The Hilton Hotel Parsippany was the venue for the Comhaltas North American Convention from 26th to 30th March 2008. There was a huge turnout of musicians, singers and dancers from all over North America as well as from Ireland, England and several other countries.
Eugene Bender from New York was one of the hundreds of very talented young musicians who attended the 2008 Convention. Eugene played the reels: “Paddy Ryan’s dream” and an Ed Reavy composition: “Never was piping so gay”. Eugene learned much of his music from Brian Conway.
More info and videos at http://comhaltaslive.ie
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fantastic, keep on, …
fantastic, keep on, just that way
Keep playing the …
Keep playing the Irish Style
chap is good fair …
chap is good fair play you have the touch.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh what …
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh what i can say???/?
Great Job!
Great Job!
phhhhft ugine …
phhhhft ugine bender ? or did i read it wrong
He’s fantastic! I …
He’s fantastic! I hope I can become that good!
damn gene :] its …
D we need to catch up.. i havent been to dunne’s recently lmao so yea… ur amazing!!! i remember when u came over that time u played “play with me” on ur fiddle.. i will never forget that… :p
gene :] its pat
he made a mistake? …
he made a mistake? lol. anyways amazing! i think i want to learn how to play fiddle
@yaknowurright …
@yaknowurright hahaha of course! It’s just josecalcru1 is my friend, and I like to make jokes! But actually I’m not the kid ;P Sorry for the misunderstanding! hahaha!
Greetings from Costa Rica!
By the way, amazing player! 5*
So on the video …
So on the video you’re from New York and in reality you’re from costa rica right?
I don’t think he …
I don’t think he made a mistake nor was he laughing at that, pretty sure its just how intense it was.
haha shane, I don’t …
haha shane, I don’t think it was malicious though =P
I’m the kid
I’m the kid
He can read …
He can read classical sheets, but he did learn by ear at first.
This kid’s great. …
This kid’s great. I wish I knew about irish fiddle when i was his age.
Eu ainda toco assim …
Eu ainda toco assim…
BRAVO:)
BRAVO:)
Please read the …
Please read the comments posted by the original poster. Click ‘more info’ and the magic occurs:
“… Eugene played the reels: “Paddy Ryan’s dream” and an Ed Reavy composition: “Never was piping so gay”… “
What for ? Don’t …
What for ? Don’t you have a pair of ears ?
It’s “a” way to …
It’s “a” way to play it… and yes, it’s a good one, but it’s not the only one. Irish music is rich from the many ways it has been played.
that’s a scottish …
that’s a scottish reel called Miss Lyall. Legend of a tune in the original form!
ahhh! it’s called F …
ahhh! it’s called F?! not F#!!
So, I LOVE Irish …
So, I LOVE Irish music and dancing…unfortunately I don’t exercise neither of it…but I enjoy tunes and dancing that comes from soul and Irish music are certainly coming from very soul. I don’t care can someone read notes or not as long as I can enjoy the tune.
I see some comments …
I see some comments against “playing by ear” those who post negative points about this matter either are not a musicians or their world is so perfect. Now, nothing to do with Irish music…but…Gypsy’s in my country have no education at all certainly they don’t know anything about musical alphabet but they play all instruments and musics you give them to play…it calls GODS GIFT!