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Irish Music & Dance Association

29th Year, Issue No. 2

February 2011

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IMDA Educational Grants Make Opportunities Available for Students of Irish Arts

For the past five years, IMDA’s Educational Grant Program has been helping students of the traditional arts of Ireland expand their skills. Beginning 2011, applications will be accepted until April 15. The program is designed to help students who have already made a significant commitment to their studies move to the next level. That might mean helping to pay for an instrument, which was important to Amanda and Bonnie Hogan. Amanda was ready for her own Irish flute, and Bonnie for her own tin whistle and the educational grant helped make those purchases possible. It might mean help with travel expenses to attend special programs, which was important to Colleen White, Patrick McCormick, Monica Nigon, and Nick Wolf who all traveled to Ireland to study. And Rachel Olson was able to travel to Schenectady, NY for an Irish dance camp. The grant meant advanced piping at the Balmoral School of Piping for Anthony Howe and Silas Ohman, and additional classes in town for Emily and Katie Gerlach, Megan Maloney, David Ochs, Autumn Odean, and Anna Purtle. Brian Miller used his grant for travel to historical societies and music archives to continue his research into the songs of the lumberjacks. Uses for IMDA’s Educational Grants are as varied as the interests of the applicants. IMDA encourages students of all the traditional arts of Ireland to think about what would help them improve their skill and to consider applying for a grant to make it happen! The “rules” for the program are not limited to formal classes or structured programs - so students should feel free to be open-minded about how an educational grant might make a difference to them. And be sure to apply! Applications are available on the IMDA website - www.IMDA-MN.org. The application deadline is April 15, 2011.

The mission of the Irish Music and Dance Association is to support, coordinate, encourage and promote high quality activities and programs

in Irish music, dance, and other cultural traditions within the community and to insure the continuation of those traditions.

Inside this issue:

Tune of the Month 2

Gaelic Corner 3

IMDA wants YOU! 5

February Calendar 8-9

An Leabhragán 12

The Ceili Calendar 14

Smidirini 15

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This month’s tune comes from Jack Coen, a flute player widely regarded as a prime example of the authentic musical tradition of rural Ireland. Born in 1925 in Woodford, Co. Galway, he immigrated to New York in 1949. Apparently New York was awash in Irish fiddlers in the 1950s, but there weren’t many flute players, so Jack quickly made a name for himself. He played in a trio with fiddler Larry Redican and Tipperary accordionist Paddy O’Brien that won an All-Ireland. Jack has taught many students over the years, including classes at the Irish Arts Week in the Catskills. He was awarded the National Heritage Award in 1991 by the National Endowment for the Arts. Jack is a storehouse of old and rare tunes. Being from East Galway, it is not surprising that a very melodic style is a key feature of his playing. He consciously preserves the integrity of the melody by playing at relaxed tempos and avoiding excessive ornamentation. One of his Catskills students, Brad Hurley, quoted Jack as saying, “Don’t have your fingers go blooming crazy!” and “Play the notes distinctly and get the blur out of it.” You can listen to an interview of Jack from January 2010 online. Search for Brendan Patrick Keane, “Hear Jack Coen talk about his musical life” on Google. Special thanks to our own Paddy O’Brien (Offaly) for making me aware of this recording of Jack Coen. Usual disclaimers: Any transcription errors are my own. The notation here is not meant to be a substitute for listening. It is simply an aid to learning the tune.

The IMDA Board is:

President: Lisa Conway

Treasurer: Mark Malone

Secretary: Jan Casey

Board Members: Suin Lowry Ruth McGlynn Patrick Cole Editor: John Burns

IMDA Board Meetings are open to the membership. The Board meets regularly on the First Tuesday of each month at 6 pm at Perkins in HarMar. Members are encouraged to verify the time and location shortly before, as meeting times and locations can change.

