Scottish Fish at TAPAC - Friday, April 11th at 7pm
$15.00
Scottish Fish present a fresh take on traditional and contemporary Scottish and Cape Breton music. Their lively and unique arrangements are woven together from session music handed down from generations of the tradition’s finest players. They have performed at many public and private venues and festivals across the United States and Europe including Boston Celtic Music Festival, the Bellingham Celtic Festival, and Festival de Ortigeuira. Their music and performances have earned them features on WGBH, KALW, and in American Girl and Folkworld Magazines; attracted the attention of programs such as America's Got Talent; and secured an international audience of over two hundred thousand followers on Instagram. In 2017, the group released their debut album, "Splash," and followed it with "Tidings," a 5-track holiday EP, in 2019. Their newest record, "Upscale," produced by pianist and composer Neil Pearlman, was released in October, 2022, marking the band’s ten year anniversary.
Scottish Fish have been named as “one of the most energetic and creative acts to take root in the local Celtic music scene this century” by Boston Irish reporter Sean Smith, and Scottish Fiddler Hanneke Cassel has described their sound as “both incredibly musical, and just a little unusual.”
“Individually they are all creative and talented,” writes Cassel, “and together they spark each other, pushing each other even further to make amazing music.”
Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane at TAPAC - Sunday, April 27th at 4pm
$15.00
2023 International Acoustic Music Award (IAMA) winners Gordie Tentrees (Yukon) and Jaxon Haldane (Manitoba) met in 2005 (Fred Eaglesmith Picnic, Ontario) and swapped records before hitting the road with disparate musical aspirations. Gordie performed over 3000 concerts around the world, often touring as Eaglesmith’s opening act, learning about the music business, and leveraging his previous experience in the boxing ring (3x Golden Glove champ). Tentrees also toured with James Cotten, Mary Gauthier, Kelly Joe Phelps, Steve Poltz, and Ray Wylie Hubbard, to name a few. Jaxon was meanwhile tearing up stages from Churchill to Belfast (D.Rangers bandleader/banjo player), producing records for his indie label (Dollartone), and touring with the likes of Petunia, The Sadies, Jon Spencer, and Romi Mayes. His close relationship with lifelong musical hero and mentor Willie P. Bennett led to Haldane recording Willie’s last record, Sharpen The Plow, just prior to Bennett’s passing in 2008. Haldane founded the Willie P. Bennett Legacy site to pay tribute to his deceased friend. Interestingly, Bennett and Eaglesmith spent 25 years performing and touring, setting an example of camaraderie and excellence that still guides the way for Tentrees and Haldane. Learn more here https://www.tentrees.ca/about
Tony McManus at TAPAC - Saturday, May 10th at 7pm
$15.00
Hailed by John Renbourn as 'the best Celtic guitarist in the world,’ Tony McManus has also been listed as one of the 50 transcendent guitarists of all time by Guitar Player Magazine. Tony has both extended and transcended the parameters of contemporary Celtic music. Ranked by peers and predecessors alike alongside the guitar world’s all-time greats, his fiendishly dexterous, dazzlingly original playing draws on traditions from the entire Celtic world, along with further ranging flavours such as jazz and eastern European music.
Long applauded for his uncanny ability to transpose the delicate, complex ornamentation characteristic of traditional bagpipe or fiddle tunes – even the phrasing of a Gaelic song – onto his own six strings, McManus is being increasingly acknowledged as a pioneering figure in bridging the realms of Celtic music and other guitar genres, performing with the likes of Alasdair Fraser, Kevin Burke, and Natalie McMaster, among others. He has come to represent Celtic music in the guitar world, making appearances at guitar specific festivals such as the Chet Atkins Festival in Nashville; the Ellnora Guitar Festival in the Krannert Center, with the likes of Pat Metheny, Kaki King, Molly Tuttle, and Steve Dawson; and he has appeared at Guitar Festivals in Italy, Australia, France, Scotland, England, and Germany. He played at the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in the “All Star Guitar Night” with Béla Fleck and more, headlined by the legendary Les Paul. His ability to reach audiences unfamiliar with traditional music is amazing, even reaching into classical events such as the Dundee and Derry Guitar festivals, appearing six times between the two!
March 28 - Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (starring Jackie Chan) - Trinity Players Members Only Movie Night, 7pm
April 3-6 - Alice in Wonderland, Presented by THS Players, $8, $5 seniors and students
7pm shows on Thursday thru Saturday, plus 3pm matinee shows on Saturday and Sunday
7pm shows on Thursday thru Saturday, plus 3pm matinee shows on Saturday and Sunday
April 11 - Scottish Fish, 7pm $15 advance, $20 at the door
April 19 - Raf & Pi - In the Soup, Physical theater and dance from Spain, 7pm $15 students/seniors, $20 general admission
April 25 - The Bandwagon (starring Fred Astaire) - Trinity Players Members Only Movie Night, 7pm
April 27 - Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane, 4pm $15 advance, $20 at the door
April 30 - Shasta College Trinity Campus Open House/Job Fair, 10am - 2pm
May 4 - Weaverville Community Band and Chorus Spring Concert, 3pm Free!
May 10 - Tony McManus, 7pm $15 advance, $20 at the door
May 15-17 - Douglas City School Presents: Shrek the Musical Jr. 6:30pm
May 21 - THS Scholarship Night, 6pm
May 23 - Idiocracy (starring Terry Crews), Trinity Players Members Only Movie Night, 7pm
June 6-7 - Trinity Dance and Fitness Spring Showcase
June 21 - Jill Cox Piano Recital, 7pm