We Love Villa Park!

The residents there graciously invite us to rehearse monthly in the banquet hall at Villa Park. Periodically, we perform a thank you show, which we hope goes more smoothly than our rehearsals, but it’s a good opportunity to share and explain some of our activity to our hosts.

Here is the day’s setlist:

1. Ten Pound Snowflake / Mari’s Wedding polkas
2. Irish Wash-Woman (play 2x)
3. Off to California / Boys of Blue Hill / Harvest Home hornpipes (swing all)
4. Ingela’s Vals* 
5. Silver Spear / Gravel Walks / Boyne Hunt Reels 
6. Marion MacLean of Eoligarry*
7. Banish Misfortune / Blarney Pilgrim / Tripping Upstairs jigs 
8. Madeline Island*
9. Coleraine / Connaughtman’s / Carmody’s jigs 
10. Far Away in Australia (AABB) / Dark Island (ABAB)
11. Swallowtail / Mouse in the Cupboard / Sliabh Russell jigs 
12. The South Wind* (play 2x) / Skye Boat Song (play 3.5x)* 

Intermission

1. Drops of Brandy / Barney Brallagan’s Jigs
2. Loftus Jones
3. Maid Behind the Bar / Star of Munster / Congress Reel 
4. Si`Bheag, Si`Mohr* 
5. Dowd’s / Lad O’Bierne’s / Scholar reels 
6. Eileen Collins 
7. Lord Inchiquin
8. Planxty Safaigh
9. Cup of Tea / Cooley’s / Glory reels 
10. O’Carolan’s Concerto 

*Laura Gilbert will play flute, usually on 2^nd verse.