Derry, Cara Dillon and the Fleadh

On Thursday, Sammy and I went to Derry for the Fleadh. More accurately we went to see Cara Dillon, but the celebration was a nice addition. The weather was rather bad so I don't have much in way of photos or video, but I had a lot of fun all the same. I spent most of the afternoon at the Tower Museum in their 'History of Derry' exhibit which turned out to be a nice prelude to the concert.

The concert itself was fantastic. The atmosphere was more festive than I had expected given the pseudo-formality of the occasion which was nice. There was a camera crew there for the first half of the show, shooting film for part of the Music Promise BBC documentary series, which sounds like it'll be interesting.

The set list was a balanced mix of the more typical small band performance and the arrangements done with the Orchestra. I don't have a complete listing of the songs, since there were a couple I didn't recognize, but in addition to The Lass of Glenshee and She Moved Through the Fair, the following were played in something resembling this order:

Johnny Lovely Johnny

The Lonesome Scenes of Winter

False False

Black is the Colour

Maid of Culmore

High Tide

INTERMISSION

Streets of Derry

Fil, Fil a Run O

The Snows They Melt the Soonest

Hill of Thieves

P Stands for Paddy

Encore: Parting Glass

For those of you not familiar with Cara, there's a great recording from her performance on Friday at the Fleadh.

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