Celtic Jam Session Musicians
Mike Dugger, Dave Agee, Gordon Bearrs, Keith Van Winkle, Frank Shopen, and Willy Peterson. (As one festival-goer stopped me to exclaim, "Who ARE these guys? They sound GREAT!")
Thomas Fox Averill - Pipers of the Plains
Tom is an English professor at Washburn University, writer and Robert Burns enthusiast. His 2003 novel, The Slow Air of Ewan MacPherson, is a tribute to all things Scottish: haggis, Burns, whisky and bagpipes. He has been a piper for over a dozen years, playing with “Pipers of the Plains” in Topeka, Kansas.
Bill Read - Pipers of the Plains
Bill is a founding member (30 years) and the current Pipe Major for "Pipers of the Plains." He also has played for the Kansas National Guard (Pipe Major, 635th Armored Regiment), Topeka's St Andrews Society, the inaugurals for at least four Kansas governors, and innumerable weddings.
Dana Morris - Pipers of the Plains
Dana has long been a member of the Pipers of the Plains, joining after his retirement.
Peggy Baker - Celtic Heritage Booth
Peggy is highly respected among Scots in this area, having served for many years as the Clan Row Coordinator for the Kansas City Scottish Highland Games. She can help answer questions regarding clan genealogy and Celtic heritage.
Lori and Kevin Henderson - Kansas City Scottish Highland Games
Lori and Kevin are the Athletic Directors at the Highland Games. They brought in a variety of "hands on" athletic equipment. Next year they say they might bring in a caber!
Rev. Douglas Phenix - Heritage and guest with Forest Green
A Glasgow native and Presbyterian minister, Douglas did his theological training at Glasgow University and in New York City during the 1960’s. He is a member of the Topeka Saint Andrew Society. He will be blessing the tartans, delivering the “Burns Heritage,” reading selected Burns poems, and leading a sing-along.
Larry Carter - Master of Ceremonies, Forest Green, guest with Uncle Dirtytoes
This is Larry’s 5th year producing this event. He also produces the weekly “Tuesday Folk” concert series downtown and “Carter Hall Performers,” a theater troupe that performs a musical he wrote. Besides Forest Green, he performs solo on improvisational folk piano, guitar and baritone cittern. He is “The Computer Lab Guy” at Free State High School.
Cordelia Brown - Forest Green
Cordelia spent much of the last week in her kitchen baking tonight’s Scottish treats. In addition to Forest Green, she performs solo on harp and piano. Cordelia is well-known for her weekday afternoon classical music program on Kansas Public Radio.
Kelly Dougherty - Guest with Forest Green
Kelly spent over 10 years touring the region with the Celtic group Shenanigans. She is currently working with Glen Road and has formed a new group, appropriately named "Kelly," and is in the progress of producing a new CD. Her vocal style lends to all influences including, Mary Black, Maddy Prior, Stevie Nicks and Emmylou Harris.
Willy Peterson - Guest with Forest Green
Willy has long been performing on bodhran, including for many years with the Celtic band Boys of the Prairie. He currently performs with a wide variety of Kansas City musicians, extending the bodhran's range to include rock and Southern blues. Willy organized tonight’s Celtic jam session.
Maria Anthony - Haggis Ceremony, Uncle Dirtytoes
Maria has produced and recorded four CDs. In the 1990’s she established the tradition of Robert Burns celebrations in Lawrence. In 2003, she received a Kansas Arts Commission Fellowship award for her work “Kentigern: St Mungo of Scotland.” She currently enjoys performing Beatles music in "Vera, Chuck and Dave" and learning to play the sitar.
Megan Hurt - Uncle Dirtytoes
Megan is a founding member of Uncle Dirtytoes, the Sirens, and of the Switch, one of the very few local, alternative groups to feature a (heavily amplified) violin. She also sometimes performs with “Vera, Chuck & Dave,” and as a duo with Darrell Lea. She owns a most impressive collection of hats. Megan teaches French at Lawrence High School.
Mark von Schlemmer - Uncle Dirtytoes
Mark is a filmmaker and Emmy-award winning television producer. After producing Speakers Corner for KCTV5 in Kansas City for two years, he is now a freelance film and video producer/director and graphic/web designer. He created & produced the arts show “Silhouettes” on Lawrence cable tv and the Harvest of Arts Film Festival.
Roger Holden - Uncle Dirtytoes
Roger is president of 21st Century Sound and Vision, Inc., an audio/visual research and development company in Lawrence. He collaborated on art projects several times with the late William Burroughs. He also plays guitar with Melvin Litton in Border Blues
Mike Fitzgerald - Uncle DIrtytoes
Mike, wrangler of children and keeper of the beat, is an original member of Lawrence's cow-funk band, the Lonesome Houndogs, and sits in occasionally with various groups around the Lawrence area
Barry Barnes - Uncle DIrtytoes
Barry is a poet, performance artist, percussionist, blue collar worker and very lucky MOOsician who plays with the Bopophonics, Uncle Dirty Toes, and Billy Eberling and the Late for Dinner Band. He previously hosted a monthly poetry jam.
Darrell Lea - Guest with Uncle Dirtytoes
Darrell has been the lead guitarist in some of the best rock bands to have come out of this area over the last 20 years, including LA Ramblers, The Deal, and Tofu Teddy. He currently performs in Vera, Chuck and Dave and The New Alligators. A former member of Uncle Dirtytoes, he is graciously filling in tonight for Maria on guitar.
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