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Topic: Rooney Family.

I am lucky enough to see this family perform on a regular basis, in Northern Ireland.

They are inventive and absolutely wonderful with there  chosen instruments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK8cqr6u5Bs

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Re: Rooney Family.

The luck of the Irish smile thanks for the link helena its 6:30am for me so im waking up to a jig or a reel (not sure which one) but it was fun to watch smile

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Re: Rooney Family.

It's 7:50 AM and I can't stop my toe's from tapping.Thanks Lena smile
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Re: Rooney Family.

Love it!

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Re: Rooney Family.

Would like to see more, their very good.
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Re: Rooney Family.

Across an ocean ,across a nation..slante'

I thought ; If I had one idea,
and took it from beginning to end.
I would try another.

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7 Reply by cytania (edited by cytania 2008-08-06 14:27:33)

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Re: Rooney Family.

No luck involved the Irish have retained a love of performing ('do you party piece for aunty') that has died off in alot of the US and UK. My family certainly never played music together, I had piano lessons but they were on a par with homework (aaargh!). The Rooney family look like they're having fun. Also Ireland respects it's folk singers with big names making the charts. In the US and UK the term 'folk' suggest a peripheral music that most people want to avoid :-(

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Re: Rooney Family.

Hi Cytania,

Yes! i do agree we still have a love of Ceól agus Cráic. We also encourage our children to do so.
This link will show you the kind of performers i have been privileged to sit among while at this festival over the years.
There are so many more not mentioned here.
My favourite  few minutes this year was listening to Dougie Maclean playing while a local girl sang his song Caledonia.
It was wonderful to see and hear.

My other favourite was my brothers 3 1/2 year old grandson sitting on his shoulders singing "Sunday  Morning Coming Down".
I kid you not ! But then the child is constantly listening to Kris Kristopherson as he is constantly with his Grandad..

http://fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7kRaQlLHY

Sláinte

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