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WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE RKIDS
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1 Glen Echo Park: Ceili Sponsor/Host: Glen Echo Park What: Irish dance ceili. Called by Sean Culkin, music by Lilt. Date: Sunday September 1, 2024 Time: 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM Location: Glen Echo 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland at the Bumper Car pavilion. Details: Free admission, all ages welcome. RSVP preferred, not required. There is no check-in at this event. Contact: Glen Echo Social Dance Free for All	2 Birthday! Happy Birthday to Maura S RKIDs: Labor Day Party Sponsor/Host: Ring of Kerry Irish Dancers What: It's the annual RKIDs Labor Day party! Date: Monday September 2, 2024 Time: 3:00 pm - Location: The O'Brien's Details: Please bring $10 admission to defray event costs; we can take credit cards, cash or checks. Also bring your own drinks and a lawn chair. Menu: Hot dogs and sausages, potato salad, cole slaw, chips, cookies, water, soft drinks. $25 dues for annual membership will be collected. If you also wish to sign up for Fall dance class (which starts September 10), that's an extra $50 per person. Contact: Marilyn O Party Flyer	3	4	5	6 Birthday! Happy Birthday to John M	7 Birthday! Happy Birthday to Rosemarie A  Social Group: First Saturday Brunch Sponsor/Host:  RKIDs Social Group What: RKIDs' First Saturday brunch social Date: Saturday September 7, 2024 Time: 10 am - noon Location: Woodside Deli at 13048 Middlebrook Rd, Germantown, MD 20874 Details: Brunch and chat at the Woodside Deli restaurant. Contact: Sonja
8	9	10 Birthday! Happy Birthday to David H RKIDs: Dance Classes Begin Sponsor/Host: Ring of Kerry Irish Dancers What: FIRST Fall semester class. Please bring payment for your $25 annual membership and $50 semester registration fees. Date: Tuesday September 10, 2024 Time: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM Location: Ridgeview Middle School 16600 Raven Rock Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Details: Classes are held on most Tuesday evenings this Fall. 12 sessions are planned. We take checks, cash or major credit cards for payment. New students: the first class is free! Contact: Our Website	11	12	13	14 Ligonier Highland Games: Highland Games Festival Sponsor/Host: Ligonier Highland Games What: 65th annual highland games. Athleticism, bands, piping, drumming, ladies' haggis hurling (2 pound bags), keg tossing, dancing competition, more. Date: Saturday September 14, 2024 Time: 8 am - 5:30 pm Location: At IDLEWILD PARK, off of US 30, Ligonier, PA 18018 Details: $20, $18 seniors. Rain or shine. Contact: Games website
15	16	17 RKIDs: Dance Class & Ann'l Mtg. Sponsor/Host: Ring of Kerry Irish Dancers What: Fall semester dance class, preceded by our annual membership meeting. Date: Tuesday September 17, 2024 Time: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM Location: Ridgeview Middle School 16600 Raven Rock Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Details: Meets most Tuesdays. We take checks, cash or major credit cards for payment. New students: the first class is free! Contact: Our Website MORE EVENTS +  Additional Event Annual Meeting Sponsor/Host: Ring of Kerry Irish Dancers What: Annual membership meeting. It will be followed by our second Fall class. Date: Tuesday September 17, 2024 Time: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM Location: Ridgeview Middle School 16600 Raven Rock Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Details: Members are those who are current through September of this year. Bylaw amendment proposals must have been received by the Secretary by August 28. If you are joining or haven't renewed, please bring your $25 membership and (if enrolling) $50 Fall class registration. Contact: Our organization	18	19 GWCC: Dance Class Sponsor/Host: GWCC What: GWCC teaches Irish Set dancing on Thursdays this fall until December 5. Date: Thursday September 19, 2024 Time: 7-8pm: Basics-Beginners; 8-9:30: Continuers Location: Pinecrest Local Park Activities Building, 301 St. Lawrence Drive, Silver Spring, MD Details: $50 for 10 classes; dancers can attend both classes at no extra cost. Teacher is Ann Marie Breheny. Beginners class teaches the basics of set and ceili dances; Continuers class is for less common or more advanced sets. Instruction includes Set of the Month. Flyer Contact: email or website	20  Social Group: Gettysburg Tour Sponsor/Host:  RKIDs Social Group What: It's a special outing to Gettysburg for a guided tour in a bus by John V., the son of our own Marie V., and a licensed battlefield guide. Then lunch; afterwards in our private cars we will visit the Irish Brigade Monument and the Fr. Corby statue. Date: Friday September 20, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Location: Gettysburg Battlefield Bus Tours, 778 Baltimore St., Gettysburg PA 17325 Details: $36 per member. Rain or shine. The bus tour lasts two hours. After the tour we will have lunch nearby at O’Rorke’s Family Eatery, separate checks with 20% gratuity added to each bill. After lunch, we visit more locations in our private cars. See the UPDATED flyer for important details. Be at the bus tours location by 9:30 am. Contact: Marilyn O. Tour Flyer Gettysburg National Military Park info	21 Birthday! Happy Birthday to Liz W and Clare C  Social Group: Brunch at the Green Sponsor/Host:  RKIDs Social Group What: Brunch at the Village Green. Date: Saturday September 21, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Location: Village Green Restaurant, 120 N. Frederick Ave (Rt. 355), Gaithersburg MD 20877, just north of the Fr. Cuddy Bridge (which goes over the railroad tracks in Gaithersburg). Details: Meet other RKIDs at this casual, local restaurant. There is parking in front (2 spaces), along the side, and in the rear. For easier in and out, park at the nearby IHOP and walk a few steps to the restaurant. No RSVP is necessary. Contact: Jack C (see your membership directory)
