The Annual Comhaltas Tour of North America Echoes of Erin starts on Sunday, Tuesday 8th in Mineola, NY. For audiences in North America, the Echoes of Erin tour provides a fantastic showcase for all that is best in Irish traditional music, song and dance. Top class performers in all fields display the highest standards and regional styles of music, song and dance. These are the same performers who have already thrilled audiences throughout the length and breadth of Ireland during the Comhaltas Irish Tour 2012 and the UK in early 2013 during Echoes of Erin Tour of Britain. The 2013 Comhaltas Tour of North America is sponsored by Tourism Ireland. Venues to be visited by the 2013 tour are as follows: Date | Time | Location | Venue | Contact —-|——–|—- Oct-06 | 8:30 pm | Dublin (Ireland) | An Chulturlann, Monkstown | Tel: (01) 280-0295 [email protected] Oct-08 | 7:30 pm | Mineola, NY | Irish American Ctr, 297 Willis Ave | Tel: (516) 742-3271 [email protected] Oct-10 | 7:30 pm | Lincroft, NJ | Christian Brothers Academy | Tel: (732) 915-2191 www.irishshore.org Oct-11 | 8:00 pm | Fairfield, CT | Edgerton Center, Sacred Heart University | Box office phone (203) 371-7908 www.edgertoncenter.org Oct-12 | 8:00 pm | Waltham, MA | Waltham High School | Tel: (617) 481-5503 or (508) 947-8688 [email protected] Oct-13 | 6:00 pm | Rome, NY | Rome Free Academy Auditorium | Tel: (315) 827-4291 www.uticairish.org Oct-15 | 7:30 pm | Columbus, OH | Columbus Performing Arts Center | Tel: (800) 838-3006 www.brownpapertickets.com Oct-16 | 7:00 pm | St. Louis, MO | Heagney Theater | 530 East Lockwood Ave, Webster Groves, Mo. 63119 [email protected] [email protected] Oct-18 | 8:00 pm | Chicago, IL | Gaelic Park, 6119 W. 147th St, Oak Forest, IL | Tel: (708) 687-9323 630-291-4663 www.chicagogaelicpark.org Oct-19 | 8:00 pm | Indianapolis, IN | Ji Eun Lee Music Academy, 10029 E.126th St. Fishers, IN | Tel: (317) 965-3827 www.irishartsindy.org Artists: Alice Fitzgerald, Waterford | Bean A’ Tí and Singer Noel Battle, Westmeath |Mouth Organ Shane Keating, Cork | Uileann Pipes Emer Toale, Dublin | Harp/Piano Lorraine McMahon, Louth | Fiddle Róisín Broderick, Galway | Concertina and Singer Joseph Keane, Laois | Button Accordion Elaine Reilly, Longford | Banjo Claire Heffernan, Limerick | Flute Aisling Vaughan, Cork | Dancer and Concertina Christine Mulcahy, Limerick | Dancer and Concertina Tomas Ó Sé, Kerry | Dancer Seán Hanafin, Kerry | Dancer Martin Murphy, Longford | Tour Manager