Two items for your attention this week

Our harp teacher, Junshi Murakami, will make an appearance tonight on RTE Two's Other Voices programme (starting at 11.45 pm), as one of the line up for Lisa O'Neill's performance. (If you're not staying up that late, the show can be watched later via the RTE Player.)

Our senior session will take place on Friday in the Kilteel Inn starting at 9.15. Bígí Linn!

Oisín MacDiarmada launches An Ceolann

A very enjoyable evening was had for the launch of 'An Ceolann' and the Kilteel/Eadestown SCT pilot programme.

The evening started with a great monster session for the youth members, featuring plenty of familiar faces but also some new-comers.

Then our guest, Oisín MacDiarmada, spoke for a while about the Scrudu Ceol Tíre before obliging us with a few sets of tunes on the fiddle. We should again thank Oisín for giving up his time to share with us his knowledge of the SCT exams.

The evening continued on with more music and some chat!

NEWSLETTER FEB 18th

Hello everyone,

Just reminding you that you are invited to attend the launch of ‘An Ceolann’ tomorrow night (Saturday 19th) at 7.30 pm in the back lounge of the Kilteel Inn.

Adults & children welcome. Bring your instruments! Tea & sandwiches served.

Oisín MacDiarmada of the group, Téada, will be joining us, to play a few tunes himself, join in our branch session, and talk a little about the Scrúdu Ceol Tíre. See the blog here >>>> if you’d like to see a clip of Oisín in action with Téada in France.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST >>>
If you would like to register your child’s / children’s interest in doing the free of charge SCT pilot programme (10 classes running from March to May, every Thursday evening from 7 to 9 pm in the Hall), please print off the attached form, fill it in & bring it with you tomorrow night.

Music for Senior Citizens:

Anyone available on Wednesday afternoons to join a small group of musicians who will perform for senior citizen groups in the Naas area, in conjunction with St Vincent de Paul please contact Mary on 087-2421753.

Oisín MacDiarmada in action

Just in case you weren't aware of how lucky we are to have Oisín coming to play for us again (he played with Teada for Music on the Hill - Maryann is as persuasive as her mother, clearly):

An Ceolann LAUNCH NIGHT - Saturday 19th Feb

“An Ceolann” the name for our new evening that will include the Scrúdu Ceol Tíre programme for children, as well as set dancing and ciorcal comhrá for parents.

The LAUNCH NIGHT is this Saturday.

Guest musician & SCT teacher Oisín MacDiarmada of the band Téada will be playing tunes and speaking about the SCT in the back lounge of the Kilteel Inn.

Come along at 7.30 pm for music, chat & talks about the SCT & the other activities planned for ‘An Ceolann’.

What is the SCT?

Beginning on 3rd March 2011, formal SCT classes will be run in the Hall between 7 & 9 pm every Thursday for ten weeks. The Scrúdu Ceol Tíre is a 12-level evaluation programme of proficiency in the performance, theory, history and ornamentation of Irish traditional music administered by Comhaltas. For this PILOT PROGRAMME there will be no fees charged, but places will be limited so make sure to register your child’s interest on Saturday night.

Also on the Thursday evenings, the Kilteel/Eadestown Comhaltas is offering parents the chance to join in with some conversational Irish in our ciorcal comhrá or to dust off your dancing shoes with a bit of set dancing. Sign up on Saturday night.