Dallas / Ft. Worth area -- anyone want to help organize?

[mkmound]

Hi all,

Here are some upcoming music events in the DFW area around which we might be able to organize a kilt night . . . anyone want to help coordinate? (Scotty -- we might even let the Abilenians join in if they promise to be good!! ;) )

(Warning -- apparently this forum tool has a limit for the number of images or links you can put in one post, so I had to drop out all the links to the sites for below . . . I'll be happy to send the whole thing in email.)


Sept 17 Sat Beyond The Pale will be one of the featured bands at a Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser sponsored by The Southwest Celtic Music Association and Dallas' Trinity Hall Restaurant & Pub on Sat, Sept 17, 6p.m. until 1 a.m. line. The line-up of musicians and performance times will be posted on the SCMA website. Trinity Hall is generously donating their space and a generous donation...there is no cover charge but donations will be taken for the hurricane relief effort. Please support this event & help those in need!

Thurs Sept 22 Beyond The Pale will be perfoming at a FREE outdoor concert hosted by ARTSNET Masterworks Performance Series at the HURST PUBLIC LIBRARY COVERED GAZEBO, 901 Precinct Line Rd, Hurst. The concert is from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Bring chairs or blankets!

Sept 24-25 Sat/ Sun Beyond The Pale will be performing at The Edom Art Fest from 11:00 a.m. until 1.p.m. Edom is a small artist community located in East Texas between Tyler and Canton. The Festival features musical entertainment and quality art vendors and food, admission is free and directions are on their website.
And, hey...if you're already in East Texas that weekend...come join us Sat night at....

Sat Nite Sept 24 Beyond The Pale will be raising the rafters at the NEW Up A Creek Coffeehouse located in the dome at 608 Hwy 110, Whitehouse, Tx (between Tyler and the north side of Whitehouse on the east side of Hwy 110) Performance is from 7:30 to 9:30 and there is a $6 cover charge. For more details, visit web site. Come early and enjoy a sandwich and get a good seat!

Sept 25, Sunday Celtic Heritage Festival Benefit at Jack London's Old San Francisco Saloon, 1217 Oakland, Ft. Worth (just off I-30) Beyond The Pale performs at 7:00, there is a $5 donation at the door and the fun starts at 3:00 with The McTeggart Irish Dancer, Threadneedle Street and Behan.


Friday Oct 21 NOON! Downtown Dallas Farmer's Market "Out To Lunch" Concert Series features Beyond The Pale performing noon to 1:00...it's free so bring your lunch or buy some of the products offered at The Farmer's Market and enjoy a beautiful fall day lunchtime!

not a Beyond The Pale performance, but a wonderful opportunity to anyone interested in learning more about Irish music and song.....

Oct 29-30 Sat /Sun O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, Camp Hoblitzelle Conference Center, Midlothian, Texas (30 min S of Dallas). All Beyond The Pale members will be instructors and you may email us for more details...it's your opportunity to learn this wonderful genre of music!


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If you're willing to help coordinate, or help spread the word to other groups, let me know here or via PM.

Regards,
Mark

[jjoseph]

... upcoming music events in the DFW area....(Scotty -- we might even let the Abilenians join in if they promise to be good!! ;)

Thanks for the invite, Mark!
Well, I'll be packing up the dogs and driving east to Dallas on 17-SEP, but alas, already committed to a party. So near but yet so far. SIGH.

The Saturday nite coffee klatch near Tyler sounds fun, but that's pretty damn far. How large a gathering you think that would be? It's not so cheap to drive a 10 hr round trip these days.

And I just have to ask, having once lived in East Texas, ...... just how far into the woods is this place and will I need a magic axe to find my way back safe from gramma's house?

Scotty

Sept 17 Sat Beyond The Pale will be one of the featured bands at a Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser sponsored by The Southwest Celtic Music Association and Dallas' Trinity Hall Restaurant & Pub on Sat, Sept 17, 6p.m. until 1 a.m. line. The line-up of musicians and performance times will be posted on the SCMA website. Trinity Hall is generously donating their space and a generous donation...there is no cover charge but donations will be taken for the hurricane relief effort. Please support this event & help those in need!

