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Dec6
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WASSAIL! An Irish-American Christmas Featuring Apollo’s Fire


About the Performance

On Christmas night in Old Ireland, families and friends gathered for singing, storytelling, … and plenty of wassail. From a caroling party through the streets of Dublin to a holiday barn dance in Virginia, this heartwarming program follows the hopes and fears of the Irish who bravely crossed the Atlantic. Irish singer Fiona Gillespie joins with fiddlers, medieval harp, hammered dulcimer, and bagpipes in this communal celebration of the American immigrant experience. The people of the mountains welcome the holidays with love, prayer, singing, and dancing!

“Infectious Irish fiddle reels with irrepressible Gaelic flair … one wonders whether ‘Wassail!’ may in time become another Chicago tradition.” —Chicago Classical Review

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