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Three CD Release Winter Solstice Concerts in the San Juan Islands

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"Celtic and Balkan tunes & seasonal songs, strings plucked, pipes & woodwinds & drums will fire up the longest night of the year!"

with Stanley & Kip Greenthal,
Christos Govetas and Eliot Grasso

Come celebrate the Winter Solstice with the release of Stanley Greenthal's new album, First Song, a collection of original songs and instrumentals from Scotland, Brittany, Greece and Turkey. Stanley sings and plays a constellation of strings (guitar, bouzouki, Greek and Turkish lutes) with an exciting ensemble of musicians who are featured on First Song: Greek multi-instrumentalist and singer Christos Govetas on clarinet and oud; uilleann piper, flute and whistle player Eliot Grasso from Eugene, Oregon, and Kip Greenthal's harmony vocals and percussion. Please join us for a very special evening of music not ordinarily heard at most holiday concerts.

Friday, December 16th - at 7:30 PM

The Odd Fellows Hall

Eastsound – Orcas Island


Info: (360) 376-4320, or eric@earthball.com

Tickets: $10 adults, $6 youths 6 to 17, kids 5 and under free

Available at Darvill’s Bookstore store or at the door


Saturday, December 17th - at 7:30 PM

Lopez Center for Community and the Arts – Lopez Island


info: (360) 468-2203, purchase tickets from Community Center office and online at www.lopezcenter.org

Tickets: $12 adults, $6 youths 6 to 17, kids 5 and under free

Available also from: Blossom Grocery and Paper Scissors on the Rock



Sunday, December 18th - at 7:00 PM

Isle Be Jammin’

310-B Spring Street – Friday Harbor


Tickets: $10, on sale at the Isle Be Jammin’ store or by phone: (360) 378-5151


Stanley Greenthal is pleased to announce the release of his new album, First Song, a collection of original songs with instrumentals from Scotland, Brittany, Crete, Greece, Macedonia and Turkey. With soulful fluidity, Stanley sings and plays a constellation of strings- the guitar, bouzouki, laouto and lavta (Greek and Turkish lutes). In concert, Scottish pipe marches, Breton round dances, and Cretan syrtos combine with original and traditional songs.