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The Members of The Homespun Ceilidh Band

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The Homespun Ceilidh Band
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Map the Names to the Faces

Top Row Left to Right


D. Glenn Arthur Jr.:

(Guitar Head)

Glenn Plays 6-string and 12-string guitars. He is a former member of Wild Oats. He has also played bass guitar for musical theatre, including the Drama group at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Keep Current with Glenn by accessing his Live Journal weblog here.

Michael Stoddard:

(Big Guy)

Mike plays bouzouki, and Irish Flute. Mike currently spends most of his time trying to get his 9 year old son Keenan interested in playing Celtic music and feeding his baby daughter.

Bill Mitchell:

(The Hammer)

Bill plays hammered dulcimer. You can also hear Bill in the duo Peat and Barley.

John Ward:

(Fidhler)

John plays violin and viola and various other stringy/bowy things like a Hardanger Fiddle. Keep Current with Johnby accessing his Live Journal weblog here.

Becky Ross:

(Becky)

Becky plays fiddle. You can also hear Becky in the duo Peat and Barley

Jim Stimson:

(Jim)

Jim plays cittern, 12 String Guitar, and baroque guitar. You can also hear Jim around town playing various lutes including one, called a theorbo. that's about 10 feet long. Jim specializes in early Medieval and Renaissance lute music.

Bottom Row Left to Right


Felicia Eberling:

(Felicia)

Felicia plays viola da gamba and recorder. Felicia is particularly fond of early music, which she's played since she was a child.

Trix Whitehall:

(Bodhraner)

Trix plays bodhran. Trix also sings the woes of being a musician in her original tune Mrs. Murphy's Band which will appear on our second CD. Trix is also quite well known for her taste in songs in which one of the characters is murdered.

Jennifer Silverman:

(The Dancing Drummer)

Jennifer "O'Silverman" plays bodhran. She also performs irish step-dancing during performances. You can also see Jennifer at the Maryland Rennaissance Festival, usually on stage with Maggie Sansone. You should catch her when she dances and plays the bodhran at the same time!