December 6 ~ Loretta Egan Murphy – Celtic Christmas Session
Loretta is a gifted button accordion and concertina player. She is the winner of numerous national awards and has taught Irish music to hundreds of students in New York and Connecticut. Her CD, Beyond the Watery Lane, received critical acclaim in both the United States and Ireland. In their younger years, Loretta and her sister, Monica, played the once-bustling Catskills circuit. Loretta is a GAC member and a key member of the Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society.