UPCOMING EVENTS

AUGUST 23, 2008
Jackson, Mississippi
JACKSON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCERS
WORKSHOP AND SOCIAL
Contact: Rose Snow
INSTRUCTOR: STELLA FOGG
MUSICIANS
JOHN TAYLOR – Fiddle & TIM AVALON – Guitar
DANCE PROGRAM

An Tigh Mor (8x32R)
The Montgomeries’ Rant (8x32R)
The Dream Catcher (96 Bar S)
The Sailor (8 x 32H)
Best Set in the House (8x32J)
Monymusk (8x32S)
Kendall’s Hornpipe (8x32J)

Maxwell’s Rant (8x32R)
What a Beau My Granny Was (8x32R)
Hame Came Our Gudeman (8 x 32S)
The Fyket (8 x 40J)
The Silver Tassie (8x32S)
The Ayr Promenade (8x32J)
Mairi’s Wedding (8x32R)

September 27, 2008 Saturday
Elves & More: The Bicycle Ball!
KC & the Sunshine Band
Chairs Dee Dee & Wallis Marsh
Michelle & Jeff Majewski
Honorees Philamena & Arthur Baird
7:00 PM • Grand Ballroom • Hilton Americas Hotel • Houston, Texas
ElvesAndMore.org
Tel. 281-460-3596 Fax. 1-866-598-8812
email Rebecca@ElvesAndmore.org
So far, Elves & More has provided new bicycles to 78,219 underprivileged children in our area. With these bikes, kids now
have the two wheels they need to ride from their homes to those places where adult Mentors will guide their lives in positive
directions. Through sports, scouting and tutoring programs, these Mentors build kid’s character, encourage their dreams and
help them stay in school, get good grades and graduate, while keeping them away from the drugs and crime.
The Bicycle Ball is the principal fundraising program to finance the bicycles we plan to give to thousands of other Houston area
children this year. Please join us in making a real difference in these children’s lives, too.
http://ElvesAndMore.org
Tel. 713-907-5674
email Info@ElvesAndmore.org Elves & More Helping children get out of poverty

Sat Sept 27
FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS
Celtic & World Concert
2:00 - 5:00 Free Jam Session for Public
6:00 -6:45 Poor Man's Fortune
7:00- 8:00 Beth Patterson
8:20-10:00 Blaggards
Fredericksburg - Pioneer Museum
http://www.pioneermuseum.com/xMusicSeries.htm
Proceeds support the mission of the Society. The Pioneer Museum is located at 309 West Main Street in Fredericksburg, with the entrance on Milam Street. Beer, wine, soft drinks, and water are offered for sale on the grounds. Parking is free.
Admission is $10 for adults, or $8 with a discount coupon printed from the pioneermuseum.com web site. Children 17 and under are free.
Details on each concert will be available at www.pioneermuseum.com, or by calling 830-997-2835.

OCTOBER 5, 2008
2008 CELTIC FESTIVAL & GATHERING OF THE CELTS
ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1819 HEIGHTS BLVD.
HOUSTON, TEXAS
MAPS

October 11, 2008 (Saturday)
Houston, Texas
THE HIGH KINGS
Concert: Hobby Center

October 11 - November 30, 2008
Advance Discount Tickets on Sale Now for the 34^th Annual
Texas Renaissance Festival
Saturday, Sunday and Thanksgiving Friday
The Texas Renaissance Festival, the nation's largest, most acclaimed renaissance theme park, invites you to purchase your advance tickets for our 34^th season.
A variety of discount ticket options offer tremendous savings over the gate ticket price of $21.00 for adults and $10.00 for children ages 5-12 (children ages 4 and under are always free). Discount price options include:
Opening Weekend Discount Tickets: Good only on Saturday or Sunday, October 11 and 12, 2008.
Adult Tickets (Ages 13+)- $11.00 Child Tickets (Ages 5-12)- $5.00
Advanced Discount Tickets: Good for one day of the Festival (including Thanksgiving Friday).
Advance Discount Tickets must be purchased by September 26^th, 2008.
Adult Tickets (Ages 13+)- $16.00 Child Tickets (Ages 5-12)- $6.00
After September 26^th, Opening Weekend and $18 Discount Tickets will be available online, by phone, or at participating HEB, Randall's, Market Basket and Woodforest National Bank locations.
To purchase your tickets click here or to receive more information, contact us at 800-458-3435 or visit our website at www.texrenfest.com

October 24-26, 2008
Midlothian, Texas
O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat
at a comfortable, scenic camp there.
For more information, visit website at www.oflahertyretreat.org
teach traditional Irish music
on fiddle, flute, harp, whistle, Uilleann pipes, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, tenor banjo, accordion, concertina, bodhran and piano.
classes in singing in both Irish Gaelic and English and a large number of music enrichment classes.
Seven internationally-respected Irish players will join the teaching staff this year as guest instructors
including Matt Cranitch and James Kelly on fiddle, Mick Moloney on tenor banjo, Mickey Dunne on Uilleann pipes,
June McCormack on flute, Pat Egan on guitar and Danny O’Flaherty on singing ballads.
Ken Fleming
Director/Founder
O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat
business office: 972.238.8724

OCTOBER 28 & 29, 2008:
Introducing The 1st Annual Performing Arts Festival
at Texas Renaissance Festival
School Days
The Texas Renaissance Festival invites all public, private and home school educators and students
to join us for an interactive educational event like no other at the 4th annual School Days, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 28 and 29, 2008.
New this year: The School Days Performing Arts Festival, an opportunity for students of theater and music,
both vocal and instrumental; to perform classic works in a competition judged by music and theater professionals.
For more information about School Days or the Performing Arts Festival,
e-mail us at schooldays@texrenfest.com or visit the School Days page of our website at www.texrenfest.com

November 14, 2008
11/14/08 - 2008 Annual Irish Gala
When: Silent Auction and Reception: 6:30 p.m.
Dinner: 8 p.m.
Where: Houston Hotel, 111 North Post Oak Lane, Houston
Honorees: Honorary Consul of Ireland John B. Kane and Alayne Kane

01/07/09 - The Chieftains at Jones Hall
Jones Hall
615 Louisiana
Houston TX 77002
Phone: (713) 224-7575

15 - 17 January 2009
GLASGOW UNIVERSITY, SCOTLAND
Marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the University’s newly established Centre for Robert Burns Studies is hosting a three-day conference celebrating all aspects of Burn’s life and works. The conference will close with a Burns Supper in the Bute Hall. For further information about the conference please contact the Robert Burns Centre directly at Burns2009@scotlit.arts.gla.ac.uk