My Love of Irish Music

I've always really like Irish traditional music. It's something that tells a story most of the time. Talks about life in Ireland. Shows off who the people in Ireland are. I follow a few Irish musicians and really enjoy what they have to offer musically.

But my inspiration always comes from the strangest places. I write poetry, and share that poetry as a story about what inspires me. So along the way I have been very impressed with a group called Celtic Thunder. Their music is such an eclectic mix of Irish trad, contemporary, classical, and original music written by one of my favorite Irish musicians, Phil Coulter.

I'm still not sure how all this happened. I was inspired and I started writing poetry about the Celtic Thunder group, and the individual singers last year. It ended up that I published a small poetry book called Celtic Thunder Inspired Poetry. I set up the pages so that there is a signing page for each of the guys in the group.

So I had this idea. What if I could do something really worthwhile with this little book of poetry. With the approval of Sharon Browne, I am offering the book for sale and all the proceeds from the sale of the book are donated to the Celtic Thunder supported Charity, the African Orphans school supported by the Rotary Club of Good Hope. It makes a great souvenir to have signed at a Meet and Greet, but also just to have as a souvenir if you like poetry.

I know that the shows will be starting soon and it takes about 10 days to receive a book from the online publisher that I use. If you are interested, it would be great to have you order one and while you are enjoying your poetry book, you are also support the African's Children's charity.

You can order through Amazon, or directly from the publisher I use. Amazon goes through them anyway. The cost is the same. It's $8.95 plus shipping and handling. Here are the web addresses:

Amazon Celtic Thunder Inspired Poetry http://www.amazon.com/Celtic-Thunder-Inspired-Poetry/dp/B002AD34QC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254196673&sr=1-1

Lulu.com http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/celtic-thunder-inspired-poetry/4816803