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Fleadh workshops
Workshop takes place from 10:00 – 12:00
Our tutors:
▶︎ The Trip to Cullenstown (Lilting) | Robert Harvey (bandcamp.com)
Rosín O’Hara a top tutor at Airc Damhas Culture club About — Áirc Damhsa Culture Club (aircdamhsa.com)
Admission is by way of donation to the fleadh effort
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Christmas Table Quiz
Doors open at 7:30 pm, quiz starts at 8pm
€40 per table of four, to pre-book a table call Mike on 086 3883156
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Branch Membership
Notice to existing branch members or to anyone wishing to become a member of our branch.
Just to let you know that if you have not already paid your annual membership fee 2022-23 (which would now be due), you can do so by contacting treasurer@rahancomhaltas.com or you can drop in to us at our music & dance lessons each Friday from 17:30 – 20:30 (resuming on the 11th Nov).
Thanking you in advance
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Comórtas fidle: Bonn Óir Seán Ó Riada
Fiddle competition: Seán Ó Riada Gold medal & €2500 for winner
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta broadcaster and musician Peadar Ó Riada has announced that the Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal 2022 competition is now open for entries, and that this year’s contest is for fiddle. Friday 23 September is the deadline for entries.
The Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal Competition is an annual traditional music competition, focused on a different instrument every year, run by Peadar Ó Riada through his Cuireadh chun Ceoil radio programme. The winner will be presented with the Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal and €2500.
Some of the country’s top fiddle talent features in the list of previous winners of the Ó Riada Gold Medal, including Aoife Ní Bhriain, Dublin, who won the competition in its inaugural year, Darragh Curtin, from Brosna in Kerry who won in 2015, and Rebecca McCarthy-Kent from Tramore in Waterford who won in 2019.
Peadar Ó Riada says:
“The competition is going from strength to strength every year, and musicians have spoken to us time and time again of the wonderfully supportive and friendly atmosphere of the final. We’ve come to know musicians from around the world through the competition, and we’re looking forward to getting to know more great fiddlers this year.”
Fifteen finalists will be chosen from the competition entrants, and invited to compete in the final in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork in the new year.
To enter the competition, musicians must:
- Record 5 sets of tunes
(They can be recorded on computer or phone, studio quality is not required) - Register at www.cuireadhchunceoil.ie
- Upload the sets to the website by Friday 23 September
The finalists will be announced on the Cuireadh chun Ceoil programme live from the Éigse Dhiarmuidín festival in early December.
The competition is sponsored by RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Iontaobhas Fódhla, Gael Linn, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, IMRO and the Rochestown Park Hotel.
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Music & Dance Classes 2022-23
If you would like to be part of our performing group ?
Or would just like to take part in a Seisiún like this ?
and don’t know where to start, then why not check out our
Music classes
Registration is now open until 9th September and can be done by clicking on the following link
https://forms.office.com/r/TAGCSXwApx
Fiddle, Banjo / Mandolin, Guitar, Whistle / Flute, Concertina, Accordion, Keyboard are all supported. Instruments can be hired and are subject to availability. The classes run for approximately 35 minutes and are tailored to the playing level of the students.
Classes starting on the 16th of September in in Killina Presentation Secondary school, Rahan. R35 PX95.
For further information, you can contact Mike on 086 3883156
We will have an update on Step Dancing classes due to start in October shortly (watch this space)
It is never too late to start, so come on and give it a go!
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