Included in this email:

-         This Sat 16 Jan, Brid Meaney, Karen Ryan and Pete Quinn at Keenan’s Bar

-         Get your tickets for John and James Carty with John Blake in concert before they go (only 100 capacity venue) – Fri 29 Jan

-         Comhaltas in Britain Annual Convention/ Concert/ Ceili in Elstree 13/14 Feb

-         Sat 20 March, Set Dancing Ceili in Dulwich with Dealga Trad

Session this Saturday night Sat 16th Jan, from 9pm: Brid Meaney (concertina), Karen Ryan (fiddle), Pete Quinn (keyboard) and friends at Keenan’s Pub

…great tunes with Karen Tweed, Colette O’Leary and gang last week more to come this week, hope to see you there J

89 Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, London N10 1LR

(near the junction with Sutton Road - in amongst the parade of shops which includes the Post Office and the new multicoloured library)

Buses: 134 and 43 (both are a 10 minute journey from Highgate tube - Northern Line)

134 http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/134.htm 

43  http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/043.htm

for a map/ other transport info see: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/25/25218/Keenans/Muswell_Hill

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Return to Camden Town Preview Event 2010

JOHN AND JAMES CARTY WITH JOHN BLAKE IN CONCERT

Friday 29th January 2010, 7.30pm Doors Open

Presidential Suite, London Irish Centre, 50 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB

Tickets: £10 in advance/ £13 on the night/ £8 concession/ £6 under 18s

Purchase your tickets online now at: Iris Tickets Express or via the link at www.returntocamden.org

We advise booking early as capacity is limited to 100!

Return to Camden Town Festival of Irish Traditional Music, Dance and Song
is pleased to announce that the first of our preview events for the 2010
Festival will take place on Friday 29 January 2010, with a concert at the
London Irish Centre, Presidential Suite, 50 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB,
featuring John and James Carty, together with friends and special guests.

Brothers James and John were born in London, of Roscommon and Connemara
parents. Their father, multi-instrumentalist John P Carty, was a member of
London's Glenside Ceili Band in the 1960s.

John is one of Ireland's finest traditional musicians. He was Irish
television station TG4’s Traditional Musician of the Year in 2003.
A master of the fiddle, banjo, tenor guitar and flute, John has been
performing publicly since the age of 16. Initially based in London, he
moved to Ireland in his late teens and since then, has played with
musicians of the calibre of Arty McGlynn, Kevin Burke, Jackie Daly, Matt
Molloy, Alec Finn, Brian McGrath and Johnny McDonagh.

James is one of London’s great traditional flute players. His solo album,
Upon My Soul, was released at the 2006 Return to Camden Festival. He also
played on John’s fiddle album, At It Again, which was released in 2003 and
Joe Whelan and Liam Farrell's classic recording, They Sailed Away from
Dublin Bay.

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Comhaltas na Breataine

Annual Convention & AGM

Saturday 13^th & Sunday 14^th February 2010

at

The Holiday Inn Elstree

Borehamwood

WD6 5PU

Programme of Events

Saturday 13^th Feb

6pm

Mass

followed by

Buffet Concert

with performances from talented regional artists

and

Céilí

With music from The Reel Note Céilí Band (from Birmingham)

Sunday 14^th Feb

10am

Comhaltas na Breataine AGM 2009/2010

Registration commences at 10.00am and closes at 10.45am.  AGM starts at 11:00am sharp

Willie Purcell has re-arranged the Set Dance ceili that was to be held on the 9th January but cancelled due to the weather.  

The new date is Saturday 20 March 2010 all tickets bought in advance for the 9th January ceili will be valid for this ceili. 

Venue is St Thomas Moore Hall, 116a Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22.

Music by Delga Trad.

The ceili is in aid of St Christopher's Hospice SE26, please let others know and encourage them to come along for a good night and support this good cause.

Thanks

Margaret Reilly