Contact Information Write to:

Irish Music and Dance Association 236 Norfolk Ave NW Elk River, MN 55330

Call: 612-990-3122

E-mail: [email protected]

�une of �he on�h by Amy Shaw

Newsletter Submissions We welcome our readers to submit articles of interest, news, and notices of events to be published in the newsletter. The deadline is the 20th o f the preceding month. Send to: [email protected]

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Gaeltacht Minnesota lost a good friend in January when Bernie Morgan passed away. Similar to the English, we can say Cailleadh é, "he was lost," to indicate his passing. Indeed, Irish speakers rarely use a straightforward verb for "to die." Rather, the most common expression is the slightly odd (to English speakers) Fuair sé bás, "he got death." And the most common way of expressing condolences, on such an occasion, is Ní maith liom do

thrioblóid, "I do not like your trouble." Bernie was an excellent student of ours for many years, although life intervened to interrupt his studies more recently, as it sometimes does. Indeed, he took home our infamous "traveling trophy" from our 2001 Christmas dinner, not only due to his good work in class, but because he was a dedicated and creative volunteer at events like the Irish Fair. Bernie spent a couple of sessions at the famous Oideas Gael language school in Ireland, and shared his experiences with such enthusiasm that he helped others pluck up the courage to go as well. And he loved the Irish of Donegal, which he always referred to as "the one, true Irish." (As Bernie had a great and mischievous sense of humor, I can't help but believe he'd be delighted to end up providing the theme for this column!) Bernie had a bang-up funeral, or sochraid, with chanting monks, uilleann piping, and a reading in Irish. There were countless stories told by the gathered friends and family. Indeed, that word sochraid refers to the funeral in that sense, of a gathering of people. Its base meaning is "a body of friends or followers," or even "allies," and he had many allies in the struggle to master the Irish language. He also had many beneficiaries, among our students and among visitors to our tables at community events, who gained something from Bernie's efforts even if they never knew him personally. Cuireadh Bernie i gcré na cille, Bernie was laid to rest in the nearby "clay of the churchyard." Cill is "churchyard," and it is part of many an Anglicized place name in Ireland, including Killarney (Cill Airne), Kildare (Cill Dara), and Kilkenny (Cill Cheannaigh).

"Cré na Cille" is in fact the title of one of the most important novels ever written in Irish, Máirtín Ó Cadhain's 1949 epic. The entire 300+ pages recount conversations among the dead in the graveyard, who only get updates about what has been going on in the world of the living with the arrival of new resident, as it were. I'm not sure, if Bernie is currently updating his new neighbors, whether he will find anyone in that cemetery who speaks Irish.

But I'm pretty confident that when he found himself standing before Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates, he threw in a few words as Gaeilge to get the conversation off on the right foot ... spoken in a Donegal accent, of course.

Our thanks to everyone involved in our annual Fundraiser at the end of January. With help from Kevin Carroll and Martin McHugh, along with our own friends among the singing community, we were well supplied with tunes. And Rince na Chroí wrapped up the afternoon with a terrific dance performance (thanks, Katie!). In the midst of all that, we had a pot luck feast, many an interesting door prize, plenty of good company, and, of course, many kind and generous donations. Special thanks to Suin for pulling things together for us, and to Tom Scanlon and the crew at the Dubliner for cheerfully hosting the event once again this year. If you didn't make it to the fundraiser, you can still contribute. Stop by our web site at www.gaelminn.org for more information. And you'll want to keep an eye on our site as we work out the details of our next language workshop, targeted for April. While you're there, sign up for our free monthly e-zine, The GaelMinn Gazette, and get news of coming events delivered to your e-mailbox. Is ionann an cás an t-éag 's an bás

(literally, "it's the same case, the death and the death") "Six of one, half a dozen of the other" Will

�he �aelic �orner By Will Kenny

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IMDA Wants You!IMDA Wants You!IMDA Wants You!IMDA Wants You!

The Irish Music and Dance Association is delighted to be planning our 30th St. Patrick’s Day. Over those many years, lots of folks have been involved in planning and organizing the event. Erin Hart, Mary Hedlund McNieve, Paul Wehling, Phil Platt and Virginia McBride led in those early years and now hundreds of volunteers help to make IMDA’s celebration at Landmark Center THE place to be on St. Patrick’s Day each year.

