[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 2nd Sunday Session Invite - Moderate Speed - November 11

[Tane' Tachyon]

Céad míle fáilte (100 thousand welcomes)!
You're invited to the 2nd Sunday of the month Session, 7pm - 9pm on
November 11, Britannia Arms Pub, 8017 Soquel Dr., Aptos. This is a
slow/moderate/intermediate-speed session.

Etiquette guidelines:
1) Session starts promptly.
2) Going around in a circle, everyone has a turn to choose a tune and
   the tempo. Tunes are generally played at moderate speed, but players
   are willing to slow down if needed.
3) A single tune is played 3 times. In a set, each tune is played twice.
4) Talking beyond short chats or helpful comments please carry on out
   of the circle or after the session.
5) This is a place of business. Please purchase something, if only a
   coke. Come early and have some of the pub's tasty food.
6) In general, sheet music is not used at sessions (other than the 3rd
   Sunday Slow Session). This is the session you can use to wean
   yourself. Here's a website with tips on playing by ear:
   http://www.slowplayers.org/SCTLS/learn.html
   Of course, use your tuneset book if needed.

Directions from Santa Cruz: South on Hwy 1, take State Park exit,
turn left at light. At Soquel Dr., turn right. Go about a half mile.
Go under a bridge. Pub's immediately on the left. Parking is best
just past the pub on the left in general village parking.

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And, passing on some info from a mailing in case anyone wants to run
right out the door this evening:

> On Thursday, November 8th - The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay 
> proudly present the Irish traditional music supergroup, Patrick 
> Street, at Don Quixote's International Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9 in 
> Felton at 7:30pm. Admission is $20 or $18 to Celtic Society members. 
> Tickets are on sale at Don Quixote's and also at More Music, 512 
> Front St. in downtown Santa Cruz.  For reservations, call the Don 
> Quixote's hotline at (831) 603-2294 or contact The Celtic Society 
> at (408) 847-6982 or celtsoc at aol.com.
>  
> As The Washington Post opined, 'With the possible exception of The 
> Chieftains, there's no better Celtic music group in the world right 
> now than Patrick Street.' Originally billed as "Legends of Irish 
> Music,' Patrick Street enters their third decade celebrating the 
> release of their 11th CD, entitled 'On the Fly,' offering ample 
> evidence that the awe-inspiring Patrick Street is still unmatched 
> for the power, panache & passion of their playing and which 
> features the farewell to the band by original member, button 
> accordionist Jackie Daly & the Patrick Street recording debut by 
> newest member, John Carty, the remarkable fiddle, flute & banjo 
> player who was the 2003 winner of the prestigious 'Traditional 
> Musician of the Year' from Irish television station TG4. Founding 
> member Kevin Burke is one of Ireland's all-time great fiddlers, the 
> supreme exponent of the silken-smooth Co. Sligo style, who came to 
> prominence as a member of The Bothy Band, and is also a founding 
> member of Open House and The Celtic Fiddle Festival. Kevin's new 
> album with guitarist Cal Scott, 'Across the Black River,' has 
> already been tapped by many critics to top the lists for 'Celtic 
> Recording of the Year.' Original member Andy Irvine is one of the 
> best balladeers in Irish music and a highly influential bouzouki 
> player who was also a founding member of the seminal Irish bands 
> Sweeney's Men and Planxty. A member for the past 10 years, 
> guitarist & singer Ged Foley was a former member of The 
> Battlefield Band and The House Band and also currently tours with 
> The Celtic Fiddle Festival.
>  
> The current line-up of Patrick Street debuted with an Irish tour 
> this past summer and following are some excerpts from a review by 
> Siobhan Long in The Irish Times of one of those concerts. 'We 
> knew we were in the presence of greatness... master musicians 
> whose molecules have merged so intrinsically with the music that 
> it's hard to tell musician and music apart. The coalition of 
> Burke and Carty's fiddles is a magical one, Burke leading and 
> driving, Carty dropping the subtlest of killer punches 
> underneath... Irvine's songs sprout gossamer wings courtesy of 
> that inimitable Irvine magic.'

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