Fowler(Contra Dance-8:30 PM-Midnight),Westcustogo Hall, 475 Walnut Hill Road, North Yarmouth, ME (207) 865-9014

Mar 14 St. Patrick's Celebration(Ogunquit Performing Arts), Dunaway Center, 23 School Street,Ogunquit, ME (207) 646-5139

Mar 15, Two Old Friends,Topsham Public Library, Topsham, ME 2 PM(Mar 15) ;Rumford Public Library, Rumford, ME 6:30 PM (Apr 8);The Little Brown Church, Round Pond, ME 7:30 PM(July 29); The Temple, Ocean Park, ME (Aug 2); Sawyer Center, Green, ME 2 PM & 7 PM(Aug 14);Wells Public Library, Wells, ME 6:30 PM(Nov 17)

Mar 15 Slide (Mar 15); Flynn(w Lucy Wainwright Roche-Mar 20);The Bee Eaters, Scott Nygaard and Crow Molly(Apr 11);Maeve Donnelly and Tony McManus(Apr 17);Gordon Bok(Sept 26),One Longfellow Square, Congress & State Streets,Portland, ME Doors Open 7 PM, Concert: 8 PM(207) 761-1757 www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Mar 17 Tommy Sands w Moya and Fionan Sands(St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17), The Grand Auditorium, 165 Main Street, Ellsworth, ME 7:30 PM (207) 667-9500 info@grandonline.com

Mar 17 Natalie MacMaster(St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17), Merrill Auditorium,20 Myrtle Street, Portland, ME 7:30 PM (207) 842-0800 http://tickets.porttix.com

Mar 17 Ballykelty(St. Patrick's Day--7:30 PM-Mar 17), The Waldo Theater, 916 Main Street, Waldoboro, ME (207) 832-6060 www.thewaldo.org

Mar 17 Paul Sullivan(St. Patrick's Day Dinner & Concert-Mar 17),La Semaine de la Francophonie(6 PM-Mar 25);Medieval Feast(5:30 PM-Mar 27-28); Ed Pearlman(Maine Fiddle Camp Benefit-2 PM-Apr 16); Dave Rowe Trio(Remembering Tom Rowe-May 9), Franco American Heritage Center,6 Cedar Street, Lewiston, ME (207) 689-2000 www.francoamericanheritage.org
Mar 18 Boghat(Mar 18); Cillian Vallely, Kevin Crawford and Donal Clancy(Mar 25)(Irish Night-All Concerts at 7:30 PM-Followed by a Seisiun at 9 PM),Blue, 650 A Congress Street, Portland, ME (207) 774-4111 www.portcityblue.com
Mar 19 Grainne Hambly and William Jackson w Brian O'Donovan(7 PM-Mar 19);Annalivia(7 PM-Mar 25);Giveway(Cara Dillon Tour Cancelled(Apr 1);Tony MacManus and Maeve Donnelly(Apr 15); Teada(May 13);(New England Celtic Arts), Skye Theater, 2 Highland Drive, S. Carthage ME 7 PM (207) 562-4445 (800) 894-4300 or (207) 491-0273 www.necelticarts.com

Mar 21 Battlefield Band(Mar 21);Enter The Haggis(Apr 18);Maine Fiddlers(Apr 25),Gordon Bok(May 2) Chocolate Church, 804 Washington Street, Bath, ME (207) 442-8455 www.chocolatechurcharts.org

Mar 26 Annalivia(Mar 26); Giveway(Cara Dillon Tour Cancelled) (Apr 2);Tony MacManus and Maeve Donnelly(Apr 16); Teada (Mar 14); Kimberly Fraser(May 28); Buddy MacDonald and Rachel Davis(June 11); Gadelle (June 25) Lakeside Theater, Rangeley, ME 7 PM http://rangeleymovies.com

DOWNEAST COUNTRY DANCE FESTIVAL:
Mar 27-29 Hope Hoffman and Jim Tolles; Highland Soles; Frigate w Chrissy Fowler; Phantom Power w Sue Rosen;Perpetual eMotion w Maggie Robinson;Rumblestrip w Steve Zakon Anderson;(Downeast Country Dance Festival), Orion Performing Arts Center, Mount Ararat Middle School, Topsham, ME Mar 27: 7 PM-9 PM, Mar 28: 10 AM-7 PM & 7 PM-9 PM Mar 29: Survivors Dance, Westcustogo Hall,132 Walnut Hill Road, North Yarmouth, ME www.starleft.org/decdf/
Mar 28 Cherryholmes(Mar 28); Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas(Apr 5); Enter The Haggis(Apr 17); The Barra MacNeills(May 23) April Verch Band(June 28); Le Vent Du Nord(July 11),Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy(Aug 2);Maura O'Connell(Aug 14), Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield, ME 8 PM www.stonemountainartscenter.com

Mar 28,Apr 11 Ancient Mariners(Mar 28);Bohola(An Irish Homecoming-Apr 11?), Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport, ME http://town.rockport.me.us./operahouse

Friday March 13
? Portland, 2009 Annual St. Patrick's Celebration Concert. At our newly renovated and recently re-opened Maine Irish Heritage Center facility at 34 Gray Street in Portland. The concert will feature the delightful music of the Dave Rowe Trio with Patsy Wiggins as Master of Ceremonies. 7:30 pm. Tickets are $18 each and $16 each for MIHC Members and may be purchased from any MIHC Board member, at all area Bull Moose Music locations, by calling the MIHC at 780-0118 or at the door the night of the concert. Info: http://www.maineirish.com.
? Portland, Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem. One Longfellow Square, State & Congress Streets. An exuberant mix of musical idioms, held together by superb musicianship, impeccable taste, and the band's charismatic vocals performing a deep repertoire that spans 200 years of American music. 8 pm. $17 adv/$20 door. Info: (207)761-1757 or www.onelongfellowsquare.com.
Saturday March 14
? Brunswick, Silent movie with live performance of an original old-time piano score by Doug Protsik. Eveningstar Cinema. “Sally of the Sawdust”, a comedy with W.C. Fields by famed director D.W. Griffith. 11 am. All tickets $8.00. Limited seating, come early or reserve tickets at the theatre, 729-6796 or online at www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=2619.
? Brunswick, Parent-Child Creative Folk Dance with Live Music. Curtis Memorial Library. Drop-in and join in anytime between 2:00 and 2:45 p.m. Learn simple steps and enjoy imaginative structured creative movement, singing games, and free dance. Dances lead by Hope Hoffman, traditional and improvised music by Jim Tolles. Free. FMI: (207) 332-3459, e-mail via www.freegrange.org.
? Farmington, Contradance with New Yankee Soul Revue, calling by Kim Roberts. Farmington Grange, Bridge Street, Route 43, West Farmington. All dances taught. 8-11:00 PM. $6 or $15 family max. Info: 491-9928 or dance@starleft.org or www.starleft.org.
? Kennebunk, Blues Guitarist & Historian Scott Ainslie in Concert. Concert at The Kennebunk Coffeehouse. First Parish UU Church in Kennebunk. Tickets can be purchased at http://kennebunkcoffeehouse.com or by calling 207-229-0212. 8:00 p.m. $14.50. Contact: Shawn Henderson, 207-229-0212, http://kennebunkcoffeehouse.com.
? North Yarmouth, Contradance with Perpetual E-Motion and Chrissy Fowler calling. Contras and more at Wescustogo Hall, Route 115. Most dances taught. Bring clean shoes for dancing! Potluck supper starts at 7:30 p.m. Special Workshop - Money Musk! 7:40pm. Beginners Session 8 pm. Dancing at 8:30 p.m. $9. Presented by North Atlantic Arts Alliance. Info: 712-2837 or jeffraym@maine.rr.com.
? North Yarmouth, Family Barn Dance with Wescustogo Ramblers with Kathryn Larson calling. Wescustogo Hall, Rt 115. Sit-in musicians are welcome. A great family event. 6-7:30 p.m. $3/$12 family max. Info: 712-2837 or klarson@securespeed.us.
? Orono, Marsh Island Band with Joe Dupere calling. Orono Community House. All dances taught. Beginners session at 7:30 p.m. Everybody welcome to participate! Dancing at 8 p.m. $7. Info: 942-5471.
Sunday March 15
? Augusta, Ladies of the Lake: St. Patty's Day Special. University of Maine at Augusta, Jewett Auditorium. Snow date: Sunday Mar. 22, 2 pm. A celebration of traditional Irish music by this popular Celtic music group. Prepare for a rousing Irish celebration! 2:00 pm. $10 for adults and seniors, $5 for school students, 12 and under free. Tickets available at the door, Pat's Pizza in Augusta, Apple Valley Books in Winthrop, and Al Corey Music Center in Waterville. FMI: http://concertsatjewett.com.
? Brownfield, Los Lobos. Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road. Hold onto your hats....3-time Grammy Award winners. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music. 8 pm. $95. FMI: www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
? Portland, International Folk Dance. 7 - 9ish pm. Portland New Church (formerly Swedenborgian), 302 Stevens Ave. (between Brighton Ave and Woodford St.) Learn dances from the Balkans, Israel, France, Greece, and around the world. Dances will be taught 7 - 8 pm, followed by requests. $5, (children $3). Beginners welcome. Info: 856-6415, kcarroll2@gmail.com.
? Portland, Slide. One Longfellow Square, State & Congress Streets. Cutting edge newcomers Slide are a "Powerhouse quartet of traditional musicians with attitude...bringing drawing room grandeur and high spirits together" (Irish Times). 8 pm. $17 adv/$20 door. Info: (207)761-1757 or www.onelongfellowsquare.com.
? Topsham, Open House with free demo class and pre-registration for monthly Sunday afternoon Parent-Child Creative Folk Dance with Live Music. At HeartSpeak Studio, 56 Elm St. (Route 24), one mile from downtown Brunswick. Dance with your child, enjoy live fiddle music, and ask questions about dance, music, and instruments. With dance instructor and fiddle teacher Hope Hoffman Drop-in anytime between 2-3 p.m. Free. FMI: (207) 332-3459, e-mail via www.freegrange.org.
Monday March 16
? Carthage, CANCELLED! J.J. Chaisson from PEI CANCELLED!. Skye Theatre. Presented by New England Celtic Arts. Prince Edward Island's J.J. Chaisson has emerged as a multi-instrumentalist of the top tier, releasing award-winning recordings and fronting the province's premier celtic rock band Kindle. 7 p.m. $10 Info 800-894-4300 or www.necelticarts.com.
Thursday March 19
? Carthage, Grainne Hambly & William Jackson MASTERS OF THE CELTIC HARP from Ireland. Skye Theatre. Presented by New England Celtic Arts. Our St. Patrick's celebration in partnership with Celtic Sojourn and WGBH in Boston. Skye Theatre opens it's new series with "Celtic Sojourn" director Brian O'Donovan and Masters of the Celtic Harp, Grainne Hambly & William Jackson. 7 p.m. $10 Info 800-894-4300 or www.necelticarts.com.
Friday March 20
? Bangor, Contradance with UpRiver Reel and Friends. Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park Street, downtown Bangor. Beginners' session at 7:30 PM; dance at 8. All ages welcome; all dances taught. Admission $7/ $18 families. For more information: bangorcontra@gmail.com; 941-9727 or 525-4538.
? Brunswick, Contradance with Alden Robinson, Abraham Stimson, and Glen Loper, calling by John McIntire. Contra dancing and more at the People Plus Center, corner of Maine and Noble St. Family dance: 6:30-8 p.m.$3 per person, $12 family max. Contras:8-11 p.m.$9 per person, $22 family max. Info: 729-4718.
? Rockland, Ballroom, Country, Latin and Nightclub. Swing & Sway Dancing, 143 Maverick Street in Rockland. Couples and singles welcome. Your hosts: Christian & Kathryn Clayton. 6:30 p.m. Group Cha Cha Class followed by a dance party from 7 - 9:30 p.m. $10 includes class, dance and light refreshments. Free on-site parking. 207-594-0940 or www.swingandsway.com.
Saturday March 21
? Bath, Authentic Movement. Bath Dance Works, 72 Front St. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $10 Info: 725-9997 or dancingfewl@pobox.com.
? Bath, Battlefield Band. Chocolate Church Arts Center. 798 Washington Street. Sponsored by Spencer E. Gray, Jr. LLC - Independent Insurance Agency. 7:30. $21 Member, $25 Non-Member, $28 Door. Tickets and Information Phone: (207) 442- 8455.
? Bowdoinham, Contradance with Scrod Pudding (Pam Weeks, Greg Anderson, Jim Joseph, Eric Johnson, and Bill Olson), calling by Bill Olson. Contras at Bowdoinham Town Hall Hall, School Street, at the top of the hill. All dances taught, beginners welcome. No partner necessary. NEW TIME!! - Beginners workshop 7:30. Dance 8:00 - 11 pm $8/equal barter. Use your Scrod Bucks!! Limit one Scrod Buck per person per dance. Info: Greg, 666- 3090 or Pam, 666-3709.
? Lewiston, Hip Hop Into Spring With a Balance and Swing - An Alternative Contradance. Merrill Gym Dance Studios at Bates College, 141 Russell Street (*note: Different location than 2nd Fri Series in Chase Hall!*) An alternative contradance featuring hip hop music and more. Chrissy Fowler calling. Please bring clean dancing shoes! 8-11pm. $8 adm., students & seniors $6, Bates students free. FMI: HipHopContra@gmail.com.
? Portland, Kinobe & Soul Beat Africa. One Longfellow Square, State & Congress Streets. The new voice of Ugandan music, the inspired synthesis of African roots and world music, of traditional and modern instrumentation. Naia Kete opens! 8 pm. $15 adv/$18 door. Info: (207)761-1757 or www.onelongfellowsquare.com.
? Trenton, TBA. Contras at Trenton Grange Hall, junction of Rtes. 230 and 3 just south of Hancock County Airport in Trenton. All dances taught, beginners welcome. No partner necessary. 8:00 p.m. $7/$5 students. Info: Gary, 460-1463 or Malcolm, 667-0040.
Sunday March 22
? Portland, Contradance with Greg Boardman & Sons, calling by Chrissy Fowler. Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress (corner of Forest), Upstairs in the dance hall. Community Dance 4 - 5:30, Contradance 6-9 pm. 4 :00 - 9:00 pm. $8 (21 & over); $5 (13-20), 12 & under are free with parent. Information: Ed Pearlman, 879-8988.
Thursday March 26
? Carthage, Annalivia from Boston. Skye Theatre. Presented by New England Celtic Arts. Annalivia is one of the latest hip young alt-traditional bands to emerge from the potent Boston fiddle music scene. The acoustic quintet features the beautiful voice of Liz Simmons, fiddle champions Brendan Carey Block and Emerald Rae, guitarist/vocalist Flynn Cohen, and bass player/banjo picker Stuart Kenney. 7 p.m. $10 Info 800-894-4300 or www.necelticarts.com.
Friday March 27
? North Whitefield, NO DANCE. SEE YOU AT THE DOWNEAST FESTIVAL! Info: 549-3820.
? Topsham, 19th Annual Down East Country Dance Festival. Mt. Ararat Middle School. Frigate(Glen Loper, Steve Muise, Fred White) with calling by Chrissy Fowler, and Phantom Power(Lissa Schneckenburger, Bruce Rosen) with calling by Sue Rosen, will perform contradances from 7 pm to midnight. Just $12 or a full Festival pass for $30. Volunteer 3 hours and get the whole Festival FREE! Info: 563-8953 or www.starleft.org/decdf. See ad
? Unity, The Brew. Unity Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot Street. Massachusetts-based quartet The Brew cook up a musical melting pot on their brand-new, self-released album, Back to the Woods, that combines their roots in classic rock, adding ingredients of prog, jazz, reggae, world beat, indie, funk and orchestral pop, sometimes in the course of a single song. 8:30 pm. Tickets $14. http://www.unitymaine.org/theater.
? Winter Harbor, An evening with Denny Breau. Last Friday Coffee House in Hammond Hall. No reservations and great desserts! Presented by Schoodic Arts for All. 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30. Suggested donation for this event will be twelve dollars /under 12, free. Info: 963-7670, 963-2569 or www.schoodicarts.org.
Saturday March 28
? Brownfield, Cherryholmes. Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road. There is a reason Ricky Skaggs' label took this family of bluegrassers unde their wing. All six band members pull their creative ideas to form their own new brand of bluegrass music. Every member takes a turn singing lead and showcasing their abilities. 8 pm. $45. FMI: www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
? Dexter, The Abbott Hill Ramblers in Concert. Bluegrass and American Roots Music. Church Street Coffee House, UU Church, Dexter. 7:00 pm. $5 each, $12 Family. Info: 924-3925.
? Kingston, NH, Contradance with Skip Gorman and friends, calling by Claire Mattin. Contra dancing at the Town Hall, 163 Main Street . Everybody welcome. 8-11 p.m. $8/5 students & seniors. Info: (603)772-5355 or glenncopp@rcn.com.
? Rockport, NO DANCE THIS MONTH. GO TO THE DOWNEAST FESTIVAL INSTEAD. All dances taught. Everybody invited. No partner necessary. Don’t forget to bring your drinking water. A donation of a few sticks of firewood to help heat the hall during winter months is greatly appreciated! Dancing, 8-11 p.m. $7. Info: 462-3304 or visit our website www.simontoncorners.com.
? Topsham, 19th Annual Down East Country Dance Festival. Mt. Ararat Middle School. Too many dance, singing and instrumental opportunities to list here. Perpetual eMotion(John Cote, Ed Howe) with Maggie Robinson calling and Rumblestrip(Nat Hewitt, Liza Constable, Glen Loper) with Steve Zakon-Anderson perform the evening dances. 10 am to midnight. All day pass just $28. Or volunteer and get in FREE! Info: 563-8953 or www.starleft.org/decdf. See ad
Sunday March 29
? North Yarmouth, Double Bill! Rumblestrip with Steve Zakon-Anderson and Phantom Power with Sue Rosen calling for the Survivors’ Contra Dance. Wescustogo Hall, Route 115. Brunch served, reservations needed, at 11 a.m. Spirited singing at 11:30. Dancing from 12:30-4:00 p.m. $6 brunch. $10($8 with festival bracelet) for dance. Info: 563-8953 or www.starleft.org/decdf.