IMDA invites you to get more involved - and we have some great ideas. Here’s a sampling of ways that you can lend a hand:

♣ Volunteer at IMDA’s St. Patrick’s Day Irish Celebration and Day of Irish Dance. Sign up on the website for one of the many tasks needed on those days. It takes lots of great volunteers to keep the events going!

♣ Join a committee. Committees work all through the year on a variety of activities. You can help plan the next IMDA Honors, help find new members, help plan new

activities.

♣ Encourage students of Irish traditional arts (music, dance, language, etc.) to apply for one of the IMDA Educational Grants. Application deadline is April 15 this year. Details on the website.

♣ Contribute to the IMDA Newsletter. Have an idea for an article that will be of interest to everyone? We’d love to hear from you.

♣ Contribute to the IMDA Facebook page. If you’re out and about enjoying the many opportunities to hear live music or take part in the dancing, post a note on our Facebook page and encourage everyone to join the fun.

♣ Help promote IMDA’s Spring Fundraising Event with Linder’s Garden Centers. Share the invitation will friends and family (it will be in the newsletter) - and then be sure to shop at Linder’s on our weekend.

♣ Join the IMDA Board. We’re looking for a few good folks to help us ensure another 30 years of great Irish music and dance in the Twin Cities.

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Friday, February 4 ~ 7:30 pm The Celtic Junction, 836 N. Prior Ave., St. Paul

Tickets - $15 adults, $10 children and seniors

What sets O'ROURKE'S FEAST apart from most Irish or Celtic groups is the fact that they are what might

be called (for lack of a better term) a 'folk orchestra.' The Chieftains are probably the best-known example

of such a group at the moment, but in Ireland there is a long tradition of folk ensembles, including Ceoltoiri

Chulann (a forerunner of the Chieftains), and a couple of groups with whom Paddy O'Brien happened to play

years ago, Ceoltoiri Laighean and the Castle Ceili Band.

O'ROURKE'S FEAST is a lively seven-piece Irish traditional music ensemble, with a repertoire that includes

dance melodies like jigs and reels, but they also play older, sometimes long-neglected material from the Irish

tradition, including hornpipes, clan marches, and some beautiful old slow airs and songs. The group also plays

some original music, composed in traditional style. The band is composed of Danielle Enblom, Nathan Gourley

and Ann Sandberg on fiddle; Suzanne Rhees and Amy Shaw on flute; Paddy O'Brien on button accordion; and

Sherry Ladig on piano.

The band takes its name from a song composed by Turlough O'Carolan, a blind harper who was born in 1670

and died in 1738. The song, with lyrics by Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, commemorated a

famous banquent given by O'Rourke, a powerful chieftain of Ulster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

O'ROURKE'S FEAST is led by button accordion master Paddy O'Brien, a native of County Offaly in Ireland,

and renowned all over the world as a walking encyclopedia of Irish traditional music. Paddy has been

rehearsing with O'Rourke's Feast for more than three years, cultivating the ensemble's unique and authentic

traditional sound.

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IMDA Community Calendar February 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

7pm 1st Tuesday Night Ceili Classes Merlins Rest 7pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub

2 7pm Ceili Dance Class Conway Recreation Center 7:30pm Ceili Dance 9:30 pm Music Dubliner Pub 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest 7:30 Pub Quiz Kip’s Pub

3 6:30pm Pub Quiz 8pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub 7pm Set Dance Class The Ivy Building 9:30pm Mary Cutrufello Kieran’s Pub

4 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest 9:30pm Sweet Colleens Kieran’s Pub Music Dubliner Pub O’Rourke’s Feast Concert The Celtic Junction

5 Music Dubliner Pub First Saturday Ceili The Dubliner 9:30pm Sweet Colleens Kieran’s Pub

6 Noon: Traditional Session Kieran’s Pub 4pm Learners Irish Session Keegan’s Pub 6pm Advanced Irish Music Session Keegan’s Pub 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest

