General Guinness Band
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Highland High School Auditorium 4150 Ridge Road, Akron, Ohio 44256
Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO) opens its 2017-18 World Tour of Music concert series with the Columbus-based General Guinness Band on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 8pm at Highland High School, 4150 Ridge Road, Medina, Ohio 44256. From a tour of the Soviet Union in 1990 to eighteen shows at Dollywood’s Valley Theater in the heart of Tennessee, the General Guinness Band has performed the music of Ireland for over 35 years. Hundreds of concert programs and festivals, numerous television and radio programs, and even a guest appearance with the Chieftains have allowed the band to share their music far and wide.
The band combines songs collected by vocalist and Kilkenny, Ireland native James O’Shea with energetic fiddle tunes, four part harmonies, and Irish step dancing. The band’s richly told stories-in-song also incorporate humor and provide insight into the charming lore and myth of the Irish. Traditional through and through, enjoy this lively group and experience repertoire heard nowhere else.
This concert and weeklong residency are made possible, in part, with underwriting from Russ and Angie Huston, The Ohio Arts Council, the MG O’Neil Foundation and the Wolff Family Charitable Trust.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. They are available online at ormaco.org, by calling 330-722-2541 or at any Medina County Buehler’s store beginning October 1, 2017.