Photo Gallery

Performances in 2007:
March 16   Johnstown  Elks Lodge  8:00 pm
March 17   Pittsburgh (after the St. Patrick's parade)  Sports Rock Cafe 12:00 noon-
March 17   Johnstown   Murphy’s Pub St. Patrick's Day Celebration  6:00 pm-
April 20    Cambria County Public Library, Johnstown, 5:30 pm
April 21    Music at the Orendorff Commons, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Cogswell Hall Room 101 7:00 pm
June 9     Westmont Arts Center for the Hibernian's Irish Festival
July 29     Dillweed Bed and Breakfast, Dilltown, PA 4:00 pm
Aug 4      Allegheny Portage Railroad Concert Series 8:00pm-
Sept. 29  Halfway to St. Patrick's at the Johnstown Elks Club  7:30-
other performances TBA

Playing at the Sports Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh, March 17, 2007 after the St. Patrick's Day Parade

March 18, 2006 Johnstown, PA Elk's Lodge St. Patrick's Day Party
Standing Left to right:
Gary Noll, lead singer, guitar, pennywhistle, bodhran
Jerry Clark, mandolin, bouzouki, pennywhistles, low pennywhistles
Jim Kupchella, lead singer, banjo
Natalia Esquivel-Benitez (Graduate Student from Costa Rica doing a project on Aran)
Jim Brett, lead singer, guitar
Carl Rahkonen, fiddle, bodhran
Matt Willen, mandolin, bouzouki
Ron Hamilton, button boxes, pennywhistles, citern, bouzouki, percussion

Performances in 2006:
January 20  Westmont Community Center  7:00 pm
March 11   Pittsburgh (after the St. Patrick's parade)  Sports Rock Cafe 12:00 noon-
March 17   Johnstown   Murphy’s Pub St. Patrick's Day Celebration  5:00 pm-
March 18   Johnstown  Elks Lodge  8:00 pm
April 7   Cambria County Public Library, Johnstown, 5:30 pm
June 18  Hibernians Community Arts Center Celebration, Johnstown, at 3:30 pm
Aug. 20 Dillweed Bed and Breakfast, Dilltown, PA 4:00 pm
Sept 16  Johnstown  Elks Lodge  8:00 pm
other performances TBA

March 19, 2005  Johnstown, PA Elk's Lodge St. Patrick's Day Party.
Standing Left to right:
Gary Noll, lead singer, guitar, pennywhistle, bodhran
Jim Kupchella, lead singer, banjo
Jerry Clark, mandolin, bouzouki, pennywhistles, low pennywhistles
Matt Willen, mandolin, bouzouki
Carl Rahkonen, fiddle, bodhran
Jim Brett, lead singer, guitar
Ron Hamilton, (seated) button boxes, pennywhistles, citern, bouzouki, percussion

At the Ebensburg Country Club 2001

Left to right:
Carl Rahkonen, fiddle, bass
Ron Hamilton, button boxes, pennywhistles, citern, bouzouki, percussion
Gary Noll, lead singer, guitar, pennywhistle, bodhran
Jim Brett, lead singer, guitar
Matt Willen, mandolin, bouzouki
Jim Kupchella, lead singer, banjo
Jerry Clark, mandolin, bouzouki, pennywhistles, low pennywhistles
 

At the Ebensburg Country Club 2001

Carl Rahkonen, fiddle, bass
Ron Hamilton, button boxes, pennywhistles, citern, bouzouki, percussion

Performances in 2005:
March 12   Pittsburgh (after the St. Patrick's parade)  Sports Rock Cafe 12:00 noon-
March 17   Johnstown   Murphy’s Pub St. Patrick's Day Celebration  5:00 pm-
March 19   Johnstown  Elks Lodge  8:00 pm
April 15     Cambria County Public Library, Johnstown, PA  5:30 pm
July 16   Allegheny Portage Railroad Concert Series 8:00-10:00 pm
Aug 14   Irish Heritage Festival, Johnstown, 3:30-5:30 pm
Sept 3    St. Columba's, in Cambria City  7:30 pm-
Nov. 12  Johnstown  Elks Lodge  8:00 pm

Performances in 2004:
March 13   Pittsburgh (after the St. Patrick's parade)  Sports Rock Cafe 12:00 noon-
March 17   Johnstown   Murphy’s Pub St. Patrick's Day Celebration  5:00 pm-
March 20   Johnstown  Elks Lodge  8:00 pm-
July 10    Homer City Pa. Sesquicentennial   12:00 noon
July 10   Allegheny Portage Railroad Concert Series 8:00-10:00 pm
Sept 4    St. Columbas, in Cambria City  7:30 pm-
Sept 25  "Half way to St. Patrick's"  Johnstown Elks Lodge 8:00 pm-
Oct 8    Holliday Inn, McKnight Road, Pittsburgh 8:00 pm-

Performances in summer/fall 2003:
June 1, 3:00-5:30 pm  Irish Heritage Festival, Aces Lounge in Cambria City
June 20, 7:00 pm The Discovery Center in Johnstown
July 12, 8:00 pm Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
August 30, 7:30-10:00 pm, Johnstown Folk Festival, at St. Columbas in Cambria City
September 13, 2:30-4:00 pm, New Growth Arts Festival, Indiana, Pa.
September 27, time TBA  Cumberland Celtic Fest,  Cumberland, Md.
October 4, 2:30-5:00 pm Potato Festival, Ebensburg, Pa.

March 18, 2000 at the Ebensburg, PA Country Club
left to right:
Ron Hamilton, button boxes, pennywhistles, citern, percussion
Carl Rahkonen, fiddle, mandolin, bass
Jim Brett, lead singer, guitar
Gary Noll, lead singer, guitar, pennywhistle, bodhran
Jim Kupchella, lead singer, banjo
Jerry Clark, mandolin, bouzouki, pennywhitles, low pennywhistles  

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