Fellow Traveler journeys to keep traditioanal Irish music alive in Vermont

<body text="#008000" link="#FFFF00" vlink="#FFFF00" alink="#00FF00"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" rowspan="2"><p align="left"><font face="Centaur" color="#000000"><strong><big>Enjoy some highlights from the March 11th Irish Arts Performances held at the<em> College Street Congregational Churc</em>h where <i>Fellow Traveler</i>, a Vermont-based traditional Irish band, hosted an evening of Irish music, poetry and dance featuring Vermont artists. Casey Abair (fiddle), Matt Leipert (pipes), and Scott Wilson (guitar) played some traditional Irish tunes. John Murry, from County Kildare Ireland, sang a couple Irish ballads. <em>Fellow Traveler</em> - Anthony Santoro, (pipes), and Scott Wilson (banjo) - and friends Ben Wang (fiddle), Eric Everson (guitar/sound), and Jim Curtin (flute) were joined by Step Dancers from the <span class="eventTitle"><em>McNeish School of Irish Dance</em>.  All joined together to finish the evening in session. </span></big></strong></font></p> <p align="left"><strong><big><font face="Centaur" color="#000000">The show was MC'd by </font><font face="Centaur" color="#008000"><a target="_blank" href="http://abair.com/Leddycd/index.html">Chris Abair</a> </font><font face="Centaur" color="#000000">who performed the poetry of his grandfather and grandaunt </font><font face="Centaur" color="#008000"><a href="http://abair.com/Leddycd/poemhome.htm" target="_blank">George Albert Leddy and M. Laura Leddy</a>.</font></big></strong></p> <p align="left"><font face="Centaur" color="#000000"><strong><big><big><big><em>Fellow Traveler</em></big></big>,</big><br> Anthony Santoro and Scott Wilson,<small> </small>are joined by piper Matt Leipert,<small> </small>flutist Joyce Holsen,<small> </small>and Casey Abair on fiddle<small> </small>for a<small><small><br> </small></small><big>Traditional Irish Music Session </big></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><big><big><em><big><font face="Centaur" color="#FFFF00"><strong>F</strong></font></big></em></big></big></td> </tr> </table> </body>