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SUMMER TRAD & FOLK WITH BUNOSCIONN, GER LOUGHLIN, ARC & THE DARA QUARTET.

An array of traditional players and folk singers will take to the stage for two evenings of music and song in aid of the Kildare Steiner School.

Bunoscionn are one of the new Generation of ballad and folk groups giving a fresh interpretation and energy to many of our best loved songs. Band members have been playing together in various combinations and different genres from blues to reggae over the past five years. However, their common passion for Irish music led to the formation of the band last year and they haven’t looked back since. Bunoscionn’s rhythmic arrangements and powerful vocal harmonies will have you dancing in your seat. Balladeer and local man Ger Loughlin will be joining them on the night. Ger has performed in Ireland and internationally for the past seven years with folk group Dublin City Workingman’s Band.

Arc is a group of young musicians from the Hollywood and Ballymore Eustace area. They have all in some way been associated over the last 10 years with the Laura Greaves Music School in Hollywood. Many have been students there and some are now tutors themselves. While the core of Arc's music could be described as Irish Traditional, they also play Scottish, American, French and Swedish material. Arc has performed internationally over the past five years with recent trips to Southern Brittany and Copenhagen where they performed with members of Riverdance.

The Dara Quartet will be performing a set of Irish tunes and airs specially arranged for string quartet. They have been playing together for eight years and began when they were all still members of the Dunlavin Youth Orchestra.

All proceeds will go to the Kildare Steiner School. The school in Gormanstown, near Kilcullen, has a Mother and Toddler Group, Kindergarten and Primary School on a four acre campus. For information see www.kildaresteinerschool.org.

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