hello, can anyone tell me where to check out good itm in new orleans. i've just moved here and i know there is a section for this but they are old (or maybe i just can't navigate properly).
p.s... and is flathertys closed?
I could suggest you move to Savannah GA, Charleston SC hell even Austin TX. All are beautiful southern citys with a lot of future.. music ..and good art scenes. I apoligize to the people of NewOr... but why of all places, why would you subject yourself to a broken city suiting up for another powerful hurricane season...
Good luck with whatever you choose. I think I would invest in a rubber dingy, online banking and alot of ziplock baggies...
wow
i'm marring an american. i'm from ireland. he got to pick the country, i got to pick the state! and apart from the weather, and size of this city, it's very like ireland. alot of culture and very friendly. i recommend every one moves here and we could start a real big session!! (well maybe not everyone) savannah is lovley too, was there for a while, and charleston is great. never been to austin. am learning to swim. (i know, that's terrible) but it's a great state really, and a cool city. it's like a huge little town. (if that makes any sense) anyone out there livin in new orleans.
tracie, i couldn't find any sessions. maybe i'm just thick!
Lanefest -- Try contacting Noel Reid; his contact information is on the web page. If you still can't get ahold of him, e-mail me and I'll see if I can track down alternative contact information.
If you can find Beth Patterson, one fabulous bouzouki player and singer, there in Nawlins, I'm sure you'll find some excellent sessions.
I've played in Charleston and Savannah and they're wonderful places, full of grace and music. But there's no place like New Orleans, just none. God bless her and all who live there, and all who love her.
Youse in cajun & zydeco country, love. Box players & fiddles abound, but they ain't playin' Irish. Have/had family down there, & looked in person. Bon chance, cheri!
PS trom, online banking does no good without electricity.
I must say I've told everyone about your choice of destination and the responce from southerners in general is a gasp a look of shock .....a what the ? Are you serious...now tell me this again. wows! hmms..
Ptar/Sarfly Help! she won't listen to me.
emily.. I think I would sleep better at night knowing my savings are in a on-line banking system rather then floating around the gulf of Mexico.
You don't get to say anything bad about the city of New Orleans unless you've lived there. I used to live in New Orleans. I love that city dearly. I happened to be lucky enough to have moved back to my home state of CT about a year before Katrina happened. I didn't leave because I didn't like it there. I just wanted to be near my family again.
New Orleans also happens to be the place where I learned to play Irish music, and learned Irish set dancing. The Irish also have a lot of history in city of New Orleans. I've heard, although I can't vouch for its truth, that the first Irish came into America through the port of New Orleans. The neiborhood I lived in is called The Irish Channel.
Another fun story
In order to find a session, as was said before look up irishneworleans.com that is the website for the local Comhaltas branch. People to try to get in touch with, Noel Reid, last I heard the sessions were being held in his house. Richie Stafford, I'm actually not sure if he's still in town, but when I was living there he was the one who led the sessions. I know that Betsy McGovern is a singer worth checking out who also happens to be friends with those I mentioned, and will know where to find them.
The Irish community is small there, but a tightly knit little group that, once you find them, will feel like family.
I also credit Noel Reid with completely changing my life. I first came into contact with him when I was invited to a ceili by some of the people that i was singing with at the time (The N.O. Quarter Shantey Krewe) because I was told they were fun. I will also mention now that before this point I had never actually danced before in my life, and had never seen or heard of set dancing either. Within 5 minutes of my walking in the door, Noel (whom I had never seen before either) grabs me by the hand saying "We need more men for this set" I left that night having had a great time. I started going to the set dancing lessons Noel and Kirk Whitmer were teaching at the time, and have been dancing ever since. I later moved back to CT where I've continued set dancing, and discovered contra dancing. I'm now playing mandolin and Irish tenor banjo and have started two bands, one playing ITM and one with the goal of playing for contra dances.
I like my life a lot more now. Thanks Noel, Richie, Betsy, K.C, Kathy, Kirk and all the rest of the gang.
And this seem as good a time as any to mention that shortly after leaving New Orleans I wrote this in Noel's honor.
new orleans session (open)
new orleans session (open)
hello, can anyone tell me where to check out good itm in new orleans. i've just moved here and i know there is a section for this but they are old (or maybe i just can't navigate properly).
p.s... and is flathertys closed?
# Posted on July 5th 2006 by lanefest rec.
Re: new orleans session (open)
Check this web page:
http://irishneworleans.com/
# Posted on July 5th 2006 by Tracie
Re: new orleans session (open)
thanks. will do
# Posted on July 5th 2006 by lanefest rec.
Re: new orleans session (open)
I could suggest you move to Savannah GA, Charleston SC hell even Austin TX. All are beautiful southern citys with a lot of future.. music ..and good art scenes. I apoligize to the people of NewOr... but why of all places, why would you subject yourself to a broken city suiting up for another powerful hurricane season...
