New Book Singings Added
Festival Legends Soaring!
Festival Legends: Songs & Stories, the biographical look at modern Irish music legends, is now available for purchase. Featuring such folk and Irish music greats as Tommy Makem, Danny Doyle, Liam Clancy, Johnny McEvoy, The Dublin City Ramblers, Brendan Shine, Dennis Doyle, Batt Burns, Tom Sweeney, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Barleycorn, and Cherish the Ladies, this book was culled from hundreds of hours of personal interviews with those featured and those who know them best. Written by Cleveland, Ohio based John OBrien, Jr., who has been Assistant Director of Clevelands Irish Cultural Festival for more than twenty years, the book tells of the people, places, events and historic moments that shaped and inspired the performers, the music, and Irish and Irish-Americans throughout the world.
Festival Legends: Songs & Stories is available at the authors website, www.songsandstories.net, thru the mail at OB Press (14615 Triskett Road. Cleveland, Ohio 44111-3123. 330-321-6174), or can be purchased through Barnes & Nobles, Borders, Borders Express, B. Dalton and Amazon.com. Some of these stores have them in stock, some will order it for you.
The songsandstories.net site and OB Press has Festival Legends: Songs & Stories in stock for immediate shipment, plus the book will also be autographed by the author for you, if purchased thru these two sites. [389 pages, 16 pages of pictures. ISBN# 1-4259-1738-0.]
Book Signings (to date): Please check www.songsandstories.net for up to date signings/appearances/corrections.
Saturday, June 10th 1:00 - 3:00
B. Dalton Booksellers
(Great Lakes Mall)
Monday, June 12th,
East Side Irish-American Club
(22770 Lakeshore Blvd. Euclid)
after the 8:00 General Meeting
Thursday, June 15th 11:30 - 1:30
Crooked River Books
(In the Galleria - 1301 East 9th Street, Cleveland).
Sunday, June 18th 10:00 - 12:00
Jerry Quinns Irish Hours
WHK AM 1420
Saturday, June 24th 1:00 - 3:00
Borders
(9565 Mentor Avenue, Mentor)
Saturday, July 1st 1:30 - 3:30
Northrup Bookstore - Olmsted Falls
(8080 Columbia Road in the Grand
Pacific Junction Shopping area)
Saturday, July 8th 1:00 - 3:00
Borders
(Strip Avenue, North Canton)
Saturday, July 15th 2:00 - 4:00
Barnes & Noble
Crocker Park (Westlake)
Fri - Sun June 30 - July 2 (Eastlake)
Irish Summerfest
Friday - Sunday, July 21 - 23
Clevelands Irish Cultural Festival
(Berea Fairgrounds)
Friday - Sunday, August 4 - 6
Dublin Irish Fest (Dublin, OH.)
Friday - Sunday, August 18 - 20
Milwaukee Irish Fest
Friday - Sunday, September 8 - 10
Pittsburgh Irish Fest
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For more information, please contact author John OBrien, Jr. @ 330-321-6174 or thru his website, www.songsandstories.net.
The website features extensive excerpts, photos and interviews from the book research process, an extensive blog, covering everything Irish, Clevelands Irish Cultural Festival, poetry, quotes, songs, performers and their histories, random thoughts and more. The touring schedule, the authors other writings; poetry, short stories, articles and profiles, which appeared under his byline with Irish American Post and in other publications, are also featured. Please sign the guestbook when you visit, the author would love to hear from you on this or any other relevant topics.
The next book in the four book series, Festival Legends: Trads & Ceilis, is already underway.
John O’Brien, Jr.
14615 Triskett Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44111-3123
(330) 321-6174
Assistant Director - Operations Author
Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival Festival Legends: Songs & Stories
July 21 - 23, 2006 www.songsandstories.net
Berea Fairgrounds john@songsandstories.net
www.clevelandirish.org
John@clevelandirish.org