2005 East Coast Tionól

Friday  September 30th through

Monday, October 3rd

Please pre-register by Friday, September 23rd to ensure space availability. When you register for the tionol through this site, you can also reserve your room at the inn. If you don't reserve your room through this site by September 23rd, you wil need to contact the inn directly. Please keep in mind that room availability is limited and pre-booking is recommended.

After the success of last year's tionol, we are returning this year to the Fern Cliff House in the Catskills town of East Durham, about two hours north of New York City. East Durham is well known in the Irish music and dance community for its annual music events, including the Irish Arts Week in July. Our hosts, Carol Ann and Con Corbett provided us with all the amenities we needed in one location, so you can abandon your car for the entire weekend!  We will be doing things to make this year's event even better than last year.  The Corbett's look forward to welcoming us back this year.

We have a diverse and talented lineup of guests this year. In conjunction with the Southern California Pipers' Club, we are privileged to have Clare piper Maire Ni Ghrada and Waterford piper Jimmy O'Brien Moran join us. Limerick piper and pipemaker Mickey Dunne will join us as the reed making expert. Tipperarypiper Michael Cooney, now residing in the U.S. and Dublin piper Ivan Goff , now living in New York City, will join us for the first time. Toronto piper Debbie Quigley, and Vermont piper and pipemaker Benedict Koehler will return to the teaching staff. Rhode Island piper Patrick Hutchinson, will be available for private lessons on Sunday.


Again this year, we will bring back the popular fiddle workshops. Patrick Ourceau, whose recording Live at Mona's demonstrates his mastery on the fiddle, will join Willie Kelly in teaching fiddle classes throughout the weekend.

Both piper and fiddler attendees can use the downloadable registration form to register for the weekend.

Full registration as either a piper or fiddler is $85, a great value, we are sure you agree. The room-and-meal rates at the Fern Cliff are as follows:

• For the entire weekend from Friday dinner through Monday breakfast - $190

• For two nights and meals (e.g., Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Sunday) - $140

Rooms at the Ferncliff will be double occupancy. On your registration form please indicate whether you have a preferred roommate; otherwise you will be assigned a roommate. If you are pre-registering, PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE FERN CLIFF DIRECTLY FOR ACCOMMODATIONS! You can reserve your room right on the tionol registration form.  

For those who would like a single room or a quieter location, try McKenna's Irish House, Route 145, East Durham, NY 12423. Please contact them directly at (518)-634-7681. Another location to consider is Furlong's Riverside Inn and Pub, also on Route 145 in East Durham (518)-634-7687. Those of you who have been to the Irish festivals in East Durham will no doubt be familiar with these well known locations.

For additional suggestions of accommodations, try the Town of Durham home page.

Rides: For those who wish to share a ride either as a rider or a driver, try our new "blog" to find someone in your area going to the Tionol.

Flute workshop with Mike McHale
Saturday October 1, 2005 at Furlong's Pub in East Durham
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Fee $55.00

This will be an intermediate/advanced class. Bring a tape recorder or mini-disk recorder.

Mike McHale hails from Tulsk, Co, Roscommon where he began playing tin whistle as a youngster and the flute at age eleven. In 1958 he won the All-Ireland Senior title for tin whistle and the Connaught Flute Competition. In February 2002 he was induced into the Comhaltas Traditional Irish Music Hall of Fame. Mike can truly be called a living treasure of Irish traditional music, and he is also a local legend as he now resides in Catskill, NY.

Furlong's is right in town located on the maine road (Route 145). Currently there are rooms available. 518-634-7687

For further information or to register for the workshop, contact Neal Warshaw (nealw@pcgma.com).

Request:

We are looking for some business/corporate sponsors to underwrite the flights of our guests from Ireland. If you are interested in contributing $100 or more for this purpose, we would be happy to put an ad for your business on our website and in the program for the concert. In addition to your sponsorship check, we will need a pdf file of your ad, preferably a high resolution file (for the program).
If you are an individual (as opposed to a business) who would like to sponsor a flight, please contact Susanne Ward to discuss the arrangements.

Please make your check out to
ECIP
C/o Susanne Ward
55 Masonic Street
Rockland ME 04841

Credits:
In addition to the teachers and organizers of this event, we are grateful to all who have so generously contributed time, information, pictures, and, of course, the funds necessary to ensure our success. Particular thanks to Patrick D'Arcy who designed the original site, provided time and technical guidance, and to the Southern California Pipers' Club, which is co-sponsoring Maire Ni Ghrada and Jimmy O'Brien Moran this year.