Date: November 12th 2007

Lots of busy Celtic Fiddles and Feet this weekend in Shepherdstown -- come for any or all of the activities we have planned. The over 20 different daytime classes offered during the weekend require pre-registration, but the evening programs are OPEN TO ALL!

More information at http://smad.us/ or http://www.celticfiddle.info

DANCE! --------------------
Ceili Dance
Friday, November 16
8pm
Historic Hilltop House Hotel in Harpers Ferry, WV

Come Ceili with your Shepherdstown friends on for a combination of Irish, Scottish and French Canadian dances, or, join in the jam sessions which are open to all.

KICK BACK! --------------------
Celtic Fiddle & Feet
Saturday, November 17
8pm
Harpers Ferry Junior HS (see map at http://smad.us/maps/)

This unique concert showcases French-Canadian, Irish, and Scottish fiddle styles in a lively evening of music and dance. The dynamic trio from Montreal, Genticorum plays a rich Quebecois repertoire of captivatingly-crooked traditional and original tunes and songs on fiddle, flute, guitar, bass and percussive feet. Scottish fiddler Laura Risk, Ken Koldner on hammered dulcimer, and “Celtic guitar wizard” Robin Bullock, once known as the trio Greenfire, will again combine their talents to play a dynamic repertoire including Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and French Canadian music. Joined by step dancer Kieran Jordan and Irish fiddle whiz, Cleek Shrey, this evening’s concert is guaranteed to delight the audience and warm the cockles of any Celtic heart. Co-sponsored with Upper Potomac Celtic Weekend. At Harpers Ferry Jr. High School.

BE INSPIRED! --------------------
Workshops & Jams
Friday through Sunday
November 16-18th
Historic Hilltop House Hotel in Harpers Ferry, WV

Learn to play Irish, Scottish & French Canadian music in intensive daytime workshops on fiddle, flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, song, session repertoire, stepdance and more in a weekend-long residential program at the Historic Hilltop House Hotel in Harpers Ferry, WV.

The Upper Potomac Celtic Fiddle & Feet weekend is a new program combining three traditions of Celtic music and brings together eight great musicians to teach lessons, lead jam sessions, and to play for a Ceili dance and concert in this lovely rural setting. The weekend classes start Friday, November 16 at 11AM and end Sunday, November18 at noon.

More information can be found at http://smad.us/ or http://www.celticfiddle.info

Whatever your interest, we'd be happy if you'd join us for all or part of the weekend!


Joanie Blanton
Concert Chair
Shepherdstown Music and Dance