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Congrats, all! You’ve gotten through the worst of the winter. In New England, we’ve weathered Nemo and are already seeing longer, brighter days. Spring can’t be too far off now.

Of course, the end of February brings us to the ‘high holiday’ of Irish music…the madness of March, St. Patrick’s Day, and the assault of the “Plastic Paddys”…but we love it! For us, it’s a month-long opportunity to share the music we already love to play year-round.

Some people just want an excuse for self-abuse.

Regardless of how you want to mark the holiday, if you’re looking for some fun music, we’ve got a couple of gigs during the St. Patrick’s Day Weekend to let you know about.

Saturday, March 16 we’ll be playing a fundraising event at Ri Ra’s Irish Pub in Market Square, Portsmouth, NH from 2 – 5 pm.

Sunday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day itself, we’ll be at Ri Ra again from noon to 4 pm for what promises to be a fantastic afternoon of mighty craic! We’re hoping to rope some of our friends on stage to join us as well, and we’d love to see you there.

And feel free to order whatever puts you in the mood…we’ll just be happy to see you.

Our new perch at Ri Ra

Hey all! Just a quick note that we’ll be BACK in Manchester, NH for the Wild Rover Celtic Festival again this year. The road race, St. Baldrick’s Headshaving Fundraiser and the music will all be happening on Sunday, Sept. 16. We’re not sure when we’ll go on yet, but it doesn’t matter…we’ll be there enjoying the fun all day!

Ourselves and a guest have a blast at the 2011 Wild Rover Celtic Festival

UPDATE: We’ll be closing the festival…we’re on from 3:30 – 6 pm.

Just a reminder that our tenure at Ri Ra Irish Pub in Portsmouth continues every Monday night from 7 – 10 p.m. As always, we look to involve the audience, welcome guest musicians to play a few songs and tunes with us, and generally have a bit of craic to help start the week. So don’t let Mondays get you down…

Well it was one of those perfect nights…. beginning with good friends and the honor of opening for Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfetones…moving to the joy of hearing them perform.  It was my first chance to meet Derek and see the live performance and I really enjoyed the ‘musicality’ of the band, and the stories and history that Derek weaves in and around every song and tune.  They did a number of things from the new CD “Washington’s Irish…Songs, Music, and Story of the Irish fight for American Liberty”…rich indeed with nuggets of history and Irish-American valor.  By the end of the night they had the ‘whole bar’ up there swaying and dancing and they left us all with some great melodies and great memories still swirling. 

Again… one of those perfect nights…

Not surprisingly, with St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, Irish music gets particularly popular at this time of year. Thankfully, we get to play along and, as a result, we’ve got a busy few weeks coming up. If you haven’t seen us in a while, we’ve got a few shows where we’d love to see you…

But we all know the big day is Saturday, March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day itself! After having their delicious traditional Irish breakfast, we’ll be playing at Ri Ra in Portsmouth starting at 11 a.m. and partying on until 4 in the afternoon. It’s sure to be a fun time…and the staff at Ri Ra will be sure to look out for you dropping in.

Ri Ra's staff is waiting for you to drop in!

Afterward, we’ll be off to play for a members’ event at Wentworth By The Sea Country Club in Rye, NH. (If your membership has lapsed, you might want to give ‘em a call.)

We hope to see you, but if you’ve got other plans, we hope you have a great time during the holiday season!