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Title:Celt Notefile
Moderator:TALLIS::DARCY
Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1632
Total number of notes:20523

64.0. "Music in Reading..." by DOOZER::COOK (Zen and the art of Flute playing) Tue Aug 12 1986 12:34

    Is there any Celtic music in the Reading (UK) area? I know of the
    Kennet Arms (owned by a Galwayman?) but I'm not sure which nights
    are good nights for live music or if there's anywhere else in the
    area for such entertainment. Anyone know? Does anyone in the Reading
    area play/sing Celtic music? Does anyone still read this file??
    
    Brian
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64.1LIVE_MUSIC_UK notes conference on JOLLY::VLNVAX::MDLYONSMichael D. Lyons DTN 297-5911Tue Aug 12 1986 13:575
      Have you tried checking the LIVE_MUSIC_UK notes conference?
    (KP7 to add it).  It has schedules of who is playing where and
    I've seen Irish and other traditional music mentioned.
    
    Michael
64.2reading in ReadingSWSNOD::RPGDOCHave pen, will travelTue Aug 12 1986 14:0036
    Sorry to hear you're in Reading because I'm in Massachusetts and
    have not gotten any much response to my note in this file on Celtic
    Jamm Sessions.
    
    If you are in Reading, UK, surely you must know about the notesfile
    on all forms of folk music, etc. under JOLLY::LIVE_MUSIC_UK.  This
    seems to be mostly a regularly published schedule of upcoming concerts
    and such in the UK, but there has been some back-and-forth noting
    on a few subjects.
    
    Too bad I didn't make your acquaintance before going to England
    in June. My wife and I flew over on June 10th as prizewinners in
    a big contest put on by British Airways.  As part of the reception
    at Heathrow they had a Morris team from Reading University and I
    immediately whipped my D pennywhistle out of my pocket and played
    through a couple of dances with them.
    
    Later we tried to catch up to them as they danced out someplace
    south of Reading.  I think it was Eversley or something like that.
    We had a car problem on the M4 (or was it M5?) that needed AA to
    replace a coil, and by the time we caught up to them at The Toad
    in Stump pub they had pretty much finished dancing.
    
    Because it was Ascot week we were unable to find a B&B so late at
    night and all of the dancers were students who lived in dorms etc.
    With no place to crash and feeling pretty wiped out having come
    down from Wilcomb north of Stratford, we ended up driving down one
    of the several cul-de-sacs we had explored while looking for the
    pub and slept in the car at a fording place in the river, just across
    from some old inn/restaurant.              
    
    I put a note in the Live_Music_UK file seeking the address of somebody
    on the team intending to write and tell them of our further adventures,
    but have so far gotten no more than the address of some office at
    the university.
    
64.3Music, maestro...Please!DOOZER::COOKZen and the art of Flute playingWed Aug 13 1986 05:3112
    Thanks. Yes, I read the 'Gig Guide' but that tends to mention only
    specific 'event' evenings. I wondered if anyone knew if there were
    informal 'jam' sessions on any particular night.
    
    Sorry to have missed you, too. If anyone is visiting, please get
    in touch and I'm sure we can get together. I'm not a very proficient
    musician by any means but I do enjoy live music at the family level
    and, after spending 2� years in Galway, am rather fond of Irish
    tunes (especially a la Matt Molloy, since I play flute) and, of
    course, a pint of the 'black shtuff'.
    
    Brian
64.4a pint at night is my delight ...ENGGSG::BURNSIt's a long way from Clare to hereWed Aug 13 1986 08:159
    
    
    	James Galway would be proud of ya'  ... !!!
    
    	RE: Reading (Is that in Massachusetts or Pennsylvania ??)  :-) 
                                                                   
    
    
    	keVin
64.5closer to Clare than hereSWSNOD::RPGDOCHave pen, will travelWed Aug 13 1986 11:301
    Reading as in England.
64.6That IS close to Clare.ENGGSG::BURNSIt's a long way from Clare to hereWed Aug 13 1986 15:424
    
    
    	Oh "THAT" Reading ....... (only kidding)