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Saturday,
March 10
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Cathie Ryan

"Cathie Ryan, the Irish American singer-songwriter, is blessed with a soprano voice that's both lovely and affecting. It's a potent combination... Ryan's heartfelt songwriting and firm grasp of traditional Celtic music also distinguishes her ...[She sings with] a soulful intensity that bridges her original tunes with traditional gems ..." The Washington Post

Irish American Cathie Ryan, with her crystalline vocals and insightful songwriting, is an original and distinctive voice in Celtic music. Since her acclaimed seven year tenure as lead singer of Cherish the Ladies, the Detroit born Ryan has established herself as one of Celtic Music's most popular and enduring singer-songwriters. The Boston Globe recently wrote, "Cathie Ryan is a thrilling traditional vocalist whose honey-pure soprano is equally at home on probing original ballads about a woman's place in the modern world."

Cathie has released 4 critically acclaimed CDs on Shanachie Records: Cathie Ryan, The Music of What Happens, Somewhere Along the Road, and her latest The Farthest Wave. She is featured on more than forty compilations of Celtic Music.

Cathie is a captivating and deeply affecting performer. "There is nothing like a live show, being with an audience, sharing the music. That is the best part of being a singer and writing songs," she says. She has built a loyal following throughout Europe and North America by touring steadily and singing "songs of the heart." At a live performance The Irish Echo observed, "Cathie Ryan certainly knows how to communicate with her audience. And what she communicates through song are the enduring values of home, family, memory, and spirit..."

In 2003 Cathie was included in the famous Irish music collection, A Woman's Heart - A Decade On placing her amongst Irish music's finest female vocalists and songwriters. It was the first time Americans were featured in the series and she shared the honor with Allison Krauss, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. In recent years, her original songs have been recorded by such distinguished Irish vocalists as Frances Black and Mary Black among others. Cathie has performed on national and public television in the United States and Europe, appeared on NPR's Mountain Stage and Thistle and Shamrock, PRI's The World, BBC2 in England, Radio Scotland, and RTE, RnG, and TG4 in Ireland. She was voted one of the Top 100 Irish Americans by Irish America Magazine, Chicago's Irish American News honored her as Irish Female Vocalist of the Decade, and the LA Times recently named her, "One of the leading voices in Celtic music."

This presentation is funded by WV Commission in the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts with generous assistance of our local Corporate Sponsors: Nicholas County Community Foundation, City of Summersville, L. J. Hughes & Sons, Inc., Community Trust Bank, Steve and Marty Davis, Peerless Minerals, L.L.C, Summersville Rotary Club, Summersville Regional Medical Center, WCWV Spirit 92.9 and WSWW FM 95.7.

Tickets may be purchased in advance at our local Summersville ticket outlets; Soundwaves Music, Summersville Public Library, and at all First Community Bank Branches, on the web at ivyandstone@frontier.com or by calling 304- 872-4228 (leave a message). Advance sale tickets are $12 for Adults and $9 for students and senior citizens. Tickets will be three dollars more at the door on the night of the performance. Family tickets of 2 adults and 2 or more children can be purchased at the door for $35. (We cannot guarantee the availability of Family Tickets in the case of a “sold out” event.) Call for special group rates for civic organizations, clubs and schools when 10 or more attend and event. Visit ivyandstone.org

Ivy & Stone, Council for the Arts, welcomes patrons with disabilities and offers wheelchair and easy access seating, usher assistance in seating and assistive listening units for audience use. Large print or Braille playbills or sign-language interpreters can also be arranged with three weeks advance notice. Please call our technical director Rex at (304) 872-4228 to arrange for any of these accommodations.