The NORTHEAST CEILI BAND Homepage
page updated 11/26/07
Seán Reynolds - Pat Reynolds - Mike Reynolds - Kevin Killeen - guest fiddler Rose Flanagan - Bill Black
inquiries: phone 508.540.5324 - email necb@earthlink.net
group members
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"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.
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE...
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THE PAST ....
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June 2004 - band 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 - band performs at the Cape Cod Celtic Festival
Sept 2005 - band returns to this year's Newport Irish Festival
Jan 2006 - second Cape Cod Ceili Weekend - 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
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THE FUTURE ....
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January 25-27: fourth annual Cape Cod Ceili Weekend at the Irish Village. If you've been to one of these weekends, you'll know what
a blast it is! Three ceilis, workshops, and the "3 F's" in abundance (food, fun, and fellowship). This year the band will be joined by
All-Ireland fiddle champion (2001 and 2006) Maeve Flanagan.
THE PAST ....
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June 2004 - band 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 - band performs at the Cape Cod Celtic Festival
Sept 2005 - band returns to this year's Newport Irish Festival
Jan 2006 - second Cape Cod Ceili Weekend - 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
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THE FUTURE ....
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January 25-27: fourth annual Cape Cod Ceili Weekend at the Irish Village. If you've been to one of these weekends, you'll know what
a blast it is! Three ceilis, workshops, and the "3 F's" in abundance (food, fun, and fellowship). This year the band will be joined by
All-Ireland fiddle champion (2001 and 2006) Maeve Flanagan.