<font size="4"><i><span style="font-family: arial black,sans-serif;">Different Drums of Ireland</span></i><br>Tuesday, August 9th at 8pm<br>West Side Irish American Club Pavilion</font><br>Tickets $10 at the door or respond to this email for reservations.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">For immediate release</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">July 25, 2011</b><b style=""></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Contact Jack Kilroy at 440-759-1253 or <a href="mailto:jpk1798@gmail.com">jpk1798@gmail.com</a></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 24pt;"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 24pt;">The Different Drums of </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Ireland</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;">in </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Cleveland</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> Premiere at
</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;">West Side</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> Irish American Club</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">The Different
Drums of Ireland will present their percussive Cleveland
area premiere at the outdoor pavilion of the West Side Irish American Club at 8pm, Tuesday,
August 9th, 2011.<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">The ten-year old
band has made its mark not only in musical innovation but also in building
bridges between divided communities. With the conflict in the north of Ireland
moving into the peace process, Different Drums started in 1991 as a deliberate
exercise in community relations. Roy Arbuckle was asked to do something in the
community using music and arts as a vehicle and came up with the concept of 'different
drums,' which was borrowed from Henry Thoreau. It is the notion of people
marching to the beat of different drums; at the same time he was reading a book
by M Scott Peck called 'Different Drums' which was about the essential human
need to be in community with other living things.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">The most unique
aspect of Different Drums is the use of the potent symbols of the drums of the
two main communities in the north of Ireland
- the <a href="http://www.differentdrums.info/lambeg.htm"><span style="color: windowtext;">lambeg drum</span></a> and the <a href="http://www.differentdrums.info/bodhran.htm"><span style="color: windowtext;">bodhran</span></a>
which are perceived as representing the Nationalist and Unionist cultures.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">The Lambeg drum is
a big bass drum which is most likely descended from the European military snare
drum, it has a presence in Ireland
from around the mid/late 17th Century. At over three feet in diameter and
clocking in at 125dB it's reckoned to be the loudest drum in the world. The way
it's constructed and played is unique to Ulster
and it would be representative of the Protestant and Unionist people.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">The wee drum, the
bodhran, gets the name from the Irish for deaf 'bodhr' and means 'the
deafener', it is also usually made from goats' skin. Frame drums like this are
found all over the world. It's seen as a symbol of Nationalism and the Catholic
people although its popularity is now global. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">The melodic
aspects of the band are voices and a range of traditional Irish instruments
with particular emphasis on the Uilleann pipes and the whistle, the link
between rhythm and melody is made through Roy Arbuckle’s guitar.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"> <span style=""> </span>Different Drums in performance offers a unique opportunity
to hear together the music and craic representing both communities and cultures
from their small corner of the world. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">The music is a teetering balance
between tradition and innovation. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">Different Drums is
music with effect - powerful in meaning and powerful in experience, it is hair
raising stuff but you need to experience a live concert however to understand
fully.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">Different Drums of
Ireland performed at the White House for President Clinton, at Belfast
City Hall last month for the
inauguration of the Lord Mayor, and will be performing at the Milwaukee Irish
Festival following their appearance in Cleveland.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">The concert
performance in Cleveland will
feature original and new songs & tunes, stories, histories, some audience
participation and a lot of aul craic. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">The band features Roy Arbuckle of
Derry City, Co. Londonderry - singer, songwriter, rhythm guitar, lambeg, and
bodhran; Stephen Matier of East Belfast - Bodhran, Lambeg, Darbuka, Bones,
Vocals, and Percussion; Dolores O’Hare of Mayobridge, Co. Down - Uilleann
pipes, Whistles, Fife, Fiddle, Box, Accordion, bodhran, Long drum, and vocals;
Paul Marshall of Bangor, Co. Down - Bodhran, Lambeg, Longdrum, Snares, Drumset,
Djembe, Pelodrum, Doumbek, Frame Drums, Wooparine, Vocals, Bronze Horn, and
Native American Flute; Richard Campbell of New Buildings, County Londonderry;
and Noel Lenaghan of Donegal (originally West Belfast) – flute, tin whistle, mandolin,
and vocals. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">Tickets are $10.00
and can be purchased through the West Side Irish American Club (tel. (440)
235-5868) or at the door on the day of show.<span style="">
</span>The West Side Irish American Club is located at 8559
Jennings Road, Olmsted, OH
44138. For additional
information contact Jack Kilroy (email <a href="mailto:jpk1798@gmail.com">jpk1798@gmail.com</a>
or 440-759-1253) or Meghan Maloney Craig at 330-461-2040.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Contact Jack Kilroy at 440-759-1253 or <a href="mailto:jpk1798@gmail.com">jpk1798@gmail.com</a><span style=""> </span></b></p>
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