BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:163b6bfb-842a-4720-9db2-6f03fb6090fc@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261026T070238Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270314T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270314T170000 SUMMARY:St. Patrick’s Day Celebration DESCRIPTION:A thrilling\, joyful afternoon of fiddle tunes\, step dance\, and song from New England’s Celtic traditions. New England trad duo Kat ie McNally (fiddle) and Neil Pearlman (piano) bring their lively Saint P atrick’s Day Celebration back to the Concert Hall! We'll celebrate New E ngland’s rich Celtic history with some of the finest musicians and dance rs from around the world\, including legendary Irish-American fiddler Li z Carroll\, guitarist/pianist Jake Charron of Prince Edward Island’s Jun o-winning band The East Pointers\, multi-award-winning Québéçois folk tr io Genticorum\, and Leitrim\, Ireland-based dancer Siobhán Butler. Read more Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman Fiddler Katie McNally's imaginative a nd fierce music has been described as "as grounded in the tradition as i t is ground-breaking" (Folk Radio UK). McNally grew up playing Scottish and Cape Breton fiddle near Boston and currently tours with her own proj ects: Fàrsan\, Pine Tree Flyers\, and the Katie McNally Trio. She has ap peared at Celtic Colours\, Celtic Connections\, Newport Folk Festival\, and The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes\, as well as countless folk ve nues throughout North America and Europe. In addition to her busy tourin g schedule\, she is the artistic director of the Boston States Fiddle Ca mp and is a devoted educator who teaches regularly at fiddle camps acros s the country. A truly individual voice in the world of Celtic music\, m ulti-instrumentalist and stepdancer Neil Pearlman continues to blaze his own trail making music that ranges from the traditional to the avant-ga rde\, in big collectives and intimate duo projects\, including his one-o n-one collaborations recorded and published in the podcast TradCafé. Des cribed as “a tremendous pianist” on BBC Radio Scotland\, Neil is recogni zed in many Celtic music circles for his unique approach to the piano. R ooted in traditional Cape Breton piano styles\, he adds jazz harmony and the syncopations of funk\, Cuban\, and Brazilian dance music to create a distinctive and infectious sound. Liz Carroll Liz Carroll is an Irish fiddler\, composer\, and recording artist. She is the first Irish-Americ an musician to be nominated for a Grammy\, and the first American-born c omposer honored with the Cumadóir TG4\, Ireland’s most significant tradi tional music prize. She has toured as a solo artist and with The Green F ields of America\, the group Trian\, as the duo Liz Carroll & John Doyle \, String Sisters\, and now as a duo with guitarist and pianist Jake Cha rron. Featured on fourteen albums and appearing on many more\, her duet album with Jake Charron\, Half Day Road\, was released in February of 20 19.She will soon publish a new book of recent compositions following the sold-out success of Collected - Original Irish Tunes in 2010. Liz was b orn in Chicago\, Illinois\, of Irish parents\, and is proud that she was recently presented with a 2019 Artist Fellowship Award by the State of Illinois in Ethnic and Folk Arts. Jake Charron Jake Charron is a much so ught after touring and recording musician for various styles of music\, collaborating with artists around the world on piano and guitar. Since g raduating from the University of Western Ontario with an honours degree in Kinesiology\, Jake has pursued music\, and had the privilege of perfo rming with a long list of award-winning musicians. Jake has been touring with Liz Carroll\, Troy MacGillivray\, Shane Cook\, and PEI's The East Pointers. (2024 bio from Celtic Colours) Genticorum With multiple Canadi an Folk Music Awards\, as well as Juno and ADISQ nominations\, Genticoru m have earned a reputation as a leading voice in the evolution of Québéc ois traditional music. Seamlessly melding fiddle\, flute\, accordion\, g uitar\, foot percussion\, and voices\, they have quickly earned internat ional recognition for bringing out the poetry and nuance of French Canad a’s old song and step-dance tunes. Known for their unbridled energy\, th eir musicianship and their magnetic stage presence\, the trio – founding members Pascal Gemme (fiddle) and Yann Falquet (guitar)\, and Nicholas Williams (flute\, accordion) – has won over audiences on world\, traditi onal\, folk and Celtic music stages for over 20 years. Siobhán Butler In formed by decades of field work in traditional percussive dances\, and h eavily influenced by some of County Clare’s greatest Set dancers and the ir unique “battering” style\, Siobhan’s work as a performer and educator has taken her to stages and institutions around the world. She has been privileged to collaborate with renowned music and dance artists such as Nuala Kennedy\, Nic Gareiss\, Tony DeMarco\, Steve Cooney\, Sandy Silva \, Kieran Jordan\, and many more.\n\nTickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/ grotonhill/performance/11876736\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/163 b6bfb-842a-4720-9db2-6f03fb6090fc LOCATION:Groton Hill Music Center\, 122 Old Ayer Rd\, Groton\, MA 01450 URL:https://findlocal.community/event/163b6bfb-842a-4720-9db2-6f03fb6090f c STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR