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	Beoga news	173 Tage her
	Hi folks, it’s Liam here with all the latest. The sun’s shining and, after a very busy few months, we’re enjoying 2 weeks at home to recharge the batteries. Eamon is nervously awaiting the final results of his degree, Niamh is in Limerick learning how to drive without bumping into... well everything, Damian is watching re-runs of Prison Break with one eye on Facebook and Soggy’s out in the field helping save the hay. Thanks to the great crowds who supported our Irish gigs in April. The craic was as good as always and our guest musicians made it all the more enjoyable. In Belfast, we enjoyed the talents of Joe Echo (vocals) and David Howell (sax/clarinet), while in Cork Aine Whelan and Sara Corkery sang brilliantly with Niamh onstage. In Limerick our own Brona Graham plucked a mean banjo and the one and only Brian Finnegan joined us fto complete a very memorable night. Brian finished off the tour with us in Ennis too. Sincere thanks to all of them. Then it was straight up the road to Monaghan for the newly rejuvenated Fiddler of Oriel Festival. There was a party atmosphere throughout for our midnight concert as we jammed onstage with the newly crowned junior Fiddler of Oriel, Niall Murphy, along with Paul Meehan, Damian Stenson and Oisin MacDiarmada... great steam altogether. We traveled back to Texas in April to perform at the Houston International festival. This year Ireland was the featured country and we were honoured when they asked us to collaborate with the legendary Kevin Burke and Cal Scott for several performances over the two weekends. We enjoyed trading sets, and a few beers were also downed with the lads along the way to help the learning process! Our final gig was temporarily halted by the arrival of Congress Member Sheila Jackson Lee, to announce that Beoga had won the Dr. Paul Zanowiak Award for Best New Artist. She also presented us with a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from the US House of Representatives and a stunning trophy. Not content with all the above, Soggy tried to negotiate for unrestricted access to AREA 51, Houston’s NASA’s mission control centre, plus a girls shopping with Michelle Obama for Niamh and Eamon. In return he was offfeing a signed copy of ‘The Incident’ and the rest of his sandwich... request denied. Last weekend we travelled to Scotland and the Orkney Folk Festival in the beautiful town of Stromness. We all agreed it was one of the most enjoyable festivals we have been to. We were privileged to share the stage with Buille, Karen Casey and band, and Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Millar. - another few days of superb music, fun and good company. The vision of several of the above artists, along with one Eamon Murray ,parading as chickens at the farewell concert, is one that shall remain forever! Back to awards again… and Beoga are chuffed to be nominated for Best Young Traditional Act in Ireland’s Music Awards, a ceremony which takes place in Castlebar this August. Also nominated are Liadan, Grada, Slide, Teada and the Dave Munnelly band – all great pals of ours and well deserving of the award… “sure they all have lovely bottoms!” To vote click www.irelandsmusicawards.com/nominees.php. Thanks to the committee for considering us - Damian and myself are stunned to be associated with the term ‘young’ – I know for a fact that Damian has socks older than the combined ages of Liadan. We’re praying he uses the two weeks off to invest in, or borrow a fresh pair. Finally, the Reel Deal is a new television series focusing on traditional music and it kicks off on RTE1 this month. Beoga will be making an appearance in the 3rd programme in the seriers which is on Fri 26th June @ 7.30pm. We underwent the ‘Big Brother’ treatment at last summer’s Celtic Fusion festival. On Fri 17th July tune in to witness the band acting like buck-eejits for a crazy music video. Any remaining credibility will go out the window that night I’m afraid... That’s all the news for now. Back to the sunshine. Coming up for us soon are some gigs in England, Wales and Spain this month, then lots of festivals in Germany through July, plus Speyfest in Scotland. Take her handy and enjoy the siummer! Liam
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	Ireland's Music Awards	176 Tage her
	Hi all, Beoga have been nominated for "Best Young Irish Traditional Act" in this year's Ireland's Music Awards. We need all the support we can get from as many people as possible, so please take a minute to vote. Here's the link, it just takes a second! http://www.irelandsmusicawards.com/v... Thanks everyone Niamh
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	Beoga Irish Dates	240 Tage her
	April 2009 03 Ireland Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul, Fingal, Co. Dublin 7.30pm 11 Spain Festival Tierradura Folk Secadura, Cantabria 14 Ireland Roisin Dubh, Galway 16 Ireland The Black Box, Belfast 18 USA Houston International Festival, Texas 19 USA Houston International Festival, Texas 21 USA The Mucky Duck, Houston TX 22 USA Chevron Sponsored Event, Houston TX 24 USA Frisco TX Lochrann’s Irish Pub 25 USA Houston International Festival, Texas 26 USA Houston International Festival, Texas 29 Ireland The Pavillion, Cork 30 Ireland, Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick May 2009 01 Ireland, Glór, Ennis 03 Ireland, www.feileoriel.ie Monaghan
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	Happy St.Patricks Day!	251 Tage her
	Happy St Patrick’s day folks! It’s Eamon here, writing from sunny New Mexico. We’re on tour in the states again and having a blast! We started off in the beautiful state of Arizona where we played several great gigs and then took a few days off to explore. We crossed deserts, swam rivers, fed the deer, wrestled with snakes and even managed a flying visit (in a helicopter) to the Grand Canyon... a mighty big hole indeed! Then we performed in Dallas Texas “Y’all” at the North Texas Irish festival. Liadan, Four Men and a Dog, and the Slide crew were all there to help us party well into the early hours... great craic, except it resulted in all the beogas sleeping through alarm calls and we nearly missed our onward flight. Big thanks to Betsy and all the gang in Texas for the superb hospitality. We finish up our tour here in New Mexico doing a bunch of double-header shows with our good friends, the mighty and slightly insane Grada. I have a feeling that there may be some very dodgy YouTube footage documenting the extravaganza! Thanks to all who made our February tour in England very enjoyable. The gigs were great and the crowds were full of lovely English people, cheers for coming out. Next up are the Irish gigs in April, Spain for Easter weekend and a return visit to Texas for the Houston International Festival. So that’s all the news for now. We’re very excited because ‘The Incident’ has been getting excellent reviews so far, and yesterday there was an article about the band in the Wall Street Journal (17th March) ...very exciting indeed so a big thanks to the people who make it happen. See you soon! Eamon
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	Beoga T-shirts	368 Tage her
	Hi everyone, Just letting you know that the new Beoga 'characters' t-shirt, dsigned by Marian Noone, is now available to buy online. Click on www.beogamusic.com/html/beoga_t-shir... to view. Have a Happy Christmas! Beoga
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	Beoga on Bebo	904 Tage her
	Welcome to the official Beoga Bebo Page. Feel free to leave a comment and check out our tour dates to see when we'll be playing near you. The new album, 'Mischief', can be purchased in copious quantites at www.beogamusic.com. Take care! Beoga
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