Thurs Sept 22 Beyond The Pale will be perfoming at a FREE outdoor concert hosted by ARTSNET Masterworks Performance Series at the HURST PUBLIC LIBRARY COVERED GAZEBO, 901 Precinct Line Rd, Hurst. The concert is from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Bring chairs or blankets!

Sept 24-25 Sat/ Sun Beyond The Pale will be performing at The Edom Art Fest from 11:00 a.m. until 1.p.m. Edom is a small artist community located in East Texas between Tyler and Canton. The Festival features musical entertainment and quality art vendors and food, admission is free and directions are on their website.
And, hey...if you're already in East Texas that weekend...come join us Sat night at....

Sat Nite Sept 24 Beyond The Pale will be raising the rafters at the NEW Up A Creek Coffeehouse located in the dome at 608 Hwy 110, Whitehouse, Tx (between Tyler and the north side of Whitehouse on the east side of Hwy 110) Performance is from 7:30 to 9:30 and there is a $6 cover charge. For more details, visit web site. Come early and enjoy a sandwich and get a good seat!

Sept 25, Sunday Celtic Heritage Festival Benefit at Jack London's Old San Francisco Saloon, 1217 Oakland, Ft. Worth (just off I-30) Beyond The Pale performs at 7:00, there is a $5 donation at the door and the fun starts at 3:00 with The McTeggart Irish Dancer, Threadneedle Street and Behan.


Friday Oct 21 NOON! Downtown Dallas Farmer's Market "Out To Lunch" Concert Series features Beyond The Pale performing noon to 1:00...it's free so bring your lunch or buy some of the products offered at The Farmer's Market and enjoy a beautiful fall day lunchtime!

not a Beyond The Pale performance, but a wonderful opportunity to anyone interested in learning more about Irish music and song.....

Oct 29-30 Sat /Sun O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, Camp Hoblitzelle Conference Center, Midlothian, Texas (30 min S of Dallas). All Beyond The Pale members will be instructors and you may email us for more details...it's your opportunity to learn this wonderful genre of music!


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If you're willing to help coordinate, or help spread the word to other groups, let me know here or via PM.

Regards,
Mark

[Sherry]

The Sept. 17 concert is being advertised on the TSF Yahoo group (the group owner, Connie Ener, is also on the SCMA & NTIF boards). http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TexasScottishFestival

Another event for the wearing of the kilt just got posted:

DENTON DANCERS HOST CELTIC SOCIAL DANCE
DENTON, Texas - Hitch up your kilts and lace up your ghillies, the
Denton Celtic Dancers and the Dallas Irish Dance Club invite the
public, ages 13 and up, to attend a Celtic Social Dance (Ceilidh/Ceili)!

When: Saturday, September 10, 2005, 7 pm - 10:30 pm (come at 6:30
if you need to walk the dances)

Where: Senior Center, Denton, Texas, 509 N. Bell Avenue, Denton,
TX

Who: Dancers! (Scottish Country Dancers, Irish dancers, Contra
Dancers...)

Sponsors: Denton Celtic Dancers and the Irish Dance Club

Music: Lone Star Ceili Band

Cost: $6 ($3 for students)

Refreshments provided

The event features a live band and refreshments. Celtic dress is not
required, but attendees are definitely welcome to don appropriate
regalia if they desire, and comfortable, soft-soled shoes are highly
recommended. Called a Ceilidh or Ceili (pronounced KAY-lee), respectively in
Scotland or Ireland, the dance will feature a mix of Scottish and Irish. The
dancers will offer a 30-minute class at 6:30 to review some of the dances, and some time during the dance is reserved for demonstrations (solo
or groups, less than 2 minutes please).

http://www.dentoncelticdancers.com


I don't know if we can make either of these. We will definitely be at the Smithfield Fair concert:

Friday, September 23, 2005
7:30 - 9:00pm
Old Bedford School
2400 School Lane
Bedford, Texas 76021

For ticket information, please call 817-952-2290 or see their website at
http://www.oldbedfordschool.com

Scotty, you sure are willing to drive a ways to be with kilted friends! Or do yo have a private plane?

