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cleveland irish fest 2011

markphoto — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:43:02 +0000

what would a cleveland irish fest be without rain? once again, we will not know. sporting a VERY good lineup this year, the cleveland irish fest was once again hot as could be, but a very enjoyable time nonetheless. regulars like seven nations (performing for the 12th consecutive time at CCIF) and the INCREDIBLE eileen ivers & immigrant soul featuring tommy mcdonnell wowed the crowds, along with recent adds to the regular schedule such as the incredible diver sisters known as the screaming orphans, and the always energetic band, scythian!

new to the cleveland festivities this year were the band slide, fronted by the whirlwind known as daire bracken, the fantastic mickey finns out of new york city, and the kreelers, a great band from the motor city!

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for the rest of the photos, click HERE

polina k rocks mike’s barn

markphoto — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:18:18 +0000

polina, eve and i went out to meet my business partner (and most excellent bass and harmonica player) rob winwood out at mike’s barn to check out an AMAZING jazz guitarist named conrad reeves. well, he lived up to his reputation that has preceeded him (and this was BEFORE the tullamore dew)!

after introducing polina to mike, he convinced her to play a few songs with a set of musicians she had never played with. after 5-10 minutes of showing the guys the structures of HER songs (NOT covers), they did a GREAT job! (I am telling you that after having gone to the barn for a few years, i have NEVER seen a bad musician there!)

WHAT A NIGHT! HERE is some of the visual proof!

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volleyball meetup @ whitey’s

markphoto — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:29:05 +0000

another gorgeous sunday in cleveland was spent playing volleyball down at whitey’s booze & burgers, located in richfield, ohio. here is a sample of the action:

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for more photos from the day, check THESE out.

luau @ whiskey island

markphoto — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:08:08 +0000

More than 50 people turned out for 4 different Meetup groups luau down at Whiskey Island. Apparently, Carmelina and Alice seemed to be having the best of times, as is evidenced by the pictures that can be found HERE.

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parade the circle 2011

markphoto — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:38:48 +0000

for those of you in cleveland who have not been to this event, you are REALLY missing something. in it’s 22nd year now, parade the circle draws approximately 70,000 visitors to the wade oval circle, right in the middle of the museums, including the art museum, botanical society, and natural history museum.

starting at the art museum and working counter-clockwise, the parade of characters, dancers, stilt-walkers, and ALL kinds of decorated floats and people, it takes a little over an hour for the whole thing to go by.

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to see more pictures from the day, check THESE out.

hessler street fair 2011

markphoto — Sun, 22 May 2011 08:19:39 +0000

hessler 2011 provide to be both fun and bittersweet as getting to see the always fun carlos jones & the P.L.U.S. band work their magic over the crowd, and seeing the band mifune perform their LAST performance as a unit.

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for the rest of the photos, you can find them HERE

photo shoot with polina k

markphoto — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:31:14 +0000

did a couple of quick photo shoots with an amazing musician named polina kourakina! first, we did some at a coffee shop in lakewood, then at a mini-concert at a an old school that is now home to a few artists.

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you check out her music @ www.polinakmusic.com

for more pictures from the coffee shop shoot, go here. for the school concert, check here.

cleveland irish fest 2010

markphoto — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:17:30 +0000

why is is ALWAYS so hot when this fest rolls around every year? not only is the temperature hot, but so is the music. this year saw the screaming orphans, seven nations, and eileen ivers & immigrant soul return, but scythian made it’s cleveland irish fest debut.

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all seemed to be going well until mother nature decided we needed a little liquid cooling off (okay, a lot of liquid cooling off). this did create one of the coolest things to happen at one of these festivals when the sisters from donegal, the screaming orphans, being unable to perform on the rock stage due to the wetness and electricity (never a good combo), decided to do an impromptu acoustic set underneath the grandstand.

fall foliage

markphoto — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:01:11 +0000

one of the advantages (okay, probably the ONLY advantage) of having a wetter than normal summer here in ohio is the results that we get to see in october (since god only knows when we will see baseball again around here this time of year!)

here are some photos from brandywine falls area and the north chagrin metropark.

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to see more photos, here they are.

cleveland irish fest 2009

markphoto — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:38:01 +0000

Another Cleveland Irish Fest has come and gone, and another good time was had by all in attendance. It was great seeing the whole Celtborg group who gathered to hear the sounds of Seven Nations, Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, The Prodigals, and a new one for me, The Screaming Orphans. Unfortunately, we were not treated to a performance by Officer Dave (unless you count pretending to arrest Seven Nations) and I missed the photo opportunity of Colin Donahue PLAYING with 7N (but did catch him singing with them!) Until next year at CICF…

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For more pictures from the weekend, click HERE