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Irish Network Colorado Originates in Denver! Vice Consul General Barry O'Brien and McPeake to join in Celebration July 8th
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| | Photo: Vice Consul General Barry O'Brien at right with Ireland's President Mary McAleese, and her husband Dr. Martin McAleese.
Irish Network Colorado (IN-Colorado) is a business network that connects Irish expatriates, Irish-Americans and friends of Ireland. Its mission is to provide a forum for social, business and professional networking for their members and to strengthen economic, social and cultural ties between Irish and American businesses in Colorado and more broadly between the U.S. and Ireland.
By harnessing the energy and synergies of its diverse membership, IN-Colorado hopes to achieve similar networking successes as achieved by other Irish Network efforts throughout the U.S
Over the last several weeks, inaugural meetings have been held at two local Irish Pubs, Scruffy Murphy’s and the Celtic Tavern. Under the driven leadership of Tom Burke and Ciaran Dwyer (who were hand picked by the Irish Consul General Gerry Staunton), the network has been given significant direction while beginning to establish itself among local Irish and Irish-American business leaders. In fact, the local British Consul General, Kevin Lynch, (who was born in Ireland) has offered his congratulations and support in establishing such a potentially influential organization.
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Cheers for Rugbytown USA! The Re-branding of Glendale Colorado - June Proclaimed Rugby Month in anticipation of Churchill Cup
| | Glendale Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Dunafon overlooks completion of phase II of Infinity Park's new practice field and community park (photo by Steve Crecelius)
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Celtic Airwaves of the Rockies
Spotlight: KGNU’s Karl Kumli – King of Keltic
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CELTIC AIRWAVES OF THE ROCKIES Spotlight: KWMV’s Jim Remington – The Celtic Voice of the Wet Mountain Valley
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WAVE the flag of friendship from Belfast to Salida
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| (photo: Members of WAVE, Salida Circus, and Belfast based band McPeak pose at Colorado Irish Fest)
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Irish Outreach: Consul General Staunton Visits Colorado to Connect with Diaspora
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Photo top right page 1 (photo caption: L-R Denver Lawyer Tom Burke, Maura Clare (Conference on World Affairs), Consul General Gerry Staunton, Ciaran Dwyer (Denver Gaels/CO Irish Fest), Tom Quinn (CO Irish Fest) -- photo by Pat M.
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Save the Francis McPeake School of Irish Traditional Music – Enter the Prize Draw Ballot and be in to win!
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Colorado Irish Business Network Inaugural Meeting May 20th
| | Photo: Consul General Gerry Staunton
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Jack and Barbara’s “Spanish Peaks” Hooley:
From Cabin Ceilidh to County-Wide Celtic Fest
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Dennis Gallagher, Irish Gentleman and Scholar and Guardian of Denver’s History and Dollars
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CIF VOLUNTEER EXTRODINAIRE TOM RADCLIFFE
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“Irish Need Not Apply”- LAOH/AOH to host Ciaran Staunton in Denver March 4th: ILIR CO-Founder to address undocumented Irish immigrants and prospects for Irish emigrants to come to America.
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INTERVIEW WITH ROODY DOYLE
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| Mary McWay Seaman interviews Roody Doyle on his new novel “The Dead Republic”
Award Wining Author to give Presentation & Booksigning in Denver May 10 (above photo by Mark Nixon)
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True Irish Legend
Ronnie Drew Remembered
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Celtic Airwaves of the Rockies Spotlight:
KRFC’s Cindy Reich – The Queen
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| by Pat McCullough
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Lisa Rogers goes Green from the “Grounds” Up
| | (photo caption: Lisa Rogers (holding water can) gave an Urban Farm demonstration last month at a potential site at 33rd and Holly. To Lisa’s left is an unidentified boy; Terrence Roberts, Community Organizer with Prodigals Sons; Denver City Councilwoman Carla Madison; Denver Mayor, John Hickenlooper.)
(Pat McCullough June 09 Celtic Connection)
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Mile High McNicholas Family – Building Business and Community with Honor, Respect, and Unpretentious Irish Hospitality
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Colorado Tartan Day Celebrated April 10
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(photo: Colorado Tartan colors represent: Red for Colorado, White for the snow caps, Green for the Evergreen trees, Yellow for gold discovered in Colorado, Black for the Mountains.)
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Andrew Toole: Coloring Colorado with Paints and Pints
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The Francis McPeake School of Music Asks for Your Help: Celebrities and Music Lovers join in campaign to save Legendary Irish Music School in Belfast
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Events & Entertainment
Colorado Irish Fest Turns “Sweet 16” July 9- 11!
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| | Photo: Natalie MacMaster
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OLD BLIND DOGS
| | “Fiery Scots…One of the best living examples of the humor, passion, and majesty that imbues Celtic music.” - Dirty Linen
“Old Blind Dogs play with a compelling energy and intoxicating rhythm as players and audience seem to share a wild ecstasy of emotion,” -The Scotsman
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SLIDE Announces Colorado Debut – Friday, February 19th Tickets on sale now -w/Guggenheim Grotto
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| “Slide... the future of Irish Music” Radio 1, Ireland
“They can sing , they can write, they can dance across fingerboards and piano keys,
buttons and bows, and by crikey can they play.” Irish Music Magazine
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Spend the Weekend with GREAT BIG SEA! Friday and Saturday March 12 and 13 2010 at Boulder Theater
| | Tickets on Sale now at Boulder Theater Box Office, 2032 14th St. Boulder, CO or call 303-786-7030 or Boulder Theater
Information call Celtic Events at 303-777-0502
Tickets are $30 & $35 plus applicable box office charges.
