2008 North American Comhaltas Convention
Concerts, Festivals, Sessions, Dancing
- Date
- 27 March 2008–30 March 2008
- Time
- 8:00 PM
- Town
- Parsippany
- Contact
- Tom Vesey or Paul Keating
- Phone
- 973-977-8863 / 201-722-0059
- Web
- View 2008 North American Comhaltas Convention Website
The Mid-Atlantic Region Welcomes you back to the site of the 1999 and 2004 Conventions
March 27-30, 2008 Hilton Parsippany Hotel
Join us as we celebrate the “Bridge to the Future”, the living tradition where our senior musicians pass on our cultural heritage to the coming generations.
This is a great weekend of workshops, sessions, céilithe and much more. Details are given below for the Saturday workshops with some of the best names from the Irish traditional music world.
Sat AM 10-12
Fiddle Kane sisters
Harp Eileen Gannon
Flute Kevin Crawford
Whistle Joanie Madden
Accordion John Redmond
Concertina Fr. Charlie Coen
Recitation P. J. Gannon
Keyboards Felix Dolan
Stringed Accompaniment Donal Clancy
Irish Language Míceál ÓMáille
Uilleann Pipes Cillian Vallely
Sat PM 2-4
Fiddle Kane sisters
Bodhran Jessie Winch
Harp Deirdre Danaher
Flute Kevin Crawford
Whistle Joanie Madden
Accordion John Redmond
Piano Accordion Brian Glynn
Uilleann Pipes Cillian Vallely
Traditional Singing Louise Walsh
Irish Language Maura Mulligan
Banjo Donie Ryan
