Cityfolk and Victoria Theatre Association Present The Chieftains 3/6

Victoria Theatre Association and Cityfolk present the Grammy-winning Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains for one night only Sunday, March 6, 2011, at the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center in downtown Dayton. Reserved seat tickets to the 8 PM performance are $56, $38 or $27 and are available from the Cityfolk box office at (937) 496-3863 or www.cityfolk.org.

The Chieftains concert is part of Cityfolk's 2010-2011 Celtic Series and is co-presented with the Victoria Theatre Association. "This collaboration has been both enjoyable and enlightening. We hope to make it an ongoing partnership," said Ken Neufeld, President & CEO of Victoria Theatre Association and the Arts Center Foundation. "It is always a pleasure to work with locals arts groups," said Kathleen Alter, executive director of Cityfolk, "our goal is the same - to bring quality entertainment to the people of Miami Valley."

For millions of people around the world, "Irish Music" means The Chieftains. Piper Paddy Moloney still leads this Grammy-winning band a half century after they launched the revival of Irish traditional music in the 1960s. They may be the biggest brand name in Irish music, but they still maintain all the enthusiasm of a group of young players. A Chieftains concert is driven by the kind of high spirits and high powered virtuosity that distinguishes the best bands in the world.

Since their commercial breakthrough in 1975, when they created the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's film Barry Lyndon, The Chieftains not only embodied the best of the deep wellspring that is Irish music, they've collaborated with musicians the world over including Paul McCartney and (most recently) guitarist Ry Cooder.

The Chieftains have toured North America for 35 years and their winter tour, which coincides with annual St. Patrick's Day celebrations, has become a ritual thousands eagerly anticipate each year. Always showcasing the best young Irish Dancers on tour, The Chieftains are still anchored by singer/bodhran player Kevin Conneff, Dublin fiddle virtuoso Sean Keane and Matt Molloy, the premier flutist in Irish music. As the band approaches its fifth decade, the flame still burns bright for Moloney as he anticipates The Chieftains 2011 Winter Tour, "We're still unique," he says. "A lot of bands have come and gone, but we're still here."

Tickets to the March 6, 8 PM performance are $56, $38 or $27 and are available from the Cityfolk box office at (937) 496-3863 or www.cityfolk.org.

The Cityfolk 2010-2011 Season of Events is supported by CompuNet Clinical Laboratories, The Meadowlark Restaurant, Coco's Bistro, Rue Dumaine, The Dublin Pub, WYSO 91.3 FM and Jack W. and Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation. Cityfolk also receives operating support from Culture Works, the Ohio Arts Council, and Montgomery County.

All Cityfolk events are accessible to the elderly and people with disabilities. Available services include audio amplification headsets, large-print or Braille programs, sign interpretation, audio description and wheelchair accessibility. For information about services available for a particular Cityfolk event, please call (937) 223-3655 or e-mail cityfolk@cityfolk.org.

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