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HISTORY
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“2000 seats sold out!”
WEIDNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, GREEN BAY, WI
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“ . . . charmed a sold-out house at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts.”
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR, LINCOLN, NE
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“A very large audience turned out and sat rapt for A Celtic Christmas, 2½ hours of jigs, reels and wordsmithing.”
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER, SPRINGFIELD, IL
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“We had to move the performance to a venue with twice as many seats . . . the mix of stories, music and dance was perfect.”
ROCKPORT OPERA HOUSE, ME
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“The most popular performance this year.”
MELLON ART CENTER, WALLINGFORD, CT
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“Like a pint of Guinness, Tomáseen Foley’s “A Celtic Christmas” is going down rich and smooth with . . . another packed house . . . at the Keith-Albee Performing Art Center.”
THE HERALD-DISPATCH, HUNTINGDON, WV
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“A rousing success . . . a magnificent performance.”
WEST VALLEY FINE ARTS, LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ
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“1,800 Lied patrons joined the stage musicians for ‘Silent Night’ to close Foley’s warm, intimate and personal look at Irish history and culture.”
THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
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“What a terrific program! The audience was completely charmed and captivated…wonderful storytelling…the best I have ever heard.”
THE SOCIETY FOR THE FOUR ARTS, PALM BEACH, FL
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“In the tradition of great Irish storytellers…Tomáseen Foley is a master of the Irish narrative and a keeper of the flame for a priceless piece of Irish culture.”
TOM HORAN, REGO IRISH RECORDS
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“Like a cup of Irish coffee in a neighbor’s kitchen on a dark night, it was warm, comforting and full of cheer.”
JUSTINE SUTTON, SANTA BARBARA NOOZHAWK
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“Move over, Garrison Keillor. As a presenter of the performing arts who’s always looking for a sure bet, I assure Tomáseen delivers. He deserves a world stage.”
CRATERIAN GINGER ROGERS THEATER, MEDFORD, OR
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“…a masterful weaver of a good tale… One of the great charms of the evening was Tomáseen’s skill in relating a story…a gentle and easy humor made his tales fascinating and eminently human.”
PALM BEACH DAILY NEWS, PALM BEACH, FL
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"...people told me that they LOVED it, that it was just what a Christmas show should be, that it fit in beautifully with our Arts Series and that we should have you back every year!”
ARLENE SHAW, HOUSE MANAGER, OLIN FINE ARTS CENTER
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“I want to thank you for an absolutely terrific show! We have not had such a large crowd since the Juilliard String quartet six years ago. You are all sooo talented.”
JANE CARTAGE
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“You’ll love his warm-hearted, poignant stories of life in the homeland.”
MIKE STURGILL, BRITT FESTIVAL, JACKSONVILLE, OR
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“A good storyteller . . . can carry (his) audience to another time and place. It’s an art—and a gift—and Tomáseen Foley has it in spades."
THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT
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“In between musical presentations by five wondrously talented guest artists, storyteller and Ireland native Tomáseen Foley regaled the sold-out crowd of "good people of Cleveland, Ohio" with poetry, tales and jokes, evoking a quiet evening spent sitting around the hearth."
THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
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“Foley runs pictures and thoughts across the mind like shooting stars on a crystalline night, with emotions shaking the ground.”
THE GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE, GREEN BAY, WI
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“Tomáseen Foley brings to his audience a mastery of the oral tradition that has marked the Irish spirit for generations.”
ROBERT CASEBEER, PROF. EMERITUS, SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
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“His warm voice wraps you with vivid imagery and stealthy Irish humor.”
DIRTY LINEN MAGAZINE
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“With dramatic impact, Foley brought his tales to a fitting close. He has captured the charm of the wit and wisdom inherent in a locality where people lived within the shelter of their neighbours.”
PAUL KEATING, THE IRISH VOICE, NEW YORK CITY, NY
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“Tomáseen Foley has made it nationally - and internationally - with his warm-hearted “A Celtic Christmas.”
RICHARD MOESCHL, MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OR
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“Great storytelling swept up more than 1,000 listeners . . . "A Celtic Christmas" received a standing ovation at the end. Some people may have been standing to reach for a tissue . . . it was heart tugging."
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
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“Foley had people rapt and delighted . . . he has an engaging manner, a lightness of wit and a silver-tongued way of unwinding a tale.”
GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, GREEN BAY, WI
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“He’s a spell-binding storyteller.”
ROBERT MILLER, ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS, ASHLAND, OR
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