Society Hall Welcomes Famed Celtic and World Music Legends Four Shillings Short!
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Society Hall, at 400 Ross Avenue in Alamosa, is excited to welcome famed Celtic and World music legends Four Shillings Short for a special Halloween/Samhain concert Friday October 30th at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the show beginning at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20.00 and are available at the link below and in Alamosa at The Green Spot, 711 State Ave. The concert will also stream live on both the Society Hall Facebook page and You-Tube channel.
Four Shillings Short, the husband/wife duo of Aodh Og O’Tuama from Cork, Ireland and Christy Martin from California, bring together music, stories and folklore from the Celtic lands to celebrate the Ancient Celtic Bonfire festival of Samhain, known as Féile na Marbh (the Feast of the Dead). Samhain (pronounced 'sow-in' meaning 'the Summer's end') marks the end of harvest, beginning of Winter and the Celtic New Year. Traditionally celebrated at the end of October/beginning of November it is the origin of Halloween/All Hallows Eve, All Souls Day and Dia de los Muertos.
It is believed that on Samhain or 'Ancestor Night', the border between the world of the living and the dead is thinnest. Candles are lit at the graves of loved ones, offerings of food and drink left out for the Ancestors and bonfires lit throughout the countryside. Many of our modern day customs are based on Samhain including ghost stories, Halloween costumes, bobbing for apples, and the jack-o-lantern.
Touring in the US & Ireland since 1997, Four Shillings Short are international touring multi-instrumentalists who perform traditional and original music from the Celtic lands, medieval & renaissance Europe, India and the Americas on a fantastic array of instruments (over 30) including hammered & mountain dulcimers, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, recorders, tinwhistles, medieval and renaissance woodwinds, north Indian sitar, charango, bowed psaltery, banjo, Native American flutes, bodhran, guitar, ukulele, doumbek & darbuka, spoons, vocals and even a krumhorn. Performing close to 100 concerts a year, they have released 13 recordings and live as full time troubadours, performing at music festivals, theaters & performing arts centers, folk societies, libraries, house concerts, retirement communities, schools & churches.
Aodh Og O’Tuama grew up in a family of poets, musicians and writers. He received his degree in Music from University College Cork, Ireland and received a Fellowship from Stanford University in California in Medieval and Renaissance performance. He plays tinwhistles, Medieval & Renaissance woodwinds, recorders, doumbek (from Morocco), darbuka (from Egypt), Medieval bowed psaltery, Native American flute, wooden spoons and sings in English, Gaelic & French.
Christy Martin grew up in a family of musicians and dancers. From the age of 15, began her training on the north Indian sitar, studying with Tony Karasek (a student of master Sitarist Ravi Shankar) and Rahul Sariputra (a student of Allaudin Khan). In her 20’s she took up the hammered dulcimer and studied with Maggie Sansone, Dan Duggan, Cliff Moses, Robin Petrie, Tony Elman and Glen Morgan. She also plays mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, banjo, guitar, bodhran (Irish frame drum), Andean charango, medieval psaltery, ukulele and sings in English, Irish and Sanskrit.
The board of Society Hall, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, invites you to an amazing feast of Celtic and World music with Four Shillings Short, celebrating Halloween/Samhain, Friday, October 30th at 7:30 pm. Doors will be open at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $20.00 and are available at the link below or in Alamosa at The Green Spot. Society Hall - Where Community Celebrates!
Four Shillings Short, the husband/wife duo of Aodh Og O’Tuama from Cork, Ireland and Christy Martin from California, bring together music, stories and folklore from the Celtic lands to celebrate the Ancient Celtic Bonfire festival of Samhain, known as Féile na Marbh (the Feast of the Dead). Samhain (pronounced 'sow-in' meaning 'the Summer's end') marks the end of harvest, beginning of Winter and the Celtic New Year. Traditionally celebrated at the end of October/beginning of November it is the origin of Halloween/All Hallows Eve, All Souls Day and Dia de los Muertos.
It is believed that on Samhain or 'Ancestor Night', the border between the world of the living and the dead is thinnest. Candles are lit at the graves of loved ones, offerings of food and drink left out for the Ancestors and bonfires lit throughout the countryside. Many of our modern day customs are based on Samhain including ghost stories, Halloween costumes, bobbing for apples, and the jack-o-lantern.
Touring in the US & Ireland since 1997, Four Shillings Short are international touring multi-instrumentalists who perform traditional and original music from the Celtic lands, medieval & renaissance Europe, India and the Americas on a fantastic array of instruments (over 30) including hammered & mountain dulcimers, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, recorders, tinwhistles, medieval and renaissance woodwinds, north Indian sitar, charango, bowed psaltery, banjo, Native American flutes, bodhran, guitar, ukulele, doumbek & darbuka, spoons, vocals and even a krumhorn. Performing close to 100 concerts a year, they have released 13 recordings and live as full time troubadours, performing at music festivals, theaters & performing arts centers, folk societies, libraries, house concerts, retirement communities, schools & churches.
Aodh Og O’Tuama grew up in a family of poets, musicians and writers. He received his degree in Music from University College Cork, Ireland and received a Fellowship from Stanford University in California in Medieval and Renaissance performance. He plays tinwhistles, Medieval & Renaissance woodwinds, recorders, doumbek (from Morocco), darbuka (from Egypt), Medieval bowed psaltery, Native American flute, wooden spoons and sings in English, Gaelic & French.
Christy Martin grew up in a family of musicians and dancers. From the age of 15, began her training on the north Indian sitar, studying with Tony Karasek (a student of master Sitarist Ravi Shankar) and Rahul Sariputra (a student of Allaudin Khan). In her 20’s she took up the hammered dulcimer and studied with Maggie Sansone, Dan Duggan, Cliff Moses, Robin Petrie, Tony Elman and Glen Morgan. She also plays mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, banjo, guitar, bodhran (Irish frame drum), Andean charango, medieval psaltery, ukulele and sings in English, Irish and Sanskrit.
The board of Society Hall, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, invites you to an amazing feast of Celtic and World music with Four Shillings Short, celebrating Halloween/Samhain, Friday, October 30th at 7:30 pm. Doors will be open at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $20.00 and are available at the link below or in Alamosa at The Green Spot. Society Hall - Where Community Celebrates!
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