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Turlach Ur to Perform with The Chieftains!

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ATTEND IN STYLE!!  

Serious fans of Turlach Ur, or of Celtic music generally, will want to do this right! 

Turlach Ur and the Grinnell Area Arts Council are offering a special "Celtic Toast and Coach" package to ensure you get the most out of the evening.  Enjoy Irish stew, Guinness and a taste or two of Irish whiskey at the pre-concert reception at the Grinnell Arts Center.  Then, board a chartered motor coach for hassle-free, round-trip transportation to Cedar Falls in the company of fellow fans.  Your concert ticket is included.  Package prices vary depending upon your chosen reserved seats at the show.  Call The Grinnell Area Arts Center at 641-236-3203 for more details.

This is your chance to hear the legendary Chieftains accompanied by your favorite bagpipe band! 

DON'T MISS OUT!!

Recent Events

 

Turlach Urchins open the Winter Storm Concert!

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On the evening of January 14, 2012, at Kansas City's Winter Storm concert, perhaps the most important piping and drumming show in North America, the drum corps of Turlach Ur's youth band officially brought the Turlach Urchins to the world's attention.  Inspired but unrattled by sharing the stage with many of the living legends of Highland music, the Urchins unleashed a thrilling premier performance of Andrew Hoinacki's "Turlach Urchins' Salute to Winter Storm".  Having won the honor of performing at the prestigious event by winning the previous year's drum fanfare competition, the Urchins showed they truly belonged.  They thank their beloved instructors, Nancy Clower, Andrew Hoinacki, Aaron Mars and Malcolm Rosenberger ... and they urge you to watch the show!

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For the third year in a row, the entire Urchin band opened Winter Steam, the huge party after the concert.  For the third year in row, they put on a fantastic show and the crowd went nuts!!  Check out the huge drum corps and three great pipers blowing the toughest reeds they could handle!

Winter Steam Video

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Turlach Ur 4th Annual Fall Dinner and Concert

Another evening of extraordinary locally produced cuisine and great music came together October 8. An amazing dinner served up by the Turlach Urchins played to a full house. Look for the photos coming soon and check out the photos and clips from the 3rd annual dinner on the Photos and More page!

Read full press release for the 4th annual dinner

See the

Official Fall Dinner Poster

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The "Jewel of the Prairie" hosted RAGBRAI XXXIX and welcomed riders to Grinnell!

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Turlach Ur rocked center stage at the Grinnell stop for over 25000 RAGBRAI riders!  From appearing as guest musicians with metal band Whiplash to wowing the crowd with some of the hottest pipe band music around, Turlach Ur was the hit of the evening ... and the talk of RAGBRAI!

Turlach   (TUR – lock)-a large fire

            Ur (ur)-beautiful, flourishing, fresh, new, vigorous

Founded in 2007 and based in Grinnell, Iowa, the Turlach Ur Pipe Band now boasts a roster of 25 pipers and drummers.  We will add two new pipers in the summer of 2010 and have another six piping and drumming students working hard.  More than half of our band members are junior players, ranging in age from ten to seventeen.  Together, they make up Turlach Ur's increasingly popular youth band, the Turlach Urchins.

Turlach Ur holds weekly band practices and monthly group lessons at which all levels come together for instruction in small groups (and lunch in a big group!)  We pride ourselves on playing great music and having a great time.  The two come together in our concerts, which easily are among the most fun and imaginative pipe band shows anywhere.
Contact Rob Clower clower@iowatelecom.net or call 641-990-6820 for more information.

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Turlach Ur is a program of the Grinnell Area Arts Council

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