Concerts and Events in Other States:
These listings are courtesy of Celtic Beat Magazine. You can subscribe to this magazine, which has more events than are listed on our site, and there are great interviews with folk musicians. Contact Art Ketchun and Joanne Gagnon at Celtic Beat: CELT56@aol.com
Their website is: http://www.mv.com/ipusers/celticbeat/

Massachusetts:
Ongoing Irish Express(Apr 24-25;June 19-20;28-29;July 14-16;28-30,Aug 21-22;Sept 20-21; Oct 11-13;Nov 27);Silver Spears(June 5-6,Sept 12-13);Old Brigade(May 29-30, July 1-2,Sept18-19);Norman Payne(Mar 14,16,27-28,Apr 22-23, May 1-2,4-5,11-12,18-19,June 4,7-9, July 19-20,31,Aug 1,Aug 11-12,Aug 31-Sept 1,Sept 7-8,16-17; Oct 4, 14-16,19-24, Nov 28);Fintan Stanley(Mar13,15,17,Apr 3-4, May 6-7,June 14-16,26-27,July 5-6,July 26-27,Aug 2-3,16-17,19-20,27Sept 14-15,25-27,Oct 1-3, Nov 6-7,Dec 31); Andy Healy Showband(Mar 6, July 24-25; Oct 30-31);Margaret Dalton(Apr 17-18,May 22-23, July 3-4,Aug 8,Sept 6,Oct 9-10,Dec 3);Jackie Brown(Apr 19-21,May 13-14,June 17-18,Aug 9-10,Sept 2- 3,9-10,Oct 7,Nov 13-14,Dec 4); Noel Henry Showband(May 24, July 17-18,Aug 28-29);McTeggarts(May 26-28, June 1-3, June 23-25, July 7-9,21-23,Aug 4-6,24-26,Sept 4-5,11,22-24,28-30,Sept 5-7);Deirdre Reilly(Nov 20-21)Cape Cod Irish Village, W Yarmouth,MA (508) 771- 0100 www.capecod-irishvillage.com

Ongoing Set/Ceili Dance Workshop(Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann-Hanafin Cooley Branch-Tuesdays 7:30 PM-9 PM),Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington Street, Watertown, MA www.cceboston.org

Ongoing Set/Ceili Dance Instruction by Sally Harney(All Levels Welcome 7 PM-9 PM),Harney Academy Studio, 945 Main Street, Walpole,MA www.cceboston.org

Ongoing Every Tuesday Night Live Celtic Music Session(Hosted by Emerald Rae & Flynn Cohen), John Harvard's, 33 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA 9 PM-Midnight Musicians Are Welcome to come & Sit In-All Styles, Levels, Instruments Welcome (617) 868-3858 www.johnharvards.com www.emeraldrae.com www.myspace.com/flynncohen

Ongoing Evening Classes in Welsh w Aled Llion Jones of Harvard University(Sysgwch Gymraeg yn Boston),Cambridge, MA ajones@fas.harvard.edu

Thru Summer The Making of the President(Exhibit),John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Columbia Point, Dorchester, MA 9 AM-5 PM (866) JFK-1960 www.jfklibrary.org

Ongoing Beginning Fiddle w Kimberly Fraser(Spring 2009 Semester-Passim Center-8 PM),Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
www.passimcenter.org

Ongoing: Throughout March: Sixty Years of the Cuala Press: A Collaboration of the Yeats Family and Mollie Gill (Mollie Gill Cuala Press Printed Materials Collection),Burns Library, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 9AM www.bc.edu

Mar 13 The Chieftains w Alyth McCormick, Brian McAlpine, Jonnie Hardie,Boston Symphony Hall,301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 8 PM www.bso.org
Mar 13 Annalivia; Lissa Schneckenburger Trio(A Night of Irish Entertainment-The Rotary Club of Arlington Presents),The Regent Theater, Medford Street,Arlington, MA 8 PM $25, $22.50 Seniors (781)646-4849 www.regenttheatre.com

Mar 13 Noirin Ni Riain(Songs of Sacred Welcome-Institute for Liberal Arts).St. Mary's Chapel, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 8 PM (617) 552-6004 richardkearney@bc.edu www.bc.edu/music

Mar 13,15 Aoife Clancy(7 PM-Mar 13-$12 Members, $15) Finbar Furey and The Boatmen(Patsy Whelan, Brian Gaffney, Ken Gillick)(8 PM-Mar 15-$20),Cape Cod Cultural Center, 307 Old Main Street, Yarmouth,MA (508) 394-7100 www.cultural-center.org

Mar 13 Kate Chadbourne,Margot Chamberlin and Diane Edgecomb(Concert of Songs & Tales-Mar 13-Beneficiary: Bristol House); Michael Troy(w Larry Zarella(May 8-Beneficiary: UMASS Action Network)(Second Friday Coffee House),First Church Unitarian Universalist, 404 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 7:30 PM (617) 484-1054 www.uubelmont.org/coffeehouse

Mar 13 Matt and Shannon Heaton, Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, 415 South St, Waltham, MA (781) 736-4867 http://gobrandeis.edu

Mar 13 New Rigged Ship(Jacqueline Schwab and Reinmar Seidler), Cape Cod Conservatory, 60 Highland Drive, Falmouth, MA 5:30 PM (508) 540-0611 www.capecodconservatory.org

