(all the details about where and when appear in Swedish at http://www.goatbridge.com/bokning.asp, and are continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html)
SUMMER IN SWEDEN!!
Borlange - 27 & 28th of June
Skellefteå - 18th July
Gnesta - 19th of July
Smedjebacken - 22nd of July
Årjäng - 23rd of July
Falun - 26th of July
Leksand - 30th of July
Stockholm - 6th of August
This weekend I am performing at a very cool festival - the Peace and Love Festival - in Borlange Sweden. Manu Chao, Suzanne Vega, the Sex Pistols and Roky Erickson are on the bill too! Cool beans. I still have lots of places I'd like to visit on this tour - email my agent Fredrik@goatbridge.com if you want to put together a gig in Göteborg, Lund, Malmö, Östersund, Sundsvall, Örebro, Kiruna, Gotland ... Fredrik is terrific!
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For this summer, email is better - anne@annefeeney.com
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IN THIS ISSUE:
REPORT FROM THE FIRST IRELAND TOUR
*Acquittal of the Raytheon 9*
*Defeat of the Lisbon Accord*
FISA FILIBUSTER
CONCERT DVD NOW AVAILABLE
PRICE HIKE COMING FOR SEPT/OCT IN IRELAND - BOOK NOW!!
LINK OF THE MONTH
DONEGAL WOMAN - a book
BOOKING FALL 2008 and WINTER 2009
2009 IRELAND TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
FAMILY NEWS/JULY BIRTHDAYS
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
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REPORT FROM THE FIRST IRELAND TOUR
There were 21 of us on this first tour of Ireland - a real international group we were, too! Irish, American, Swedish, Canadian & Danish - and now all friends for life! We went to Kerry, Clare and Galway.
(This group photo taken by Tom Pigott on Guy Zahller's camera...)We visited Padraic Pearse's summer house, a dozen fabulous pubs to hear traditional music and ballads, the Cliffs of Moher, Lady Gregory's house at Coole Park, and took in some of the most amazing scenery Ireland has to offer... AND ... we made some great music of our own!
I sure didn't have to do all the singing on this trip! Our tour was enlivened by the musical presence of Nell and Laurie Postans and Molly Newman of Victoria, BC as well as the singing of our fearless tour leader, Tom Pigott, birthday girl Marie Berlev of Copenhagen, Denmark and Nettie (also celebrating her birthday on this trip!) Sabin and Linda Turney of Chicago - and really, when we all sang together - (frequently) - it sounded great.
My husband, Julie Leonardsson, took great photos and made many wonderful sketches during the tour... You can see them at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annefeeney/sets/72157605809447284/
And our Danish friends have posted their photos at:
http://rejser.berlev.dk/#2.0
We had plenty to celebrate on this tour. On June 11th, we were overjoyed to learn that the Raytheon 9 were acquitted.
"The six anti-war activists who occupied arms manufacturer Raytheon's offices in Derry and destroyed its computers have been acquitted by a jury in Belfast.
Derry Anti War Coalition calls on the office of the Attorney General and the Crown Prosecution Service, in light of the jury's verdict of 'not guilty' to criminal damage charges, to institute an investigation into the activities of Raytheon at its various plants across the UK, with a view to determining whether Raytheon is a criminal enterprise."
Read the full article, as well as the powerful statement of the Raytheon 9, that begins...
"We said from the beginning that we came to this court not as the accused but as the accusers of Raytheon."
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87945
... There was NOTHING about it in the Irish Times - Ireland's major daily.
Then, on the 13th of June, Ireland overwhelmingly rejected a militarised corporatized federal Europe and defeated the "Lisbon Accord." In Clifden my friend Niall Farrell, who had been working tirelessly for the treaty's defeat, filled everyone in on all the details and explained why the defeat of the treaty was a victory for working people everywhere.
In that case, the vote was widely covered in the media as a huge "embarrassment" for Ireland, and a "failure." Perhaps, the pundits opined, the people were too stupid to understand how important it was to vote YES... perhaps there should be another vote to see if they could get it right.
It's obvious that media consolidation is burying the truth everywhere, not just in the United States.
Anyway, the tour was exhilarating and uplifting! I wish you could have all been there!
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FISA FILIBUSTER
As I'm going to press with this issue it looks like there may still be some hope to stop this latest hateful version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - retroactively legalizing the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
Call your Senators today and ask them to support the Feingo-Dodd filibuster and oppose any version of FISA that grants retroactive immunity for warrantless wiretapping.
http://www.truemajority.org/FISAcalls/call_save_filibuster.php
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CHICAGO CONCERT DVD AVAILABLE!
