http://irishmusic.tribe.net/thread/c091de80-8df6-4f1f-aaaa-8a5b34c06ca4?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://irishmusic.tribe.net/thread/c091de80-8df6-4f1f-aaaa-8a5b34c06ca4#1e1209b4-b3ae-4ba8-9ffc-9cccc6574614 The San Francisco Bay Area Celtic Music and Dance Festival is happening this Saturday, February 21st at the Oakland Veterans Hall 200 Grand Avenue Oakland, 94610, X Harrison. BayCeltic is an annual reunion of Bay Area Celtic musicians, singers, dancers and performers. We have a wide range of very popular and well established musicians and performers. The Black Brothers, Tempest, Molly's Revenge, Cullan's Hounds,Avalon Rising, Steve Baughman,and Siamsa, a bay area Celtic dance performance group, are in the main Ballroom. In the musical showcase, new and emerging bands and musicians are are Three Mile Stone, Jim Nelson,Patrice Haan,Megan McLaughlin,Valerie Rose,West of Shannon,Susan Mashiyama and Lani Herrmann. Steve Baughman will perform and lead the music session afterwards. Dancing in the Dance Hall are an Irish Ceilidh with Ammy Hill, Irish Set dancing with Michael Murphy, hard shoes introductory dance class with Shirleigh Brannan. We will have waltz and polka and irish dancing at 10pm to Culann's Hounds. Lunchroom downstairs and Celtic vendors also. The website is www.BayCeltic.com Tickets available at the door: $20 general, $10 students, free under 12, $10 after 9:30 to waltz and polka dancing to Culann's Hounds contact Scott at scottFNW@pway.com Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:20:00 GMT http://irishmusic.tribe.net/thread/c091de80-8df6-4f1f-aaaa-8a5b34c06ca4#1e1209b4-b3ae-4ba8-9ffc-9cccc6574614 scott 2009-02-15T04:20:00Z