November 2015 Ceolta Notes By Rodger Hara November 2015 Ceolta Notes (Celtic Connection) Brian Clancy is at Jack Quinn’s in downtown Colorado Springs at 7:30 PM on the 5th, 11th and 19th and wishes all a Happy Thanksgiving! ‘cause he won’t be there that day and is at The Irish Snug on Capitol Hill in […]

( photo left to right): Dr. Gilbert Canton, CEO, Belize Natural Energy (BNE); Susan Morrice, Chairperson, BNE; Josh Stewart, Founder & CEO of XJet and BNE Board Member; Gilbert Canton Jr., Engineer in Business Development Unit, BNE; Ali Alnaqbi, Founding Chairman of MEBAA On October 1st, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Belize signed bilateral […]

Celtic Thunder Member Emmet Cahill in Colorado Springs October 5 By Rodger Hara (from October 2015 Celtic Connection newspaper) Emmet Cahill is returning to Colorado! He is no stranger to Coloradans, having performed here several times over the past three and a half years as a member of Celtic Thunder, the popular Irish group often […]

Eleanor McEvoy to Perform at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (from October 2015 Celtic Connection newspaper) Irish Songstress, writer, multi-instrumentalist, Eleanor McEvoyll will perform in Denver October 2,3,4 at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) at the Marriott Denver Tech Center. McEvoy achieved star status in Ireland in 1992 when her song “A Woman’s Heart” inspired […]

Aztec Highland Games & Celtic Music Festival hosting the Four Corners Highland Games Championship, October 3 & 4, 2015 at Riverside Park, Aztec, New Mexico W/ The Angry Brains, Gypsyfire, Kitchen Jam Band, Devils Dram and Patrick Crossing and Celtic Heavy Athletic events (Caber Toss, Hammer Throw, Braemar Stone, Weight for Distance, Weight for Height, […]

October 2015 Ceolta Notes By Rodger Hara (Celtic Connection) Emmet Cahill, formerly with Celtic Thunder, does a solo show with a variety of songs from classical Irish to Broadway showtunes punctuated with stories at the Black Box Theater 1367 Pecan St, in Colorado Springs on the 5th from 8 – 10 PM. Meet and Greet […]

Colorado Ballet opens its 55th season with Kilted Classic ‘La Sylphide’ (from October 15 Celtic Connection newspaper) Colorado Ballet opens its 55th season with the romantic ballet La Sylphide, October 2-11, 2015 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, DCPA. La Sylphide features choreography by August Bournonville and music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold, performed live by […]

By Rodger Hara (September 2015 Celtic Connection newspaper) There is an unending and good-natured debate over the invention of whiskey/whisky – in Scots Gaelic it’s uisge beatha and in the Irish it’s uisce beatha and in both it means “water of life”. At the same time, on film and on stage, Scots are often depicted […]

Photo: Carlos-Nunez_w.PanchoAlvarezJavierMercade.jpg September 2015 Festivals by Rodger Hara (from the September 2015 Celtic Connection newspaper) Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival-September 10-13, Fairgrounds and other venues, Estes Park, CO w/Albannach, Cal, The Elders, Seamus Kennedy, Sligo Rags, Ed Miller, Socks in the Frying Pan, Chef Eric McBride. Fountain City Brass Band and Highland Dance, Irish Dance […]

by Rodger Hara (from September 2015 Celtic Connection newspaper) The Wicked Sheehogues Celtic Band plays at Clancy’s Irish Pub in Wheat Ridge on the 5th from 5 – 8 PM Colcannon closes the Celtic Harvest Festival Edgewater on the 20th at 3:30 PM on the 20th. You can see Big Paddy on the 6th at […]

“Across the Pond” to Debut at Celtic Harvest Festival Edgewater By Rodger Hara (from September2015 Celtic Connection newspaper) At one time, it was common for residents of the United Kingdom to talk of traveling to Canada or the United States as “taking a trip across the pond” in a droll, understated sort of British way. […]

Famous Irish Quartet “The High Kings” Denver Bound! Tickets on sale now at www.SoiledDove.com or call 303-830-9214. For centuries, Ireland was ruled by High Kings. As their reign came to an end, their deeds and stories merged into the world of legend and myth and the High Kings of Ireland were no more except in […]