Anyone here know what the Irish Music scene is like in Ashville, NC? I’m wondering how many sessions there are and what the quality is. Also curious if there are any really good Flute instructors in the area.
Loren
Thinking of relocating, Loren?
I hear one can’t make it from one side of Florida to the other today.
Cara
Loren, you might want to check out The](http://www.swangathering.com/%3EThe) Swannanoa Gathering information. A number of IRTrad folks from up here go down each summer for their Celtic Week. Staff for 2002 included Tommy Peoples, John Skelton, and Mike Rafferty.
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Enjoy Your Music,
Lee Marsh
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Loren, I don’t know about the session scene or flute instructors there, but I have two suggestions for people you might contact.
Chris Abell (Abell Flute Company) is based there, 828-254-1004 … you probably knew that.
Just outside Asheville is Warren Wilson College, site of the Swannanoa Gathering’s Celtic Week. Jim Magill, the director, surely knows the local scene. And his wife (sorry, her name escapes me … Beth?) is a flute player. The office number for the Gathering is 828-298-3434.
When I attended Celtic Week there in 2001, I remember there were excellent local players of whistle and pipes in attendance.
–C#/D
Hey Loren. I live in Bristol, TN, not too far away from Ashville. You may want to ask fluterboy/Zac on (mainly) the flute forum. I think he heads up there every once in a while. Last time, i think he said something about Zan McLeod being there at the local session.