Sherry

[jjoseph]

Scotty, you sure are willing to drive a ways to be with kilted friends! Or do yo have a private plane?

Sherry,
Have you ever BEEN to West Texas? LOL... 3 hrs to Lubbock, 5 to Amarillo, 6 to El Paso, 5 to SanAntonio, 3 to Midland/Odessa, 2 to SanAngelo, 3 to Dallas/FtWorth, 6 to Texarkana, 3 to Waco, 3 to Witchita Falls, 7 to Houston....

Abilene may have 120 000 people but we are in the MIDDLE of nowhere!

And my kilted friend here just got transferred to the Pentagon, so although there are a couple of guys I see kilted for piping or special occasions, I'm the only guy at the pub. Gets old. (But I have a few on the fence 'converts' I'm working on. heh, heh)

Besides, getting in a car and driving to a social event every month or two is pretty much Standard Op. for us out here. Networking is the norm.

Anybody else here from the edge of the world?

[mkmound]

Sherry,

Thanks for mentioning these other events! (I had planned on mentioning them, but they got lost in the editing.)

I plan to go to the Denton Celtic Dancers Ceilidh tomorrow night, and hope to get to the Smithfield concert also, but it's not certain yet.

Regards,
Mark

[Sherry]

Sherry,
Have you ever BEEN to West Texas? LOL... 3 hrs to Lubbock, 5 to Amarillo, 6 to El Paso, 5 to SanAntonio, 3 to Midland/Odessa, 2 to SanAngelo, 3 to Dallas/FtWorth, 6 to Texarkana, 3 to Waco, 3 to Witchita Falls, 7 to Houston....

Abilene may have 120 000 people but we are in the MIDDLE of nowhere!

And my kilted friend here just got transferred to the Pentagon, so although there are a couple of guys I see kilted for piping or special occasions, I'm the only guy at the pub. Gets old. (But I have a few on the fence 'converts' I'm working on. heh, heh)

Besides, getting in a car and driving to a social event every month or two is pretty much Standard Op. for us out here. Networking is the norm.

Anybody else here from the edge of the world?

Yeah, Scotty, I've been in that general direction--but I was always just passing through! One time on my way to Taos, the other times to Colorado. :-) We camped at Palo Duro Canyon, & that place is so beautiful it makes me cry.

We are going to the Smithfield Fair concert Friday night, & all my men will be kilted! :grin: There will be quite a few other kilted men there, as well. Any of you guys going to be there? I'd love to meet you & introduce you around.

Friday, September 23, 2005
7:30 - 9:00pm
Old Bedford School
2400 School Lane
Bedford, Texas 76021

For ticket information, please call 817-952-2290 or see their website at
http://www.oldbedfordschool.com

Sherry

[jjoseph]

Palo Duro Canyon, & that place is so beautiful it makes me cry.

I'm more a beach and woods guy myself. Palo Duro just makes me think of dust storms and being thirsty. LOL

We are going to the Smithfield Fair concert Friday night, & all my men will be kilted! :grin: There will be quite a few other kilted men there, as well.

<--------jealous SIGH. Unfortunately, my Monday night class got resched'd to Friday this week, so while you guys are having fun, I'll be nose in book and listening to student presentations. GROAN. Wish I could be there, but maybe next time round.

[Sherry]

<--------jealous SIGH. Unfortunately, my Monday night class got resched'd to Friday this week, so while you guys are having fun, I'll be nose in book and listening to student presentations. GROAN. Wish I could be there, but maybe next time round.

We'll miss you. :sad:

It looks like SF may very well have to have someone from the community put them up--we have so many evacuees here SF's accomodations are iffy.

Sherry