SCHEDULE

I perform at a wide variety of events, including pubs, coffeehouses, private gatherings, cultural events, Celtic/folk festivals, folk clubs and libraries. Upon request, I can prepare a special educational program such as "Ireland in Song and Story" and I have also conducted ballad workshops. In addition to the 'serious' folk music I enjoy rollicking Irish party songs and can put together a nice program of Clancy Brothers/Dubliner type songs for your Irish Event. If you would like to book me for a performance please contact me by e-mail at maryrrf@yahoo.com or call me at 804-986-0965.

Below are some of the venues I have appeared at. Click here to see my 2007 Schedule.

Festivals	Cultural Presentations	Pubs and Coffeehouses	UK Venues
Hanover County Heritage Festival	Williamsburg Regional Library	Pat Troy's Irelands Own, Alexandria, VA	Dalbeattie Folk Club
Chesterfield County Celtic Heritage Festival	Ashland Public Library	Shenanigans, Richmond, VA	The Wee Folk Club (Edinburgh)
Alexandria Scottish Festival	Henrico County Public Library	Poe's Pub, Richmond, VA	Dunfermline Folk Club
Alexandria Irish Festival	Blacksburg Cultural Arts Club	The Griffin Inn, Flint, VA	Falkirk Folk Club
St. Patrick's Church Street Festival (Richmond, VA)	Irish American Society of Greater Richmond	Rare Olde Times Public House, Richmond, VA	The Pine Trees Hotel, Pitlochry
Lexington Scots-Irish Festival	Irish American Society of Fredericksburg	The Blarney Stone, Fredericksburg, VA	Glenfarg Folk Club
Hanover Book Festival	Scottish Society of Richmond, VA	Potter's Pub, Richmond, VA	Kelso Folk Club
Richmond International Festival	Lexington Celtic Society	O'Toole's, Richmond, VA	Black Nun Folk Club (Ballycastle, NI)
CCE Irish Festival of Northern Virginia	St. Andrews Society of Richmond, VA	Pipes and Pints, Williamsburg, VA	Chapleton Folk Club
Innsbrook Folk Festival, Richmond, VA	Borders Books and Music	Kitty O'Shea's, Midlothian, VA	Irvine Folk Club
Celtic Heritage Festival, Hanover County	Richmond Folk Music Concert Series	Mackie's Pub, Washington DC	Girvan Folk Club

“Ireland in Song and Story” was first performed at Pat Troy’s “Ireland’s Own” in Alexandria, Virginia, on Easter Sunday, to commemorate the Irish uprising of 1916. Beginning with the mysterious Tuatha de Danaan of Irish legend, we hear about The Flight of the Earls, the Uprisings of 1798, the Potato Famine and subsequent mass emigration, the Rebellion of 1916 , right up to the present day.

Scotland’s turbulent history has given rise to some of the most beautiful songs and ballads ever known. From songs inspired by the ancient Pictish warriors who terrorized the Romans (finally causing them to abandon their efforts to subdue them and erect Hadrian’s Wall as a barrier) through the clan wars of the 1400’s and the Jacobite uprisings of the 17^th and 18^th centuries, these ballads provide us with a living oral history of the events and the people who lived through them.

Stories of the men who marched off to the wars, and the women who loved them, mourned them, and sometimes followed them! This presentation pays tribute to the those who, over the centuries, have served their country and sometimes made the ultimate sacrifice.

For centuries, women stayed behind the scenes and their contributions to society went uncelebrated. They cooked, cleaned, raised the children, worked in fields and factories, and held their communities together through thick and thin. The ballads tell us what the history books don’t mention!