"Two cells became four. Four became sixteen. It grew legs. It grew fins and crawled back into the green sea and under the rock from which it came until it sprang from nature fully-formed, ready to walk upright with the other spinal creatures who also sought out the music that was righteous and lasting. Trancending fashion and flawless in design, the stuff spewed forth that not only had no expiration date and the shelf life of the sun, but was also nutritious, less filling and tasted great. They rocked the world - yours, mine and ours - and formed the ties that bind the four winds, the four corners of the earth, the four walls and the four horsemen of the apocalypse; soon they attracted wild capacity crowds that danced a crazed emerald jig to the unholy racket that poured forth from the souls of these tragically flawed but collectively perfect men among boys who have now sent forth the challenge to the uninitiated, the bored, the downtrodden, the huddled masses of unimpressed nightclubbers everywhere as one of the greatest machines ever assembled; that which can inspire and remind you, brothers and sisters, that indeed you might still have a heart and yes, maybe even a soul. They are the Elders. See them now."
Ian Byrne : vocals & percussion
Norm Dahlor : bass, banjo, guitar, and vocals
Brent Hoad : violin, mandolin, keyboards, vocals
Joe Miquelon : keyboards & saxaphone
Steve Phillips : guitar, mandolin, vocals
Tommy Sutherland : drums & percussion
JUNE
June 2
Kansas City, MO - Private Event (St Agnes fund raiser)
June 8-9
Riverside, MO - Kansas City Scottish Highland Games
June 16
Kansas City, MO - Browne's Irish Market & Deli, 3300 Pennsylvania (120th Anniversary Celebration(
June 23-24
Manheim, PA -Celtic Fling 2775 Lebanon Road
JULY
July 5
Loveland, CO - Loveland Foote Lagoon
July 6
Cheyenne, WY - Fridays on the Plaza Concert Series
July 7
Private Event
July 20
Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club (Sion fundraiser)
July 21
Lee's Summit, MO - "Strotherfest, celebrating Americana", Holy Spirit Church grounds,
July 24
Hampton, IA RAGBRAI
July 27 - 29
Utica, NY - Great American Irish Festival
AUGUST
August 5
Waterloo, IA - Iowa Irish Festival
August 10 - 11
Butte, MT - Montana Irish Festival
August 17 - 19
Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Irish Fest
August 25
Kansas City, MO Intercontinental Hotel (American Cancer Society "Hope in the Heartland" fund raiser)
August 31
Louisville, KY - Worldfest Arts Festival
SEPTEMBER
September 1-2
Kansas City, MO - Kansas City Irish Fest
September 6-9
Estes Park, CO - Long's Peak Scottish Irish Festival
September 15-16
Muskegon, MI - Michigan Irish Music Festival
September 21
Notre Dame, IN - Notre Dame
September 28
Kansas City, MO - Zona Rosa
September 30
Leawood, KS - Nativity Church Youth Festival
OCTOBER
October 12-13
Omaha, NE - The Dubliner
October 14
Weston, MO - Weston Irish Festival
October 19
Kansas City, MO - Record Bar, (KCUR party) 1020 Westport Rd. (816) 753-5207
October 20
Kansas City, MO - UMKC (Irish Literature Conference)
October 21
Kansas City, MO - Pilgrim Chapel, 3801 Gilliam Road. 2:00pm
NOVEMBER
November 3
Private event
November 16
Kansas City, MO - Community of the Good Shepherd fundraiser
November 17
Kansas City, MO - O'Hara HS
JANUARY, 2008
January 4-5
Kansas City, MO - Record Bar, 1020 Westport Rd. (816) 753-5207
January 18
Tulsa, OK - Tulsa Performing Arts Center
FEBRUARY
February 8
Kansas City, MO - Oak Park High School
February 29 -March 8
IRELAND More details soon
MARCH
February 29 -March 8
IRELAND More details soon
March 14
Elgin, IL - Elgin Community College
March 15
Kansas City, MO - The Elder's 6th Annual Hoolie
March 17
Oelwein, IA - Arts Center