AN IRISH MUSICAL CHRISTMAS WITH GIRSA
WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 21, 8 PM
WHERE: Hamilton Stage, 360 Hamilton Street, in the heart of the colorful Rahway Arts District
TICKETS: $20 general admission tickets and $10 student/senior
Tickets are available online at www.ucpac.org, by calling 732.499.8226, or visiting the UCPAC box office at 1601 Irving Street, Rahway.
Christmas is celebrated in Ireland with hallowed folk customs and lively music and dance — the Irish-American group Girsa brings it all together for a delightful holiday show with a swinging Celtic lilt.
Girsa (pronounced geer-sha) means “young girls” in Gaelic, and the group’s current lineup consists of Deirdre Brennan, Bernadette Flanagan, Maeve Flanagan, Pamela Geraghty, Blaithin Loughran and Emily McShane performing a dazzling array of instruments — fiddle, tinwhistle, mandolin, accordion, piano, bodhran, guitar — refreshed with a riveting blend of vocals.
And, suddenly — someone steps out and dances a jig and a reel or two.
