Ira Bernstein & Riley Baugus ~ Belfast 12th March!

[Ptarmigan]

Just learned of this & thought I was dreaming! Can you believe it? Pinch me! ;D

Cancel all my appointments!

Ira Bernstein & Riley Baugus will be in Belfast next Wednesday night ~ 12th March.

Appalachian Roots is a duo show by Ira Bernstein with virtuoso old-time musician and singer Riley Baugus of Walkertown, NC. Performances are a dynamic mix of traditional dance, song, and instrumental music from the southern Appalachian region of the US, with a few international twists thrown in.

Concerts include: percussive flatfooting and buckdancing, rhythm tap dancing, French-Canadian step dancing, English clogging, South African boot dancing, hambone, fiddle tunes, and fiddle sticks by Ira; southern Appalachian songs and ballads, old-time banjo and fiddle tunes, and mountain preaching by Riley; and a good dose of fiddle and banjo, and double fiddle duets by the duo.

Appalachian Roots is an old-time music and dance variety show chock full of humor and skill.

Appalachian Roots

Riley Baugus & Ira Bernstein

Ira Bernstein dances while Riley Baugus sings John Henry



For more information, contact:

Kieran Gilmore
Festival Director
Open House Festival
PO Box 272
BT20 5WX
T: 028 91 454754

[e-mail]
www.openhousefestival.com

[nickp]

Yes... don't miss.

[tobias]

Man oh man. It seems like you guys get all the best oldtime events in Europe.
I'll tell my wife to start packing. We are moving ;-)

/Tobias

[harpogrames]

That sounds really cool! Well, I'm looking forward to your review, Dick.

[deleuran]

As Tobias says, it looks like you get all the fun. This place seems like a desert, OTM wise.

[dulcimike]

Yep, you'll have a great time. So, will you and Mrs. Ptarm be taking the dance workshop from Ira? He's a wonderful dancer and teacher. We'll be looking to see a bit o' the dance frae ye in May, then.

[Ptarmigan]

I'm afraid Rick, if we're going to dance in May, you & Brandy will have to teach us yourselves!

As for you guys in Denmark, you say you feel bad, but how do you think I feel.

As soon as I heard about this gig, this morning at 7.30am, I immediately wrote an e-Mail, but there is just no way I can make the gig.

You see, we have been booked to give a talk, a musical presentation, from 7.30 to 9pm on the coast here, & I found out today that all the posters are up & the local radio station has already been plugging it for the past few days, so unless I can clone myself, I'm going to miss it.

Why oh why did the organisers wait so long, before telling us

So although you guys in Denmark feel hard done by, but spare a thought for poor wee me, just 90 mins drive away from the dance class & gig ~ but I'll miss it.!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Ptarmigan]

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! ;D

I hope one of the lucky people who get to this gig tonight, send us a report, telling us what the rest of us missed.

Cheers
Dick

[Susi]

Whoohoo actually if I had planned in time I could have been there:)
I'm having two days off but I'm busy looking for a new job. Would've loved going though....
Hope to hear some nice reports from the gig.