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My 2020 Christmas Letter to you...
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NOTE: Show schedules to be updated as soon as it is safe to travel and perform again.
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2019
​Our 24th year!


​Sunday, December 1 @ 3.00
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Madison Theatre at Molloy College
1000 Hempstead Avenue
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
MadisonTheatreNY.org
Box Office: 516-323-4444

Friday, December 6 @ 7.00
pm
The Church of the Resurrection
32001 Cannon Road
Solon, OH 44139
Facebook.com/COTRsolon
Info: 440-248-0980

Saturday, December 7 @ 7.00
pm
The Woodward Opera House
105 South Main Street
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
TheWoodward.org
Box Office: 740-263-6737

Sunday, December 8 @ 3.30
pm
Medina Performing Arts Center
851 Weymouth Road
Medina, OH 44256
Tickets: www.KBBproductions.net
Box Office: 440-554-2394

Friday, December 13 @ 8:00
pm
The Colonial Theatre
95 Main Street
Keene, NH 03431
Tickets: TheColonial.org

Box Office: 603-352-2033​

Sunday, December 15
1.00
pm & 5.00pm
Central Park Performing Arts Center
105 Central Park Drive
Largo, FL 33771
Tickets: LargoArts.com
 Box Office: 727-587-6793

Thursday, December 19 @ 7:30pm
Mountain View Center
for the Performing Arts

500 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Tickets: MVCPA.com
Box Office: 650-903-6000


Saturday, December 21 @ 7.30pm
Cascade Theatre
1731 Market Street
Redding, CA 96001
(For the 14th successive year)
Tickets: CascadeTheatre.org
Box Office: 530-243-8877

Sunday, December 22 @ 3.00
pm
Craterian Theater
23 S. Central Avenue
Medford, OR 97501
(For the 23rd successive year)
Tickets: Craterian.org
Box Office: 541-779-3000
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Sunday, December 22 @ 7.30
pm
Craterian Theater
23 S. Central Avenue
Medford, OR 97501

(For the 23rd successive year)
Tickets: Craterian.org
Box Office: 541-779-3000
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Saturday, March 7 @ 7.30pm
OMAHA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Holland Performing Arts Center

1200 Douglas Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Tickets: TicketOmaha.com
Box Office: 402-345-0606


Sunday, March 8 @ 2.00pm
OMAHA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Holland Performing Arts Center
1200 Douglas Street
Omaha, NE 68102

Tickets: TicketOmaha.com
Box Office: 402-345-0606


CANCELLED
Thursday, March 12 @ 7.00
pm
NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
1 Symphony Place
Nashville, TN 37201
Tickets: NashvilleSymphony.org
Box Office: 615-687-6400


CANCELLED
Friday, March 13 @ 8.00pm
NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
1 Symphony Place
Nashville, TN 37201
Tickets: NashvilleSymphony.org
Box Office: 615-687-6400
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CANCELLED
​Saturday, March 13 @ 8.00pm
NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Schermerhorn Symphony Center
1 Symphony Place
Nashville, TN 37201
Tickets: NashvilleSymphony.org
Box Office: 615-687-6400
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CANCELLED
Monday, March 16 @ 7.00pm

Tower Theatre
835 NW Wall Street
Bend, OR 97701
Tickets: TowerTheatre.org
Box Office: 541-317-0700
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CANCELLED
Tuesday, March 17 @ 7.30pm
The Ross Ragland Theater

218 N. 7th Street
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Tickets: RRtheater.org
Box Office: 541-884-5483

CANCELLED
​Wednesday, March 18 @ 7:00pm
Grizzly Peak Winery

1600 East Nevada Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Tickets: GrizzlyPeakWinery.com
Box Office: 541-482-5700

RamblingHouseShow.com
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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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PRESENTERS PAGE
A CELTIC CHRISTMAS

CELTIC JOURNEY WITH OMAHA SYMPHONY
TOURS
BIOS
HISTORY OF A CELTIC CHRISTMAS
BOOKING/CONTACT
​CDs
BOOKING IN USA:
​GENERAL ARTS TOURING, INC.
TOM GALLANT, PRESIDENT
845-546-3092
info@generalartstouring.com
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