Mar 13 Kate Chadbourne, First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalist,404 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 7:30 PM (617) 484-1054 www.uubelmont.org (w Diane Edgecomb and Margot Chamberlain-The Second FridayCoffee House-Mar 13);Fulton Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 7:30 PM (Tiara-The Irish Ancestral Research Association-June 12)

Mar 13 Lydia Thornton(Mar 13);Flowing Tide w Sandy Davis(Apr 10);Carrie Cheron(May 8) Either at Westford Historical Society or Parish Center For the Arts, Westford, MA 7:15 PM www.westford.com/museum/music.htm

Mar 13-15 Larry Reynolds and Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann;Massachusetts Harp Ensemble;Harold "Jerry" Walker; Harney Academy of Irish Dancing (Reagle Players Presents: A Little Bit of Ireland),Robinson Theater, 617 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA Mar 13: 7 PM, Mar 14: 2 PM & 7 PM, Mar 15: 2 PM (781) 891-5600 (781) 894-2330(groups) www.reagleplayers.com

Mar 13-14, 16-17 Seamus Connolly Trio,Tamo Lounge, Seaport Hotel, 200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA Mar 13-14: 9 PM-Midnight, Mar 16-17: 5 PM-7 PM, 8 PM-Midnight (617) 385-4000 www.seaportboston.com

LAWRENCE IRISH HERITAGE MONTH:
Mar 13 Silver Spears, Guest: Mairtin Murlleoir CEO & Publisher: Irish Echo(40th Annual St. Patrick's Day Luncheon,AOH,LAOH, Irish Foundation),Claddagh Pub & Restaurant, 399 Canal Street, Lawrence, MA (603) 898-7766
Mar 14 Janice Duffy of TIARA(Irish Geneaology Day-AOH,LAOH,Irish Foundation,Friends of the Lawrence Library),Sargent Auditorium, 51 Larence Street,Lawrence, MA (978) 794-1829
Mar 15 Diarmaid Ferriter, Author of Judging Dev(Lecture & Book Signing-AOH,LAOH,Irish Foundation, Friends of Lawrence State Park),Lawrence Heritage State Park, 1 Jackson Street, Lawrence, MA 2 PM Free (978) 794-1655
Mar 16-17 Irish Film Festival(AOH,LAOH),Lawrence Heritage State Park, 1 Jackson Street, Lawrence, MA 11 AM (978) 794-1655
Mar 17 St. Patrick's Day,Claddagh Pub & Restaurant, 399 Canal Street, Lawrence, MA (978) 688-8337
Mar 22 Edward O'Donnell(Lecture & Book Signing-AOH,LAOH, Irish Foundation, Friends of Lawrence Heritage State Park),Lawrence Heritage State Park, 1 Jackson Street, Lawrence, MA (978) 794-1655
Mar 29 Terri and George Kelley(An Irish Sing A Long on a Steinway Piano-Friends of the Lawrence Public Library0,Sargent Auditorium, 51 Lawrence Street, Lawrence, MA 2 PM Free

Mar 14 Matt and Shannon Heaton Band w Kieran Jordan Dancers(Celebrate St. Patrick's Day), John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, Columbia Point, Dorchester, MA 10:30 AM $10 General, $8 Seniors over 62, $7 Children 13-17, Free for Children 12 & Under (866) JFK-1960 www.jfklibrary.org

Mar 14 Seamus Pender(St. Patrick's),Knights of Columbus, 2068 Main Street, Tewksbury,MA 8 PM (978) 658-6342
Mar 14 Doug Lamey, Kimberly Fraser and Friends (Mar 14)(Second Saturday Downeast Dance-Cape Breton Gaelic Club) Gaelic Club Session w Kyte McKillop(3:30 PM-Mar 15), Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington St, Watertown, MA Donation: $12.00 cash bar 8 PM (617) 924-9827 www.canamclubofboston.com www.ceilidh.org

Mar 14-15 J.J. Chaisson and Friends(Mar 14-15);Annalivia(Apr 18); Zoe Darrow and The Fiddleheads(May 16-17)The Captain Charles Leonard House,663 Main Street, Agawam, MA 7:30 PM (413) 789-9267 msullgreen@gmail.com

Mar 14,15,16 Big Bad Bollocks (Annual St. Patrick's Day Party-7 PM-Mar 14);NEW: Zoe Darrow and the Fiddleheads & J.J. Chaisson and Friends(7 PM-Mar 15); Maura O'Connell(7 PM-Mar 16);The Duhks(7 PM-Aug 6)Iron Horse, 20 Center Street,Northampton, MA www.iheg.com

Mar 14 The Larkin Brigade(w Confront Mouth Sewn Shut),Church of Boston, 69 Kilmarnock Street, Boston, MA 8 PM
thelarkinbrigade@gmail.com

Mar 14 Doug Lamey, Kimberly Fraser and Friends (Mar 14)(Second Saturday Downeast Dance-Cape Breton Gaelic Club), Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington St, Watertown, MA Donation: $12.00 cash bar 8 PM (617) 924-9827 www.canamclubofboston.com www.ceilidh.org

Mar 14 Highland Light Scottish Pipe Band(4th Annual Celtic Music Night),Auditorium, Horace Mann Charter School, Barnstable Schools Complex, West Barnstable-Osterville Road,Marstons Mills, MA 8 PM (508) 947-4383 www.highlandlight.com

Mar 14 The Irish Tenors,Lynn Memorial Auditorium, Lynn City Hall, Lynn, MA 8 PM (978) 937-8688x225 cpopp@mcmpresents.com www.lynnauditorium.com

Mar 14 Jack Kerouac Birthday Bash(Lowell Celebrates Kerouac),Caffe Paradiso, Lowell,MA www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org

Mar 14 Enter The Haggis, Pearl Street, 10 Pearl Street, Northampton, MA 7 PM (413) 584-7771 (413) 586-8686 www.iheg.com

Mar 14 Mollie's Misfits,Bremer Irish Dancers(7 PM-Mar 14); Michael O'Leary and Rob Huffman(1 PM-Mar 17);Jimmy Tingle(Comedian-8 PM-May 16);Seamus Kennedy(8 PM-July 18),Bull Run 215 Great Road, Shirley, MA 7 PM (877) 536-7190 www.bullrunrestaurant.com

Mar 14 Kate Chadbourne and Michael O'Leary(Irish Stories & Songs for Families); Andy Healy Band; Amy Basse and Friends; Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann(St. Patrick's Day Community Open House-Sponsored by Brian Moore International Travels),Irish Cultural Center of New England, 200 New Boston Drive, Canton, MA Noon-1 AM (781) 821-8291 www.irishculture.org
Mar 14 Annual St. Patrick's Dinner Dance(Friendly Sons of St. Patrick),Whites of Westport, 66 State Road, Westport, RI www.friendlysons.net

Mar 14 Atwater Donnelly Duo(The Women's Center Presents Atwater Donnelly), Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion, MA 7 PM $12 Adults, Lower prices for children/families (508) 996-3343 www.thewomenscentersc.com

Mar 14- 15 Maura O'Connell,The Lochrann Ensemble,hosted by Brian O'Donovan(St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn), Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 8 PM www.berkleebpc.com www.ticketmaster.com (Mar 14);Hanover Theater, 2 Southbridge Street, Worcester, MA 5 PM (877) 571-7469 www.thehanovertheatre.org(Mar 15)

ST PATRICKS IRISH CULTURAL WEEK:
Mar 14 Walking Tour Of The Acre,National Historic Park Visitor Center, Market Street, Lowell, MA 10 AM
Mar 14 St. Patrick Parish Choir Directed & Accompanied by Ginny Corcoran (Irish Concert),St. Patrick Church, 282 Suffolk Street, Lowell, MA 3::30 PM
Mar 14 Chief Celebrant & Homilist: Rev. James E. Taggart, OMI; CoCelebrants: Rev Anthony Nguyen; Rev. Paul Oullette, OMI;Rev. Daniel Crahen, OMI; Deacon An Peter Ros(Memorial Mass),St. Patrick Church, 282 Suffolk Street, Lowell,MA 4 PM
Mar 14 Silver Spears(Dinner Dance),Lowell Lodge of Elks, Old Ferry Road, Lowell, MA Cocktails: 6 : 30 PM, Dinner: 7 PM $35 Drawing of Lucky Leprachaun: $25 (978) 459-0561
www.stpatricklowell.org
Mar 15 Ceili(LAOH Div 1),Lowell Lodge of Elks, Old Ferry Road, Lowell, MA 2 PM-6 PM Fre

Mar 14-22CANCELLED The Harper And The Minstrel(New England Flower Show), Bayside Expo Center, 200 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA (617) 474-60000 http://baysideexpo.com

Mar 15-16 Black 47, Dropkick Murphys (8 PM -Mar 15-16); Bible Code Sundays(Mar 17);The Pogues(8 PM-Mar 20-21)House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne Street,Boston, MA (888) 693-BLUE www.livenation.com www.hob.com/boston

Mar 15 St. Patrick's Day Parade, S. Boston, MA 1 PM

Mar 15 Sheila Falls Keohane and Friends(An Afternoon of Celtic Music-3 PM-Mar 15); Classical Tangent(3 PM-Apr 26),James Library & Center for the Arts, 24 West Street, Norwell, MA 3 PM (781) 659-7100 www.jameslibrary.org

GAELIC GOURMET WEEK:
Mar 15-22 South Boston St. Patrick's Day Breakfast(Boston Convention & Exhibition Hall-415 Summer Street-Mar 15),Various Venues throughout Boston: Including Seaport Hotel www.irishmassachusetts.com/GGW

Mar 15 Aubrey Atwater(Irish Dinner),Brockton Masonic Lodge, 279 Prospect Street, Brockton, MA 5:30 PM: Dinner, 6:30 PM: Concert Open to Masons & families
Mar 15 Oilean Thorai (6 PM-Mar 15); Garage(7 PM-Mar 15); Inis Airc: Bas na Oilean-Death of An Island(6 PM-Mar 16);32 A(7 PM-Mar 16);Saviours(6 PM-Mar 17); Learning Gravity(7:30 PM-Mar 17);(Boston College 2009 Irish Studies Film Festival),West Newton Cinema, West Newton, MA www.bc.edu

Mar 15 Gordon Bok(7:30 PM-Mar 15);Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen(7:30 PM-Apr 5) (Woods Hole Folk Music Society),Woods Hole Community Hall, Water Street, Woods Hole, MA(Check if venue changes due to bridgeconstruction- whfolk@verizon.net) (508) 540-0320 www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic

Mar 16 Joe Stead(Last Tour of USA) Cantab Lounge, 738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA (617) 354-2885(Mar 16); Cameron's Restaurant, 206 Main Street, Gloucester, MA (978) 281-1331(Mar 17);Waltham, MA(House Concert-Mar 18) joe@joestead.com

Mar 16 Natalie MacMaster, Mechanics Hall, 21 Main Street, Worcester, MA 8 PM (508) 754-3231 $20 www.musicworcester.org

Mar 16 Scottish Country Dancing(Royal Scottish Country Dance Society) (Mar16,23,30,Apr 6,13,20,27) RSCDS Welcome Dance(May 1,2009),Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford, MA 7:45 PM-10:15 PM $8 General $4 Student(781) 395- 0402 www.springstep.org

Mar 16 Kate Chadbourne, Bob Phillips, Linda Abrams, Pat Keneally,Bill Kehoe, Tom Smith(St. Paddy's Day),Emerson Umbrella, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA 7:30 PM-10:30 PM

Mar 16 St. Patrick's Day Parade,Gates Middle School, Firt Parish Road,Scituate, MA 1 PM (781) 545-6571