7 7:30pm First Monday Shanty Sing Dubliner Pub

8 7pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub


10 6:30pm Pub Quiz 8pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub 7pm Set Dance Class The Ivy Building 9:30pm Northern Comfort Kieran’s Pub Lehto & Wright Cork’s Pub, St. Paul

11 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest Music Dubliner Pub 9:30pm Tim Malloys Kieran’s Pub The Spirit of Eilean Dubh: Dunquin and friends Olivet Congregational Church, St. Paul

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17 6:30pm Pub Quiz 8pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub 7pm Set Dance Class The Ivy Building 8pm Forty Shades of Green The Ugly Mug, Farmington Wild Colonial Bhoys O’Donovan’s Irish Pub 9:30pm Jud’s New Harmony Kieran’s Pub

18 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest Music Dubliner Pub Talŭn Paddy Ryan’s Pub, Hudson 9:30pm Reverse Cowboy Kieran’s Pub Wild Colonial Bhoys O’Donovan’s Irish Pub

19 TCJ Ceili The Celtic Junction Wild Colonial Bhoys O’Donovan’s Irish Pub 9:30pm Reverse Cowboy Kieran’s Pub

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21 7pm Shanty/Pub Singing Merlins Rest


23 7pm Ceili Dance Class Conway Recreation Center 7:30pm Ceili Dance 9:30 pm The Langer’s Ball Dubliner Pub 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest 7:30 Pub Quiz Kip’s Pub 7:30 Pub Quiz Kieran’s Pub

24 6:30pm Pub Quiz 8pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub 7pm Set Dance Class The Ivy Building 9:30pm Love Songs for Angry Men Kieran’s Pub The Outside Track Concert The Celtic Junction

25 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest Music Dubliner Pub A Little of the Ready O’Donovan’s Irish Pub 9:30pm St. Dominic’s Trio Kieran’s Pub Wild Colonial Bhoys Jake O’Connor’s Pub

26 The Langer’s Ball Dubliner Pub KILT NIGHT & Drinking Songs w/ Tom Dahill and Ginny Johnson Keegan’s Pub A Little of the Ready O’Donovan’s Irish Pub 9:30pm St. Dominic’s Trio Kieran’s Pub Wild Colonial Bhoys Jake O’Connor’s Pub

27 Noon: Traditional Session Kieran’s Pub 2pm Traditional Singers Club Keegan’s Pub 4pm Learners Irish Session Keegan’s Pub 6pm Advanced Irish Music Session Keegan’s Pub 7pm Talŭn Lake Harriet Spiritual Comm. Minneapolis 7:30pm Pub Quiz Merlins Rest Wild Colonial Bhoys Dubliner Pub

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3 6:30pm Pub Quiz 8pm Pub Quiz Keegan’s Pub 7pm Set Dance Class The Ivy Building 9pm Romantica Kieran’s Pub

4 8pm Celtic Session Merlins Rest Live Music Dubliner Pub 7:30pm Laura and the Lads Maplewood Community Center Theater

5 Music Dubliner Pub

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''''Twin Cities WomenTwin Cities WomenTwin Cities WomenTwin Cities Women s Choir Presents Celtic Fire s Choir Presents Celtic Fire s Choir Presents Celtic Fire s Choir Presents Celtic Fire

The Twin Cities Women’s Choir presents Celtic Fire on February 5th at the Central Presbyterian Church in St. Paul . Guest Irish band, The HiBs, who will perform songs from the Celtic region, will join the choir. Imagine 150 women’s voices with amazing Irish musicians on bodhrun, flute and fiddle. Add in the spark of traditional dancers and a few great stories and you’ll be ready for a fascinating evening of entertainment, fun and warmth. The performance starts at 4:00 pm. The HiBs are... Jode Dowling - fiddle and mouth music www.hibsmusic.com/The_HiBs/Jode.html Kate Dowling - flute and whistles www.hibsmusic.com/The_HiBs/Kate.html With special guests... Dáithí Sproule - guitar and vocals www.daithisproule.com/ Ann Heymann - clairseach (Gaelic, wire-strung harp) www.clairseach.com/group/ann.htm Tom Klein - uilleann pipes www.gnipc.org/ Brian Wade - bodhrán www.myspace.com/milkandhoney3 TICKETS $20 -adults, in advance ($25 at the door) $18 - seniors/students $0 - children 12 and under Sliding scale tickets are available at the door. For tickets: www.twincitieswomenschoir.org/

