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March 11 - 17, 2015 Vol. 11, No. 19
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Irish Girls and Boys Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day REGIONAL – Listening to the young women of Girsa sing about the hopes and dreams of Irish immigrants as they arrived at America, it is hard to keep a dry eye. Texas songwriter Guy Clark’s Immigrant Eyes, which Girsa recorded at Ellis Island, is just one of the songs the all-women group will perform Saturday night in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day at the Belleville Congregational Church’s Roots Concert. “I love their music,” said Ken Irwin, a founder of Rounder Records and one of the founders of the Belleville concert series. “They bring a knowledge and appreciation of the traditional
By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– (Irish music), while exploring new boundaries.” Irwin, who has helped nurture the careers of many young song writers and singers, added, “It is exciting to see a band that is so young and yet so far ahead.” Girsa, Gaelic for girls, is an Irish traditional band made up of six, sometimes eight young women from the Pearl River, NY area. Maeve Flanagan, Deidre Brennan, Blaithin Loughran, Bernadette Flanagan, Pamela Geraghty and Emily McShane bring energetic vocals, instrumentals and dance, punctuated with witty banter to their concert. The dancers of Bracken’s Irish School of Dance Continued on page 3
prepare for the Belleville Concert.
Photo by Stewart Lytle
Theater Workshop Play Honors Kevin Sicard
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By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––
BYFIELD – Kevin Sicard is already missed. As the Theater Workshop prepares for its spring play Good Fortune at Newbury Elementary School, his death of heart failure has left a hole in the crew. “Kevin had a presence that was upbeat and fun and cheerful. He was always willing to help,” said Stacey April Fix, owner of Theater Workshop. She described him as a positive role model, not just to his three children, who are in the play, but for the entire cast and crew. A special benefit performance in honor of Sicard will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 21. Proceeds from the show and any donations Continued on page 3
The cast of Good Fortune surround the Sicard children.
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