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For the Lower Mainland, Alberta & The Northwest US

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CELTIC EVENTS
For the best in Celtic music and concerts check the Rogue Folk Club, phone
604-736-3022 or check their website - www.roguefolk.bc.ca


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LOWER MAINLAND

The BC Highland Games:

June 28th at the Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam. For information check their website at www.bchighlandgames.com BC Highland Games are looking for volunteers for the Games, please call Ann MacDonald at 604-681-2233 or Cell - 604-671-8215. They are also looking for more Scottish vendors (especially food) for the Marketplace. Vendors contact Jim Bain at 604-435-0764.

The Back Kitchen Release Party:

June 19 to August 2, just good clean East Coast table thumpin' music! See it live at the Arts Club Theatre at the Granville Island Stage on Granville Island, Vancouver. For tickets - 604-687-1644 or www.artsclub.com

Blackthorn CD release party

June 21 at the St. James Hall, 3214 W. 10th Ave., Vancouver. Tickets available at the Rogue Folk Club, 604-736-3022 or www.roguefolk.bc.ca For more information about Blackthorn check their website at www.blackthornband.com

Book launch - The History of the GAA in Canada

July 6 by Vancouver author John O'Flynn at the Wolf & Hound, 3617 W. Broadway (between Dunbar & Alma), at 3 pm.

The International Summer School of Celtic Performing Arts

July 6-11 at Malaspina University College, Vancouver Island. For more information call toll-free 1-866-301-2358 or visit: www.celtfest.ca.

The Coast Strings Sunshine Coast Summer School of Celtic Music

July 7-11 - For information contact Ann at (604) 886-4768, e-mail: info@coaststringfiddlers.com, website - www.coaststringfiddlers.com.

Vancouver Western Division Championship Tournament

July 12-13 - (Gaelic football and hurling) at Brockton Oval in Stanley Park, Vancouver. Games from 10 am. Social event July 12 at The Moose Down Under - all welcome. For more info. check the Irish Sporting & Social Club of Vancouver at www.isscvancouver.com for updates or call 604-722-4581.

Vancouver Folk Music Festival

July 18-20 at Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver. It is featuring Showing our Celtic Roots. For tickets and info. check their website at www.thefestival.bc.ca or phone 604-602-9798.

Surrey Fusion Festival

July 18-20, the ultimate celebration of music, food and culture, at King George Highway and Old Yale Road in Surrey. Featuring The Chieftains, The Cottars, and Wheat in the Barley along with many other artists. For info. www.fusionfestival.surrey.ca

Mission Folk Music Festival

July 25-27 presents an Irish session at Fraser River Heritage Park, Mission, B.C. Advance tickets available from July 1-24, tickets www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca or 604-826-5937 or 1-866-494-3655.

Mark your calendar for The Celtic Connection's annual Golf Tournament

July 26 - at the Mylora Golf Course, Sidaway Road, Richmond. For more information e-mail Maura at maura@celtic-connection.com or call (604) 434-3747 or fax (604) 438-8419.

Western Canada Division 2008 Championships Men's and Ladies' Gaelic football

August 2-3, in their quest for the Tom Butler (Men's) and the Tom Gibbons (Ladies) cups, at the CCIAC grounds (off McKnight Blvd) in Calgary. For more info. check their website at www.westerncanadagaa.co.nr

The Irish Heritage Society of Canada presents their 3rd Annual Golf Tournament

August 16 at Country Meadows Golf and Country Club, 8600 No. 6 Road, Richmond. For more info. call George at 604-270-2881 or Tom at 604-879-3485.

Canmore Highland Games

August 31 - the premier Highland Games in Canada, takes place in Canmore, Alberta. Full Highland Games and evening ceilidh with Stand Easy from Los Angeles. For more info. www.canmorehighlandgames.ca

The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

will be continuing their tradition of Dancing in the Park through the summer. For info. check their website htpp://www.rscdsvancouver.org/dancepark.html

The 50th anniversary tour of The Alexander Brothers

October 25 at the Scottish Cultural Centre. For tickets and information call Morag at 604-939-3963.

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ALBERTA
Western Canada Division 2008 Championships Men's and Ladies' Gaelic football

August 2-3, in their quest for the Tom Butler (Men's) and the Tom Gibbons (Ladies) cups, at the CCIAC grounds (off McKnight Blvd) in Calgary. For more info. check their website at www.westerncanadagaa.co.nr

Canmore Highland Games

August 31, the premier Highland Games in Canada, takes place in Canmore, Alberta. Full Highland Games and evening ceilidh with Stand Easy from Los Angeles. For more info. www.canmorehighlandgames.ca

The Calgary Celtic Supporters Club  & Peanuts Sports Pub

We have come together to feature: Glasgow Celtic action, English Premier League Soccer and Gaelic Football & Hurling. Peanuts Sports Pub is located in the Carriage House Inn, 9030 MacLeod Trail S, Calgary. For more info: 403-253-1101