Mar 16-17 Bible Code Sundays,McGann's, 197 Portland Street, Boston, MA 9 PM
((617) 227-4059(Mar 16);Wilbur Theater, 246 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 6 AM-10 AM (617) 248-9700 (Imus In The Morning-WTKK-Annual St. Patrick's Day Show-Mar 17);House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA www.hob.com (SOLD OUT-St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17)

Mar 17 Matt and Shannon Heaton(St. Patrick's Day),The Beehive, Boston, MA www.beehiveboston.com
Mar 17 Seamus Pender(St. Patrick's Day),Owen and Ollie's Restaurant & Pub, 91 Mill Street, Dracut, MA 4:30 PM-8:30 PM (978) 957-4400
Mar 17 Songs for Ceilidh(St. Patrick's Day),Fiddlers Green, Hibernian Cultural Center, 19 Temple Street, Worcester, MA (508) 792-3700 www. fiddlersgreenworcester.com

Mar 17 Cuchulain(2 PM-7 PM); Pop Farmers(9 PM-Close)(St. Patrick's Day),Peddlers Daughter, 45 Wingate Street, Haverhill, MA www.peddlersdaughter.com
Mar 17 Kate Chadbourne(St. Patrick's Celebration),Great Hall of Memorial Hall,Main Street, Townsdend, MA 7 PM (978) 597-1714.
Mar 17 Guest of Honor: Dick Flavin(272nd Annual Charitable Irish Society Dinner),Union Club, 8 Park Street, Boston, MA $135 charitable@celticweb.com charitableirishsociety.org

Mar 17 Black 47(WFNX Live-St. Patrick's Day),Black Rose, Fanuiel Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA(Morning)

Mar 17 Saw Doctors(Showcase Live-St. Patrick's Day),23 Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA 8 PM

Mar 17,20 Fergus,O'Connor's Restaurant & Bar,1160 Boylston Street, Worcester, MA 1 PM(St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17),Galway Bay, Strafford Street, Worcester, MA 9 PM(St. Patrick's Day: Mar 17, Mar 20, May 2),O'Shea's Olde Inne, Yarmouth, MA (8:30 PM-Mar 21, Apr 25 );Fiddler's Green Pub, Worcester Hibernian Cultural Center,19 Temple Street, Worcester, MA 9 PM www.aohworcester.com (Apr 3, May 22, July 10, Aug 14,Oct 2, Nov 27)

Mar 18 2nd Annual Day of Irish Culture(Sponsored by the Irish Cultural Center of New England),Massachusetts State House,24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 11 AM (866) 888-2809 (781) 821-8291x106 www.irishculture.org

Mar 18 Saviours(6:30 PM-Mar 18); Flea Ceoil(6:30 PM-Mar 19), O'Donoghue's Opera(7 PM-Mar 19);Coming Into Clover(6:30 PM-Mar 26);(2009 Irish Studies Film Festival),Cushing 001, Boston College, Chestnut HIll, MA www.bc.edu

Mar 19 Aine Minogue(To Welcome In The Spring),Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 2 PM (617) 536-5400

Mar 19 Two Old Friends,Somerset Public Library, Somerset, MA 7 PM(Mar19);The Middleboro Public Library, Middleboro, MA 7 PM (Mar 27); Morrill Public Library, Norwood, MA 3 PM (Mar 29); Morse Institute Library, Natick, MA 3 PM(Apr 19);Taft Library, Mendon, MA 7PM (Apr 24); Leominster Public Library, Leominster, MA 2 PM(Apr 26);Curtis Library, Hanover, MA 7 PM(Apr 29); Norton Public Library, Norton, Ma10:30 AM (May 21); Tewksbury Public Library, Tewksbury,MA 2 PM(June 6); East Bridgewater Public Library, Bridgewater, MA Noon(June 20)

Mar 19 Notorious w Steve Zakon Anderson(Mar 19); C.W. Abbott, Matt Kenney, Stuart Kenney, Amy Larkin w Woody Lane(Mar 26)(NEFFA Contra Dances), The Concord Scout House, 74 Walden Street, Concord, MA 7:30 PM- 10:30 PM $8($5 for full time students 21 & under) Bring Soft Soled Shoes No Animals allowed in building other than service animals, Dance cancel- if weather conditions unsafe for travel (781) 272-0396 or (508) 229-2854 www.neffa.org

Mar 20 English Country Boogie Band(Hot Foot English Country Social (English Country Dance Society-Boston Center)( Mar 20,Apr 17,May 15,June 19), Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford, MA 7:30 PM-10:30 PM $12 General, $10 Members, $5 Students (781) 395-0402 www.springstep.org

Mar 20 The Harper and The Minstrel, Somethin's Brewin' Book CafŽ, 241 Main Street, Lakeville, MA 7 PM-9 PM www.somethinsbrewin.com (An Evening of Celtic Music to Celebrate St. Patrick's Week-Mar 20);Udderly Delicious, 273 Main Street, Oxford, MA 7 PM-9 PM(Jay Michaels-one of three featured songwriters "in the round" Songwriter Sessions-Apr 2); Atlantic Works Building, 80 Border Street, East Boston, MA 7 PM-9 PM $10 www.80borderstreet.org (Apr 4);Charlton,MA www.kingdomfestival.com (The Silver Kingdom Renaissance Festival-June 6-7,13-14); Norton, MA (Winslow Shire Renaissance Faire June 27-28);Sweet William Farm, 153 North Street, Upton,MA 7PM-8:30 PM(Aug 7);Taunton,MA www.tauntonfest.org (TauntonRiver Folk Festival-Oct 9-12)

Mar 20, Apr 11 Saw Doctors(Mar 20); Gaelic Storm (Apr 11),Calvin Theater, 19 King Street, Northampton, MA 8 PM (413) 586- 1039 (508) 586-8686 www.iheg.com

Mar 20-22 Celtic Woman, The Wang Theater, Citi Performing Arts Center, Boston, MA Mar 20 & 21: 8 PM, Mar 22: 2 PM (800) 447-7400 www.ticketmaster.com

Mar 20 Matt and Shannon Heaton w Scott Alarik(Mar 20); Brooks Williams(Mar 27)(Me and Thee Coffee House), Unitarian Universalist Church, 28 Mugford Street, Marblehead, MA (781) 631-8987 www.meandthee.org

3RD ANNUAL IRISH FESTIVAL:
Mar 21 Irish Festival(Benefit for Charlestown MissionSAFE),Parish Hall, St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown, MA (617) 784-4519

Mar 21 All Level Seisiun hosted by Pookah Finn(Fund Raiser for Renwal House Women's Shelter),Beal House, 222 Main Street, Kingston, MA 7 PM-10 PM Donations Only

Mar 21 Gordon Bok(Mar 21);Magical Strings(Apr 18) (uNi Coffee House), Friendship Hall, Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse,245 Porter Lake Drive, Springfield, MA Doors Open: 7 PM, Concert: 8 PM (413) 562-3990 http://uNiCoffeehouse.org

Mar 21 Robbie O'Connell(8 PM-Mar 21);Brooks Williams(8 PM-Apr 18)(Old Ship Coffee House Off The Square), Parish Hall, Old Ship Church, 107 Main Street, Hingham, MA (781) 749-1867 www.hinghambroadcastnews.com

Mar 21 Crooked Still(Somerville Theater-8 PM-Mar 21-World Music);Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas(Somerville Theater-8 PM-Apr 4-World Music);Cherish The Ladies(Somerville Theater-8 PM-May 5-World Music); Natalie MacMaster(Sanders Theater-8 PM-May 29-30(World Music), Sanders Theater, Harvard University, 46 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA(Altan-Jan 9, Natalie MacMaster-May 29-30); Somerville Theater, 55 Davis Square,Somerville, MA (Tindersticks-Mar 7, Crooked Still: Mar 21,Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas-Apr 4, Cherish The Ladies-May 5) (617) 876-4276 www.worldmusic.org

Mar 22 St. Patrick's Day Parade, Abington, MA 1 PM http://eddiebaileysgarage.com (Abington);Holyoke, MA 11:50AM

Mar 23 Lynn Noel,Jeff Keller and Friends(The Skellig Song Session), The Skellig, 240 Moody Street, Waltham, MA 7 PM-10 PM (781) 647- 0679 (617) 840-5123 jeff.keller@gmail.com lynnoel@gmail.com
www.nechanteysings.com www.theskellig.com

Mar 24 The Vanishing Irish: The Impact of Emigration from Twentieth Century Ireland w Diarmaid Ferriter(Burns Library Scholar),Burns Library, Boston College,Chestnut Hill, MA 4 PM
(617) 552-3282 www.bc.edu

Mar 24 Nightingale(Mar 24); Ken Perlman and Alan Jabbour(Apr 1);Maeve Donnelly and Tony McManus(Apr 14)(Gaelic Roots)Connolly House, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 6:30 PM (617) 552-3938 free www.bc.edu/center/irish/gaelicroots/

Mar 24 Black 47,Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA www.mcla.edu
Mar 25 Shannon Lambert Ryan and RUNA w Andy Bergman(Music for Robin House Concert),Lexington, MA 7 PM (781) 862-7837 billie.hockett@gmail.com
Mar 27 Kurt Winikka, Kate Chadbourne, Tom Smith(Kurt Winikka CD Release Party & Concert-Benefit for First Church Shelter),Margaret Jewett Hall, First Church, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA $5 Admission 7:30 PM-10:30 PM http://kurt winikka.com/home/

Mar 28 Celtic Bells(Bell Family St. Patrick's Library Performance),Westwood Public Library, Westwood, MA 11 AM(Mar 28)

Mar 28 Balvenie Dinner,The Lone Wolf,63 Main Street, Amherst, MA 7 PM $60 (413) 584-8174

Mar 28 Boston Kiltics,Fellswater, The Stuart Highlanders Pipe Band(Annual Stuart Highlanders Concert),Chelmsford Performing Arts Center, Chelmsford, MA 7:30 PM www.stuarthighlanders.com

Mar 28 Brian Peters(First Parish of Watertown-8 PM-Mar 28); Benefit Concert(First Parish of Watertown-8 PM-Apr 18)(Folk Song Society of Greater Boston), First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church Street, Watertown, MA 8 PM (Brian Peters-Mar 28);First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church Street, Watertown, MA 8 PM(Benefit Concert-Apr 18) (617) 623- 1806 Suzanne@fssgb.org www.fssgb.org

Mar 29 Auditions for World Premier of New Musical: Banrion Boru: The Viking Queen Music by Rosemary Caine & Book & Lyrics by Talaya Delaney (Noon -4 PM),Northampton Community Music Center, South Street, Northampton, MA for performance at Reid Theater at Deerfield Academy from July 9-12 & July 16-19

Mar 31 The Northern Ireland Problem & United Kingdom Devolution: 1968-1979 w Dr. Graham Walker(Queens University-Belfast(Lecture Series),Connolly House, Boston College, 300 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 4 PM (617) 552-3938 www.bc.edu

Apr 3 Privilige & Prohibition: Kings & Poets in Early Ireland w Prof. Williams Sayers(4:30 PM-Apr 3)(Harvard Celtic Studies),Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA www.fas.harvard.edu/-celtic/events

Apr 6 Irish Song Workshop w Shannon Heaton(6:15 PM-7:45 PM),Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford, MA Class size limited to 12 $16 Member, $18 Non Members Advance, $22 Door (781) 395-0402 www.springstep.org

Connecticut:
Ongoing NEW VENUE:Seisiun w P.V. O'Donnell(Every Wednesday: 7:30 PM- 10 PM),McKinnon's, 114 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT (860) 524-8174

Ongoing Don Sineti(Educational Program),Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT 9 AM-5 PM

Ongoing Slow Seisiun(Intermediate) w Damien and Sally Connolly(Last Wednesday Each Month 7:30 PM--Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society),Jack Bradley's House, 3815 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT Enter Through Side Door www.shamrockirishmusic.org

