Caine Lyric celebrates all things ‘Celtic’
What do you get when you throw an Irish dancing group, a bagpiper, an Irish tenor and a band called Leaping Lulu all together?
“Celtic Night” was originally created as a celebration of Celtic dance and music. Harvey Neuber, a member of Leaping Lulu, said that the Irish dance company “Inishfre,” and his band, which plays a lot of traditional tunes, decided to combine their talents to create one big event.
Though held last year in the Whittier Center, the event will be held in the Caine Lyric Theatre this year because of space.
“We chose to switch to the Lyric Theatre because it was a little bigger venue,” Neuber said, “Last year we had standing room only. It was pretty successful.”
The event will be the same program, but is held over two nights because of it’s popularity last year. It will be a concert, with Inishfre dancing a variety of numbers, interspersed with music provided by LeapingLulu, Jeremy Gordon on bagpipe and Irish Tenor Kent Braddy. Musical selections will feature songs from Ireland and the British Isles.
“There’s a real interest (of Celtic things) in this area,” Neuber said, “It might have something to do with the cultural roots from here. There’s a real interest in the music, though. It’s very happy and celebratory music.”
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