It was the All-Ireland competitions that prompted us to go to the Fleadh Cheoil in the first place. After returning from Ireland for each of the past two years, many people would often ask us, “How was Ireland? How did your kids do?” Meaning, did they win?
As you probably know, despite lots of Center for Irish Music success at the regional competition (the Midwest Fleadh), very few of our young musicians received any formal recognition in the form of a trophy or a medal from the All-Ireland competitions.
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Hannah Flowers admits it might have been the taffeta ball gowns and wind-machines behind Celtic Woman that first fired her fascination with the Irish harp at the age of 10. But after the month of lessons her parents gave her as a Christmas present, she knew she had discovered something deeper. “I don’t know what it is about this instrument, but there’s no substitute for it,” she says. “Right away I was hooked.