Cooley-Keegan Branch of San Francisco
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Named for Irish accordion players Joe Cooley and Kevin Keegan, the San Francisco branch was started in the early 1970's. Since that time, we have played a major role in keeping Irish traditions alive in Northern California. The Cooley-Keegan branch is a nonprofit organization and one of over 400 branches worldwide. We do not have any religious affiliations and we are open to people of all backgrounds. You need not be Irish to join! Dancing We have a large number of Set and Ceili dancers among us, and one can find either Set or Ceili dancing nearly every night of the week. There are also a number of Set and Ceili dance classes held throughout the month. Several time a year we also host a children's ceili. Often there are songs and limited instrument instruction offered before the childrens ceili. Seisius have been known to form either before or after any of the ceilis. For more information please contact any of our dancing instructors. Music For the musicians, we sponsor a slow seisiun twice a month for beginners, and a faster paced seisiun for more advanced players follows immediately after. We have also held music workshops and classes and plan to do much more with this. For more information please contact Michael Riemer. Singing We also have a singing seisiun that roams the bay area, and response to this has been very good. This event happens only once a month, and any Irish song, story (we have some great story tellers here!) or poem is welcome. The songs are not necessarily Irish in origin. For more information please contact Michael Murphy or Michael Duffy Language We also have a rapidly developing language program. There is an Irish speaking evening at the UICC (including a seisiun). There are also several Irish language workshops in the area. For more information please contact Nikki Ragsdale. For other contact information, please refer to our contact page. |