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  The East Bay Express calls Avalon Rising "The new arbiters of cool"
 Avalon Rising's album, "Storming Heaven",  has received wonderful reviews, including a fabulous review in Guitar Player Magazine. Referring   
  to us as "absolutely stellar musicians", the review includes one of the best complements I've ever had, when referring to Margaret and I:

"The duo's soaring, almost achingly sensual phrasing gives age-old and original melodies near-cinematic impact. (Don't be surprised or embarrassed if you shed a tear when listening to their plaintive harmonic dances -- it just means you're a living, breathing, feeling person.)"  - Michael Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine

"Storming Heaven" is available from Avalon Rising.com, Amazon.com, CD Baby


Dickens Christmas Fair
Produced by Red Barn Productions, the fair runs weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas at San Francisco's Cow Palace.
I am entertainment director for this wonderful holiday event.




COMING JULY 2010!! THE GREAT PAN-KINETIC EXPOSITION

July 31st and Agust 1st under the big top on the Vallejo Waterfront!

If you enjoyed the fun of the Northern California Pirate Festival, and have been thrilled by the antics of Legion Fantastique, you will be gloriously transported by our new, upcoming event – The Great Pan-Kinetic Exposition!

Set in 1905, the Great Pan-Kinetic Exposition will be a re-creation of the mighty Worlds’ Fairs from the beginning of the 20th Century. The focus of the Exposition will be the “Muses of Innovation” : Wind, Fire, Electricity, Water and Invention – with themed halls dedicated to each of these muses and containing food, displays, inventions, vendors and entertainers that fall within these categories!

Some of the greatest personalities (Nikola Tesla, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, The Wright Brothers…etc.) of the era will be brought to life by our cadre of talented actors and artists - all of them greeting our guests with their theories, dreams, beliefs, and marvelous inventions!

The Great Pan-Kinetic Exposition will also feature CONTESTS (to be announced) in which teams of creative souls may try their hand at the Spirit of Invention!


Cat's 2010 Performances
Avalon Rising Saturday February 13th
9:00-11:00PM             
 
Avalon Rising at Pantheacon
The show is free with your convention membership, so don your prancing  plumage and meet us there! Pantheacon is a conference for Pagans, Heathens, Indigenous Non-European and many of diverse beliefs which occurs annually over President's Day weekend. Well over 2000 people attend more than 200 presentations that range from Rituals to Workshops and from Classes to Concerts.
 San Jose Doubletree Hotel
2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA
(408) 453-4000 Check www.pantheacon.com for more information.
Avalon Rising Saturday March 13th
9:00PM
Celebrate St. Patrick's with Avalon Rising at Schelly's Bar
Schelly's Bar
15009 Farnsworth St., San Leandro, CA (510) 351-1222
Avalon Rising Saturday April 18th
1:00PM
Our usual foray to the Vacaville Medieval Festival! Downtown Vacaville (707) 451-2100
bvollmer@downtownvacaville.com
Avalon Rising Saturday May 1st
8:00PM
PEERS Courts of Faerie Ball
Masonic Lodge of San Mateo
100 N. Ellsworth Avenue, San Mateo, CA


Cat's 2009 Performances

Avalon Rising Saturday February 21st, 5:00-5:45PM
BayCeltic Festival runs 3pm to midnight. BayCeltic is an annual reunion for
SF Bay area celtic musicians, singers, dancers and performers.Performers in the grand ballroom are Michael and Shay Black, Tempest, Molly's Revenge, Culann's Hounds, Avalon Rising, and Celtic dance exhibition group Siamsa.
Oakland Veteran's Hall, 200 Grand Avenue, Oakland Tickets available at the door: $20 general, $10 students, free under 12, http://www.bayceltic.com/#schedule 
Avalon Rising Saturday March 14th. 9:00PM-1:00AM
Schelly's Bar in San Leandro
This is our big St. Paddy's Day Weekend Party, so get green and be seen!
15001 Farnsworth St., San Leandro, CA 94579
(510) 351-1222
For driving directions, go to this Google map:  http://tinyurl.com/2oz2jm
Avalon Rising
Saturday, April 4th
8:00PM
PEERS' Girl Genius Victorian Mad Science Ball
Masonic Lodge at Ellsworth and Tilton, San Mateo
Dance Lesson: 7:00PM Dancing Begins: 8:00PM
Tickets: $15.00 by April 28 At the door: $20.00
Avalon Rising Saturday April 18th,
1:00PM
The Fifth Annual Downtown Vacaville Medieval Fantasy Festival
An Earth Day Faire with a Celtic Flair
April 18 & 19, 2009 (Event is all day, time listed is for Avalon Rising performance) Free Admission to the Festival * Fun for the Whole Family
Avalon Rising Saturday, May 3rd
8:00PM
PEERS' Unseen University Graduation Ball
Masonic Lodge at Ellsworth and Tilton, San Mateo
Dance Lesson: 7:00PM Dancing Begins: 8:00PM
Tickets: $15.00 by April 28 At the door: $20.00
Avalon Rising Saturday May 9th
9:00PM
Avalon Rising opening for Tempest at the Starry Plough
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705, Club phone: (510) 841-2082
Show Begins: 9:00 p.m., Tickets: $12
Avalon Rising Saturday, and Sunday
May 16th and 17th
AR times: Saturday at noon, Sun. at 12,3 & 5
Avalon Rising plays both days at the
Livermore Scottish Games and Celtic Celebration
Robertson Park/Livermore
Saturday 11am - 8pm, Ceilidh from 6-8pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm $15.00 - adult, $12.00 - young adult (ages 16-20) & senior (age 60+), $7.00 - children (ages 6-15) Free (age 5 and under), Parking FREE
Avalon Rising Saturday June 6th
9:00- 5:00 Avalon Rising Times as posted
Modesto Scottish Highland Games and Gathering of the Clans
Tuolumne River Regional Park, Modesto
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ages 13 and up, $11,
Age 12 and under, FREE
Avalon Rising Saturday September 5th, 2009 9:00PM
Avalon Rising at The Bistro
12 microbrews on tap, 30 Belgian beers!
FREE
Avalon Rising Saturday September 12th, 2009 9:00PM Opening for the Plasterkatz at their CD Release Party at Ireland's 32!
Ireland's 32, 3920 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA
Avalon Rising Saturday, September 19th 6:00PM
Avalon Rising plays both days at the Northern California Renaissance Faire - Pirate weekend! $25/$10 ($5 discount on website)
Avalon Rising Sunday, September 19th 6:00PM Avalon Rising plays both days at the Northern California Renaissance Faire - Pirate weekend! $25/$10 ($5 discount on website)
Avalon Rising Saturday, November 7th

St. Andrew's Guild Winter's Feast Livermore

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St. Patrick's Day Parade & Celebration, March 2007
Avalon Rising at  The 155th San Francisco. St. Patrick's Day Parade & Celebration, March 2007
(taken by Peter Overstreet)


With St. Patrick's Wild Geese
Dickens 2003 (taken by Howard Gold)
From the Dark Garden Window
Dickens 2004 (taken by Verna Parino)


A fun photo from the "Into the West" party, February 2004.


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