Guest Replies

Subj:	Looking for info
Date:	11/15/01 1:13:11 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:	ARTSwater
To:	Cngaeilge

Hi, my name is Ashley Setcavage, I work at SweetwaterCenter for the Arts in Sewickley PA. We will be sponsoring a cultural event next spring that will be highlighting the Irish culture. I am looking for lecturers, storytellers and exhibitors. any info or suggestions would be great.

Thank you.

ashley Setcavage
412-741-4405

Subj:	Black 47 Appearance
Date:	12/11/01 6:02:36 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: jgraf@tuckerlaw.com (Graf, John) To: cngaeilge@aol.com ('cngaeilge@aol.com')

Dear Sirs/Madam:

    I am a AOH'er (Div. 32), and my family's business, the Pittsburgh's
Grand Hall at the Priory, is sponsoring the New York-based Irish band Black
47 to appear at Pittsburgh's Grand Hall at the Priory, on the North Side, on
Friday, January 18, 2002. Karl Mullen, formerly of Ploughman's Lunch, and
his band will be opening. Black 47 has not appeared in Pittsburgh since the
Irish Festival at Station Square in September 1996. As you may be aware,
Black 47's sound is a unique blend of Irish traditional, rock and roll, ska
and reggae. They have quite a following in New York and elsewhere.

    This concert may well be of interest to your membership. I am in
the process of putting together a press release and flier, which I will
forward to you in a few days, if that is okay. If you could make mention of
the concert in any newsletters or contacts to your membership, it may well
be of service. If you have any questions, or need any additional
information, please contact me at 412/ 594-5605 or at this e-mail address.

    Thanks very much.

Subj:	Information?
Date:	1/11/02 7:41:28 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Yates_5023@msn.com (William Yates) To: cngaeilge@aol.com

Please send me information on your organization. I live in the North Hills of Pittsburgh and I am interested in joining various Irish organizations.

Thank you,

Bill Yates
165 Mohican Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
(412) 369-7113

Subj:	Gearoid Denver: an bhfuil tu ag iarraigh cuntoiri?
Date:	3/26/02 2:08:03 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: moegrady@eircom.net (maureen grady) To: CNGaeilge@aol.com

Dia dhuit Mr Denver,

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Is mise le meas

Cliodhna Ni Ghrada

Subj:	CRAOBH RUA TOUR DATES
Date:	3/28/02 10:24:07 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: craobhrua@yahoo.com (Brian Connolly) To: craobhrua@yahoo.com

A chairde,

I hope you are well.

Here is our tour schedule for April, May and June.

AUSTRIA/GERMANY/SWITZERLAND
APRIL
Fri    19    GRAZ    Die Brucke
Sun    21    LIGIST, STEIERMARK    Schlosskeller
Wed    24    MUNICH (Neuperlach Centre)    Theater im PEP
Thu    25    SALZBURG    Kleines Theater
Fri    26    BURGDORF (near Bern)    Schiede-Chaeuer
Sat    27    NEUSTADT/WEINSTRASSE    Konfetti

SCOTLAND
MAY
Fri    3     GIRVAN FOLK FESTIVAL
Sat    4    GIRVAN FOLK FESTIVAL
Sun    5    GIRVAN FOLK FESTIVAL

ENGLAND
JUNE
Sat    1    BASINGSTOKE    Fairfield Arts
Sun    2    HITCHIN FESTIVAL

USA
JUNE
Fri    21    PAWTUCKET, RI     Blackstone River Theatre    401 725-9272
Sat    22    HARTFORD, CT    Wilde Auditorium    860-668-0838
Sun    23    BETHLEHEM, PA    Godfrey Daniel’s    610-867-2390
Mon    24    WILMINGTON, DE    Green Willows    302-654-9952
Fri    28    ALTAMONT, NY    Old Songs Festival    518-765-2815
Sat    29    ALTAMONT, NY    Old Songs Festival    518-765-2815
Sun    30    ALTAMONT, NY    Old Songs Festival    518-765-2815

