THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Jury's Irish Cabaret of DublinCHRIS CURRAN, Narrator and Storyteller

TONY KENNY and YVONNE BRENNAN, Singers

Chisel A Ballad Group

TOM MAHER BRENDAN SAVAGE JOHN MADDEN

Jury's Harpists and Singers

ROSEMARY SIMMONS GINA MACKEY SALLY JOYCECIARA WHELAN HELEN O'SULLIVAN ELAINE MARREN

ROSEMARY HORAN NOREEN MONAHAN

FIONNUALA MONKS, Singer and Harpist JACINTA WHYTE, Singer

FIONNUALA CREHAN, Violinist

Inis Ealga Dancers

MARIE MOORE PAULINE KAVANAGH AEDIN Ni AODHA AARON CROSUIE CARRY Fox

*Albert Healy, Music DirectorALICE DALGARNO, Choreographer MATT O'MAOILEIDIGH, Irish Dancing Director

JOHN HERON, Stage Manager JIM POTTER, Producer and Director

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1984, AT 8:30

HILL AUDITORIUM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

PROGRAM

THELMA RAMSEY, in a musical "cead mile failtc," a hundred thousand welcomes.

Irish Molly An Irish Sweetheart.THE COMPANY

Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down? An old "come-all-ye" of a churlish landlord and a coquettish tenant.

Coortin' in the Kitchen An old Irish pastime.CHISEL

*Due to illness, Albert Healy has been replaced by Thelma Ramsey. Bom in County Antrim, Thelma Ramsey has performed on the variety stage in most of the major theatres of Great Britain and Europe, and has been musical director at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin for the past twenty years.

Fortieth Concert of the 105th Season Special Concert

If I Were a Blackbird— A sad song of unrequited love.YVONNE BRENNAN

The best in Irish dancingTHE INIS EALGA DANCERS

Mary jrom Dungloe — A haunting ballad from Old Donegal.

TONY KENNY and CHISEL

A little bit of rowdy-dowCHISEL

A Bunch of Thyme — A song of innocent young love.

JACINTA WHYTE

A medley of songs set in Dublin's fair city: Whiskey on a Sunday

TONY KENNY

My Dublin BayYVONNE BRENNAN

Cockles & MusselsTONY KENNY and THE COMPANY

Off to DublinTHE COMPANY

INTERMISSION

CHRIS CURRAN joins THELMA RAMSEY in a musical tribute not unconnected with the U.S. Navy.

A little drollery from County CorkCHRIS CURRAN

O Ce He Seo — An Irish lullaby which translated means "O who is this little baby lying so softly in my arms?"

The Spanish Lady — An old Dublin street ballad.

FIONNUALA MONKS and JURY'S HARPISTS and SINGERS

Some homely humor from CHRIS CURRAN

Avondale — A plaintive tribute to the uncrowned king of Ireland, Charles Stewart Parnell.

JACINTA WHYTE

A reel, a jig, and a hornpipeTHE INIS EALGA DANCERS, accompanied by CHISEL

The tear and the smileCHISEL

Whistlin' Phil McHugh and The Last Rose of SummerTwo great Irish musical figures, Percy French and Thomas Moore interpreted by:

YVONNE BRENNAN

To make you chuckleCHRIS CURRAN

Songs of Ireland merry, melancholy, magical.TONY KENNY

When Irish Eyes Are SmilingFULL COMPANY

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