It's just as original when you set your own style and interpretation to it. When they are not on the road they are the resident band at Paddy Reilly's Music Bar in Manhattan, a position they took over from Black '47 . It's always refreshing, of course, to see so many of our youth attracted to our culture. This could not be more evident than in the work of St. Louis Irish Arts, Inc . Founded in 1972, they are a well-established school with a variety of programs in traditional Irish music, song and dance.
Instruction is offered in music, singing and step dancing for children and adults.
Classes in fiddle, tin whistle, accordion, harp, harmonica, flute and bodhran are held at a learning center and workshops through. God bless their work - they bring out the best in us. The lads in the Civil War uniforms were not reenactors but a group headed up by David Kincaid - the Irish Volunteer. Listening to the tunes is a delightful experience. One can imagine themselves around a Union campfire with the Army of the Potomac.