Saturday, June 20, 2009

find wonderful gifts at the silent auction and concert tomorrow!

Thanks to Maureen Neylon and Kelly Doherty, who have worked hard alongside Noah Smulkis and the rest of the Na Gaeil group, to assemble a tremendous selection of gift items for tomorrow's silent auction. The auction is part of the benefit concert on June 21 at the Irish American Heritage Center. Here's a preview:

hand-painted 60-year old vase

hand-knit Aran sweater

hand-painted ogham wishes, framed

pair of Waterford flutes, Spirit of America pattern

4 tickets to IAHC Irish Fest in July 17-19 plus one-year family or individual membership

gift certificate for 1 term Gaelic classes, plus reference books

framed artistic photography

And many DVDs, CDs and books in Irish Gaelic!

Monday, June 1, 2009

preview for the benefit concert and email contact

Noah Smulkis has created a special email address for Na Gaeil and the benefit concert on June 21 at the Irish American Heritage Center - to write for details or answers to any questions regarding the silent auction:
ceolformichael@gmail.com

New ads for performers also appear on Noah and Baal Tinne's myspace pages:
http://www.myspace.com/noahsmulkis
http://www.myspace.com/baaltinne

Be sure to tune in tonight, June 1st, to Irish FM radio in Chicago - "Feast of Irish Folk" starts off in the evening from 5-6:30 PM CST on WHPK, where they will cover the Benefit Concert as well as playing some Irish traditional music - streaming online at www.whpk.org.

Also, from 7-9 PM CST, tune into WDCB 90.9 FM for "Blarney on the Air" with our good friends Shay Clarke and Bill Margeson, streaming online at www.wdcb.org.