http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com Ward Irish Music Archives houses the largest public collection of Irish music in America. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:40:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On October 29th, 2010 Barry Stapleton gave a talk on the Dunn Family Collection at [caption id="attachment_123" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Beautiful plaster design on ceiling at Na Píobairí Uilleann"][/caption] Na Píobairí Uilleann,The Pipers Club in Dublin. Its a beautifully restored Georgian house on Henrietta St. So besides all the good work their doing ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/12/presentation-at-na-piobairi-uilleann/ October for us is a time to catch up. August & September were very busy with many festivals and events. October is the time to wrap up things from 2010 and start gearing up for new projects too. Jeff will be bringing in 3 great musicians on October 29 with ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/10/november-happenings/ We'd like to thank all of you who participated in our "10 for 2" program in which folks give 10 Irish music Related items to the Archives in exchange for 2 free tickets to Irish Fest. We got over 300 items this year. Nearly 100 were new to the Archives ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/10/114/ Well the summer is officially over and so are all the festivals we visited with our exhibits. We started in May at Gaelic Park in Chicago and ended in Muskegon. We had a great time at all of them. Our exhibit "A Song For Ireland" was great and many folks ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/10/105/ [caption id="attachment_99" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Dunn Family Collection"][/caption] On August 16, 2010, WIMA officially launched the Francis O'Neill Cylinders CD and the Dunn Family Collection website during the opening of the Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School. We were delighted to have so many friends and supporters turn out for the event to ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/09/francis-oneill-cylinders-cd-dunn-family-collection-website/ It was a busy spring for WIMA and has been a very busy summer! We've got some great news to share! WIMA is pleased to announced that on August 16, 2010, we're officially releasing a double audio CD of the Dunn Family Collection recordings called The Francis O'Neill Cylinders: Thirty-two Recordings ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/07/the-francis-oneill-cylinders-release-update/ Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit! Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all. We here at the Ward Irish Music Archives wish you a great and happy day, and we ask that you get out and enjoy some live Irish music during the 2010 Green Season! In other news: The Archives and the Dunn ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/03/la-fheile-padraig-sona-duit-and-updates/ March is upon us, and if you’re involved with an Irish music archives, you know that means the Green Season is in full swing. The St. Patrick’s season is always a busy one for WIMA, so here’s an update of what we’ll be up to this month. This Saturday, ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/03/march-madness-green-tie-event/ We're tackling some major projects here at WIMA during 2010, the biggest being a couple relating to the Dunn Family Collection. The Dunn Family Collection was donated to the Ward Irish Music Archives (WIMA) in January 2007. The collection contains many artifacts from the life and times of Michael J. Dunn ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2010/02/dunn-family-collection-2010-projects/ As we head in to Christmas its amazing how many Irish-Americans have contributed to our culture of Christmas related songs and carols. Tin Pan Alley was practicly done when Bing Crosby had his huge hit of "White Christmas" in 1942. That one song kept songwriters in business ... http://blog.irishmusicarchive.com/2009/12/50/