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Old Friends and New for IMDA’s 30th St. Patrick’s Day Irish Celebration

The Irish Music and Dance Association is delighted to be presenting our 30th St. Patrick’s Day Irish Celebration – an opportunity to showcase the amazing Irish musicians, dancers, actors and storytellers who are devoted to preserving and sharing our rich Irish heritage here in the Twin Cities.

A full day of great Irish entertainment is planned for IMDA’s 30th year at Landmark Center. We have many returning favorites and some new things to add to the day!

IMDA is pleased to have the Wild Colonial Bhoys back for St. Patrick’s Day. And to welcome the Hounds of Finn for the first time this year.

Returning favorites: ♣ Music from Clairseach, Dunquin, the

Eddies, the Giggin Siles, Handful of Fun, Legacy, Locklin Road, Black Rose Roisin Dubh, Tara Hill, and the Two Tap Trio. And student ensembles (young and not so young) from the Center for Irish Music.

♣ Irish dance by Corda Mor Irish Dancers, O’Shea Irish Dance, Rince na Chroi, and St. Paul Irish Dancers, as well as Biddies Galore and Emerald Isle, Green Fire Irish Dancers, Knocknagow Irish Dancers, and Mooncoin Ceili Dancers.

Of course, the kids always love the great craft activities in the Children’s Activities

area. And the Mary Kivel Kenney

Children’s Stage will feature special entertainment just for the little ones. Bring the kids along to enjoy fun songs and movement from Common Chord, songs and games in Irish with Shawn McBurnie, Lumberjack songs from Brian Miller and a parent and kid ceili dance party with the Mooncoin Ceili Dancers.

Add in shopping in the Celtic Marketplace, seminars, a cup of tea (with music) in the Tea Room, some bagpipe music from the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band – and it’s a perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in good old Irish St. Paul.

Look for more information on the artists in the March IMDA newsletter. Details on the schedule will be posted soon at www.IMDA-MN.org.

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�n �eabhragán (The Bookcase)

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (2008 Viking/Penquin; paperback)

Memory is a shifting, malleable thing, and there is more than one meaning for the concept of "truth". Is history written as "true" because of a linear, precise recounting of events, or does "truth" lie in the heart, in the emotional content of a recollection? That is at the core of The Secret Scripture. Roseanne McNulty, once described as "Roscommon's rarest beauty", at age one hundred is Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital's oldest inmate. She is a keen observer of life and people, though her days are circumscribed and seemingly without much color or event. Roseanne decides to secretly write her life's history---for "herself, or perhaps no one" and hide it under her bedroom's loose floorboard. The mental hospital is due to be demolished in a matter of months, and its resident head of psychiatry, Dr. William Greene, is assessing which inmates could live in the real world---mainstreamed, as it were-- and which must be transferred to a bright, shiny new institution being built a few miles away. Why the doctor is drawn to the eccentric old centenarian mystifies the staff and even himself, as he spends more time every day with Roseanne, ostensibly to assess her fitness to live independently. Her official story, written by decades-gone staff and a local priest, seems at odds with Roseanne's own version of her life; yet both stories, in their own way, contain certain truths. There is a marvelous, almost Shakespearian plot twist near the end, which I won't reveal except to say it draws both threads of the two seemingly irreconcilable stories together.

How many people in Ireland were wrongfully and tragically committed to institutions of all kinds against their wills in past decades may only be guessed at. All "facts" may be subverted, according to a reigning authority's will and convenience, whether that be the Catholic Church, local police, the Free Staters (the book covers history from 1910 to the present), the IRA, or the prevailing government. All of these have a say in the course of Roseanne McNulty's life. As stunted and circumscribed as that life is, it is still a life, told with clarity and beauty by a very old woman who has seen it all. The events of a tumultuous time, the 1930's and 40's and beyond, are framed in fine-lined complexity and emotionally heart-breaking detail. Sebastian Barry has spun as good and compelling a tale as any Irish writer alive today.

