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Christopher

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

The people in these pictures are Ruth and some of the regulars Rotterdam Sunday night Acoustic Sessions.



About me: I'm keen on listening to local musicians in preference to listening to those guys who jet set around the world playing to large crowds who are charged OTT for the pleasure of hearing them. Many of the local guys deserve much more publicity, as well as better support, than they're getting at present.I'm keen ..ing people, to the best of my ability, who are interested in tracing their Irish ancestors. I'm a regular poster on www.genforum.com and www.rootschat.com Both these sites have boards for each of the thirty two counties of Ireland.If I can assist in finding your ancestors, or a reasonably priced B&B where you can stay a few nights whilst you're in Ireland or even a venue that has Open Mic Nights please let me know. Oh .. if you own or manage a venue anywhere in Ireland and are interested in hearing musicians from Belfast then I know one or two who have guitars and will travel.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

People I haven't met already and a few that I've already met who have moved house and have omitted to let me know their current address or phone number. It's great catching up with old friends. I've recently renewed such a friendship thanks to a somewhat lengthy search to find me by an old friend now living in Co. Cork. We lost touch when I was working with the advance publicity team of a travelling circus. The guy spent many years trying to find me. Once he learnt that I had left the circus and was in the north of Ireland he used the old friends network and contacted some of our mutual friends from the 1960s who were able to put him in touch with my sister in England. As Ludwig said to me a couple of weeks ago networking is a great system. You never know what's likely to happen next on the network system.It's hard to say who one would like to meet as "A stranger's just a friend you haven't met." Prior to the beginning of September I'd not heard of Belfast singer song writer Ruth McGonagle. Ruth is great craic and worth meeting. How can you say who you'd like to meet if you've never met them? One way is for a friend to say you ought to meet this person. I often find strangers have a far more interesting story to tell than many of those who are constantly in the headlines.Oh! I've enjoy meeting members of bands and all musicians who play good music and know how to put on a great show. If their conversation's good and they've a yarn or two to tell so much the better. I'm looking forward to meeting many more of you guys both on our MySpace pages and in person.I want to meet as many MySpacers as possible ... specially the Belfast ones and those from other places in the north of Ireland as I feel all of them should know about the Campaign to Save the Rotterdam Bar.

My Blog

Ireland's Dance Hall Musicians

There are so many of these guys ... where does one begin search for information about them and the line up of the various bands in which they played??? Did they play in their local area, were they in ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 03:39:00 GMT

Tamara Rossi Singing (Original Song) Wherever You Are Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onmz15XIhdQ A great song by an awesome singer. Tamara completed a law degree and is now pursuing her career in the law but recently she decided to place he...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 23:29:00 GMT

Blackburn and West Lothian are on the map

Thanks to talented singer Susan Boyle Blackburn's on the map The website of the West Lothian Family History Society has a picture gallery of most of the villages including Blackburn.  http://www.wlfhs...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:58:00 GMT

Check out this video: Susan Boyle

Check out this video: Susan Boyle
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:23:00 GMT

Do you remember these Northern Ireland bands,entertainers or groups

The Sheriff and Lee later known as The Gunslingers who played in Northern Ireland clubs in the 1960s and 1970sA couple more ... The Newmen and The Waggonaires who were a Co. Down band playing in the 1...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:05:00 GMT

Check out this video: Liam O Flynn ~ King Of The Pipers

Check out this video: Liam O Flynn ~ King Of The Pipers
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:08:00 GMT

Searching for missing people

Queen's University Belfast (QUB) are looking for former students for whom theiir contact details are out of date. If your name is on the database, or you know some of the names and you have contact de...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:37:00 GMT

Check out this video: Black Velvet & John McSherry - Jennys Chickens

Check out this video: Black Velvet & John McSherry - Jennys Chickens
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:32:00 GMT

Check out this video: harmonica virtuoso

Check out this video: harmonica virtuoso
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:46:00 GMT

10,000 members by Christmas

The members of Belfast Forum are seeking new people to join their site. The membership at the moment is just under 5,000 which means if every member is able to persuade one person  to register on the ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:46:00 GMT