Thanks for visiting and welcome to the SHANTIES
2012 website
We are looking forward to a Rockin New Year !
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HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

THE SHANTIES




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Shanties Alert -
Happy New Year Show at Maggie Mileys, Normal, IL

Shanties/Blaggards show 6/4/11

THE SHANTIES are
Christie Bock - fiddle, vocals
Kris Lewis Parkhurst - guitar, mandolin, whistle, bodhran, vocals
John Parkhurst - mandolin, guitar, button accordion, low whistle, bodhran, vocals 
Seasun Griffith - bodhran/percussion, bass, vocals
and
(Scott Duffield - bass sideman)
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& bass sideman, Scott Duffield
______Rockin the beat_____
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As Elvis Costello put it:
"I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues and there's country...Then you go back from country into American music...and you end up in Scotland and Ireland eventually."

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2011 Dates
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PAST NEWS
Dec. 11 -  Lucca Grill 75th Anniversary - Just Kris and John
 Dec. 10th - State Farm Insurance Sounds Of Christmas
Nov. 23 - Black Wednesday at Lucca Grill,  Bloomington, IL
Sept 17 - Savoy Orchard Days 630p - 745p, Savoy, IL
Sept 16 - Knights of Columbus 7p - 10p, 1/2 Way to St. Patty's Day
Aug 12 thru 18 - just Kris & John from The Shanties,
Illlinois State Fair - Ag Building
Aug 27, 28 - Erin Feis, Peoria Riverfront, IL
(GAELIC STORM HEADLINING)
 Jun 4 - Castle Theatre, Bloomington, IL (opener for Blaggard's)  
Mar 3 - Par A Dice Hotel & Casino,  E Peoria 
Mar 11 - Knights of Columbus,3/12 - St. Patrick's Annual
St.Pat's Day, Maggie Miley's,  Bloomington, IL
 Feb 27 - Shanties Opener for Gaelic Storm, Peoria Ill Civic Center   
Jan 15 - Lewiston, IL - Shantie's CD Release Party 
at Hickory Ridge Concert Series at the Dickson Mounds Museum/The Coffeehouse Series -
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***  NEWS YOU CANT MISS !!  
JANUARY at Maggie MIley's, Normal, IL 
Sessions -2nd and 4th Sunday 230p - 530p 
SESSIONS UNDERWAY FOR JANUARY 2012
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In case of change, feel free to check with us regarding dates.
Some of The Shanties, along with Thom Larson, Laurie Gannon from Bogside Zukes, and others of interest !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTc_euQpUQE
Thanks to Bodhran players, Kathy and Seasun. 
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