Good luck with whatever you choose. I think I would invest in a rubber dingy, online banking and alot of ziplock baggies...
wow
# Posted on July 5th 2006 by lamh trom
Re: new orleans session (open)
i'm marring an american. i'm from ireland. he got to pick the country, i got to pick the state! and apart from the weather, and size of this city, it's very like ireland. alot of culture and very friendly. i recommend every one moves here and we could start a real big session!! (well maybe not everyone) savannah is lovley too, was there for a while, and charleston is great. never been to austin. am learning to swim. (i know, that's terrible) but it's a great state really, and a cool city. it's like a huge little town. (if that makes any sense) anyone out there livin in new orleans.
tracie, i couldn't find any sessions. maybe i'm just thick!
# Posted on July 5th 2006 by lanefest rec.
Re: new orleans session (open)
Lanefest -- Try contacting Noel Reid; his contact information is on the web page. If you still can't get ahold of him, e-mail me and I'll see if I can track down alternative contact information.
# Posted on July 6th 2006 by Tracie
Re: new orleans session (open)
If you can find Beth Patterson, one fabulous bouzouki player and singer, there in Nawlins, I'm sure you'll find some excellent sessions.
I've played in Charleston and Savannah and they're wonderful places, full of grace and music. But there's no place like New Orleans, just none. God bless her and all who live there, and all who love her.
stv
http://cdbaby.com/Culchies
# Posted on July 6th 2006 by stv culchie
Re: new orleans session (open)
Youse in cajun & zydeco country, love. Box players & fiddles abound, but they ain't playin' Irish. Have/had family down there, & looked in person. Bon chance, cheri!
PS trom, online banking does no good without electricity.
# Posted on July 6th 2006 by emily_bmore
Re: new orleans session (open)
I must say I've told everyone about your choice of destination and the responce from southerners in general is a gasp a look of shock .....a what the ? Are you serious...now tell me this again. wows! hmms..
Ptar/Sarfly Help! she won't listen to me.
emily.. I think I would sleep better at night knowing my savings are in a on-line banking system rather then floating around the gulf of Mexico.
# Posted on July 6th 2006 by lamh trom
Re: new orleans session (open)
You don't get to say anything bad about the city of New Orleans unless you've lived there. I used to live in New Orleans. I love that city dearly. I happened to be lucky enough to have moved back to my home state of CT about a year before Katrina happened. I didn't leave because I didn't like it there. I just wanted to be near my family again.
New Orleans also happens to be the place where I learned to play Irish music, and learned Irish set dancing. The Irish also have a lot of history in city of New Orleans. I've heard, although I can't vouch for its truth, that the first Irish came into America through the port of New Orleans. The neiborhood I lived in is called The Irish Channel.
Another fun story
In order to find a session, as was said before look up irishneworleans.com that is the website for the local Comhaltas branch. People to try to get in touch with, Noel Reid, last I heard the sessions were being held in his house. Richie Stafford, I'm actually not sure if he's still in town, but when I was living there he was the one who led the sessions. I know that Betsy McGovern is a singer worth checking out who also happens to be friends with those I mentioned, and will know where to find them.
The Irish community is small there, but a tightly knit little group that, once you find them, will feel like family.
I also credit Noel Reid with completely changing my life. I first came into contact with him when I was invited to a ceili by some of the people that i was singing with at the time (The N.O. Quarter Shantey Krewe) because I was told they were fun. I will also mention now that before this point I had never actually danced before in my life, and had never seen or heard of set dancing either. Within 5 minutes of my walking in the door, Noel (whom I had never seen before either) grabs me by the hand saying "We need more men for this set" I left that night having had a great time. I started going to the set dancing lessons Noel and Kirk Whitmer were teaching at the time, and have been dancing ever since. I later moved back to CT where I've continued set dancing, and discovered contra dancing. I'm now playing mandolin and Irish tenor banjo and have started two bands, one playing ITM and one with the goal of playing for contra dances.
I like my life a lot more now. Thanks Noel, Richie, Betsy, K.C, Kathy, Kirk and all the rest of the gang.
And this seem as good a time as any to mention that shortly after leaving New Orleans I wrote this in Noel's honor.
X:1
T:The Persistence of Noel Reid
C:Edgar James Yother V
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
DFA DFA|cBc G2A|cBc GBc|d2d dcA|
DFA DFA|cBc GBc|dcd Acd|age cBA:|
a2a age|ged e2 f|gfg def|gfg age|
a2a age|ged e2 f|gfg dfg|age cBA:|
# Posted on July 10th 2006 by trimthevelvet