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From Ireland to America ☘️

Saturday March 11, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Shrewsbury Library, 609 Main St, Shrewsbury, MA 01545Shrewsbury MA 01545

Description

Presented by beloved local musician Roger Tincknell, "From Ireland to America" is a festive music program celebrating traditional Irish music and culture. The concert includes a variety of traditional Irish and Irish-American songs and instrumentals. Lovely Irish ballads, work songs and familiar Irish sing-alongs are interspersed with lively jigs and reels instrumentals. The program may also include some traditional Scottish songs and Celtic stories. The audience is invited to sing, clap, dance and play spoons. Introductory Irish step dancing and spoon playing instruction included (spoons provided).

"From Ireland to America" is performed on guitar, banjo, mandolin, Irish bouzouki, Irish bodhran (drum), harmonica, pennywhistle, and spoons.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Shrewsbury Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

CONTACT: Michael Zeller  508-841-8531  mzeller@cwmars.org

LOCATION: MEETING ROOM A/B

Registration will begin on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 9:00 AM     

Cost

FREE

How

pre-register CONTACT: Michael Zeller  508-841-8531  mzeller@cwmars.org

More Info

Sonja Drotar  5088418609  sdrotar@cwmars.org

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