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Tribal Celtic Trio BROTHER. Angus, Dalbo and "DidgeriDrew" combine the Highland pipes, drums, guitars, signature vocals and the Australian didgeridoo for a fusion that will knock your socks off. The new CD "Out From Under" can be sampled at BrotherMusic.com:
Check out this powerhouse trio at the Faerieworlds Summer Celebration in
Eugene, Oregon, with more Brother tour dates starting up in September.
Berlin's first week-long Irish dance camp, 2nd-9th of July
Nicole Ohnesorge (Flames of the Dance) has been teaching in Berlin for several years and has prepared some of her youngest dancers for a television production with Riverdance as well. Gyula Glaser (Gaelforce Dance, Magic of the Dance) has competed for several years and achieved 3 consecutive European titles before he joined professional dance shows. As a result of their recent successful co-operation, they are organizing the first week-long Irish dance summer camp in the capital of Germany.
The camp is offering the attendees over 12 hours of intensive training, ceili classes, a weekend workshop (in case some dancers can't get away from work for the whole week) - as well as social activities. The camp is also open to Irish dance newcomers, with beginner classes.
For more information, please e-mail: camprinceberlin@hotmail.com.
Champion Irish dancer Glenn Simpson has set up his own dance school in Toronto, the Druid Academy Irish Dancers!
Show experience includes Riverdance and Dancing on Dangerous Ground, as well as RTE's Jigs and Reels, and he's recently qualified as an Adjudicator.
The classes feature unique and intensive technique training with emphasis being paid to the fundamental elements of traditional Irish dance --as well as modern and original choreography designed for all competition levels. In addition, Glenn has started a new corporate event performance company, so for you experienced dancers who are done with competition but still want to dance, find out more about this exciting development at his official website:
Wanted urgently for forthcoming 6-week UK theatre tour, Male Dancer with Irish and Show experience.
Tour Dates - Oct. l through Nov. 9 plus rehearsal period, Sept. 21 - 30. E-mail CV's please to jmapo80@aol.com or tel 01275 842800 and ask for Diana or John if you require any further information.
Take a look at the show, THE ESSENCE OF IRELAND on www.theshowproviders.com.
Click on the image for a direct link.
We at the Celtic Cafe are thrilled that Solas is releasing their latest album on Aug. 26, For Love and Laughter. This brilliant work features not only new vocalist Mairead Phelan, but collaborators The Duhks and Natalie Haas. Thanks to the good folks at Compass Records, we have a treat for the Celtic Cafe community... an MP3 of one of the new tracks, “Merry Go Round". Click on the CD cover image to read the press release and get a taste of the sounds of Solas!
Michael Patrick Gallagher and Carol Leavy-Joyce will be joined by guest tutors Dearbhla Lennon and Melissa Convrey for the 2nd Annual Spraoi Irish Dance Camp in Dublin! Thanks to shows like Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, and many other terrific Irish Dance companies, fans of Irish dance from all over the world are now availing themselves of the opportunities to attend workshops like these. There they can learn steps from the amazing dancers who sparked their interest in the first place!
Michael Pat plans to hold dance camps in various cities across the USA later on in the year, so be sure to check out the official site at IrishDanceWorks.com for details on those. We hope he comes to a city near us!
Moya Brennan, one of the Celtic Cafe's all-time favorite Irish singers, has provided lead vocals on 'Green to Gold' -- the official song of the 2008 Irish Olympic team.
Opening with a reflective but determined variation of the athlete's Olympic oath, performed to the traditional air of 'She Moves through the Fair', the song breaks into a hard rock track that endeavours to capture the energy of the world's biggest sporting event from an athlete's perspective.
”The crowd is calling, challenge has begun
History falling, on shoulders of the young
The field of combat, holding out the prize
In sight of glory, captured through the eyes…
Of the heroes, watching as their destinies unfold
To bring the Green to Gold”
Available at records shops and via download (in Ireland) from the 1st of August, all profits from 'Green to Gold' will be used to support the development of Irish youth sports. Learn more by clicking on the image to read the press release.
Have you heard of Garry Hynes? Anyone who loves Irish Theatre should know her name well! Director and co-founder of Druid Theatre, she brought DruidSynge, a cycle of six Synge's plays, produced by Druid, at Lincoln Center Theatre in summer 2006, and recently directed Juno (her first musical!) for Encores! (see the review on CelticCafe).
Missed them? She'll be back! Check here for more details on her direction of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan at Atlantic Theatre Company in December, and a Druid Theatre tour of The Playboy of the Western World and Shadow of the Glen in the autumn.
Here's Ms. Hynes on what she loves about directing, Irish playwriting, and the American-Irish audience.
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