Concert for Jerry Holland

Okay Traddies, I'm going to share an e-mail from a really great person and fantastic singer and musician, Julee Glaub. For those of you who don't know her, she is a staff person for the children's programming at the Catskills Irish Arts Week, and she performs in a duo with amazing guitarist/singer Mark Weems. So, she's writing to everyone to tell us about a benefit to help a musician friend: Jerry Holland. And since his name came up in the comments section of this blog, I thought I might share her message with y'all.

The Trad

Dear Friends,

I am honored to be asked to participant in a benefit concert for fiddler Jerry Holland in Boston next weekend. The past several years I have gotten to know Jerry when we were both teaching Celtic Week at the Swannanoa Gathering in NC. He is a good soul and an amazing fiddler and has been very sick in the last months with cancer. It has been wonderful to watch the traditional music community all over the globe gather around him emotionally and financially.

Seamus Connolly dreamed up a concert in Boston on Sunday Sept. 9th in Jerry's honor. I hope to see you there. If you are unable to attend, but would like to contribute to the Jerry Holland fund, please visit http://www.jerryhollandfund.org/

Please note concert information below.
All the very best,
Julee Glaub

----------------------------------------------------------Center for Irish Programs, Boston CollegeGaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop and Lecture SeriesFall 2007 Eventshttp://www.bc.edu/gaelicroots ----------------------------------------------------------Sunday, September 9Boston University, Harvard University, and Boston College will co-sponsor abenefit concert for fiddle player Jerry Holland at Boston University.Details are available at http://www.concertforjerry.org/