IRISH MUSIC AND DANCE RETURNS FOR CELTIC NIGHT
Celtic Night III will be returning to perform at the Allinger Community Theatre in Montpelier, Idaho on Friday, March 27 as part of the 2015 concert series. This St. Patrick’s Day celebration will feature Inishfre Irish Dance, An Tús Nua Irish Dance Academy and Celtic band Leaping Lulu collaborating in an engaging mix of Celtic songs, reels, jigs, and impeccable Irish dancing.
Dinner concert tickets are now on sale for $33 featuring a dinner choice of Irish chicken or and Dublin haddock to be at 6:00 PM and must be purchased in advance. Show only tickets are available for $18 each with show at 7:30 PM.
The special evening sponsor is Sharp Insurance, LLC. The performance is also sponsored by the 2015 season sponsors featuring Zions Bank, Bear Lake Memorial Hospital, Monsanto, Direct Communications, Rocky Mountain Power, KVSI Radio, Clover Creek Inn, Agrium and Bear Lake Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Inishfre Irish Dance was founded in 2005 by Julie Zufelt, who came from a background in ballet and piano and became fascinated with Irish step dancing after experiencing Riverdance. Zufelt’s original choreography is set to music that combines traditional folk tunes with driving rhythms and traditional and new-age instrumentation that culminate in extraordinary high-energy entertainment. In 2014 Inishfre Irish Dance and An Tús Nua Irish Dance combined companies to provide Cache Valley with performance-style and competition-based Irish dance in the same studio.
An Tús Nua Irish Dance Academy was founded in 2011by Terena Lund to specialize in Irish step dance competition training. Lund initially danced with Inishfre, but her search to become a certified Irish dancer lead her to dance with the Crawford School of Irish Dance in SLC, and then to An Daire Academy of Irish Dance in Portland, Oregon. Lund became CLRG (An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha) certified to teach competitive Irish Dancing in 2010. An Tús Nua students have qualified for Regional and National Irish dance competitions.
Leaping Lulu is a neo-traditional Celtic folk band based in Logan, Utah, featuring Sara Gunnell on fiddle, Liz Fallis on flute and piccolo, Don Anderson on guitar and cittern, and Kate Skinner on vocals and piano. Leaping Lulu adopted its name from a jig composed by Greg Boardman. In addition to their solo concerts and Celtic Night collaborations, Leaping Lulu is highly regarded for their Contra Dance music. Leaping Lulu has recorded five albums: The Walk Home, High Road Low Road, The Moving Cloud, Into The West and Celtic Night Live. Highlights from past engagements include performances at the Salt Lake Arts Festival, Park Silly Sunday Market, Sundance Film Festival, Celtic Stew Irish Music Festival, Thanksgiving Point Highland Games, Malad Welsh Festival, Logan Summerfest, Utah Irish Music Festival, and broadcasts on KRCL-FM, KUSU, and NPR’s "The Folk Sampler."
For ticket sales or other information about upcoming theater and center events, visit the National Oregon/California Trail Center in Montpelier, Idaho, call (208) 847-3800 or visit www.oregontrailcenter.org.
For more information, please contact:
Executive Director Becky Smith
(208) 847-3800
320 North 4th Street, P.O. Box 323, Montpelier, ID 83254
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