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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1998)
WOW Hall will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with two concerts Two bands, Kila and Skye, headline St. Patty’s WOW Hall shows By Rob Elder Freelance Reporter WOW Hall will present mod ern Celtic dance music and a taste of the old country in two concerts next week. Kila, a modern Irish dance band which has been called “the future of Irish music,” will per form Sunday, March 15. Skye, a traditional Irish folk band, will play at the seventh annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish Pub Night on Tuesday, March 17. "Kila is a dance show and Skye is more of a sit-down show, “said Bob Fennessy, pub licist for the Community Center for the Performing Arts. “We are extremely impressed with Kila — their CD is exciting and origi nal,” he said. WOW Hall was able to book Kila for the Eugene show be cause the band is in the United States headlining the San Fran cisco Celtic Festival, which will be broadcast on National Public Radio. Kila is touring the United States in support of its second record “Tog e go bog e.” The al bum has gone gold in Ireland and has been critically ac claimed worldwide. Folk Roots magazine has called Kila’s sound “wild, com pulsive, Celtic Dance Music.” Sarah McQuaid of The Living Tradition magazine in the U.K. wrote, “Kila have a forceful presence and reckless energy that are already a force to be reckoned with.” Two of Kila's members, Ro nan O’Snodaigh and Lance Hogan, have toured and record ed with Dead Can Dance, a pop ular new-age group. The Dublin band’s mostly instrumental Gaelic dance music uses electric and acoustic guitars, fiddle flute, mandolin, tin whistle, uil lean pipes and other traditional Irish instruments. For concert-goers whose tastes lean more toward the nostalgic ballad-and-beer style of Celtic music, Skye will also be playing at WOW Hall. KLCC Radio is welcoming the groups to WOW Hall in con junction with the Community Center for the Performing Arts. “We’re happy to welcome the bands and hope that people have a good time,” said Michael Canning, KLCC radio music di rector. KLCC is the only station in Eugene that has an entire show dedicated to Celtic music (Mist Covered Mountains, Sun days from 10 a.m. to noon). Show time for Kila’s show is 8:30 p.m., and Skye will per form at 8 p.m. Tickets for both shows are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Advance tickets for both events are available at WOW Hall and the EMU Main Desk. WOW Hall is located at the corner of 8th Avenue and Lincoln Street in Eugene. Both shows are open to all ages. COURTESY PHOTO Kila, a modern Irish dance band, will perform at WO W Hall on March 15 at 8.30 p.m. COURTESY PHOTO Skye will play at the seventh annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish Pub Night on March 17. by visiting the Rykodisc web site today!* clr# didg SerotoHalitif AVAILABLE AT: FACE THE MUSIC 869 E. 13th Street Eugene (541) 345"»oio Organic and electronic dance vibes grooved together with the ancient funk of the didgeridoo. A liberal prescription of world-dance-groove! Viait WWW.RVKODlSC.COM * While supplies last. Limited time only. Void where prohibited. © 199S R.,I<oJ.'ac 15 VcarA of Spirited Independence* $400 Foot long Sub Expires 3/27/98 50 0 Half Sub I I SUBSHOP 1225 ALDER 345-2434 Not valid with any other discounts or coupons. Mott-Fni 10am-10pm • Sax 11*w-9pm • Sun 12ph9ph gen ADMissfoNTv?7?w5RnnfNnHowsrwrT^rT!i!!!r?!^srsr^kidri2^iiS!^2^i BARGAIN PASSES ON SALE NOW • 5 MOVIESFQRl20Mj0¥QKliS»GIFTCEjmFICATES AVAILABLE! ] ( 7:10 Nightly SUN MAT • 2:45 ACAOIMy AWARD NOMINATION BEST ACTRESS JULIE CHRISTIE AFTER # GLOW COMNG Nil BY MOUTH See he Autewj Awm* m fit Jy Sara u Hmhtf. /brat 13' CM hr ht»hf pgs.05 & 9:25 Nightly SAT MAT 9 2:45 ^ Marisa Tomei Woody Haroldson Welcome to Sarajevo »-<-UMINU MmituHlOSI:_4 ictf it* in nch vuci iMM vt§i (AiiNim n nt uitisi iuii or ticiNt Htiri'i HELD OVER\ 6 05 & 8 45 Nightly Sat & Sun Mat ? 3 30 A C A 0 ( MV AWARD NOMINATION BEST ACTOR ROBERT DUVALL THE APOSTLE p MARK WAHLBERG JULIANNE MOORE /3n BURT REYNOLDS & unLi: i i .ou iMiyiiiu^ ^ ’ “He’s a bad mother... J Shut your mouth!" SHAFT COW<G PTJK FLOYD—THE WALL
