Concerts For Charity
The Gift of Music
| Concerts Charities Artists |
October 31, 2004
Starfish Café
Bob Halligan Jr.
Ceili Rain in Concert
Special Guests:
Andrew Bartley & Denis Grady
7:00 P.M., Sunday, October 31, 2004
St Philip's Anglican Church Hall
629 49 Avenue Southwest Calgary
General Admission:
$10.00
In support of:
Christian Child Care International
www.ccare.net
Concert Information
Denis or Wendy Grady
(403) 243-1049
wgrady@shaw.ca
SOUTHERN ALBERTA TOUR
Tuesday October 19, 6:30pm
Songwriters' Association of Calgary Open Stage
JACKDAW's Pub 1901-10 Ave. SW
Tel: 685-6658
Saturday October 23 7:30pm
(Solo)
First Lutheran Church
7102-14 Ave. SW Tickets $10.
Tel: 242-4544
Sunday October 24 7pm (Solo)
First Nazarene Church,
2 McVicar St. Red Deer
Tel: 403-347-1191
Monday October 25 7pm (Solo)
Rafter 6 Ranch Resort Chapel
(45 Minutes west of Calgary off
Trans Canada Hwy)
Dinner & Concert $30. (Dinner starts at 5pm)
Tel: 264-1251
Tuesday October 26 7pm (Band)
The Dream Centre 14714 Saamis Dr. NW,
Medicine Hat
Tickets $10. Tel: 403-502-8353
Thursday October 28 7pm
St. Joseph's Church 640-19 Ave. NW
Tickets $10.
Tel: 289-2591
Friday October 29 (Band)
Cochrane Valley Folk Club
Tickets $ Tel: 932-2878
Saturday October 30 7:30pm (Band)
Brentview Baptist Church
Sunday October 31 7pm (Duo)
Starfish Café,
St. Philip's Church 629-49 Ave. SW
Tickets $10. Tel: 243-1049
Bob Halligan Jr.
Southern Alberta audiences will be treated to some wonderful
songwriting, October 19-31, compliments of Bob Halligan Jr.
The Syracuse/Nashville based Halligan is founder and leader of the emerging popular Christian, celtic rock band, Ceili Rain. No stranger to the music scene, Halligan is a veteran songwriter with a very impressive list of credits on his resume. Over 100 songs recorded by major artists and 30 million units sold is testament to his writing chops.
Cher, Michael Bolton, KISS, Judas Priest, Jennifer Rush, Helix, Rik Emmett, The Guess Who, Kathy Mattea and Joan Jett have all recorded Halligan originals.
It all started in 1982 when Judas Priest recorded "Chains" on their hit album Screaming for Vengeance. "That got me elected as the heavy metal song doctor" offers Halligan, an affable humble man who has not allowed music industry success to alienate him from the common folk.
The transition from heavy metal to Christian music has been a spiritual journey for Halligan. As his faith grew and became more defined, his songwriting maintained an artistic integrity but the subject matter was new. "The philosophy with Ceili Rain is reaching a very diverse audience cross section.
"We are not interested in spoon feeding, preaching or proselytizing. Our new songs are written from a Christian perspective, but not as we say 15 JPM- Jesus' per minute."
All Ceili Rain albums (five to date) have garnered very impressive reviews from Billboard magazine. The band continues to work diligently at carving out their niche in a very crowded and competitive industry but are winning converts with each live performance and increasing airplay on US Radio.
