Irish song, dance troupe visits SRU
SLIPPERY ROCK — Cherish the Ladies, the next program in Slippery Rock University’s Performing Arts Series, will bring Irish culture to the campus in both song and dance March 27.
The 7:30 p.m. performance will take place in the University Union multipurpose room.
The five-member, Grammy-nominated female instrumental and singing group is celebrating 30 years of performing together in concerts that have taken them around the world, including to the White House and the Olympics.
The group was formed in New York City in 1985 in answer to the longtime male-dominated Irish music scene.
Since its inception, Cherish The Ladies has recorded 15 albums, including “An Irish Homecoming,” which was videotaped for a PBS television special.
The SRU concert, composed of Irish traditional music, will include Irish step-dancing presentations.
Cherish the Ladies, a name taken from an Irish jig, has collaborated with such musicians as The Boston Pops, The Clancy Brothers, The Chieftains, Vince Gill, Nanci Griffith, Pete Seeger, Don Henley, Arlo Guthrie and Maura O’Connell. The group has performed more than 250 concerts with symphony orchestras.
Group members include Mirella Murray, Mary Coogan, Joanie Madden, Kathleen Boyle and Grainne Murphy.
The SRU program will include dancing by Garrett Coleman and former lead dancer for “Riverdance” Jason Oremus.
Tickets are $22 for the public, $20 for senior citizens, $18 for those under age 17, and $8 for SRU students, available by calling 724-738-2018, or online at rockalumnicafe.com/performingarts.
The final show in the SRU Performing Arts Series 2014-15 season will be “Let’s Hang On,” a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute, presented at 7:30 p.m. May 1.
