Up and Down Week

We had a busy week here this week with our own Balor CEPs 'Love Rides The Rails' running from monday to Wednesday and uileann piper Eoin Dillon from Kila and his Third Twin project on Thursday.

'Love Rides The Rails' was just good old fashioned fun - a melodrama set in the early days of the US railroads, played for laughs - an hour and a half of pure entertainment. The monday night show was a Gala Night in aid of The Butt Hall Tennis Club and credit must go to Tracey Alexander and all who organised and sold tickets for the night - it was a great success and hopefully the tennis club made a nice little profit too.

Thursday saw Eoin Dillon here. The Third Twin is both the name of the album and the group that Eoin has put together in his spare time when he's not busy with Kila. It's a four piece featuring Eoin Dillon (pipes & whistles) with Steven Larkin (fiddle), Frank Tate (bouzouki) & Des Cahalan (guitar). We had Kila here last year and it was a sell out so we were hoping for a big night but sadly it wasn't to be. A mere handful of people turned out which was a pity because Eoin and the boys gave it their all and played some fantastic music which I know traditional fans everywhere would have loved. Still, you win some, you lose some.

If you are a traditional music fan then please don't miss our Traditional Compositions night next thursday. It features Tommy Peoples, Seamus Gibson, Theresa Kavanagh, Ian Smith and Seamus Tansey - the finale of the night will be the first public playing of a piece special written by Tommy as part of his Traditional Musician In Residence term at the Balor.