Sherry Ladig, Irish trad musician, former

reviewer for the Hungry Mind's newsletter

Fodder, and frequent contributor to this column,

welcomes suggestions for future books of Irish or

Irish-American interest that you'd like to see

reviewed. Or perhaps you would like to write a

review yourself! Contact me at: [email protected].

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�eili �orner By Bhloscaidh O’Keane First Saturday Afternoon Céilí - Dubliner Pub, 2162 University Avenue in Saint Paul, from 2:00 to 5:00. The suggested donation is

$2.00 per person. The dances are taught and called by Paul McCluskey. Third Saturday Night Céilí - The Celtic Junction, 836 Prior Ave., No, St. Paul. Dances taught and called by Mike Whelan with Irish dance music by the Twin Cities Ceili Band. Admission $5 per person, $20 maximum per family.

Irish Dance Classes:

Irish Ceili Dance Classes - First Tuesday night Merlins Rest - 3601 East Lake Street in Minneapolis. We'll teach the dances as we go, and basic steps as needed. 7 to 9 PM, every first Tuesday. Paul McCluskey will teach and call the dances. Come dancing!

Céilí Dancing - Wednesday Nights

Dubliner Irish Pub - 2162 University Avenue in Saint Paul. Learn Irish dancing in a genuine Irish pub with a wooden floor that has known a whole lot of dancing feet. Steps and dances are taught by Súin Lowary. Basic beginning steps are taught beginning at 7:30 (please note the time change), with advanced lessons and dancing continuing until 9:30 PM. Year-round; no children, and must be of legal drinking age to remain past 9:00 PM. Free.

Conway Recreation Center - 2090 Conway Street in Saint Paul. This class is held in a park and recreation gym, and is taught by fine dancers/instructors who will provide plenty of special attention for your particular level of experience. The class runs from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Year-round and open to all ages. Free.

Set Dancing - Thursday Nights

The Ivy Building - 2637 - 27th Avenue South in Minneapolis, right along the Midtown Greenway. Set dances are taught and led by Tim McAndrew, usually with live music. Dancing from 7-10pm, year-round. $7 per person.

Lots more information at: Lóma mór Irish Dance Club, www.lomamor.org

The Center for Irish Music

Come check us out at

The Celtic JunctionThe Celtic JunctionThe Celtic JunctionThe Celtic Junction ,836 Prior Avenue St Paul MN

Please check the website for information on

our full range of instruction in traditional Irish music, language , culture and fun.

For class schedule and other information call or email 651-815-0083 [email protected]

Or visit our website

www.centerforirishmusic.org

Dedicated to Handing Down the Tradition

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Smidirini* By Copper Shannon

(*Irish for ‘Bits and Pieces’)

Happy travels and happy feet! The Sole Mates (featuring our own Danielle Enblom) are off on their Irish Heartbeat

Tour of Germany and Switzerland in March. Check out their website – www.solematesirishdance.com – for lots of background on this exciting group! More great music from Paddy O’Brien. Look for two new CDs from Paddy – in plenty of time for St. Patrick’s Day! Best wishes! Hannah Rediske of the Langer’s Ball is recovering well from surgery to repair the damage to her hear-ing from Otosclerosis. Weight restrictions and other guidelines for healing are keeping her from her accordion and whistle, but she’s busy with arrangements for some new music and the Langer’s Ball plans to be back in a pub near you soon! Go raibh mile maith agat (many thanks) to Anne Alcocer for her outstanding service on the IMDA Board. Anne has been with us for 4 years, bringing a willing hand, wise perspective and great enthusiasm to our work. New career op-portunities will demand more time and travel from Anne – so she’s resigned from the Board. We wish her all the best – and hope to see her often.

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