Ongoing Seisiun w John Whelan(3rd Thursday Every Month--Milford Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann),St. Gabriel Church Hall, Milford, CT Slow: 7 PM,
Intermediate: 7:30 PM (203) 259-0100 www.comhaltas.com

Ongoing Cliff Haslam and The Jovial Crew (Mondays),Griswold Inn, 36 Main Street, Essex, CT (860) 767-1776 http://maloneandhutch.com/crew

Ongoing Roger Sprung,Hal Wylie and Friends(First Saturdays Every Month Except July & August)(The Pasta Project),United Methodist Church, Newtown, CT
Dinner: 5 PM, Music: 8 PM-10:30 PM

Ongoing Billy Donaldson's Keltic Kick,The Playwright, 1232 Hamden, CT 9 PM-11:30 PM(Mar 28):Dunn's,2345 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 9 PM-11:30 PM ( Mar 21); St. Rose, Newtown, CT 3 PM-3:30 PM (Mar 14);Milford Yacht Club, Milford, CT 3 PM-7 PM(St. Patrick's Parade Day-Mar 15);Gaelic American Club, Fairfield, CT Noon(St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17);Gaelic American Club, Fairfield, CT 9 PM-11:30 PM www.gaconline.org (Apr 3)

Mar 13 Highland Rovers,The Black Duck, Westport, CT 9:30 PM www.niteimage.com (Mar 13);The Stonebridge Restaurant, 50 Daniel Street, Milford, CT 2 PM www.stonebridgerestaurant.com (Mar 14);Kicking Horse Grill,17 Pease Avenue, Southport, CT 9:30 PM (Mar 14); John J. Sullivan's, 557 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia, CT Noon Call for reservations (203) 735-6417 www.johnjsullivans.com (Mar 15);The Wolf's Den, Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville,Mohegan Nation, CT www.mohegansun.com (Mar 16);Irish American Community Center, East Haven, CT Broadcast Live 5:30 AM www.iacc-ct.com (St. Patrick's Day-New Haven Football & Hurling Club-Mar 17); O'Neill's, South Norwalk, CT 10PM www.oneillsono.com (Feb 13, Mar 28, May 1,Sept 18);Events Center, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 7 PM www.fairfield.edu (May 16); Trumbull, CT (Trumbull Irish Festival June 12-14); Noroton Fire Department, Noroton, CT 8:30 PM www.norotonfd.org (Annual Concert-Fundraiser-June 27); Irish American Home Society,Glastonbury, CT 6 PM-July 25 (Greater Hartford Irish Festival-July 24-26); Huntington Green, Shelton, CT 7 PM(Aug 12)
Mar 13 Calley McGrane and The Exiles(Olde Burnside Brewery Presents),The Black Bear Saloon, Hartford, CT 6 PM-9 PM www.oldeburnsidebrewing.com/news.cfm

Mar 13-15 Tom McNulty (Kick Off To St. Patrick's Day-6 PM-Mar 13);DJ(6 PM-Mar 14); Highland Rovers(Doors Open: Noon, 2 PM-9 PM-Mar 15),John J. Sullivan's, 557 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia, CT Call for reservations (203) 735-6417 www.johnjsullivans.com

Mar 13, May 8 Malinky(Sponsored by Ten Penny Ale-Mar 13-); North Sea Gas(May 8)East Hartford Cultural Center, 50 Chapman Place, East Hartford, CT 8 PM (860) 528-1458 www.ehccc.com

Mar 13 Black 47,Toad's Place, New Haven, CT www.toadsplace.com

Mar 13 Eileen Fogarty(Mar 13);St. Patrick's Day(Mar 17);Highland Rovers(10 PM-Feb 13,Mar 28,May 1, Sept 18).O'Neill's, South Norwalk, CT 10PM www.oneillsono.com

Mar 13 Camac(Mar 13);Billy Eagen and The Rising, Colm O'Brien(St. Patrick's Parade Day-Mar 14);Billy Eagen and The Rising, The Rogues(St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17);Brogue and Blarney(Mar 20); Once Removed(Mar 27), Irish American Home Society, 132 Commerce Street, Glastonbury, CT (860) 633-9691www.irishamericanhome.com

Mar 14 St. Patrick's Day Parade,Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 11 AM www.irishamericanparade.com(Central Connecticut Celtic Committee-Hartford-Mar 14); Parsons Parking Lot, West River Road,Milford, CT Lineup: 11:30 AM, Step Off: 1 PM www.milfordirish.org (Irish Heritage Society of Milford-Mar 14)

Mar 14 Dicey Riley(St. Patrick's Day Party-Olde Burnside Brewery Presents),Pig'e Eye Pub, Hartford, CT www.oldeburnsidebrewing.com/news.cfm

Mar 14 Calley McGrane and The Exiles,Prospect Cafe, East Hartford, CT Noon-3 PM

Mar 14, Apr 18 Gordon Bok (Mar 14); Wild Notes(Apr 18),Connecticut Audobon Society, Glastonbury, CT 7:30 PM www.ctaudobon.org

Mar 14 Thomasina,Congregational Church of Union, Union, CT 7 PM (860) 684-7078 (Mar 14); Sherman Jewish Community Center, 9 Route 39, Sherman, CT 8 PM (860) 356-8050 rbrereton@charter.net (St. Patrick's Day Concert: Mar 21)

Mar 14 The Morgans(Pre-St. Paddy's Day Irish Concert-Greater Middletown Concert Series),Auditorium, Middletown High School, 200 LaRosa Lane, Middletown,CT 7:30 PM Reservations (860) 529-1970 or (800) 842-1501 msteele@mhact.org
Mar 14 Cashel Rock(Mar 14); Atwater Donnelly Duo(May 30,Sept 5, Dec 19),Vanilla Bean Cafe, Routes 44,169 & 97, Pomfret, CT 8 PM (860) 928-1562 www.thevanillabeancafe.com

Mar 14 Kallet,Epstein,Ciccone(Mar 14);Notorious(Apr 4);John McCutcheon(Apr 18);The Dulcimer Folk Association (May 2);The Portable Folk Festival(May 30); Wild Notes(Nov 21)(The Sounding Board),Universalist Church of West Hartford, 433 Fern Street, West Hartford, CT Doors Open: 7 PM Concert: 8 PM www.folknotes.org (Sounding Board-Nov 21)

Mar 14 Brian Peters(Mar 14); Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen(Apr 11)(Branford Folk Music Society-Branford Folk Coffee House),First Congregational Church of Branford, 1009 Main Street, Branford, CT 8 PM $15 Nonmembers, $12 members $5 children 12 & under (203) 488-7715 www.folknotes.org/branfordfolk

Mar 14 Strngs and A Squeeze w Christine Hale and Bill Fischer(Special Fundraiser Dance-Mar 14);WYSIWYG w Tom Roby(Apr 11); Wild Notes w Steve Howland(May 9);Celtic Knots w Barbara Goldstein(June 13); Reel Thing w Ralph Sweet(July 11); Hartford Contra Dance Contra Jammers w Come All Ye Callers(Aug 8) (Hartford Contra Dance),American Legion, Wethersfield, CT 8 PM-11 PM www.hcdance.org

Mar 15 St. Patrick's Day Parade,New Haven, CT 1 PM www.saintpatricksdayparade.com

Mar 15 St. Patrick's Day Parade Day(1 PM-Mar 15);Retirees Meeting(12:30 PM-Mar 19);Highland Rovers(St. Patrick's Day-5:30 AM-Live Broadcast on WPLR-Mar 17); St. Patrick's Day Dance(7 PM-Mar 17),Irish American Community Center, East Haven, CT 7:30 PM (203) 281-3562 www.iacc-ct.com
Mar 15 P.V. O'Donnell(The P.V. O'Donnell St. Patrick's Day Celebration-The Carol Autorino Center Presents),Hoffman Auditorium, The Bruyette Athenaeum, St. Joseph's College, 1678 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford, CT Special Holiday Pre-Concert Reception: 2 PM Celebration: 3 PM (8600 231-5555 tickets.sjc.edu Free Parking

Mar 15 Dicey Riley(St. Patrick's Day Parade Party-Olde Burnside Brewery Presents) Delaney's Grille & Taproom, New Haven, CT www.oldeburnsidebrewing.com/news.cfm

Mar 15 Bible Code Sundays,The Playwright, 144 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 2 PM (203) 752-0450

Mar 15-16 Celtic Woman(Isle of Hope),Chevrolet Theater, Wallingford, CT 3 PM
www.ticketmaster.com

Mar 16 Highland Rovers (The Wolf's Den-Mar 16),Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Mohegan Nation, CT www.mohegansun.com www.ticketmaster.com

Mar 17 St. Patrick's Day Parade,State Street, New London, CT Noon (860) 437-9724 (New London): Bridgeport, CT Noon (Bridgeport) www.saintpatricksdayparade.com

Mar 17 Tara's Thistle(St. Patrick's Day),Windsor Historical Society, Windsor, CT 7 PM www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org

Mar 17 Fergus(at 6 PM-St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17, Doors Open 9 AM),(9 PM-Mar 28, Apr 24,June 19,July 24),Hanafin's, 310 State Street, New London, CT (860) 437-9724 www.hanafinspub.com

Mar 19- Mother Goose On The Loose,Public Library of New London, 63 Huntington Road, New London, CT 10:30 AM-11 AM Ages 6-36 Months (860) 447-1411 http://newlondonmainstreet.org

Mar 19 Karan Casey Quartet(Mar 19);Giveway(Apr 3-Cara Dillon Tour Cancelled);Teada(May 15);Bua(July 3); Tommy Sands and Family(Aug 21-Rescheduled from Aug 7)(Celtic Airs-WWUH)Wilde Auditorium,University of Hartford,Bloomdale, West Hartford, CT Doors Open 7PM, Concert: 7:30 PM (800) 274-0587 or (860) 768-4228 www.hartford.edu/tickets

Mar 21 Wild Notes,Branford Community House,46 Church Street, Branford, CT 7:30 PM (New Haven County Contra Dance w Bill Fischer-Mar 21);Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street,Newtown, CT www.nblact.com (Newtown Bridle Lands Association Dance w Bill Fischer-Mar 28);Connecticut Audobon Society Center, Glastonbury, CT 7:30 PM www.ctaudobon.org (7:30 PM-Apr 18);Hubbard Park, Meriden, CT 2:30 PM-3:30 PM www.daffodilfest.com (Meriden Daffodil Festival-Apr 26); American Legion,Wethersfield, CT 8 PM www.hcdance.org (Hartford Contra Dance-May 10);Wapping Church, South Windsor, CT 7 PM www.wappingchurch.org (Branching Out w City Singers of Hartford-May 30);First Church Congregational of Portland, Portland, CT 4 PM www.firstchurchportland.com (Branching Out w City Singers of Hartford-May 31);Branford Community House,46 Church Street, Branford, CT Beginners Workshop: 7:30 PM, Dance: 8 PM-11 PM www.ctcontra.com81/nhcd/(Halloween Contra Dance w Donna Hunt-Oct 31); Universalist Church of West Hartford, 433 Fern Street, West Hartford, CT Doors Open: 7 PM Concert: 8 PM www.folknotes.org (Sounding Board-Nov 21)

Mar 21 St. Patricks Day Parade,Meriden, CT 2 PM www.saintpatricksdayparade.com
Mar 21 Wild Notes w Bill Fischer(Mar 21); Dogtown w Dick Bearman(Apr 4);Celtic Knots w Steve Holland(Apr 18); Peter Stix Band w Peter Stix(May 2); Flappityback w Dave Colestock(May 16); Fiddleheads w Bob Isaacs(Experienced Dance-May 30); Wild Notes w Donna Hunt(Halloween Contra Dance-(New Haven County Contra Dance),Branford Community House,46 Church Street, Branford, CT Beginners Workshop: 7:30 PM, Dance: 8 PM-11 PM www.ctcontra.com81/nhcd/

