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Sleepy Hollow – Arti Lorigan, Bill O\u2019Brien, AJ O\u2019Brien, Declan Pender, \u00a0Joe O\u2019Callaghan and Johnny Campbell (Brigitte \u2018Bibi\u2019 Lehmann)<\/figcaption><\/figure>By Paddy McCarthy<\/em><\/p>\n

What a great weekend we had and it looks like we are heading for a fabulous week alright.<\/p>\n

I am beginning my Out&About column to tell you about some great friends of mine; I love using that word \u2018great,\u2019 that is what they are called – the band Sleepy Hollow<\/strong>. They played in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, for the Rory Gallagher Annual Tribute Festival<\/strong> that was a monster hit as people traveled from all over the world. I am sure Tourism Ireland<\/strong> must be happy with that as festivals are a big draw for fans.<\/p>\n

Sleepy Hollow was one of the hottest bands in the mid 70s. They toured extensively with Rory Gallagher in Ireland, the UK and Europe, including the famous tour documented in \u2018Irish Tour 74\u2019<\/strong>. This band were the warm up band on the first night at the Big Top<\/strong>. The audience were blown away with this visually exciting rock band. <\/p>\n

Front man Joe O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong> (Blues Harp man\/vocals) was a joy to watch, a true showman; the way Joe moved about the stage he could give Mick Jagger<\/strong> a run for his money. <\/p>\n

Beside Joe were Bill O\u2019Brien<\/strong> (guitar\/vocals), AJ O\u2019Brien<\/strong> (keyboards), Declan Pender<\/strong> (guitar), Johnny Campbell<\/strong> (bass) and Arti Lorigan<\/strong> (drums). <\/p>\n

The reason I am telling you all about this band is because I, together with my band were part of the 70s scene and we opened for Rory Gallagher in the first open air rock concert at the Macroom Mountain Dew Festival<\/strong> in County Cork 1978. Ah! Yes, I am also a musician and I played for a lot of years both semi-pro and pro, now that is something huh?<\/p>\n

If anyone can guess the name of the band email it to paddy@irishexaminerusa.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Okay, enough of me, let\u2019s get back to what is happening as the Irish Business Organization<\/strong> will be having its Summer Gathering this Wednesday, June 26 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bloom\u2019s Tavern<\/strong> (208 East 58th Street). There will be special guests and a four-hour open bar. Food, music and lots of networking so be there! <\/p>\n

Andy Cooney<\/strong> will be hosting his Annual Irish Golf Weekend<\/strong> at Christman\u2019s Windham House Country Inn and Golf Resort<\/strong> on July 19 to 21. The package costs $389 per person including tax and gratuities, double occupancy with a discount for non-golfers. The package includes two nights of accommodation, three rounds of golf, a cocktail party on Friday, two full breakfasts, two lunches and two dinners and a special treat with music by Andy Cooney and his band. Now where would yea get it? To reserve your place call (518)734-4230. <\/p>\n

The Irish Rep<\/strong> has another hit on its hands with the adaption of \u2018YES!\u2019<\/strong> from the novel Ulysses<\/strong> by James Joyce<\/strong>. Adapted for stage by Aedin Maloney<\/strong> and Colm McCann<\/strong>, with music by the one and only Paddy Maloney<\/strong> and directed by Kira Simring<\/strong> \u2018Yes!\u2019 features a performance by Aedine Moloney<\/strong>. The world premiere presented by Irish Repertory Theatre, in association with Gabriel Byrne<\/strong> will take place in the W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre<\/strong> until July 7.<\/p>\n

A daring theatrical journey into the mind and heart of James Joyce\u2019s most sensual hero \u2013 a woman of women, a soul of souls, the indomitable Molly Bloom. It is Ireland in the early hours of June 17th, 1904. Molly Bloom\u2019s husband \u2013 the wandering philandering Leopold \u201cPoldy\u201d Bloom \u2013 has just come\u00a0home\u00a0and fallen asleep in their Dublin row house. Molly \u2013 a daughter, a mother, a lover and a long-suffering wife \u2013 patrols the pathways of her wild and leaping consciousness. She is lustful. Scared. Exuberant. Heartbreakingly lonely. Vivaciously reckless. And profoundly funny.<\/p>\n

With an empty nest, an unfulfilling affair and a marriage long past its prime,\u00a0Molly must find a way back to the rock-bed of love that she and Bloom once shared.\u00a0Her unsentimental stream of consciousness is a song of songs that reaches backwards and forwards across the centuries.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Written one hundred years ago, Joyce\u2019s words seem carved not just for today, but tomorrow too.\u00a0Time ticks within time, dreams are upended, and life is thrown off balance.\u00a0Molly seeks to reanimate love, and ends up discovering herself.\u00a0Dublin becomes Gibraltar, age becomes youth, and a small room in Dublin becomes the world. <\/p>\n

A beautiful and honest celebration of womanhood, written by James Joyce, adapted by Aedine Moloney and Colum McCann, and directed by Kira Simring, Moloney\u2019s one-woman performance is a tribute to the enduring mysteries of loss and love \u2013 and the affirmation found,\u00a0yes, in between. \u201cYes, that was why I liked him.\u00a0 Because I saw he understood or felt what a woman is \u2026 Yes!\u201d <\/p>\n

I personally am telling you not to miss this show as you are going to be amazed with the acting. For tickets call (212) 727-2737 or get them online at irishrep.org<\/a> – you won\u2019t be disappointed.<\/p>\n

See you all again next week when I am Out&About again. <\/p>\n

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