Meeting House Presents

at the Unitarian Society of Hartford

50 Bloomfield Avenue  Hartford, CT  06105

Celtic Melody in concert on Saint Patrick’s Day.

Friday, March 17, 2023 at 7:00   $15 suggested donation

We promise not to serve green beer . . .

         . . . but maybe green tea and Janice Newton’s famous chocolate mousse.

Click the Saint Patrick’s Day image to see the full-sized poster.

Celtic Melody is a Connecticut-based group playing traditional Irish dance music and song. At a Celtic Melody show you can expect to hear jigs, reels, hornpipes, slides, slip-jigs, hop-jigs, polkas and more. Interspersed with these tunes you will also get plenty of songs, from the familiar Irish standards to some rare gems picked up in the backs of pubs in the wee hours of morning… Celtic Melody is (L to R in the photo above) Tom Morgan, Liz Farley Raymond, Janet Morgan, Aaron Bittle, Brent Morgan, and Eileen Burke Grabowsk. Meet the band…

Eileen is the daughter of Galway native fiddle and box player Eddie Burke. She played fiddle growing up, but took a break from music while raising her kids. Now that the kids are a little older Eileen is once again following in her father’s footsteps.

Tom and Janet Morgan (singer/guitar and concertina/tin whistle) spent a year living in Dublin in 2002 where they became fascinated with the traditional session music at the local pubs. Janet picked up the tin whistle, and Tom set to work memorizing verse after verse of song lyrics. After their return to the states their son Brent joined them on some tunes, and soon began playing the Irish Tenor Banjo to round out their little trio.

St. Patrick’s Day Extra!

Musical intermission with Jerry Jacques and Nancy Fightlin.

Friday, April 28, 2023 at 7:00   

Meetinghouse is a folk/rock/bluegrass/r&b musical group that serendipitously happens to be made up of Unitarian Universalists.

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Friday, May 19, 2023 at 7:00   

Horizon Blue Band Home-Grown Acoustic Americana

Horizon Blue’s music is best described as Contemporary Americana – a blend of folk, bluegrass, country, blues and rock. We play a variety of instruments including guitar, mandolin, ukulele, electric and upright bass, dobro, strum stick, bongos, and flute.

Our performances are family friendly, conversational, and inviting. The original and well-known songs we perform have a storytelling aspect and are well received by audiences of all ages.