Mar 22 St. Patrick's Day Parade,Mystic, CT 1 PM www.saintpatricksdayparade.com

Mar 22 Karan Casey Band(7:30 PM-Mar 22)(Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society),Stage One,Fairfield Theater Company, 70 Sanford St,Fairfield, CT http://tickets.fairfieldtheatre.com www.shamrockirishmusic.org

Mar 27, May 15 Celtic Crossroads(8 PM-Mar 27); Natalie MacMaster (8 PM-May 15),Garde Arts Center, 325 State Street, New London, CT (860) 444-7373 www.gardearts.org

Mar 29 Brian Peters(Mar 29)(House Concert),4 Starlight Lane, North Stonington, CT 4 PM (860) 434-2047 (860) 535-8485

Vermont:

Ongoing Ceili- Open Session(7 PM-10 PM-2nd,4th Tuesdays),Lincoln Inn, Essex Junction, VT www.lincolninn.net

Ongoing Open Stage Jam Session & Song Swap(Wild Woods Music Co-Op), The Brick Box, Paramount Theater, Rutland, VT 7:15 PM-9:30 PM (802)775-1182

Ongoing Trinity(Mar 13-14, St. Patrick's Day(All Day-Mar 17);Curragh's Fancy (Mar 20-21);McMurphys(Mar 27-28);Curragh's Fancy(Mar 20-21);Tom O'Carroll( Apr 10-11); Shananagans(Apr 3- 4),Extra Stout(Seisiuns Every Sunday 5 PM-7 PM), McGrath's,Inn at Long Trail, Killington, VT ilt@vermontel.net (800) 325- 2540
Ongoing Gypsy Reel,The Killarney, Ludlow, VT 8:30 PM(St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17),Skunk Hollow Tavern, Hartland Four Corners, VT 9 PM(Mar 13); The Old Tavern, Grafton, VT 3 PM(Mar 15); The Sitting Bull Lounge, Okemo Mountain, Ludlow, VT 3 PM (St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17);Crystal Beach, Lake Bomoseen, VT 7 PM(Independence Day-July 4)

Ongoing Trinity(8 PM-Mar 8, Mar 16,22);The Gobshites(9PM-Mar 15);Seisiun(5 PM-8 PM-Mar 1,29); Mike Leverone Duo(St. Patrick's Day-2 PM,Roger Henderson Duo-6 PM-Mar 17), RiRa,Burlington, VT www.rira.com/burlington/

BURLINGTON IRISH FESTIVAL:
Mar 13-17 Greg Delanty-Poetry(6 PM-Mar 10);Vince Feeney-Lecture: When Champlain was An Irish Lake(Noon-Mar 13);Childrens Stories and Crafts((10 AM-Mar 14); Atlantic Crossing(7 PM-Mar 14); Ceili((1 PM-Mar 15); The Third Annual Irish Music Showcase(7 PM-Mar 15)(Burlington Irish Festival),Farrell Room, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT Free(Greg Delanty-6 PM-8 PM-Mar 10); Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT Free(Vince Feeney: When Champlain was an Irish Lake-Noon-1 PM-Mar 13);Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT Free (Children's Stories and Crafts-10 AM-Noon-Mar 14); First Congregational Church, South Winooski Avenue, Burlington, VT $15(Atlantic Crossing-7 PM-Mar 14);Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, Burlington, VT Free( Festival Ceili-1 PM-3 PM-Mar 15);Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, Burlington, VT $15 (The Third Annual Burlington Irish Music Showcase-Events for Tom-Fundraiser for Sustic Fund-7 PM-Mar 15) www.vtirishfestival.org &

Mar 17 Grada; Slide(St.Patrick's Day-Burlington Irish Festival-Lane Series-
7:30 PM-Mar 17),Flynn Center For The Performing Arts, 153 Main Street, Burlington, VT (802) 86-FLYNN www.vtirishfestival.org

Mar 14,28 Eugene Friesen and Friends(Celtic Fiddle Frenzy-Mar 14);Roger Kahle's Band(Roger Kahle, Geordie Lynd, Dan Gurney-Celtic Ceilidh Night-Mar 28),(Stone Church Arts),Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church Street, Bellows Falls, VT 7:30 PM (802) 463-3100 www.immanuelepiscopalchurch.org

Mar 15 Celtic Crossroads(7:30 PM-Mar15);CherryHolmes(7:30 PM-Mar 27),Chandler Music Hall,71- 73 Main Street, Randolph, VT www.chandler-arts.org

Mar 17,18 Two Old Friends(St. Patrick's Day),Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main Street,Vergennes, VT 7 PM www.vergennesoperahouse.org (St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17); Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT 9 PM www.greenmtn.edu/(Mar 18)

Mar 17,20 Two Old Friends(St. Patrick's Day-7 PM-Mar 17); The Quiet Man by John Ford(7:30 PM-Mar 20),Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main Street,Vergennes, VT 7 PM www.vergennesoperahouse.org

Mar 18 Tommy Sands w Moya and Fionan Sands(7:30 PM-Mar 18),Morse Center For
The Arts, St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, VT(802) 748-2600 http://catamountarts.org

Mar 20 Howdy Neighbor Band w Rachel Nevitt(Mar 20)(Hinesburg Contra Dance-Benefit for Monktonboro Schoolhouse Restoration),Hinesburg Town Hall, Hinesburg, VT 7:30 PM-10 PM (802) 453-3795 karensu@gmavt.net

Mar 21 Woods Tea Company,Green Mountain Union High School, Chester, VT 7 PM (802) 875-4473 www.greenmountainfestivalseries.com

Mar 22 Ethan Hazzard Watkins and Jessie Gagne Hall and Friends w Rebecca Lay(Mar 22)(Contra Dance), Stone Church,Main Street & Grove Street, Brattleboro, VT Beginners Workshop: 7: 30 PM, Dance: 8 PM (802) 257-9234
www.ethanhw.com/brattdance/index.html

Rhode Island
Ongoing NEW Seisiun w Jimmy and Hannah Devine and Phil Edmonds,Everyman, 555 Valley Street, Providence, RI 6 PM (401) 751-3630 http://everymann.com/

Ongoing(Next is Mar 16) Scottish Country Dance and Ceilidh Dance Club(Mondays thru June)(St. Andrews Society of Rhode Island),American Legion Hall,7 Legion Way, Cranston, RI Doors Open: 7:15 PM, Dancing: 7:30 PM www.standrewsri.org/ceilidh.htm

NEWPORT IRISH HERITAGE MONTH:
Mar 13 Jenna Greene,Edward King House, 35 King Street, Newport, RI Meet The Artist Reception: 5:30 PM, Concert: 7 PM Both Meet The Artists & Concert: $40, Concert only: $15 (401) 846-7426
Mar 13 Pre Parade Party & Big Daddy Award Ceremony,Hibernian Hall, Newport, RI Free 5:30 PM (401) 846-5081
Mar 14 Mass In Honor of St. Patrick,St. Joseph's Church, Broadway, Newport, RI 9 PM
Mar 14 Mayor's Reception,City Hall, Broadway, Newport, RI 10 AM
Mar 14 Irish Hours Radio Show & Live Radio Parade Coverage(WADK AM 1540),Newport, RI 11 AM (401) 846-1028
Mar 14 53rd Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade,Broadway to St. Augustin's Church, Newport, RI 11 AM
Mar 14 Post Parade Party,Hibernian Hall, Wellington Avenue, Newport, RI Entrance by tickets only: 3:30 PM-7 PM (401) 847-8671
Mar 14 Celebrating The Irish,LaForge Casino Restaurant, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI Starts immediately after St. Patrick's Day Parade (401) 847-0418
Mar 14 Slide(Common Fence Point),Common Fence Hall, Portsmouth, RI 8 PM $25 (401) 683-5085 www.commonfencemusic.org
Mar 14,21,28 Carolyn's Song(Play),Firehouse Theater, Newport, RI 8 PM (401) 849-3473 www.Firehousetheater.com
Mar 15 Crowley's Irish Country Breakfast,La Forge Casino Restaurant, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 9 AM-2 PM Reservations (401) 847-0418
Mar 17 Mass In Honor of St. Patrick,St. Augustin's Church, Carroll Avenue, Newport, RI 8 AM
Mar 18 Planning Your Trip To Europe w Creaney Cruise & Travel and Collette Tours,La Forge Casino Restaurant, Newport,RI 6: 30 PM RSVP (401) 849-8956
Mar 20 Edward Murphy honoree(Annual Hibernian of the Year Award Night),Hibernian Hall, Newport, RI 6 PM $30 (401) 847-8671 or (401) 849-8956
Mar 21 Bus Tour of Irish Newport,Hibernian Hall, Newport, RI Coffe & Danish: 9:30 AM-Leaves 10 AM (401) 846-8865
Mar 22 The History of Irish Music & America's Role in It's Revival w Robbie O'Connell,Hibernian Hall, 2 Wellington Avenue, Newport, RI Social: 1 PM, Speaker: 2 PM NIHA Members: Free Non members: $10 donation (401) 846-6880
Mar 26 An Introduction to the Irish Language w Dean Robinson,Hibernian Hall, 2 Wellington Avenue, Newport, RI 6:30 PM Free (401) 383-6540
Mar 27-29 June and The Paycock by J.B. Keane(Play),Firehouse Theater, Newport, RI $20 Mention Irish Heritage for $5 Off Mar 27,28: 8 PM, Mar 29: 4 PM (401) 849-3473 www.firehousetheater.com
Mar 28: Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner(LAOH)St. Augustin's Church Hall, Carroll Avenue,Newport, RI Cocktails: 6:30 PM, Dinner: 7 PM $15 (401) 846-3999
Mar 29 Irish Tea(Sponsored by IHOP),Ochre Court, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI 2 PM-4 PM (4010 849-8956 or (4010 846-6880

Mar 14 St. Patrick's Day Celebration & Parade,City Hall, 43 Broadway, Newport, RI (401) 845-9123 or (800) 976-5122

Mar 14 The Gnomes, TRUA(St. Paddy's Concert & Dance),The Mediator, 50 Rounds Avenue, Providence, RI 7:30 PM Can bring own food & drink $10 (401) 461-3683 www.myspace.com/thegnomesbandn

Mar 14 Malinky(8 PM-Mar 14); Pendragon(St. Patrick's Celebration-7 PM-Mar 15);BRT Drum and Dance Circle(8 PM-Mar 19); Battlefield Band(7 PM-Mar 22);The Nicolas Pellerin Band(In Celebration of Le Semaine de la Francophonie-Sponsored by the Quebec Delegation of Boston-7:30 PM-Mar 26),Long Time Courting(8 PM-Apr 11),Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad Street,Cumberland, RI (401) 725-9272 www.riverfolk.org

Mar 14 Slide(Mar 14);Atwater Donnelly Duo & Jerimoth Hill(Apr 18)(CommonFence Music),Common Fence Point Community Hall, Portsmouth, RI 8 PM (401) 683-5085 tom@commonfencemusic.org www.commonfencemusic.org

Mar 14 The Folk Brothers(Jack Hardy and David Massengill)(8 PM-Mar 14); (Stone Soup Coffee House),St. John's Episcopal Church, Pawtucket, RI www.stonesoupcoffeehouse.com

Mar 15 Jimmy and Hannah Devine, Phil Edmonds,Liberty Elm Diner, 777 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 11 AM-1 PM (401) 467-0777 www.myspace.com/libertyelm

