As some of you already know, I have been lobbying for many months with a friend locally to try to bring music back into our public school board here in Eastern Ontario (UCDSB) in the elementary system where it has declined badly.
I am sending along the Ministry of Education official petition asking that music be made a protected subject in elementary schools, as French is now. This is but one step towards bringing back quality music education into the elementary system. I am hoping that your friends, neighbours and family members who appreciate the value of what music can do for children will support this. Research has shown that early music education helps literacy, reading skills, math skills, socialization, confidence, enjoyment of school, and is good for mental health.
Although this petition has our MPP's name on it, as he will present it to legislature when it sits again Feb 22, it can be signed by any resident of Ontario. It is also not attached to any particular school board, so anyone can sign no matter where they work or where their children go to school. It must be signed in person-- not on line, and photocopies of names are not acceptable, although it is OK to photocopy the unsigned petition in B and W before getting signatures. It can be returned by mail to the MPP office (address on bottom of petition). Music Petition
Thanks if this works for you Please circulate to others on your list.
Feel free to contact me if you have questions.
Merry Christmas,
Denise Bowes
Athens
e-mail: logcroft@xplornet.com
Harp Concert January 29th
Workshop February 4
Midwinter Harp Gathering Concert
Enjoy the music of local harpists in an afternoon concert.>
Sunday January 29, 2012 2:30 PM
St Peter's Anglican Church
4333 Bath Rd at Coronation Blvd
Amherstview
Tickets at the door: $10 adults; $5 children 6 and over
More info: Karen heartfullistening@yahoo.ca
Harp Workshop with Lucile Hildesheim http://www83strings.ca
Saturday February 4, 2012 6:30 -9PM Kingston Location TBA
To register contact Karen heartfullistening@yahoo.ca
Both of the Kingston Sessions, the Comhaltas slow session and the regular Tuesday night session, are held at Ben's Pub, 105 Clergy Street East at Princess
The slow session is every Tuesday, from 7:00 to 9:00
The Regular Tuesday night session goes from 9:00 till Late
Check Music for details
Runs Weekly, from October to April. Contact Aralt
Runs weekly, all year, every Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at Ben's Pub, upstairs (Clergy and Princess). . Please e-mail if you're coming for the first time, to confirm times
A Regular Session is held every Tuesday at 9:00, all year, also at Ben's Pub See the 'Music' Page, or contact Robert MacDiarmid
Runs weekly, all year, every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. At the Barriefield House, 202 Main Street in the winter, and in the Newlands Pavilion, King West and Barrie Street, in the summer. See the Dance page or contact Stephen and Julie
March 17, 8:00 p.m. St Patrick's Day Céilí. April 14, 8:00 p.m.
| September 10, 8:00 p.m. | October 15, 8:00 p.m. Senior's Centre 56 Francis St | November 12, 8:00 p.m. |
| December 10, 8:00 p.m. | New Year's Eve Céilí December 31st, 8:00 p.m. | January 14, 8:00 p.m. |
| February 11, 8:00 p.m. | St Patrick's Day Céilí March 17, 8:00 p.m. | April 14, 8:00 p.m. |
| September 18 | October 16 | November 20 |
| December 18 | January 14 | February 19 |
| March 18 | April 18 | May 20 |
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Gaelic Football in Kingston
a chairde
I am writing to you as members of Cumann na Gaeltachta and/or Comharchumann Sealbhóirí na Gaeltachta to let know that a Gaelic Football is now training and competing in Kingston, Ontario (just outside of the Gaeltacht). The message below describes the initiative being taken by Ray Byrne.
If you are interested in playing, please contact Ray (raybyrne32@hotmail.com ).
We will hope to network with Ray with regard to Gaelic sports events at the Gaeltacht.
le gach dea-ghuí
Aralt
Conas atá tú a choinneáil Arilt,
My name is Ray, Kelly Maracle's husband from Dublin, I meet ye ages ago. I’ve started a Gaelic football club in Kingston and we train on a Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 in City Park for the moment, if you or you know of anyone interested in playing could you ask them to give us a shout on this email or my number 613 929 1916. We have all lads at the moment but I would have no problem coaching a ladies', as well as an underage team, beginners to All Ireland winners welcome! We play a 7 a side blitz in Ottawa next weekend with our first match is in October in Kingston. I would appreciate if you post this for us, also if you or again if you know of any you would want to be involved with the club? We’re gonna go with Na Fianna as a name possibly with the of The Mohawk name, Katarokwi and Gaelige name, Baile a Ríthe, for Kingston somewhere in there. We will also have entered the Ontario Championship for next year.
Go raibh maith agat
Ray
Introduction to TradConnect
I wonder if you would mind informing your members, especially those that like or play traditional Irish music about a social network I have set up from Dublin, called www.Tradconnect.com It's about connecting traditional Irish musicians across the world. It’s all free and non commercial and is really taking off. Irish American magazine are publishing an article on it in July. If you look at it I am sure you will like the idea. Apologies for contacting you in this manner, but it’s just me and my laptop in Dublin trying to push this thing.
