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I greatly appreciate all the support and kindness you have shown me in helping me get the Festival Legends series of books off the ground.  I hope you can continue to utilize this update to spread the word, as time and opportunity allow, over the rest of the summer. I sincerely thank you for your help and generous support.  The 2^nd printing arrived today.  Please pass this on to any you might feel would have interest.  I have attached the same message, for ease of saving/printing.

Festival Legends: Songs & Stories features: Tommy Makem, Danny Doyle, Johnny McEvoy, Liam Clancy, The Dublin City Ramblers, New Barleycorn, Tom Sweeney, Batt Burns, Brendan Shine, Dennis Doyle, Makem & Spain Brothers and Cherish the Ladies.

The Festival Legends Series is:
Book I -     Festival Legends: Songs & Stories
Book II -   Festival Legends: Trads & Ceilis   

Book III - Festival Legends: The Balladeers

Book IV - Festival Legends: Safe in the Hands of a New Generation

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The festival season is upon us already.  Cuyahoga Falls was a fantastic time.  You can see all the love that Dan McDonald and all the Akron Hibernians have put into organizing such a wonderful event.  Next up on the festival circuit is the Eastlake Festival (formerly Euclid), June 30 - July 2.  Three weeks later is Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival, July 21 - 23, then 2 weeks after that is the Dublin Irish Fest, August 4 -6.  Then comes the Grand Daddy of them all, the Milwaukee Irish Fest, August 18 - 20.  Another huge and fun festival is just two weeks after that, at the Kansas City Festival September 1-3, and is quickly followed a week later by the Pittsburgh Irish Fest, September 8 - 10.  Lordy it is going to be a fun summer!

Book signings have been unbelievably successful, thanks to your support and actively spreading the word about the book and the signings.  Coming up are many more, each growing and more successful than the last.

Saturday, June 24^th               Borders                      9565 Mentor Road    Mentor, Ohio

Fri - Sun June 30 - July 2        Irish Summer Fest       Captains Stadium        Eastlake, Ohio

Saturday, July 1^st                  Northrup Books        Pacific Junction                                                                     (corner of Bagley & Columbia in Olmsted Twp.)

Saturday, July 8^th                    Borders                       6751 Strip Avenue NW N. Canton

Saturday, July 15^th                Barnes & Noble         Crocker Park                       Westlake, OH.

Fri - Sun July 21 - 23              Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival                 Berea, OH.

Fri - Sun August 4 - 6           Dublin Irish Fest                                           Dublin, OH.

Fri - Sun August 18 - 20         Milwaukee Irish Fest                                   Milwaukee, WI.

Fri - Sun September 1 - 3     Kansas City Irish Fest                            Kansas City, MO.

Fri - Sun September 8 - 10      Pittsburgh Irish Fest                                       Pittsburgh, PA.

Once again, thank you for talking up the book on your radio shows, in your newspapers and in your organizational emails and bulletins.  I am so blessed.

Festival Legends: Songs & Stories [389 Pages, plus 16 pages of pictures ISBN # 1-4259-1738-0] is only $20 and can be purchased at:

• www.songsandstories.net. OR   O’B Press 14615 Triskett Road, Cleveland, OH. 44111.  Checks to O’B Press, please include $5 S & H.  (Complimentary autograph of the book included).

• Casey’s Irish Imports              19626 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, OH.  44116
• Irish Trading Company           at most Irish Festivals
• Borders
• Border’s Express
• Barnes & Noble
• B. Dalton Booksellers
• www.Amazon.com

Plus the book signings listed above

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Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival

July 21 - 23, 2006       Berea Fairgrounds www.clevelandirish.org

Featuring:

¨      Tommy Makem

¨      Cherish the Ladies

¨      Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul

¨      Tommy Fleming

¨      New Barleycorn

¨      Brigid’s Cross

¨      Dermot Henry

¨      Brace Yourself Bridget

¨      Johnny McEvoy

¨      James Kilbane

¨      Foster & Allen

¨      David Munnelly Band

¨      Seven Nations

¨      Gaelic Storm

¨      Cathie Ryan

¨      Irish Sopranos

¨      Boston Comhaltas

¨      Jimmy Carton

¨      Quagmyre

¨      Young Dubliners

¨      Dennis Doyle

¨      The Kilroys

¨      Brendan Shine

¨      Mossy Moran

¨      Logan Wells

¨      Bruno Brothers

¨      87^th Pipe & Drums

¨      Northcoast Pipe Band

¨      East Side Irish-American Club Pipe Band

¨      Tessie Burke School of Irish Dance

¨      Cannon-O’Donnell School of Irish Dance

Plus:

¨      “Fit-ups” Show Recreation

¨      Tommy Makem on “The Song Tradition”

¨      Johnny McEvoy on “All Our Wars Are Merry, All Our Songs Are Sad”

¨      Oliver Twisted Irish Comedy Show

Expanded Food Court, featuring:

¨      Reilly’s At the Market

¨      Ahern Catering

¨      Sullivan’s Irish Restaurant

¨      Pickle Bills Restaurant

¨      Wright Catering

¨      Maui Wowi Tropical Drinks

Amazing New Displays added to the Nationally Recognized Celtic Heritage Hall include:

¨      The Connemara Pony

¨      Jack Dempsey - World Champion

¨      The Book of Kells

¨      The Castles of West Cork

¨      Solas - Reunion

¨      Bobby Sands - 25 Years Ago

¨      Tuning In - 7,000 Tunes, & Counting

¨      James Galway

¨      Van Morrison

¨      Newgrange

¨      The Irish Revolution in America

¨      James Connolly - the new movie

¨      Do You Remember the Cinemas?

¨      Mickey Rooney - Eight Decades of Entertainment