Thank You!
We give our special heartfelt thanks to:
The enthusiastic, hardworking and patient parents of our students.
In particular:
John and Cathy Severance
Gina and John Danaher
Mike and Kathy (RIP) Harkin
Michelle White
Mike and Peg Duffy
Jean and Bill Gram
Maureen and Don Wojcik
Jeanne and Chuck Bern
Maggie and Gerry Carey
Kathleen Kearns
For their extreme help:
Cam Flint (Cima Graphics) for what he has done for us including (I'll probably forget something):logo design, photography, photographic manipulation, printing, aesthetic advice, graphic design (he's designed everything).
Mike Lisec and Dan Cusick for helping jump start our concertina program with their generous gifts.
Brendan and Siobhan McKinney and all at Chief O'Neill's
Pat Finnegan
Marta Cook, Jessica Ziegler, Devin Shepherd and Jesse Langen for their beautiful, hard work on the Grúpaí Cheoil arrangements and rehearsals
Pat and Karen Cannady
Eileen Gallagher
Tim and Cathy McGinness
Tommy Masterson for everything!!
Sean and Clodagh Ryan
John O'Grady and the Francis O'Neill Club
Peig Reid and the Irish Heritage Center Library
The Irish Musicians Association of Chicago:
Albert Neary, Mike McGrath, Joe O'Shea, Pat Cloonan, Jack Ruane, Jim Thornton, John Cahill, Kathleen Carroll O'Carroll , Francie Campbell and Frank Burke
Dennis Cahill
Jimmy Keane
Jimmy Coyle RIP
Kevin Henry
Mary McDonagh
Phil Durkin
Marian Ryan and everybody at Gaelic Park
John Daly, Kathy O'Neill and the irish American Heritage Center
Peter Seman and everybody at Seman Violins
The Hagerty Family radio show
The O'Connor Family radio show
Cliff Carlson and the Irish American News
Bill Margeson
Jim Sloan
Our Chicago Musical Friends:
Jackie Moran
Marty Fahey
Liz Carroll
Mike Quinlan for his fabulous bodhrans
Ari Frede and the Old Town School of Folk Music
Peggy Roche Boyle for all her help and advice
Maureen Foster for all her help and advice
Helen Gannon
All of the businesses and individuals that supported our school these past 2 years through contributions of hard work, advice, items to auction and monetary gifts.
In Ireland:
Verona Ryan
John McGettrick and the Coleman Centre, Gurteen, Co.Sligo
Siobhán Ni Chonaráin
Noel McGinley
Peader mor O'Briain (Peter O'Brien) the best bus driver ever!
Áine Uí Cheallaigh
Matt Cranitch
Brid Cranitch
Denis Liddy