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Brought to you by the North Madison Congregational Church

We can't thank our artists enough for appearing here and sharing their talents, not just with the audiences, but many times with workshops and school appearances. If you've missed any concerts, here's a small sampling of the award-winning talent we've had:
John Jorgenson crooked still Grada Bearfoot
APRIL VERCH Glengarry Bhoys Lissa Schneckenburger
Liz and Yvonne Kane Brian Conway London Lasses
Gandalph Murphy BEOLACH Andrea Beaton
Mairi Rankin GIVEWAY Wendy MacIsaac cara


If you ever have a chance to see any of them, anywhere, don't miss the opportunity!


We do have pre-registering for these events—first-come, first-served. Seats will be held only if payment is received one week before the event. After that, it's tickets at the door! Don't worry, we'll make room! Click here to send an email, and then just mail the check in.

MAJOR WORKSHOP NEWS!!
BEARFOOT BLUEGRASS CAMP FOR KIDS
It's an all-day affair for kids.
June 30 through July 3!
Ages 5-17 welcome!
To see Bearfoot's Camp Page, click here. 
Cost is only $200 per student for the 4 days!
We're filling up fast, so get emailing us for those forms!!
Click the link just below for more information!!

  WORKSHOPS

As usual, many thanks to our sponsors, without whom there would be no series. Want to help!?! Drop us an email. We have several levels of sponsorship, and any help is greatly appreciated. Help support our mission of bringing great music to families and kids along the Shoreline!


 Friday, May 16 at 7:00 PM
The one and only Alasdair Fraser
with the one and only Natalie Haas.

What can you say? World's foremost expert on Celtic fiddling? World's best teacher of same? World's best fiddler? The hottest young cello talent in the all the world?  Hmmmmm ... one can easily argue all. Natalie's absolutelty the most in-demand cellist today. Juillard grad, contributing columnist to Strings magazine, she's so talented and versatile it's scary. As for Alasdair, he's the master of the coolest and most difficult style of all Celtic or folk fiddle styles, Scottish fiddle, with it's wildly swerving timing and melodies.
Listening to them is like a time-capsule of folk fiddling. It starts 300 years ago, when roots music first started branching off of chamber/formal dance music, and extends it up to the thoroughly modern present. A song can start off sounding almost like a Mozart dance piece, and end up with a full-on funky, chop-filled vibe that you can't stop moving to. For two people to make this much music, it's almost criminal.

 I can guarantee you an evening of the most incredible musicianship that you'll ever see in an intimate setting like ours. Oh, and I think there'll be a little dancing going on...
An incredibly inspiring evening!!
Adults $20.00, kids $5.00


THE FALL SCHEDULE IS STILL SHAPING UP AS WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE AT HAND, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE EVER!! And yes, Unique will be the operative word, if all goes according to our cleverly laid plan.


TITLE SPONSORS
LANDON LUMBER
Charles Shafer Restoration Contracting

Notes on The Series

"Fire in the kitchen" is an old saying for traditional music house parties from Scotland and Ireland, over to Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island, down through the Appalachians, and all the way to Louisiana. It's foot stompin' roots music full of fiddles, guitars, accordions and all manner of homemade instruments. No matter where it comes from, you can't sit still when you hear it.

The main mission of our series is to bring you some of the finest roots musicians in the world, with special emphasis on Celtic-inspired music from Ireland, Scotland, and North America. A related mission is to showcase young or unheralded talent, as it helps them to be seen, and allows us to experience the growth of some fantastic performers. Bands that have played here have also played some pretty impressive places, like the Sydney Opera House.

As a bonus, we try to arrange for workshops for local amateur musicians, led by the performers themselves.
We're very proud of the fact that artists who play here consider it one of their favorite venues world-wide, and are always asking to come back and play again.  The acoustics, the ambience, and the audience are all first-rate!