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EVERY MONDAY
NIGHT -- The Hooliegans Traditional Irish Music
Session takes place at
Galloway Station Bar &
Grill, 4211 S. Lone Pine in Springfield, Missouri.
Music from 7:00pm till 9:00. The session is open to
acoustic
melody players familiar with traditional
Irish music, so come to listen, or come to share
some tunes.
The session was founded in April 2003 by whistle
player John McHaffie and bodhran player Jeanette
Beeman, and over the years has moved through a
number of Springfield coffeehouse and bar venues.
First was Churchill's Coffeehouse, where the session
grew with the addition of a singer and hammered
dulcimer player. The session moved
on to the Magic Bean coffeehouse -- and really grew,
with a couple of fiddlers,
an uilleann piper, harmonica player and flute player joining the ranks. Mudhouse coffeehouse and Panera Bread Co. briefly
hosted the session -- and saw the addition of
two more fiddles, as well as flute,
whistle, concertina, guitar -- and a step dancer!
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The Hooliegans session finally found a permanent
home at Galloway Station in 2006, and has had
continued growth with new regulars, and numerous guests and players from
the area, and around the country.
Nowadays, any
Monday night might bring as many as 10-14 musicians
to take part. The usual instrumental line-up
includes fiddles, flutes, tinwhistles, concertina, uilleann
pipes, banjo, harmonica, guitars, mandolin,
bouzouki, bodhran and the occasional harp or
stand-up bass. |
The Hooliegans at Patton Alley Pub, St. Pat's 2006 |
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The Hooliegans are not a performance band per se,
but they do sometimes "play out" away from the
session environment. They've been known to add
energy and fun to a wedding reception
or other party, and were regulars for some
years at the after-St.Pat's-Parade festivities
in Springfield, MO. But the idea of the Hooliegans began as -- and has remained -- an
informal, unstructured traditional Irish session:
to share the music we love, to learn, to have
fun. If you're in Springfield Missouri any Monday
night, come on down to Galloway Station for some
tunes. |
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Traditional Irish
Session - every Monday night 7:00-9:00pm
Galloway Station,
4211 S. Lone Pine, Springfield, Missouri
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