The Irish Sports and Social Society - Edmonton

We are your headquarters for all the Gaelic Games of Football & Hurling.
For more game information: Check the club bulletin board at: www.irishclub.ca or call 780-453-2249


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WASHINGTON
Gaelic Football & Hurling

The only venue in Seattle showing all the GAA football and hurling games is Fado Irish Pub, 801 - 1st Ave., Seattle. Call 206-264-2700 for info. or check their website for game times and clubs at www.fadoirishpub.com

Irish Language teacher, Aidan Maher

will be teaching an Irish Language School for Beginners in Washington State. For more information 1-800-836-8285 or e-mail usacademy@gmail.com


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For more upcoming entertainment listings check the latest edition
of the Celtic Connection.


PIPE BANDS
SFU Pipe Band

Learn to play pipes and drums with the SFU world champions.
Info: 604-943-1987. Also there is the SFU Pipe Band;s world famous teaching program for children. For information call: 604-943-1987.

The British Columbia Regiment Irish Pipes and Drums

looking for persons interested in playing the bagpipes or drums with the intent of joining the band. Contact: Pat Connell at (604) 802-2576 or e-mail: pdc_bby@hotmail.com.

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SOCIETY & SOCIAL CLUB INFO
BRITISH COLUMBIA

Ireland Monument Committee:

For information about the Ireland Monument and its proposed erection at Stanley Park please call Brendan Flynn at (604) 873-3167 or www.irelandmonumentvancouver@hotmail.com


Royal Scottish Country Dance Society:

Join a Scottish Country Dance class fun for all ages. No partner needed. For information, call (604) 929 6884, or www.rscdsvancouver.org.


Irish and Scottish language lessons

Scottish Gaelic language lessons by Maureen Lyon at the Scottish Cultural Centre. For more info. call (604) 263-9911.


Irish Heritage Society of Canada

President, Tony McCamley, 604-534-9225

Irish Sporting & Social Club

For a listing of Gaelic football/hurling tournaments in the Pacific Northwest

check out the Vancouver Irish Sporting and Social Club website at
www.isscvancouver.com.

 

Stage Eireann

Bernie Percy - 604-263-3330
www.stageeireann.com

The Irish Women's Network - (IWN)

Deirdre O'Ruairc 604-576-1525 or Geraldine Megannety, email megannety@hotmail.com
www.irishwomenbc.ca


Irish University Graduates Association

Kevin Elwood 604-732-5470 or Patricia Ryan, email p98ryan@hotmail.com

Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann

Kathy King 604-536-7723 or email kathypking@shaw.ca

White Rock Irish Club

Elks Hall
1469 George Street,
White Rock, B.C. V4B 4A2
President, John Pye.
For Club activities, call Olwyn Graffe at (604) 536-5128

Scottish Cultural Centre

604-263-9911

Gaelic classes for beginners and intermediates at the Scottish Cultural Centre, 8886 Hudson Street, Vancouver

For more info: John MacLeod 604-432-9216 or Maureen Lyon 604-536-1367


Welsh Society, Vancouverr

President: Jane Byrne, 604-732-5448

Dylan Thomas Circle

For information call Geoff Madoc-Jones 604-937-3587 e-mail: madocjo@sfu.ca

BC Welsh Contacts

Victoria - Dr. David Lintern - 250-642-6747, e-mail: lintern@shaw.ca

Nanaimo - Graham Rees - 250-756-9909
Bellingham - Phil Humphries - 360-752-0082, e-mail: p.humphries@attbi.com

Sports
Rangers Supporters Club

call David Fletcher at 604-937-3878. For game times call
the hotline 604-878-8190

Vancouver Shamrock Celtic Supporters Club

visit their website at www.geocities.com/vanceltic

Vancouver Celtic Supporters Association in Port Moody

call the hotline at 604-219-9357 or Harry McGinn at 604-599-6025


Vancouver Cougars Football Club

Australian Rules Football - Learn to play this great game in a fun and social environment. You don't have to be from "down under" to play. For details contact: Tony Cooper at: ajcworldwide@hotmail.com

Website: www.bcfooty.com


ALBERTA
The Irish Sports and Social Society of Edmonton

For cultural events call 780-453-2249

The Irish Cultural Society Calgary

For cultural events call the Events Hotline at 403-288-8641

Alberta Welsh Contacts

Calgary - Susan Drayson - e-mail: skdrayson@ucalgary.ca


U.S. PACIFIC NORTHWEST
The Irish Heritage Club Seattle

For details and information on club activities throughout the year, www.irishclub.org or call John Keane at: 425-290-7839


U.S. Welsh Contacts

Seattle - Gerri Baker-Parry - 206-524-0854, e-mail: gbakerparry@aol.com

Bellingham - Phil Humphries - 360-752-0082, e-mail: p.humphries@attbi.com


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For further events listings check the Celtic Connection newspaper.