ALL SEATS RESERVED ALL AGES SHOW
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Cindy Reich chat's with Seamus Egan of SOLAS
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| (from Cindy's monthly column "Around the House"in November 09 Celtic Connection)
Seamus called into Cindy Reich’s “The Long Acre” radio show to talk about the new Solas album, Seamus’ ongoing solo project, baseball and “balloon boy”!
CR You’re calling from Scotland and I know you’re supposed to be in studio working on a new recording, so are you recording in Scotland?
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Grammy Award Winning Artist Moya Brennan “The Voice of Clannad” In Denver Concert Saturday April 3rd and Guest Solo at Red Rocks Easter Sunrise April 4th
| | Celtic Events, Swallow Hill, & Kolacny Music Presents
Grammy Award Winning Artist April 3rd
"I think she has one of the greatest voices the human ear has ever experienced" BONO
"Brennan is that rare artist who, by defying exact categorization, remains one to continually keep and eye on" BILLBOARD
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THE POGUES scheduled for Denver with original line-up October 23
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Spanish Peaks Reduce Prices forCeltic Connection Readers
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Celtic Events, Swallow Hill, and Twist & Shout presents Celtic super-group SOLAS w/ Americana/bluegrass sensation Bearfoot November 6th, at L2 Arts & Cultural Center, Denver
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| Friday, November 06, 2009, 8:00 pm MST at L2 Arts & Culture Center, Denver CO ALL AGES SHOW
Subscribers get tickets now and save money at:
SOLAS-BEARFOOT
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"Simply one of the best Celtic bands around." – PEOPLE MAGAZINE
"Solas is one of my favorite groups. Lovely music from lovely people. They're the best." - EMMA LOU HARRIS
“It’s not often that Irish music sounds like this much fun.” - HOT PRESS, Ireland
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A Conversation with Phil Coulter
| | by Cindy Reich
Phil Coulter is no slouch. He wrote songs for Elvis, wrote the mega-hit “Saturday Night” for the Bay City Rollers and produced three albums for “Planxty” (for the traditional music lovers in the audience). It’s impossible to pin him down and put him in a box. Pop songs that he’s written have gone to number one many times and sold tens of
millions of albums. Some of his most powerful songs are ballads such as “The Town I Loved So Well”. “Scorn Not His Simplicity”. “The Old Man”. “Steal Away”. Just to name a few.
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Prolific Phil Coulter Returns to the Rockies with Celtic Thunder
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| Cindy Reich Interviews Phil on eve of Celtic Thunder gig...
Phil Coulter will be joining the wildly successful show, Celtic Thunder, when it arrives in Denver on December 12th at the Wells Fargo Theater. His accomplishments in the music world over the last 40 years are legend. Phil took time out of rehearsing at his home in Ireland to talk with Cindy Reich and the Celtic Connection about giving back, Celtic Thunder and his upcoming visit to Denver.
CR: Phil, how in the heck are you?
PC: Never better. For an aging rocker, I think I’m hanging together not so bad!
CR: Tell me about Africa—what were you doing there?
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Rocky Mountain Spotlight: Ben Kelley – From Gigs with Jigs to Moos, Hooves, and Horseshoes
| | Denver’s historic Union Station (17th and Wazee) will be the starting point for the city’s
Stock Show tradition on Tuesday, January 13th. At high-noon rodeo and farm livestock followed by celebrities, marching bands, floats, horseback riders and performing cowgirls and cowboys, will walk down the streets of the Mile High City over the hour lunch-break, symbolically kicking off the yearly Stock Show celebrations that run from January 10 through the 25th.
Orchestrating the event will be Denver native Ben Kelley, who began as a volunteer for the Parade 15 years ago, and for the past 10 years has been the Parade Coordinator. As Coordinator he takes care of all the logistics with responsibilities that include securing permits, coordinate with police, send out applications to parade participants, contact parade route businesses, and all the other details that must be done far in advance to help ensure a successful event.
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Ireland's Brewmaster Comes to Colorado
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| (from February 09 Celtic Connection newspaper)
Guinness Brewmaster Fergal Murray Reveals Denver Mission:
The Pour - The Toast - The Proposition - The Bar Tab Bailout Plan
(Editor’s note: In advance of his Denver visit this month, Guinness Master Brewer Fergal Murray sent this letter to our readers.
On Feb 11 his Denver schedule was added to end of this article posted on www.CelticConnection.com)
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Julie Fowlis & Band in Concert
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BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award 2006 Winner
Gaelic Singer of the Year Scots Trad Music Awards 2005
Best Up & Coming Artist (Dòchas) Scots Trad Music Awards 2004 Winners
Gaelic Singer of the Year Scots Trad Music Awards 2004
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LUKA BLOOM - “11”new songs and 1 new U.S. Tour!
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