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Galway welcomes back Trad On The Prom
 TRAD
On The Prom returns to the Salthill Hotel in Galway for its third successive
season and continues on a weekly basis until the end of September.
True to its name the event is the best of Irish traditional live entertainment
performed in the new conference centre of the Salthill Hotel located on
the seafront promenade overlooking Galway Bay and the Clare Hills.
Losing none of its original energy and flair this year’s production
will continue to enthrall the audience with world-class performances of
Irish music, song and dance.
Star of the show is Galway’s Máirín Fahy who was an
integral part of Riverdance for more than eight years.
Her fiddle playing has been lauded as amazing and unique and as the featured
soloist in Riverdance she has performed to more than 25million people
worldwide.
Máirín is a regular guest with The Chieftains and has toured
Australia, Europe, New Zealand and America with the famous traditional
Irish band.
She has also performed with The Chieftains and Art Garfunkel in Carnegie
Hall and recently returned from another successful tour of America with
them in the spring of 2007.
Máirín was born into a family and an area steeped in traditional
music.
As early as the age of three she was dancing and playing and proceeded
to win many All-Ireland titles.
Mairin’s grandfather Thomas Whyte was the founding member of the
famous Ballinakill Céilí Band the first Irish band to record
on the Irish Radio Station in 1929.
Máirín’s aunt Aggie Whyte was also a legendary fiddler.
Combining both musical generations her mother Bridie has joined Máirín
playing fiddle on previous recordings.
As the featured soloist with Riverdance she was constantly lauded by audiences
and critics alike.
Coupled with her fiddle-playing talents Máirín has a unique
Irish voice and sings in both Gaelic and English.
The Trad On The Prom band comprises some of Ireland’s finest musicians
and includes Chris Kelly on guitar, Yvonne Fahy on accordion and percussion
and Brendan Hayes on keyboards.
Guest musicians include Gerard Fahy on uilleann pipes, Brian Morrissey
on banjo, whistles and percussion, Phádraig Rynn on concertina
and Kieran Munnelly on flute.
The Trad On The Prom dancers are lead by Cian Nolan.
Cian danced alongside Michael Flatley in Lord Of The Dance and then performed
in the lead role for more than six years in the record-breaking show.
He is now living in Limerick and is in big demand for his master classes.
To make a provisional booking contact:
Trad On The Prom, 8 Woodfield,
Barna Road, Galway. Tel: 00353 91 582 860 or e-mail: info@tradontheprom.com
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