Chieftans seek volunteer pipers

The following e-mail was addressed to the webmaster and I thought it would be appropriate to share with you.
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Dear Friends,
 
The Chieftains, Ireland's musical ambassadors for the past four decades, will be touring the U.S. this February and March.  This year's visit is called the CELTIC-SCOTTISH CONNECTION 2008 TOUR.   Opening for The Chieftains will be a trio of renowned musicians from Scotland as special guests.  Fronting the trio is Alyth McCormack, from the Isle of Lewis, accompanied by pianist and singer Brian McAlpine, and Jonny Hardie (guitar and fiddle).
 
The Chieftains would like to have several pipers participate in their shows in each city they will visit, and asked us to contact you for volunteers.  A list of their tour dates follows.  If you or anyone you know would be interested in playing for the show in your city, please contact Cristina Parvu, Director of Music & Publishing,  at Cristina@DRCPublicRelations.com, or you may call her at 212 966 4600, ext. 15.
 
If you do participate, please tell us all about it.  Thanks!
 
Here are the tour dates:
February 18            Albuquerque, NM                 Popejoy Hall
February 19            Fort Worth, TX                     Bass Hall
February 21            Los Angeles, CA                    Walt Disney Hall
February 22            Marin, CA / San Rafael     Marin Center
February 23            Modesto, CA                         Gallo Center for the Arts
February 26            Detroit, MI                         Orchestra Hall
February 27            Notre Dame, IN                 De Bartolo Center
February 29            Marion, OH                         Palace Theatre
March 01                Cleveland, OH                     Playhouse Square
March 02                Chicago, IL                         Orchestra Hall
March 04                Nashville, TN                     Schermerhorn Symphony Hall
March 07                Princeton, NJ                     McCarter Theater
March 08                Inglewood, NJ                     Bergen Performing Arts Center
March 09                New Brunswick, NJ            State Theatre
March 11                Charlottetown, NC                Belk Theater/Blumenthal Center
March 12                Norfolk, VA                        Sandler PAC/Virginia Beach
March 14                Boston, MA                           Symphony Hall
March 15                Philadelphia, PA                    Kimmel Center
March 17                New York, NY                        Carnegie Hall
 
Christie Harrison
President, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)
2800 S. Des Plaines Avenue, North Riverside, IL 60546
Phone:  970 708 1302;  Fax:  970 497 4377
president@COSCA.net; www.cosca.net