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Sadly, the CKSP seisiún is no more. We had a good run - 8 years, but in the end the attendance dwindled to almost nothing. The seisiún was moved to the Plough and Stars a few blocks away and ran for another two years before I decided that it was time to give the time slot to someone else.
Our
inaugural seisiún was held on Monday, the 30th of April, 2000.
We had about 15 or so players in attendance, with many more
who came out simply to hear us play. A great time
was had by all, and I think that we impressed the folks at the
pub, who did not know what to expect of us. Now, in our ninth
month at the '32, Francis and Brendan are very pleased with
our music and what we are doing, and we have expanded our schedule
from once to twice a month, starting in January.
We meet at 7:30pm on the SECOND and LAST Mondays of each month
at Ireland's
32 located at 3920 Geary Blvd. (between 2nd and 3rd) in
San Francisco. Ireland's 32 is a nice, clean pub with a
good but limited food menu.
While this is a Comhaltas
sponsored event, you need not be a member of Comhaltas to join
in on the fun.
The seisiún starts between 7:30 and 8:00pm, depending
on how early people begin to arrive. Between the time that we
start and about 9:00pm, we run in a 'slowplay' mode, where we
select and play (at about ½ speed), tunes from our Playlist.
During this first hour and a half, we encourage people to keep
to our published list and to keep the pace slow. Our intent
is to assist beginning players to get familiar with some standard
tunes, to learn to play from memory, and to learn to play in
a seisiún environment, so they can make the transition
to a regular seisiún.
After 9:00 PM, the seisiún will shift to a more traditional
pace, and we welcome any and all players who are capable of
starting or following the tunes to join in the seisiún
atmosphere. No formal lists of tunes will be developed,
but Irish dance tunes will form the focus of the fun.
The occasional air, song or other Celtic tune might surface
from time to time. Players of all levels who are intrigued
by an unfamiliar tune are encouraged to listen intently and/or
record the tune on tape, to learn and practice it for the next
seisiún.
We have experienced players to lead the seisiún, and
from time to time we will try to get 'special guests' to lead
us in our revels.
Basic seisiún etiquette will be strongly endorsed but
loosely enforced, especially in the second half. Tape
recorders are welcome throughout the evening to assist in capturing
elusive tunes and learning them by ear between meetings.
Our Playlist is puplished on our
site, and it provides the tunes the following formats: .abc,
.pdf, .gif and midi.
We have also started seisiúns to play before the Comhaltas
monthly ceilis, and they have been a lot of fun.
Please contact myself
or Michael
Riemer for more information, or
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to our mail list to receive reminder
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