"Anne Feeney - Songs of Struggle at the Heartland Cafe" is airing on Chicago's Labor Beat TV show this month.
Filmed before a live (and lively!) audience at Chicago's Heartland Cafe on May 18, 2008, this three camera DVD came out really well.
You can watch the video on Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4868765863170585425&hl=en
Or order a DVD: $15 by PayPal, go to www.laborbeat.org/3/forml604.htm and fill out the form with your mailing address, and title of the DVD "Anne Feeney / Heartland Cafe"
You can also order by mailing a check for $15 to:
Labor Beat, 37 S. Ashland, Chicago, IL 60607
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PRICE HIKE COMING ON LAST TOUR OF IRELAND IN 2008
The September tour of Clare, Kerry and Cork is filling up.
Your $1750 tour cost includes all ground transportation, all hotels, all breakfasts, three dinners, and many extras. If you reserve now, or if you've already reserved a seat on this tour, you are still guaranteed the original rate of $1750. This is a fantastic bargain, as anyone who has travelled recently in Ireland can tell you.
http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html
is the link on my webpage to describe the tours..
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13
particularly describes the Clare, Kerry and Cork tour.
Unless the dollar makes a huge comeback between now and the end of July, my Irish partner, Tom Pigott, has asked me to raise the price on this tour of Ireland, which begins on September 30, 2008 and ends on October 9, 2008. We'll decide closer to the end of the month how much we need to raise the tour cost to compensate for the dollar's shrinking value abroad ... but if you've been seriously thinking about this tour, now would be an excellent time to commit. The price will go up on August 1st.
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LINK OF THE MONTH
Quite a few of you sent this link to me, but for those of you who haven't seen it yet, check out:
"I'M VOTING REPUBLICAN"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0xxU
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DONEGAL WOMAN - A BOOK
I just finished reading "Donegal Woman," by activist Séan Throne. It's a vivid depiction of rural life in Donegal at the turn of the 20th century, to which Throne has a very personal connection. Born in Lifford, Co. Donegal, Throne was involved in the civil rights movement in Derry and an eyewitness to Bloody Sunday in 1968. Throne now lives in Chicago. Donegal Woman is a combination of family history, historical fiction, manifesto and documentary -- I found the book very compelling. If you'd like to order a copy, the book is $23. You can order it directly from the author - loughfinn@aol.com - and have it signed by the author.
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BOOKING FALL 2008 and WINTER 2009
Midwest in the Fall with Anne Feeney & the Ornery Duffers
I'd love to do a CD-release tour for DUMP THE BOSSES OFF YOUR BACK through Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas with the fabulous Oliver Steck on accordion and a yet-to-be-named tuba player .... (now that's some Ornery Duffers!) If you'd like to see this powerhouse trio in your town, email me at anne@annefeeney.com
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Northwest after Western Workers in 2009 with Rebel Voices
After the Western Workers' Labor Heritage Festival in San Francisco (Jan 16-18), I plan on taking the train to Portland and doing a tour with Susan Lewis and Janet Stecher (Rebel Voices - http://www.rebelvoices.com/) at least as far as Seattle, but possibly on up to Victoria. If you're anywhere along that route and would like to host a concert for us, contact me at anne@annefeeney.com
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2009 IRELAND TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!
If you can't make it in September, Tom Pigott (http://enchantedwaytours.ie) and I have agreed on our 2009 tour dates:
May 19-28 (probably Clare, Galway & Kerry)
June 30- July 9 (probably Donegal/Derry - I'll be celebrating my birthday on this tour!!)
August 25-September 3 (probably Cork, Kerry & Clare)
The 2009 tour cost will be $1950 and the single supplement $350. To guarantee a seat, send $250 (fully refundable until eight weeks prior to departure) to:
Anne Feeney
2240 Milligan Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
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FAMILY NEWS & BIRTHDAYS
Today is the birthday of socialist activist Helen Keller, my former brother-in-law Mark Sever, and Captain Kangaroo!
My Aunt Claire O'Connor has moved to:
Eden Gardens, Room 206
1385 Silver Bluff Rd
Aiken, SC 29803
send her a card!
July Birthdays
Anne Feeney - July 1
Carolyn Weldon's husband Patrick - Jul 3
Suzanne Beers - Jul 3
Michael Grefenstette - Jul 8
Kristen Grefenstette - Jul 9
Judy Lane McCahill - Jul 10
Eileen Metcalfe - Jul 14
Erin Grefenstette Henninger - Jul 18
James McCahill - Jul 25
Karen McCahill - Jul 25
JoAnne Metcalfe -
Marlo Mary Henninger - Jul 30
Monique Murad - Jul 30
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