Mar 16 Atwater Donnelly Duo; Aubrey Atwater; Atwater Donnelly w Kevin Doyle; Atwater Donnelly Band,Jerimoth Hill, Gordon School, East Providence, RI 9:30 AM-2:45 PM (Spring Camp Educational Program-Atwater Donnelly Duo-Mar 16); Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill, Smith Street, Providence, RI 1 PM-2:30 PM Free (401) 725-0247 programs!vsaartsri.org www.vsartsri.org (VSA Arts of Rhode Island Sixth Annual Paul Sherlock Memorial Exhibit-Atwater Donnelly Duo-Mar 18);Tiverton Middle School, Tiverton, RI 9:10 AM- 10 AM (School Program for 7th Grade-Atwater Donnelly Duo-Mar 25); Elmhurst Elementary School, Portsmouth, RI (School Programs: Dance Sessions for Arts for Life Day Theme: American Traditions-Atwater Donnelly Duo-Apr 8); Common Fence Music Community Hall, 933 AnthonyRoad, Portsmouth, RI (Jerimoth Hill-Apr 18);Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI 8:45 AM (Atwater Donnelly Band-Apr 30);St. Paul's Church, 116 Danielson Pike, Foster, RI 2 PM (401) 647-3664 (200th Anniversary Celebration of St. Paul's Church-Jerimoth Hill-June 27);East Ferry Memorial Square, Jamestown, RI 6:30 PM-8 PM Free (401) 423-7260 www.jamestownri.net (Summer Concert Series-Atwater Donnelly Duo-July 5);Barrington Town Hall Lawn, Barrington, RI 6 PM-7 PM Free To Be Rescheduled In Case of Rain (401) 247-1925 (Atwater Donnelly Duo-July 12);Foster, RI Noon-3 PM $4 Admission (401) 292-9200/(401) 647-5476 (Foster Old Home Days-July 25);Foster, RI 1 PM-2 PM(Young At Heart Senior Citizens Group-Atwater Donnelly Duo-Sept 9);North Foster Baptist Church, E. Killingly Road, Foster, RI 8 PM (401) 647-3105 peeptoad@fosteringarts.org www.fosteringarts.org (Peeptoad Coffee House-Atwater Donnelly Band-Oct 2);Alton Jones College, West Greenwich, RI (401) 647-5561 www.womenswildernessri.com (Women's Wilderness Weekend-Aubrey Atwater-Oct 17)

Mar 17 St. Patrick's Day Flag Raising (10 AM-Mar 17);St.Patrick's Night Dance(8 PM-Midnight-Mar 17);Ham Raffle(8 PM-Apr 3);30 Week Club Dinner/Dance Party( Dinner: 2 PM, Dance: 5 PM-9 PM-Apr 19);Installation Dinner/Dance Party(Dinner: 3 PM,Dance: 5 PM-9 PM-May 3); June Dance(8 PM-Midnight-June 6),Irish Ceilidhe Club of Rhode Island,50 America Street, Cranston, RI (401) 944-3233 www.irshclubri.com

Mar 20 The Gobshites w Jim Van Gieson and Jennifer Cooke (Mar 20); Atwater Donnelly Band(oct 2)(Peeptoad Coffee House),North Foster Baptist Church, 81 East Killingly Road, Foster, RI 8 PM (401) 647-3105 peeptoad@fosteringarts.org www.fosteringarts.org

SHARING THE FIRE:
Mar 20-22 Kate Chadbourne(Sharing The Fire: Northeast Storytelling Conference), Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick, RI Kate Chadbourne:Irish Women Storytellers: 10:30 AM-Noon-Mar 21 www.lanes.org

Mar 22 The History of Irish Music & America's Role in It's Revival w Robbie O'Connell, Hibernian Hall, 2 Wellington Avenue, Newport, RI 2 PM www.robbieoconnell.com

New Hampshire:
Ongoing Rakes of The Milford Area Seisiun(Apr 1 ), Foodees, Milford Oval, Milford, NH 7 PM (603) 673-8497

Ongoing Bob McQuillen; Harvey Tolman w Rich Hart; Don Primrose; Byron Ricker among others(Weekly Contra Dance-Monadnock Folklore Society-Next is Mar 16,23), Nelson Town Hall, Nelson, NH 8 PM-10:30 PM (603) 827- 3455 www.monadnockfolk.org

Mar 13 Reaganta(CD Release Party-8 PM-Mar 13);David Surette and Susie Burke(Cabin Fever Concert Series-8 PM-Mar 21);Maeve Gilchrist and Aidan O'Donnell(8 PM-May 23);Two Old Friends(8 PM-Oct 24),(Elysium Arts Folk Club), The Lower Mill at Salmon Falls, 3 Front Street, Rollinsford, NH (603)743-4700 www.elysiumarts.com

Mar 13,15,17,20,29,Apr 4 Reaganta(CD Release Cup o'Tea),Elysium Folk Arts Club, Salmon Falls Mill,Rollinsford, NH 7 PM $12 www.elysiumarts.com (CD Release Party-Cup o' Tea-Mar 13); Kathleen's Cottage, Bristol, NH 4 PM (603) 744-6336 (Mar 15); The Holy Grail, 64 Main Street, Epping, NH 2 PM-5 PM (603) 679-9559 (St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17); Harlow's Pub, 3 School Street, Peterborough, NH 8 PM (603) 924-6365 (St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17); The Blue Mermaid, 409 The Hill, Portsmouth, NH 9 PM-Midnight (603) 427-2583 (Mar 20); The Dunbarton Congregational Church, 334 Stark Highway North, Dunbarton, NH(Mar 29); The Mill Cafe & Ice Cream Factory, 2 Central Street, Bristol,NH 7 PM-8;30 PM (603) 744-0405(Apr 4)

Mar 13 ,17 Ronan Quinn(Mar 13); Revels Glen(11 AM-2 PM-St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17); Pop Farmers(3 PM-7 PM-St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17); Cuchulain(8 PM-Close-St. Patrick's Day-Mar 17)Peddler's Daughter, Main Street, Nashua, NH www.thepeddlersdaughter.com

Mar 13 Grada;Slide (7:30 PM-Mar 13), Koonz Theater, Dana Performing Arts Center,St. Anselm's College,1 St. Anselm Dr, Manchester, NH www.st.anselms.edu/dana

Mar 13 Cynthia MacLeod and Jon Mathews ,Nottingham Community Universalist Church, 106 Church Street, Nottingham, NH 7:30 PM (603) 679-5795

Mar 13 Jeff Warner(Music In My Pockets: Family Fun in Folk Music),Mary E. Bartlett Library, 22 Dalton Road, Brentwood, NH 7 PM Free (603) 642-3355

NEW HAMPSHIRE CELTIC HERITAGE MONTH:
Mar 14 Finbar Furey and The Boatmen(Patsy Whelan, Brian Gaffney,Ken Gillick)(New Hampshire Celtic Heritage Month),Music/Art/Media Wing,Nashua Public Library, 2 Court Street, Nashua, NH 3 PM-5 PM Free (603) 589-4610 www.nashua.lib.nh.us

Mar 14 Rakes of The Milford Area(Granite Grange Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner),Granite Grange #7, 23 Webster Street,Milford, NH (603) 487-3116 http://granite.nhgrange.org www.milfordnh.com

Mar 14 Beverly Woods and Seth Austen(Benefit Concert for Mark Dearborn-7PM-Mar 14)(Old White Church Concerts),Old White Church, Tuftonboro, NH www.tuftonborogeneralstore.com
Mar 14 Gift of the Marcii w Rebecca Lay(Monadnock Folklore Society Contra Dance),Nelson Town Hall, Nelson,NH 8 PM (6030 762-0236 www.monadnockfolk.org
Mar 14 Stone Soup w Rickey Holt (Contra Dance),Unitarian Church, Exeter, NH 8 PM Clean Soft Soled Shoes (603) 679-1915
Mar 15 Reaganta(4 PM-Mar 15)Kathleen's Cottage, 11 Hobart Road, Bristol,NH (603) 744-6336
Mar 15 Grada(Mar 15),(Tamworth Council for The Arts), Barnstormers Theater,Tamworth, NH www.barnstormerstheatre.org
Mar 16 Tommy Sands w Moya and Fionan Sands(7 PM-Mar 16),Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH (603) 335-1992 www.rochesteroperahouse.com
NEW HAMPSHIRE CELTIC HERITAGE MONTH:
Mar 17 Happy Go Lucky(Film)(New Hampshire Celtic Heritage Month),Nashua Public Library Theater, Nashua Public Library, 2 Court Street, Nashua, NH 7 PM Free (603) 589-4610 www.nashua.lib.nh.us
Mar 17 Grainne Hambly(St. Patrick's Day),Del Rossi's Trattoria,Route 137 N,Dublin, NH8 PM (603) 563-7195

Mar 17 Pookah Finn(St. Patrick's Day),Nashua Garden, Nashua, NH

Mar 19 Celtic Crossroads(7:30 PM-Mar 19); Black 47(Mar 27);MacBeth by Giuseppi Verdi(2 PM-May 17); Annalivia(Spotlight Cafe-May 22),Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord, NH www.ccanh.com

Mar 20 Woods Tea Company,Belknap Mill, Laconia, NH 8 PM (603) 524-8813 www.belknapmill.org

Mar 22 Matt and Shannon Heaton(Sunday at Four Series),Amherst Public Library, Amherst, NH 4 PM www.amherst.lib.nh.us

Mar 22 Seisiun Resumes(Sundays-5 PM-8 PM),Ri Ra, Portsmouth, NH marockwood@comcast.net

Mar 28 Contra Dance,KIngston Town Hall, Kingston,NH

Mar 29 St. Patrick's Day Parade,Elm Street, Manchester, NH Noon www.irishmassachusetts.com

Mar 26,29 Leahy(A Celtic Spectacular-Replacing Trinity Irish Dance Company)(7:30 PM-Mar 16); Cherryholmes(7 PM-Mar 29) The Portsmouth Music Hall,28 Chestnut Street,Portsmouth, NH (603) 436-2400 www.themusichall.org

Mar 28 Event Change: Leahy(Leahy's Celtic Spectacular-Replacing Trinity Irish Dance Company)(8 PM-Mar 28).Colonial Theater, Main Street, Keene, NH www.thecolonial.org

Mar 29 Two Fiddles, Hackleboro Road, Canterbury, NH 1 PM(Hutchinson's Sugarin' Off Party-Mar 29);Warner Town Hall, Warner, NH 7:30 PM(Contra Dance-Apr 17

1. Some local churches
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church 207-288-3535
St. Saviour's Episcopal Church 207-288- 4215
Congregational Church 207-288-3280

2. There is also a group that puts on and promotes house concerts
Matthew Baya <matt@baya.net>

3. Other places:
University of Maine at Orono, Grand Auditorium in Ellsworth, Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor, Lompoc Cafe in Bar Harbor, Rupununi restaurant in Bar Harbor.

4. Look on our website on this links/events page for events and concerts in Maine. We update it as we hear of new events, usually toward the first of each month. Contact any of the places that are hosting events, might give you some ideas.

5. For publicity: local newspapers are:
Bar Harbor Times 207-288-3311 bhtmail@courierpub.com
Mount Desert Islander 207-288-0556 news@mdislander.com
Ellsworth American 207-667-2576
Bangor Daily News 207- 667-9393
Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts newsletter. Information to be included or questions about the DEFFA News can be directed to the editors:
Best to plan several months ahead of time, for publicity.

