Here is your March 2021 Edition of the Reynolds-Hanafin-Cooley Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann newsletter.

March 2021 CCÉ Boston Newsletter   [PDF] (printable)  

Highlights from our Current Newsletter

There are virtual events happening on many levels of the Comhaltas organization from the branch to the region and into the greater community. Read about them in the newsletter. Zoom fatigue seems to be an issue for some.  That’s unfortunate, particularly when you consider the alternative. Lacking the technology that allows remote interaction during a pandemic seems equivalent to isolation. So Zoom fatigue doesn’t seem so bad.

Comhaltas News

Comhaltas, the organization, will celebrate their 70th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, Comhaltas Ireland has asked the regions to “tell their stories” in video format. The story of our region, the Northeast Region, will be told through its branches in these locations:

• Boston, MA
• Albany, NY
• Buffalo, NY 
• Hartford, CT
• Rochester, NY 
• Utica, NY 

While branch representatives are working together to produce the video, we need you, our members, to capture our essential story. And so we ask: 

• How would you tell the story of the Reynolds-Hanafin-Cooley Branch and/or the CCÉ Boston Music School?

• What does Comhaltas mean to you? 

What do we need? 

• Stories – memories
• Videos- even those short clips taken for social media
• Photographs

What’s the focus?

• Monthly Sessions at the Can Am
• Set Dancing
• Music School
• Music Sessions
• Trad Events

City View:

• Send your favorite picture from the greater Boston, Cape Cod, or New Hampshire area.

Due Date:

• Wednesday, March 10

Contact Information:

• Email: Email your stories to Maureen Conway cceboston.org@gmail.com with Subject Line:  Video.
• Submit: Click on this Fleadhfest Contact Form to Share Materials/Files.
• Mail: While email is preferred, you may also mail your stories to me. My address is contained in the newsletter.
• Call: Questions? Phone (617) 895-6108 with any questions.  

News From Our Virtual Music School

If learning to play an Irish Instrument is on your bucket list, the CCE Boston Music School may be able to help you realize that dream. “eRegistration“ is ongoing until March 10th. Register here. Classes start March 27th.  

News from around the Northeast Region

The next inter-branch monthly virtual session of the Northeast Region will be hosted by the Utica branch on Zoom. Add these dates to your calendar and join in.  

• Feb 28th Utica, NY 
• Mar 28th Boston, MA
• Apr 25th Buffalo, NY

News from the North American Province

Don’t forget the dates for the virtual North American Provincial Convention being planned for April 9-11. More details will follow.

Member news

Community Events

BC Gaelic Roots Series

Explore our website to locate branch and community-related events and organizations. Not a member? Get our Newsletter delivered to your in-box as soon as it is available on our website; sign up for or renew your membership.

Website: cceboston.org

• Share your email with us to receive periodic notices about events – most of them virtual.  Complete the contact form here
• Connect with us on our Boston Comhaltas Facebook page. 
• If you’re not already a member, you might also be interested in joining our long-standing CCÉ Boston Music School Facebook group.
• Be sure to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bostoncomhaltas/
• The Comhaltas website has a music and video archive
   www.comhaltas.ie/music 
• Clare FM – The West Wind.  Listen live Monday to Friday 2 to 4 pm Boston time .  www.clare.fm  ~  listen to back recordings
• TG4 Irish television channel www.tg4.ie  has a terrific archive of music programs. The website can be switched to English at the top right hand corner of the page.  Recommended ~ watch programs such as Gradam Ceoil TG4, Tradfest TG4, Sé Mo Laoch,  Geantraí,  Hup  and many more.

Maureen Conway, Secretary
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann ~ Reynolds-Hanafin-Cooley Branch
Website: cceboston.org