Northeast Ceili Band

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page updated 5/28/09

"I had a great time and look forward to next year. I appreciate all the time and effort that went into making the
weekend special. You played a good selection of dances that appealed to all."

CAPE COD CEILI WEEKEND VI
May 2009

Bill Black - Kevin Killeen - Pat Reynolds - Seán Reynolds - Larry Reynolds Jr - Brendan Bulger

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More about band members and guest artists

inquiries: Bill Black 508.540.5324 - email northeastcb@earthlink.net

"THE NEWEST CEILI BAND IN THE COUNTRY, AND ALREADY ONE OF THE BEST!"

Formed in June of 2004, the NECB is comprised of musicians from the Boston and New York areas who have
played together extensively in the past, and who appreciate ceili band playing as a particular skill
within the broader spectrum of Irish traditional music.

In addition, the members of the NECB appreciate one another both as musicians and as individuals. The
love and respect of the band members for one another is clearly manifest at every NECB performance, and
of course infuses the band's music as it is experienced by the dancers fortunate enough to be in
attendance at an NECB ceili.

The NECB prides itself on being responsive to the desires of its dancers - we don't tell you what
the next ceili dance or set is going to be, you tell us!

NECB PAST & FUTURE

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THE PAST ....
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June 2004
NECB makes its debut to universal approbation and amazement (or vice versa)
at the Cape Cod Celtic Festival

Sept 2004
ditto, at the Newport Irish Festival

Jan 2005
first annual Cape Cod Ceili Weekend (or "CCCW I"). Great weekend in spite of un-Cape-like
weather (30+ inches of snow on the ground)

May 2005
Memorial Day weekend ceili at the Irish Village

July 2005
NECB performs as part of the Cape Cod Celtic Festival

Sept 2005
NECB returns to its second Newport Irish Festival

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Jan 2006
Cape Cod Ceili Weekend II - great time had by all!

June 2006
Cape Cod Celtic Festival IV

Jan 2007
CCCW III - the best yet as lads are joined by Rosemary and Maeve Flanagan and dance
workshop instructors Aidan Maher (ceili) and Barry and Pat Callahan (sets)

June 2007
Midsummer Ceili at the Irish Village

October 2007
NECB appears at a Gertie Byrne "#1 Irish Weekend" at the Falls View
Hotel in the Catskills

January 2008
CCCW IV - great time had by all (despite bogus fire alarms and blizzard threat!)

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February 2009
CCCW V a great success - dancers in abundance, musicians as always ready to
tear away at the tunes, weather as good as February will ever supply on Cape Cod.

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May 2009
CCCW VI - Memorial Day weekend (5/22-25)
NECB joined by guest fiddler Brendan Bulger
Always room for more dancers but the ones that attended had a great time!

band inquiries: Bill Black 508.540.5324 - email northeastcb@earthlink.net

(ceili pictures courtesy of Peter Jee)