Irish PDX

Irish ceili, folk, dance classes RESUME - drop on in
2023-09-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Winona Grange 271, 8340 SW Seneca St, Tualatin, OR, 97062, United States
Just $10/week for the Winds of Donegal classes. Every Thursday we teach you the basics of the three’s, seven’s and jig steps so that you can enjoy the live music ceili’s around Portland and Ireland.
Classes are geared toward 13 and older
Bring a water bottle and wear comfortable shoes not heels.
No partner or experience needed, just smiles and the want to have fun!
A wee clip of a live ceili https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onbO0vfyDoU

Randal Bays, Susan Waters and Clint Dye - Wee Ceili Room house concert
2023-09-16 19:00 - 22:30 | Wee Ceili Room, TBG, Tualatin, OR, 97062, United States
Who: Randal Bays with Susan Waters and Clint Dye!
What: House concert
When: Saturday, September 16 at 7:30pm, social starting at 7pm
Where: in our home in Tualatin, Address will be on the reserved reminders the week of the show.
Cost: $25 at the door

For those of you that will be attending your first concert in our home, it is truly a social experience. No electronics. The WCR holds 50 folks and the band. If you are allergic to dogs and or cats, sorry we have both. The social and intermission will be light dessert treats. We will have some wine, plenty of coffee and tea, so bring something to share if you wish.

YOU MUST send us an email to reserve your seat(s). Limit 2 sam.keator@frontier.com

Irish fiddle music with Randal Bays & Susan Waters, with Clint Dye, guitar
Randal Bays is an American fiddler who’s well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his fiery fiddling and his devotion to the traditional Irish style of playing. He has a special love for the fiddle traditions of Counties Clare and Galway, where he’s spent many a wild night playing tunes with the masters of that intricate music. Randal has recorded and toured in the US, Ireland and Europe with such musicians as Martin Hayes, James Kelly, Daithí Sproule, James Keane, and many more. He’s performed and taught Irish fiddle at most of the major North American festivals and in 2021 he received the Irish Artist in America Achievement Award from O’Flaherty Irish Music in Texas. Randal lives in the Seattle area and is the Artistic Director of Cascadia Irish Music Week. “Randal Bays is one of the finest Irish fiddlers one could ever hope to hear.” – Fiddler Magazine Susan Waters is a native of Vermont, where she grew up in the midst of a musical family, immersed in the instrumental and song traditions of that part of the world. As a teen she traveled widely in Europe with various singing and dancing ensembles. She took up the fiddle in her 20s and soon developed a strong, rhythmic style perfectly suited to the fiddle music of western Ireland. Susan met Randal in the late 90s and they’ve been playing tunes together ever since, finding time along the way to get married and raise two sons, both fine musicians themselves. Guitarist Clint Dye is a fairly recent addition to the Seattle Irish music community. His great musicality, rhythm, and style have made him very welcome in sessions and concerts around the Northwest. Clint got his start playing traditional Irish music by accompanying step dancers and singers in the Busch Gardens show Celtic Fyre in Williamsburg, VA. During this time, he began to cut his teeth in Irish music sessions and worked in small groups. He has appeared at numerous festivals and events on the east coast and since relocating to Seattle has worked with several local bands.