1.Musical Instrument Makers' Forum: http://www.mimf.com/
2.Uilleann Pipes links page
http://www.purplethorn.com/UPIL/
3.Kitchen Musician WWW Site Hammered Dulcimers
http://members.aol.com/kitchiegal/
4.Stephanie Curcio harp teacher/player/performer
http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~harp/
5.Matt Graven Uilleann Pipes page:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/2916/index.html
6.Hammered Dulcimer site
http://www.hopkins.k12.mn.us/pages/bookmarks/Music.html
7.Bagpipe Web--instruments for sale, Bagpipe Teachers,and many other links about bagpipes:
http://www.bobdunsire.com/bagpipeweb/
8.Dizzy Dulcimers Website (folk music resources)
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/2800
9.Concertina Website
http://www.concertina.net
10. International Folk Events, resources guide "Folk Things" http://www.folkthings.com
11. Music Resources on the Internet
http://www.skdesigns.com/internet/music/
12. Cyber Tionol (uilleann pipe makers, events, news)
http://tionol.virtualave.net/
13. Kim Robertson, Celtic Harper http://www.kimrobertson.net/
14. Musical Instrument Makers Forum
http://www.mimf.com/
15. Guild of American Luthiers. Plans, resources for building instruments
http://www.luth.org/      or
http://www.luth.org/index.html
Go onto their links page: http://www.luth.org/hot.htm
has other links to makers, schools.
16. Whistling Low (low whistle website)
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/2186/whistle.html
17. David Daye's Uilleann Pipe website
General Uilleann & Highland Piping:
http://polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/~bdaye/bagpipes.html
18. Uilleann Pipes Home Building Page:
http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/~bdaye/homepipe.html
19.Patrick D'arcy has posted Patrick Sky's booklet for fitting reeds to your chanter, on his "Uilleann pipes obsession" web page. There are many new additions and corrections and it is still free. Go to the web site near the bottom of the page and download the latest.
http://www.uilleannobsession.com/faq.html#patsky
20. Bodhran Information:
http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/bodhran
22. HARPA Magazine and HARPA Web
http://www.harpa.com
23. Celtic Harp Page: has teachers, history, used instruments.
http://www.celticharper.com
24.Whistle Fingering Chart: http://www.thewhistleshop.com/misc/fingeringchart.jpg
25. Folk Alliance http://www.folk.org
26. Kevin Rowsome (uilleann piper) web pagehttp://www.esatclear.ie/~rowsome
27. Harp Concert Calendar (you can add your own harp event)http://www.dol.net/~mike.nielsen/events.htm
28. Tune Book Website. This site has many traditional tunes which you can download:
http://www.contemplator.com/tunebook/
29. Tune Search Website: This site has words and downloadable music to many categories of traditional music, including British Isles, Sea Shanties, Love Songs, etc.
http://www.contemplator.com/error.html
30. Tune Search in ABC format: This site has tunes in ABC format, no sounds.
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html
31.Wooden Ship/ Sea Shanty Website: http://www.woodenshipsmusic.com/
32. Scottish Retail Products Association
33. Celtic Rights Page Research your Irish/Scots heritage, link to suppliers.
34.Link Me website, has many great links.
35. Celtic Life website, Celtic Life Directory of All Things Celtic, for people, businesses, products or services of Celtic Origin, or based in Celtic regions.
37. http://www.music-for-robin.org/This is a website of Celtic Calendar of events within 100 miles of Boston.
38. Chiff and Fipple Whistle Website. A wonderful site for everything you wanted to learn about whistles.
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/
39. Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html
40. Source for finding bagpipers to play for events and Bagpipe Teachers,: http://www.bagpiper.com
41. Music Teachers website: If you are a teacher, you can submit your name. would like to invite you or your organization of teachers to register on our free music teachers global directory. Photos can be sent once a teacher
has registered. the service is free and will be promoting music teachers from around the world. Visitors can then search within our directory based on suburb, country and musical instrument.
There is no catch or subscriptions. Our aim is to promote music around the world.
Our organization is a non profit organization. http://www.musicteacher.ws
42. http://www.realukmusic.co.uk/Has many links to folk music sources around the world.
43.I nternational Fellowship of Christian Pipers & Drummers This is a website with listings of pipers and drummers who also might be available for providing music for funerals and weddings and Bagpipe Teachers,
44..The Church Piper web site www.thechurchpiper.ifcpd.com A great source for worship music arranged for bagpipe.
46.Uilleann Pipe Information List Site
47. Ross Bagpipe Reeds and Bags (Australia)
48. The Dance Gypsy   is a great directory of folk dance events and other folk festivals.
49. www.irish.org. Site of many Irish events.
50.http://tunedb.woodenflute.com/     Traditional music search database for finding tunes.
51. We are not able to provide the service of searching for words to specific songs, but you can go to this website for a free search for words to tunes:http://www.ask.com
Tune Book Website.This site has many traditional tunes which you can download:
http://www.contemplator.com/tunebook/
52.Traditional Tune Search Website: (in ABC format): http://tunedb.woodenflute.com/
53. Richard Robinson's Tune Website: This is an excellent source of tunes. It is
http://mytunebook.de/robinson/RRtunes/alltunes.html
Simply type in the name of the tune you are looking for, and you can listen to it and print off the music.
54.http://www.yourhomeinmaine.com/    This is a resource directory of products and services in Maine.
55. Folk Dance Association Website       detailed listings of 3,000 dance groups and 1,000 special events throughout the U.S. and Canada. It also has 200 folk dance articles and essays
56. The Daily Newsgrabber   has links to many Celtic resources, folk sites, and other worldwide resources.
57. Welsh Bagpipes, history, and music
58. Folk Dance Association Website:   Has an events calendar, directory of folk dance classes of many types, a library of information about folk dancing, and place to list your own dance events.
59. Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum. 15 Concord Avenue. Cranston RI 02910   (973)736-1244 ukeinfo@ukulele.org
60. http://www.geocities.com/rockmusic_myownsite/ This is a site of many types of music recordings, from rock to world music.
61. http://www.irishphotoshop.com/       This is a site with dowloadable screen savers, desktop wallpaper of many counties of Ireland. This is an Ireland picture gallery with photos and pictures from across Ireland. Some photos are available for sale, with some profits going to the Irish Center for Independent Living.
62. http://www.shop-in-scotland.net/index.html    This is a site that offers many sources of Scottish products, news about Scotland, gifts, clothing, and more.
63. Flamenco Calendar
Events and Performances are detailed on http://www.duendelenguas.com/indishow.htm
We want this to be the most comprehensive and useful Flamenco newsletter around. If you have any information that you want to publish, please email us atinfo@duendelenguas.com
64. Browse the Keyword Map of the Internet http://www.kwmap.com
65. http://www.d-i-s-c-o-v-e-r.com/     This is a regional directory for the USA and other countries that has links to music sites and many other categories.
66. Bonnie Carol <bonnie@bonniecarol.com>    Bonnie Carol is an instrument builder/performer/ teacher of mountain and hammered dulcimer in Colorado. She leads fun adventure trips (rafting, camping, etc) in the West, during which participants play music also.
67. Mel Bay Publications, Inc. has very thorough descriptions of all their books, cassettes, CDs, videos, etc. We carry many of their products.
68. Maine Liberty Balalaika Ensemble. Contact person: Chris Marshall: phone 207-589-5632
69. Whistle lesson website and a wealth of information and links about whistles:http://users.wirelessfrontier.net/~ysgwd/whistlelessons.html
70. Autoharp Quarterly   has information, events, music, lists of players and teachers of the chorded zither (Autoharp or Chromaharp)
71.Djembe African drum site
72. Used Instruments (purchased at our store, Song of the Sea)
73.Seadoo site, reviews many websites
74. www.Flutesites.bizThis site has many links to flute related articles, sources and useful information.
75. http://www.BagpipeSites.biz This site has many links to bagpipe related articles, sources, and useful information.
76. I run the Cornwall Harp centre here in the south of the UK. We are looking for similar organisations and also harp ensembles around the world, with whom we can forge links, and maybe organise exchange visits and concerts in future!
We provide harp courses for beginners and intermediate level, private tuition, workshops, concerts, sheet music, CDs, merchandise, and information about the history of the harp in England. We have a harp ensemble of 8 players who play together mostly for fun but also for concerts across south west England.
If you know of a harp ensemble interested in maybe doing an exchange visit here to the UK in future, please pass their information on to me! Sarah Deere-Jones     <sarah@trehawsa.com>
www.cornwallharpcentre.co.uk
77. http://www.guitar-guide.us
This guitar directory designed to help its users find the guitar information, source, companies, products and services
78. Dulcimer Players News (hammered and mountain dulcimer):dpn@dpnews.com
79.The Uilleann Pipe and Irish Music Event Calendar, The Uilleann Pipers World Wide Map, and The Uilleann Pipe Forum have all moved, the new address is: http://www.uilleannforum.com
80. Description: Music Directory contains web sites that include Music, Equipment, and resources.   http://www.musicalroll.com
81. Website of Music events in Quebec, Canada:    www.quebecceltic.ca
82. Harpist Directory in the UK has details of harpists available to perform at events throughout the UK.
http:// www.harpist-directory.com
83. http://www.scotloads.co.uk Home of Scottish Music.
Visit Scotloads for great Scottish cds and mp3s. Sample all our music, free mp3 for new members, gig listings and more.
84. http://www.biz-links.net/
Description: Business Directory
85. Dulcimer Player's News If you haven't looked at the DPN in a while, you should definitely check it out at http://www.dpnews.com. The issues are now in color, and each issue comes with a free sampler CD.   The web site includes podcasts and related articles.
86. http://www.szigg.net   Has listings of many music topics.
87. http://www.jaxpipes.com/   Jacksonville Pipes and Drums Inc. is a Florida not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting greater public recognition and appreciation of the history, traditions, contributions, sacrifices, roles and missions of the men and women of Celtic Heritage.
88. http://www.teomy.com   This is a site which has sources for musicians, events, and instruments.
89.Ed Pearlman reports that his website is growing, with recordings available, and now two groups of a dozen tune learning pages
each--a unique way to learn tunes; plus reading materials including years of past music columns Ed has written for Scottish Life
magazine. Visithttp://www.edpearlman.net and see the latest.
90. The name of the site is "Clan Cunningham USA - Northeast Region
This is a site for people with ancestry in the Clan Cunningham USA and Celtic interests.
     Clan Cunningham USA - Northeast Region = http://ccusane.org/
     Clan Cunningham games and events listings = http://ccusane.org/GamesFestivals.html
     Clan Cunningham listings Scottish/Celtic Concerts = http://ccusane.org/GigsConcerts.html
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If there is beauty in the character,
there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home,
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So let it be.
91. Bar Harbor Merchants Association (has listings of businesses that are open year round and sponsored activities)
http://www.barharbormerchants.com/

If you are looking for performers for an event in your area:Look at the linksabove: There are links to several websites for performers on various instruments.
Look at our Teacher/Player Directory (go to the link for your state), and also try posting your message to the appropriate newsgroup below:
Newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups for some musical instruments.
(Some of the groups require that you join the group in order to post a message.)
1. Folk Harp mailing list: harplist@yahoogroups.com
2. Harpmakers mailing list: harpmakers@yahoogroups.com
3. Uilleann Pipe mailing list <UILLEANN@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE>
If it will not accept a message from you because you are not a member of the list, then email your message to the list moderator, David Daye: ddaye@daye1.com
4. Bellows blown pipes list: bellowspipes@egroups.com
5. Highland pipe list: bagpipe@asterics.net
If it will not accept a message from you because you are not a member of the list, then email your message to the list moderator,
List Server <list@asterics.net>
6. Hammered dulcimer newsgroup: hammerd@mcs.com
7. Dulcimer Players News (hammered and mountain dulcimer) dpn@dpnews.com
8. Shuttle Pipes Mailing List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shuttlepipes/join
68. Maine Liberty Balalaika Ensemble. Contact person: Chris Marshall: phone 207-589-5632
69. Autoharp Quarterly: This is a website that also has a magazine available for subscription: Has articles on events, performers, classes, has lists of autoharp/ chorded zither makers, tunes, etc. http://www.autoharpquarterly.com
aharper@weir.net
70.How to find a harpist for special occasions website: http://www.harpgigs.com/

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