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‘Irish & College’: College Age Musicians who play Irish Trad Music Hope to see you on Monday March 25 at 7pm at the Amy E. Tarrant Gallery. Final event of the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival. Starts at 7, with Ani Kulik and Yasi Zeichner as facilitators/announcers. Donations accepted at the door. The first part (every […]
Thanks to Ruth, Elizabeth and Elizabeth from the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival, Sarah King, Yasi Zeichner and all the Fiddleheads participants and the crew at City Hall, we were able to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an instrument petting zoo installation and a performance by Fiddleheads. Dozens or families and children kept the instruments in […]
Thanks to Bill Drislane for jumping in as zoo keeper, Ruth, Elizabeth and Elizabeth from the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival and everyone at the Fletcher Free Library, the Instrument Petting Zoo was available to several dozen children and their families. All kinds of inventive ways to play instruments, including the ‘correct’ way….. all in good […]
4/29/19 Beaton~Plasse 4/30/19 Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves 5/1/19 Le Vent de Nord 5/2/19 Genticorum 5/3/19 Martin Hayes All start at 6pm, all acoustic, all very limited seating, all tickets available now at sevendaystickets.com. Host band is Pete’s Posse. Other activities include Festival Club with Pete’s Posse at Half Lounge after each evening concert […]
After Fiddleheads concludes a residency with Sarah King this Sunday at Burlington Irish Heritage Festival Ceili at City Hall in Burlington (12:30pm rehearsal, 1pm performance), another 2-part residency begins on 3/23/19 with Yasi Zeichner at the Burlington Violin Shop, building Irish tune repertoire where Sarah leaves off (Yasi will also be at the Festival Ceili […]
Young Tradition Vermont is involved with several events over the next few days as part of the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival. The Instrument Petting Zoo will be part of activities at the Fletcher Free Library on Saturday 3/16 (late morning) and City Hall on Sunday 3/17 (early afternoon). Fiddleheads perform with Sarah King and Yasi […]
Our Kickstarter campaign is a very important part of our efforts to support the Young Tradition Touring Group’s performance and cultural tour of metro New York and New Jersey in late April 2019. We have less than 30 days to reach our target, and won’t succeed without a lot help! There are some amazing rewards/premiums […]
Thanks to everyone for making our annual Mardi Gras fundraiser for the Tom Sustic Fund successful, nourishing, important. Appreciation to everyone at Hotel Vermont for the welcome and tons of extra effort, especially the crew on duty that night, and John Abair…. without John the whole thing would not have been possible…… all the sponsors […]
• 3/17/19 performance with Sarah King,Yasi Zeichner and others for the Burlington Irish Festival Ceili at City Hall in Burlington (1pm) • 3/23/19 rehearsal with Yasi Zeichner for 5/12/19 Shelburne Museum performance at the Burlington Violin Shop (9:30am to 12 noon) • 4/13/19 rehearsal with Dominique Dodge for 6/15/19 Carolan Festival performance at the Burlington […]
Thanks to the staff and students at the Smilie Memorial Elementary School in Bolton for hosting the instrument petting zoo on Friday, February 22. Somewhere between 80 and 100 children had the chance to be inspired with and learn about how instruments are used in traditional music and dance. And thanks to Yasi and Oli […]
Thanks to Collin & John for doing the Baird 5 Pediatric Music Session at the UVM Children’s Hospital on 2/18/19. This is part of a series of monthly sessions for Baird 5 patients, families and staff that has been sponsored by Young Tradition Vermont with the Child Life Department since 2003. As always there’s listening, singing, dancing, […]
Come celebrate Mardi Gras with live music from Yankee Chank, Big Night, & Ponyhustle! Mardi Gras, French for ‘Fat Tuesday,’ is celebrated around the world as the last night of dancing, feasting, and partying before Lenten fasting begins on Ash Wednesday. This Burlington-based Mardi Gras celebration takes place March 5 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm at […]