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2008 Andy McGann
Irish
Traditional Music Festival
Sat.
July 19th: noon
to 8 p.m.
in
memory of Andy McGann.
Photo
of fiddler Andy McGann (left) and box player Joe Burke outside the
remains of Michael Colemans home in
Sligo
(photo taken by Anne Conroy Burke)
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Andy
McGann
Irish
Traditional Music Festival
Sat.,
July 19th noon to 8 p.m.
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In 2008,
the Catskills Irish Arts Week will be celebrating the role of
New York
in the traditional Irish music world down through the years and in
particular the major influence of
County
Sligo
on New York
musicians. In that context we
are renaming our annual Traditional Music Festival that gave rise to the
CIAW when it moved from its original home in Schoharie County in honor of
the greatest of the New York born Irish fiddlers in the Sligo Tradition,
Andy McGann who passed away during the CIAW on July 13, 2004.
There will be a ceremony that day during the festival to mark the
auspicious transition.
The Annual Festival held on the M.J.
Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Centre Pavilion Fields overlooking East
Durham and remains the largest gathering of Traditional Irish Musicians
and Dancers Performing Anywhere in North America with over 100 anticipated
artists. The outstanding CIAW
Faculty for 2008 forms the bulk of the talent base for the day but looks
for some special guests as well. There will be food and craft vendors and
refreshments available all day long
Admission: $20 at the gate
$10 in
advance for CIAW students
$15 for
non-students
available through the
MJQICSC office.
Contact
1-800-434-3378 (or 518-634-2286) or email irishartsweek@gmail.com.
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