Thanks
Tony Lawless
Johnny Doherty Documentary
Subject: 1972 Johnny Doherty documentary on YouTube
To: IRTRAD-L@listserv.heanet.ie
Martin BC has put up a very interesting documentary about Johnny
Doherty, first aired in 1972, on YouTube:
"Fiddler on the Road"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiehZZ2tXKg
Thomas Johnson
The best Irish viral videos of 2010
For some time considered a bit of a joke, the accordion [we have several at Joe's M.I.L.L. .] is enjoying a renewed - and much deserved - surge of interest these days. With that in mind, one of our 'box-squeezers' has come up with the idea of forming an 'accordion club' where players [or wish-to-be players] of all skill levels can meet and share their common interest in this classic instrument. Here's the scoop .
Roger
This is the time of year to take out or renew a membership in CCE Kingston Harp of Tara, the driving force behind most of the grass-roots Irish events in Kingston, from weekly classes in Irish Dance, Language, and Music; monthly Céilí's and a Siamsa; to world-class house concerts and advanced-level workshops. We've also been the principle organizational pillar of the North American Gaeltacht, which has raised international interest.
New members with new ideas and energy, or ideas for improvements in what we are doing, are always more than welcome. Apart from that, the benefits are a magazine, and discounts at all Comhaltas events, anywhere in the world.
The application form, as a pdf: CCE Kingston Membership FormAllison Reid-Bowering has kindly provided us with a professional video of the days events. Gaeltacht Opening Ceremonies . links are in the 'upcoming events' on the home page, or from the 'Language' page
A documentary film describing the project to create the first
Gaeltacht in Canada, and the first Gaeltacht outside of Ireland. Video may
be viewed at:
Gaeltacht
Cheanada - TG4
choose Fáisnéis - Cartlann
choose Gaeltacht Cheanada
Harp of Tara, the Quinte Irish Society, the owner of the Glenora Mill, and local residents Felix and Christine co-sponsored a great country céilí at the Glenora Mill awhile ago, with music by Brian Flynn and Danielle Lennon
Hi all,
I posted a short video that I took up on YouTube. You can search for County
Céilí or Quinte Irish Society to find it. Heck you could even
use the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smdyshUOdfk.
I linked the video to the QICS events page (http://www.qics.ca/http://www.qics.ca/)
and have also included a little photo gallery.
Cheers, Wilfred
Great music and stories on TG4, the Irish language television
station (with English sub-titles). In particular, check out 'Gentrai' RTE
Ireland - Tg4 web broadcast then click on Ceol and look
for Geantraí or Canúintí Ceoil
RTE
webTV Music Series - 'the Full Set' featuring some of the finest duet combinations playing Irish music today.
Comhaltas, Head Office in Dublin, launched its new web site www.comhaltas.ie on February
15, 2007 at simultaneous ceremonies held at eight locations around the world.
The site is bilingual (English/Irish) and promises to be a powerful tool for
the promotion of traditional; Irish culture and language. It is a rich resource
of material for anyone interested in Irish traditional music, dance, language
and culture.
Among many other features, it includes free access to Comhaltas Live, Comhaltas
weekly video programmes, exciting resources for musicians and teachers, access
to Branch web sites around the world and much more interesting information.
We encourage you to explore the vast amount of information now available at
this exciting new venue
A Note from James Kelly
I am now offering Irish music students the opportunity to take lessons
from me via the internet. These are real time lessons that allow us to
exchange musical information and ideas via the web. The beauty of these
lessons is the fact that we can see and hear each other, in person, and
the feedback is instantaneous. The technical set up is straight forward,
and the audio and video feed via the internet has been very good. I am offering these lessons primarily to fiddlers; however, on occasion,
non-fiddlers have requested some general musical feedback on their
playing, and I've always been happy to accommodate their requests for
lessons.
If you would like more information about taking an internet lesson with
me, please write to me at jameskellymusic@yahoo.com and I will send you
all the details.
Thank you.
James Kelly
www.jameskellymusic.com
From: Irish Traditional Music List [IRTRAD-L@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of Toner Quinn JMI [editor@THEJMI.COM]
To: IRTRAD-L@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: JMI Unlocks Musical Treasure Trove on the Web
The resource, which can be accessed free at http://www.thejmi.com, comprises the complete back-catalogue of the magazine and contains hundreds of articles, interviews, reviews and listings.
The publishers of JMI believe the move will stimulate international interest in Irish musical life and provide valuable exposure to Irish musicians and composers.
Moreover, the archive represents a unique record of Irish musical life since 2000, and will be a valuable resource for musicians, composers, students, academics, journalists or anyone worldwide with a serious interest in Irish music.
The resource can be explored with our intelligent site-search facility, or by browsing by date or by the names of contributors.
Visit http://www.thejmi.com to delve into this musical treasure trove.
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