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Band Members:
Ken Fleming: guitar, mandolin, accordian, concertina, tenor banjo
Kevin Alewine: guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, flute
Peggy Fleming: fiddle
Mimi Rogers: fiddle
Allison Hicks: piano
Contact The Lone Star Ceili Band through Ken or Mimi.
Lone Star Ceili
Band Website
The Lone Star Ceili Band was born out of the Richardson Sessions at Cafe
Brazil. It is a union of the members of two bands, Happensdance and the
Irish band known as Jigsaw. More could be said about these musicians than
could ever be written on this page. For more information as well as pictures,
visit their own website.
The pioneering efforts of Ken and Peggy Fleming and Kevin Alewine have spearheaded
most of what Dallas has seen of Irish music in the past two decades. They
have played in several bands known to Irish music lovers and have helped
to form
many
related events such as the O'Flaherty
Irish Music Retreat and the Trinity
Hall Sessions, thus fostering the
interests
of
untold
numbers
of
musicians,
listeners, and dancers. This Irish powerhouse
joined forces with Happensdance members, Mimi Rogers and Allison Hicks to bring
the spirit of the Irish ceili to the contra dance floor.
Irish music has long been a staple for the bands that have played at the Dallas
contra dances and never has it been played with such accuracy and ease and with
such respect for the tradition as with the LSCBand. This band is splendid addition
to our growing wealth of music.
