Absolutely Irish

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12/05/2012
7:00 pm

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Blue Ridge Irish Music School presents a once-in-a lifetime Irish music concert and documentary film created by Mick Moloney, directed by Charlottesville’s own Paul Wagner and featuring an all-star cast of traditional performers, including Joanie Madden, Seamus Egan, John Doyle, and Jerry O’Sullivan; fiddlers Eileen Ivers, Liz Carroll, and Athena Tergis; singers Karan Casey and Susan McKeown; dancers Niall O’Leary and Darrah Carr; and trad legends Mike Rafferty on flute and dancer Jo McNamara and many more. The movie will be followed by a question and answer session with Charlottesville filmmakers Paul and Ellen Wagner.

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