Tomáseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas

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Irish storyteller, Tomáseen Foley, returns to The Grandel on December 4 with his highly acclaimed show, A Celtic Christmas. Now in its 27th year of touring, A Celtic Christmas springs from the infinitely rich treasury of Ireland’s cultural heritage. It is a re-creation of a night before Christmas in the West of Ireland in the 1940s, before the advent of motorcar, the television, and the telephone. The show takes us back to rural Ireland where neighbors gathered at each other's houses and brought with them -- not gold frankincense or myrrh, but gifts equally precious -- their gifts of music, song, dance and storytelling. On stage, the spirit of Christmas dances to life and glows brightly when the artists - ‘the neighbors’ - gather to create a wholesome, cultural, family feast directly from the rich table of communal life in the west of Ireland. By recreating just such a night on stage, Toma?seen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas brings the timeless tradition to audiences across the country. Joining Tomáseen on stage at The Grandel is a star studded cast of the finest and most authentic exponents of the Celtic arts performing anywhere today, on either side of the Atlantic. Grammy award winner player, William Coulter, multi-instrumentalist Brian Bigley; renowned dancer Marcus Donnelly and three St. Louis based performers Eimear Arkins (fiddle & vocals), Kevin Buckley (fiddle) and Natalie Wagner (dance). Special performances by St. Louis Irish Arts and The Clark Academy of Irish Dance.

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www.tomaseenfoley.com

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