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S&Á Traditional Irish Entertainment is proud to host

Johnny "Box" Connolly with Bridgetown at a house concert in the Wee Céilí Room in Tualatin, Oregon on Saturday evening starting at 7:30pm, May 31th, 2008 after the La Na Gailege Irish Immersion Day at Marylhurst University.

There is limited seating. All seats are by reservation only. Concerts are $20/seat.

ALL SEATS are RESERVED. You must email us the quantity you wish to reserve at sam.keator@verizon.net, instructions for payment to finish your reservation and additional information will then be provided.

Johnny “Box” Connolly has generated a reputation as an accomplished button accordionist of the highest order. Johnny’s talents have paved the way across continents and provided him opportunities to perform and record with many internationally-renowned artists including Kevin Burke, the Chieftains, Patrick Ourceau, Aidan Brennan and Tony Furtado. His first solo CD, entitled "Bridgetown", on the highly esteemed Green Linnet Records label has earned critical claim and brought Connolly to the forefront of the younger generation of traditional Irish musicians. Johnny has joined extraordinary banjo and bodhran player, Dave Cory, and journeyman guitar accompanist Cary Novotny to form the high energy Irish traditional power trio "Bridgetown," borrowing the name from Johnny's first cd. Novotny has recorded and performed with many great bands in the world of Irish music, including the "The Bridies", featuring fiddlers Maire Egan and Brenda Curtin of Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance”, and Hanz Araki. Cory hails from the Bay area and at the age of 26 has established himself as a multi-instrumentalist of note with musical sensibility and taste beyond his years. Dave has been taking turns on the guitar, banjo, bass, and bodhran with many notable Irish artists across America, including the “Magic Square”, Lissa Schneckenberger, and Elliot Grasso. Bridgetown has just released its first recording entitled “East of the Tracks.”

NANCY CURTIN on May 10 is sold out

Concerts are in the home of Áine Doherty and Sam Keator in Tualatin, Oregon. 12 miles south of Portland 3/4 mile off of I-5.

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