Irish Music in Santa Cruz

Special St. Patrick's Day Children's Events:

Traditional Irish Gaelic Children's Songs
Sunday, March 9th, 3pm - 4pm
Borders
1200 Pacific Ave
Santa Cruz, CA

This will give children and adults a chance to learn some fun, easy
songs in the Irish language, and some games, too!

Traditional Irish Gaelic Children's Songs
Sunday, March 16th, 2:30pm
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue
Capitola, CA

This will give children and adults in Capitola (or who missed it the
first time, or who want more) a chance to learn some fun, easy songs
in the Irish language, and some games, too!

Irish Storytime with Songs
Monday, March 17th, 11am
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue
Capitola, CA

AWARD WINNING CELTIC SINGER TO PERFORM FIRST WEST COAST CONCERTS

AT BORDERS IN DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ

Award Winning Celtic Singer, Harper, and Songwriter, Caera will give
three free, family-friendly concerts of Celtic music at Borders, 1200
Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, on three Fridays: January 25th, February
8th, and February 22nd, from 7 PM - 8:15PM.

These special performances will be Caera's first public concerts on
the west coast of the US. Caera, who recently relocated to Santa Cruz
from the Boston area, has been performing and teaching for the past
five years throughout the New England area as well as across the
Midwestern states, as far south as Georgia, and as far away as
Ireland. Caera is an accomplished musician with five albums to date,
one of which made it onto the ballot for the 2008 Grammy Awards in
October.

Caera is a singer, harper, and writer, who is very passionate about
the music, languages, and history of her Gaelic ancestors. She plays a
clairseach; a brass-strung harp modeled after medieval harps from
Ireland, and sings in all three Gaelic languages (Irish, Scottish, and
Manx) as well as other languages.

Throughout her career as a performing musician, Caera's singing has
often been compared to that of Loreena McKennitt, Moya Brennan (of
Clannad), Nóirín ní Riain, Karen Mattheson (of Capercaillie), Karan
Casey, and many other notable singers in Celtic music. Audiences rave
about her performances, "Now I know the angels sing in Gaelic," and "I
would walk on broken glass to hear you sing." Caera is an
award-winning sean-nos singer who competed this past November in an
t-Oireachtas, the national competitions held entirely in the Irish
language, every fall, in Ireland. In 2005, she was awarded Five Gold
Medals at the 25th annual Columbus Feis, in Ohio, celebrating the
culture and heritage of Ireland and the Irish people.

In performance and in teaching, Caera strives to make the Celtic
languages, especially Irish Gaelic, accessible and easy for anyone to
understand -- whether they only speak English or not, whether they are
familiar with traditional Celtic music or not, and whether they have
Celtic ancestry or not.

If you are looking for something new and interesting in Santa Cruz,
these concerts offer insight and information about Celtic music, as
well as a peaceful and powerful experience of it. Caera's concerts
are fun, relaxing and educational for the whole family.

These events are free and open to the public. Caera's CD's will be
available for sale at each concert. For more information please call
831-332-7609, or visit www.caera.info.

www.caera.info
www.myspace.com/IrishHarper