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Shared box 2519 (original media)

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Contains 6 Results:

Performer meeting and sessions, 1990 March 24

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Audio and video of the festival, including the public events on March 25, as well as the preceding performer meeting and sessions on March 24 and interviews recorded with select performers on March 26 and April 19. The performer meeting, liturgy, and lecture were recorded in audio, while the musical promenade, concert, and interviews with musicians were captured in both audio and video.

Access Note

These recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1990 March 24

Liturgy, 1990 March 25

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A festival Mass held at St. Ignatius Church with Irish traditional singer Nóirín Ní Riain, fiddle players, and the Boston College Liturgical Choir.

Access Note

These recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1990 March 25

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin lecture, "New Directions in Irish Fiddle Style", 1990 March 25

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An illustrated talk by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin on the music of Tommy Potts (1912-1988).

Access Note

These recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1990 March 25

Music Promenade, 1990 March 25

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The Promenade included the festival fiddle players and the Set Dancers of the Boston branch of Comhaltas Ceoltori Eireann.

2:30 p.m. Fiddle session with invited fiddle players

3:30 p.m. Set Dancing with Larry Reynolds and Comhaltas Ceoltori Eireann

4:30 p.m. Open session

Access Note

These recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1990 March 25

Concert, 1990 March 25

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Performances by invited fiddle players Kevin Burke, Liz Carroll, Seamus Connolly, Brian Conway, Johnny Cronin, Paddy Cronin, Tony De Marco, Martin Hayes, Eileen Ivers, James Kelly, Andy McGann, Johnny McGreevy, Brendan Mulvihill, Paddy Reynolds, Dale Russ, Martin Wynne, with Mel Mercier on bodhran and bones. Held in Boston College's Gasson Hall.

Access Note

These recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1990 March 25

Interviews, 1990 March 26

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Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin interviewing festival musicians Johnny McGreevy, Andy McGann, and Johnny Cronin, with a musical interlude by Dale Russ. They interviews include both conversation and performance. They were recorded in the Irish Room of the John J. Burns Library the day after the festival.

Access Note

These recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1990 March 26