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NEWSLETTER
Scottish
Fleadh, 25 April 2010
St Paul’s, Pollok
Congratulations to all who took part in the Scottish Fleadh this year which was organized and hosted by the Irish Minstrels CCE.
Stephen Murphy (Chairman), would like to thank all the organizers, fundraisers, office workers, stewards, clerks, adjudicators, tutors, and everyone else who volunteered energy and enthusiasm to make it happen.
Look out for the Fleadh results being emailed soon.!
Our
French Visitors – Last Tuesday
When arriving at St. Roch's last Tuesday we were met with a lot of French accents around the place.
Maria Ward, a teacher in France, was a regular branch member in the 80's, playing the fiddle. She now lives in France and was bringing a party of 40 pupils to Stirling for a week. After attending our recent Christmas ceili, she thought it would be great if her pupils could sample some of our culture. We happily obliged and had an amazing night of music and dancing. Maria called all the dances (in French) and the guests were up for them all. We finished off the evening off with La Marseillaise - could be a good grupai cheoli tune!! They all had a fantastic night…. one French pupil said as he left: "that was pure dead magnifique".
Branch
family céilí, Sunday 30th May 2010
St John’s, Barrhead
Our next Branch céilí is being held in St John’s, Barrhead and will start at 7:30pm. Admission will be £4 (adult) and £2 (child) and the U12A and B Grupai Cheoil bands will be entertaining us!
Branch
family céilí, Sunday 20th June 2010
St John’s, Barrhead
There will be another céilí on 20th June in St John’s when we will be entertained by the U15A, B and U18 bands. Please make sure you put these dates in your diary!!!
All
Britain Fleadh, 26 – 27 June 2010
Jordanhill College
For 2010 the All Britain Fleadh is being organised and hosted by St James the Great Branch of CCE.
The Fleadh will be held at the Jordanhill Campus of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. This campus is situated in the Jordanhill area of Glasgow, in Glasgow's West end, and NOT within the main city centre campus of Strathclyde University.
The Address of the Fleadh is:
The University of Strathclyde
Jordanhill Campus
Southbrae Drive
Glasgow
G13 1PP
Competitions on Saturday will start at 13:00 for all age groups U18 in Duets, Trios, Ceili Bands and Grupai Cheoil. All junior solo and all senior competitions will be held on Sunday.
Further information is available by logging onto
www.allbritainfleadh.com.If anyone is in need of a branch poloshirt/tie for the All Britain Fleadh, please speak to Cathleen Armstrong at the Tuesday class.
Additional
practice……..
As usual, there will be additional band practices for the All Britain Fleadh commencing on Saturday 8th May for all the U12 and U15 qualifying groups/bands. Practice for the U18s will commence on Saturday 15th May and will continue until the All Britain Fleadh.
Summer
Schools and Festivals
These take place throughout the summer in Ireland and are a great way for younger musicians to improve technique, learn tunes and make new friends.
These include:
| Miltown Malbay July 3-11 | Drumshanbo July 17-24 |
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Ballaghaderreen July 3-10 |
Glencolmcille (fiddle) July 26-30 |
| Tubbercurry July 11-17 | Keadue July 25-31 |
| Meitheal (Limerick) July 13-17 | Achill Jul 26-Aug 2 |
Scoil
Éigse, 15 – 20 August 2010
Cavan Town
This Comhaltas summer school precedes the All Ireland Fleadh and Branch members return year after year for the high quality tuition in traditional music, song and dance. This is always well represented by Glasgow. The closing date for applications is 7th August.
Further information and application forms can be downloaded from the CCE web site at
http://comhaltas.ie/events/detail/scoil_eigse_2010/.
All
Ireland Fleadh
If you require transport/accommodation for the All Ireland Fleadh being held in Cavan in August, please give your name to Moira Callaghan as soon as possible.
Moira will be collecting a £30 non-refundable deposit for the All Ireland Fleadh bus on Tuesday 12th May.
Member
Update
For inclusion in Branch e-mails and e-newsletters, please send a request with your name and details to Donna Kerrigan at
shankerri@hotmail.com.
Dates
for your Diary 2010
| Branch family ceili 30th May | All Britain Fleadh 26th & 27th June |
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Branch family ceili 20th June |
Scoil Éigse 16th – 19th August |
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Last class of term 22nd June |
All Ireland Fleadh 20th – 22nd August |
News and Information
For e-newsletter updates, please send a request with your name to Donna Kerrigan at shankerri@hotmail.com. Information for inclusion in the Newsletter is always welcome but please e-mail full details as it will be easier to insert.
Keep an eye on the Irish Minstrels web site at www.glasgowirishminstrels.co.uk
Comhaltas na Breataine is at www.comhaltas.co.uk
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