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What a Fleadh it<br />
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Helen Gannon<br />
On April 26th and 27th they came<br />
and they ca me to Cleveland in<br />
planes from St. Louis and in<br />
planes and buses from Chicago and<br />
Detroit. It was like old times w ith<br />
heated competitions in So los, Pipe<br />
Bands, Fife and Drum ba nds, Grupai<br />
Cheoi l in all ages, Ceili Bands in all<br />
ages, accordion bands, we had it al l.<br />
Adjudicators like Mike Rafferty fro New<br />
York and Li z Ca rroll from Chicago were<br />
encouraged by the once aga in big<br />
numbers in competitions. Thi s is due to<br />
the hard work be ing done in our reg ion<br />
by Chairman Dick Stanton w ho keeps<br />
everybody well informed w ith frequent<br />
updates and quarterly meetings to chart<br />
the progress of our activities as a<br />
Mike Sheaffer conducting Feis Musicians' Workshop which was<br />
held in Cleveland in conjunction with Mid-West Fleadh Cheoil,<br />
April 27th 1996.<br />
Cleveland<br />
branch of <strong>Comhaltas</strong> Ceolt6iri Eirea nn .<br />
Rita Lally was Chairman of the event<br />
and Rita is to be congratul ated on her<br />
success in running a qua lify in g Flead h.<br />
Another Fi rst organ ized by Rita and<br />
Dick was a feis Musicians' Workshop<br />
held the Sunday following the Fleadh.<br />
Much turmoil is going on in the Dance<br />
world as we stru ggle to train musicians<br />
who can accommodate the stri ct tempo<br />
now demanded by ou r dancers.<br />
St Louis wi ll host the second of these<br />
workshops in October at the North<br />
American Feis Commiss ion Convention<br />
w here many of our teac hers and<br />
adjudicators w ill have a chance to<br />
discuss these problems. A workshop in<br />
setdanci ng also took place during Flead h<br />
weekend under the superb instru ctions<br />
of the famous Kath leen Co llins from<br />
New York. Kath leen also adjudicated<br />
and was very impressed by the standard.<br />
Sessions were ongoing throughout the<br />
night w ith sta lwa rts li ke Phil Durkin<br />
Chicago, Tom McCafferty Cleveland,<br />
Jimmy Coyle and Pat Cloonan hav ing<br />
fun w ith the younger musicians and<br />
sharin g tunes. It truly was a sp irited<br />
weekend of music, competition and<br />
sharing in what we love th e best, our<br />
nat ive cu lture. The 1997 Mid West<br />
Fl ead h is sc hedu led for Chicago and<br />
plans were set in place to expand thi s<br />
event even further.<br />
Gordon Sheaffer from Akron Ohio teaching student Ryan Dunes<br />
from IMAC, the Cleveland Academy of Music doing Feis Musicians<br />
Workshop.
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