22 Irish American Club of DC: Fall Fest Sponsor/Host: Irish American Club of DC What: Games, food, with a performance by Swampoodle. Date: Sunday September 22, 2024 Time: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Location: Knights of Columbus Knights Pool Grounds, 10142 Cherry Hill Rd., College Park, MD 20740 Details: $25 admission, includes hamburger, hot dog, chips, dessert + choice of one drink. Contact: Irish American Club of DC Flyer	23	24 RKIDs: Dance Class Sponsor/Host: Ring of Kerry Irish Dancers What: Fall semester dance class. Date: Tuesday September 24, 2024 Time: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM Location: Ridgeview Middle School 16600 Raven Rock Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Details: Meets most Tuesdays. We take checks, cash or major credit cards for payment. New students: the first class is free! Contact: Our Website	25  Social Group: Book Discussion Club Sponsor/Host:  RKIDs Social Group What: title: The Rose Code by: Kate Quinn Date: Wednesday September 25, 2024 Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Location: Zoom Details: Women decipher codes during WWII. Contact: Sonja	26 GWCC: Dance Class Sponsor/Host: GWCC What: GWCC teaches Irish Set dancing on Thursdays this fall until December 5. Date: Thursday September 26, 2024 Time: 7-8pm: Basics-Beginners; 8-9:30: Continuers Location: Pinecrest Local Park Activities Building, 301 St. Lawrence Drive, Silver Spring, MD Details: $50 for 10 classes; dancers can attend both classes at no extra cost. Teacher is Ann Marie Breheny. Beginners class teaches the basics of set and ceili dances; Continuers class is for less common or more advanced sets. Instruction includes Set of the Month. Flyer Contact: email or website	27 Celtic Cultural Alliance: Celtic Classic (3 days) Sponsor/Host: Celtic Cultural Alliance What: Expect lots of music, dance, highland games (caber, stone and hammer tossing), food, drink and more in Bethlehem, PA at the festival. It historically attracts over 200,000 visitors to downtown Historic Bethlehem. Dates From and To: Friday September 27, 2024 to Sunday September 29, 2024 Time: various Location: 532 Main St., Bethlehem, PA 18018. Shuttle Address - 1525 Valley Center Parkway, Bethlehem, PA Details: Free admission. Festival grounds map. Performers include Albannach, Seamus Kennedy and Gerry Timlin. Contact: CCA website	28 CCE: Irish Folk Festival Sponsor/Host: CCE What: Irish Folk Festival with Brendan Mulvihill, Angelina Carberry, Dan Brouder and Daniel O'Flaherty. Following the festival there is a ceili from 7-10. Ceili musicians are Shepherd's Pie & Friends. Calling by Kate Spanos and Marilyn Moore. Date: Saturday September 28, 2024 Time: Noon to 10:00 pm Location: Herndon Arts Center, 750 Center Street, Herndon, Virginia Details: Free! Ceili dances: first half: Walls of Limerick, Siege of Carrick, The Bonfire, North Kerry Set, Caledonian Set; second half: Rakes of Mallow, Haymakers Jig, Kilfenora Plain Set, Cashel Set. Contact: Festival MORE EVENTS +  Additional Event IONA Sponsor/Host: IONA-Barnaby Productions What: Celtic House Concerts at the Swift Run Lodge, presenting IONA. Experience the full spectrum of Celtic music, song and dance from this seminal band. Date: Saturday September 28, 2024 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: Fairfax Station, VA (call for directions) Details: Bring a lawn chair and picnic with your beverage of choice. They provide desserts and soft drinks. The suggested donation is $25. Barbara Tresidder Ryan (lead vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, whistles, vocals, percussion), Leigh Oben (bass guitars), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo, vocals) with Marsha Searle (dancing). They'll be performing songs from their latest CD. Contact: Reservations & directions call (703) 426-1450 or send an email to [email protected]. More info at Swift Run Concerts
29 GWCC: Ceili Sponsor/Host: GWCC What: GWCC ceili. Workshop dance is the Derrada Set. Date: Sunday September 29, 2024 Time: 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: The Lyceum, 17801 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860 Details: Admission: $20 members, $25 non-members. Potluck supper at first break, please bring a dish to share. Music by Dave Abe, Myron Bretholz, Peter Fitzgerald, Martin McCann & Andy Thurston. Dances: Merchant Set, Ballyvourney Jig, Walls of Limerick, Derrada Set, Antrim Square Set, Haymakers Jig, Clare Lancers Set, N. Kerry Set, Waltz, Clare Plain Set. Masks are optional but encouraged. Contact: GWCC Flyer	30
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