This Sunday, Bergen County's Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club will present "A Celtic Christmas" with Seamus Kennedy at the Fair Lawn Community Center. This special holiday concert will be held on Sunday, December 14th at 2pm and will offer holiday selections that will entertain the entire family.
In his thirty years of professional performing, Seamus has taken his music from Alaska to Florida, Maryland to California and a host of stops in between, playing everything from the pubs to the concert halls. As a result, he is a master showman of exceptional musical skills and unmatched repartee.
Seamus has released eleven CDs of both contemporary and traditional material, including Christmas songs and a children's album. The Washington Area Music Association has awarded him a WAMMIE for "Best Irish/Celtic Male Vocalist" every year since 1993. His versatility makes him a headliner at Celtic festivals such as Hunter Mountain (NY); Celtic Classic (PA); Longs Peak Scottish Irish Festival, (CO) and at Sacramento (CA) Highland Games. Seamus is often invited to perform for various organizations, including the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Fraternal Order of Police, Firemen, military groups and the Bar Association. There is always something for everybody.
Seamus' trademark is his ongoing interaction with his audiences. From the moment he steps on stage, he starts talking to them — and encourages them to talk back! He is quick with a quip and likes nothing better than to discover someone in the audience who is similarly inclined. Fast-paced humor is very much a part of what Seamus does, whether he's telling a series of rapid-fire jokes or launching into a lyrical parody.
In fact, Seamus seems to be having such a grand time and he makes it all look so effortless that it is easy not to notice what a superb musician he truly is. He will segue seamlessly from an Irish ballad about a dying town to a rollicking reel and then move into American music, equally at home with folk, pop, country or traditional. Accompanying himself on guitar or bodhran, his musicianship is much in evidence as he moves through such a vast range of styles. More information is available here.
The Fair Lawn Community Center is located at 10-10 20th Street in Fair Lawn, NJ. Tickets for this concert are only $25 ($22 for Hurdy Gurdy members) and $15 for children under 14. Group rates are available. Tickets can be purchased online or at the box office at the Fair Lawn Community Center on the afternoon of the concert.
Additional information can be received at the website or by calling the Hurdy Gurdy Hotline at (201) 384-1325.
We hope that you will come and enjoy this festive season with all your friends at the Hurdy Gurdy. This special Sunday afternoon concert promises to be an event that celebrates Christmas as well as the joy of music! We hope to see you there!!!
Ron Olesko
President, the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club
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