All the best

Beir Bua agus Beannacht

Brian

Subj:	Events
Date:	3/27/02 4:09:07 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Scotach@busynet.net (Bruce O. Barr) To: Scotach@Busynet.net (Conradh na Gaeilge Liosta)

UWM’S CENTER FOR CELTIC STUDIES CO-SPONSORS

NOTED SPEAKER PROGRAM AT ICHC

Dear Friend of Celtic Studies,

We are delighted to announce a new program of speakers from Ireland at the Irish Cultural Heritage Center (2133 W. Wisconsin Ave., (414) 345-8800). Next Tuesday we kick off a series of entertaining evenings with knowledgeable experts direct from Ireland to talk to us about Irish heritage, history and culture. Initially there will be two speakers in the spring and two in the fall.

The program kicks off on Tuesday, April 2^ndat 7:00 pm with Eamonn McEneaney and continues on Tuesday, May 7^th, with Helen Brennan.

Eamonn McEneaney-Waterford: From Viking Pirates to Fine Crystal Makers-The Evolution of Ireland’s Oldest City

This illustrated lecture will cover a thousand years of Waterford’s rich history from its Viking and Anglo-Norman origins, through the medieval period and onto the 18^th and 19^th centuries, and today’s modern city. Eamonn will use a slide show to display the many valuable artifacts available to his disposal as Director of the Waterford Treasures Museum in Waterford city. The Museum has won both the Irish Museum of the Year Award in 1999 as well as the IACI’s prestigious Heritage Award in 2000. Eamonn has also been responsible for several publications, such as the report on the six-year excavation in the center of Waterford city entitled, Late Viking Age and Medieval Waterford Excavations, and he served as editor of A History of Waterford and its Mayors, celebrating 800 years of civic government in Waterford.

Helen Brennan-The Story of Irish Dance

Helen Brennan presents the rich and illustrious history of Irish Dance in this 90-minute symposium. Helen’s discussion imparts the wonderful traditions of Irish Dance and includes the revival of set dancing in the last decade and a half. After Helen’s discussion, she will then ask the audience members to join her in participating in some of these wonderful steps. Helen Brennan, born in Dublin, raised in Athenry, Co. Galway, and now living in Drogheda, is the author of The Story of Irish Dance, the first major work on the topic (Brandon 1999). Helen’s interest in dance began in Athenry as a child while attending Irish dancing classes taught by Annie May Fahey, sister of the famous East Galway fiddler, Paddy Fahey. This in turn led her to research the traditional dance of the region at the request of Breandán Breathnach for inclusion in his major work, “The Folk Music and Dances of Ireland” (Mercier, 1971). After moving to Drogheda, Helen organized and directed the first-ever festival of traditional dance- Féile Rince Traidisiúnta-in Drogheda in 1983. Helen’s interest in the study of dance helped her earn an honors M.A. in Ethnomusicology from Queen’s University in Belfast, and has enabled her to lecture widely in Ireland and abroad. She is a contributor to “History Ireland” magazine, and the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Ireland (Gill and Macmillan).

Admission to the presentations is free to students and seniors. We ask a $5.00 suggested donation from others to help support cultural programs at the ICHC.

I hope you can join us for one or both of these evenings!

Other future events include:

THURSDAY, APRIL 11^th—

Traditional Irish Singing Session with Maeiti Jo Sheamuis

8:00 PM at Paddy’s Pub—2339 N. Murray Ave. (414) 223-3496

Free and open to all

THURSDAY, APRIL 18^th—

“Jamming with Joyce”, an evening celebrating James Joyce and his use of music, presented by Margaret Rogers

7:00 PM at UW-Milwaukee’s Curtin Hall, Room 175

Free and open to all

Please visit UWM’s Center for Celtic Studies website at