A Celtic Celebration: Songs and Stories from Ireland, Scotland and Wales
We are excited to welcome Davis Bates to the Falmouth Public Library for a concert in the Hermann Room on Wednesday, March 19th at 3 pm! Please register on our online calendar by clicking here to reserve your spot, or call us at 508-457-2555 x 7. Everyone ages 8 and up are welcome!
The Falmouth Public Library will celebrate St Patrick’s Day, Celtic culture and the impending arrival of spring with performance by Davis Bates. The program will involve the audience in a variety of cultural traditions. It will include traditional songs and tales from Ireland, Scotland & Wales, sea songs & chanteys, ghost stories and family tales. There will also be plenty of sing-alongs, a short lesson in how to play music with spoons from a kitchen drawer, and an appearance by an Irish dancing wooden dog named Bingo. Learn more about Davis on his website by clicking here!
Pete and Toshi Seeger called Davis “thoughtful, creative, human, and a fantastic storyteller.” Davis’ traditional and participatory performance style empowers and encourages audiences of all ages to join in the fun and to take the songs and stories home with them to share with others. He also encourages listeners to remember and share stories and songs from their own family and cultural traditions.
Davis Bates has been singing and telling stories for over forty-six years, in schools, libraries, colleges and community settings around New England and across the country. His recording of Family Stories won a Parents’ Choice Gold Award and was named one of the year’s best Audio Recordings by Booklist Magazine. Davis has also served as director and consultant for several local and regional oral history and folk arts projects. Davis lives in the village of Shelburne Falls, MA, and when he is not collecting or learning stories, he spends his time gardening and working with the Clapping Hands Farm Arts Camp in North Carolina and volunteering with the Family Table Collaborative on Cape Cod.
We thank the Library Board of Trustees for sponsoring this concert.