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by arrangement withJO LUSTIG presents

@'Harasinging and playing the Celtic Harp

Accompanied byDAVE GOLD

Musical Director/KeyboardsPAUL BENNETT

WoodwindsMIKE BARKER

GuitarMARTYN DAVID

PercussionJOHN RICHARDS

Double Bass

Tour Co-ordinutorJEF IIANLON

Public Address equipment byTECSONIC

Tour presented with the kind co-operation ofAER LINGUS

AUTUMN TOUR 1978OCTOBER

15th GLASGOW King's Theatre16th EDINBURGH Usher Hall18th NEWCASTLE City Hall

20th STOCKPORT Davenport Theatre22nd COVENTRY Coventry Theatre

24th SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion26th EASTBOURNE Congress Theatre

28th ALDEBURGH The Makings31st MALVERN Winter Gardens

NOVEMBER3rd LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Hall5th SHEFFIELD Crucible Theatre8th BRADFORD St. Georges Hall

10th BOURNEMOUTH Winter Garden14th-18th LONDON London Palladium

Presented by Louis Benjamin by arrangement with Jo Lustig24th CRAWLEY Leisure Centre

26th CARDIFF New Theatre30th PORTSMOUTH Guildhall

DECEMBER4th OXFORD New Theatre

For as long as she can rememberpeople have been asking Mary tosing. She was 16 and still atboarding school in Dublin when shegave her first radio broadcast ofIrish traditional songs,accompanying herself on the Celticharp.

Her clear soprano voice, with itshaunting natural quality quicklygained her a large following inIreland and the British Isles, andshe was still under 21 by the timeshe had her own television serieson BBC.

Mary's marriage around that timeto the American poet, RichardSelig, a Rhodes scholar at Oxfordwhen they met, was short-lived.He died after fifteen months,leaving Mary to carry on her careeralone. More concerts followed, and

successful tours of Australia andNew Zealand. Suddenly theconcerts and broadcasts stopped:her records were still sold, butthere were no more liveappearances. Without tellinganyone Mary had become acontemplative Benedictine nun.

When health problems forced herto leave the monastery, she knewthat she must try singingprofessionally again, but wasuncertain about the reception shewould receive after a silence oftwelve years.

On 14th October 1977 Maryappeared on the "Rus.sell HartyShow" and in Russell's words "Shecame quietly to her chair andstormed her way into the heads andhearts of everyone". The next daythe London Weekend TVswitchboard was jammed with callsand Mary was invited back thefollowing week - somethingunheard of in the history of theshow.

On 5th November 1977 Marygave her "comeback" concert atLondon's Royal Festival Hall anddemonstrated to the capacity crowdthat she had successfullyembarked upon a new career. Shesang for the first time with a five-piece backing group and herrepertoire included contemporarysongs as well as some of her owncompositions. Each of the 25 songswas received with deafeningapplause - it was an extraordinarypersonal triumph, and at the endthe audience of 3,000 people stoodup and willed her back for encoreafter encore.

Maurice Rosenbaum writing inthe Telegraph said of the concert"But nothing heard or seen abouther could have prepared us for theimpact of her first London concerton Saturday night. From the firstcrystalline notes of her openingitem . . . to the final encore shesang with a purity of tone, asustained precision of pitch and a

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total absorption such as I haverarely heard in folk or popularmusic. She sang nothing, in fact,that she did not adorn, to which shedid not add grace." The MelodyMaker said "We seem to have there-emergence of a very specialsinger possessing poise, grace anda compelling vocal strength."

In the past year Mary's successhas been like an avalanche - TheRoyal Festival Hall concert wasrecorded and the LP rush-releasedin December: that album, her firstnew recording for many years hasearned her a silver disc.The following February Maryundertook a nation-wide tour.She filled London's Royal AlbertHall and sold out two nights inDublin - her home town. She was

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also rapturously received In NewYork's Carnegie Hall and Toronto'sMassey Hall. She has appeared onnumerous TV shows, has had herown specials on iTV and BBC, andhas been a repeated guest on"Stars on Sunday".

In July Mary took part in the"Golden Gala" at the LondonPalladium which was attended byPrincess Margaret and the PrimeMinister.

Between engagements and toursMary likes to spend as much timeas possible in her flintstone cottagewith roses around the door, in theheart of the country. She adoresplaying tennis and taking longwalks across the fields.She frequently returns to visit thecommunity at her old monastery,and they have been very supportiveto Mary in her return to the concertplatform.

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The programme will be chosenfrom the following: -

Annie's SongA Shetland Lullaby

A Hebridean Waulking SongBridge Over Troubled Water

Ceol A Phiobaire(Music Of The Piper)Cucuin A Chuaichin

(Cuckoo, Little Cuckoo)Dust In The Wind

Ae Fond KissEibhlin A RunFace To Face

Forty-Five YearsGreensleeves

I Have A Bonnet Trimmed With Blue(Sligo Fair)

I'll Have To Say I Love You In A SongI Know My Love

Killing Me Softly With His SongLord Of The Dance

Maidrin Ruadh(The Fox)

Music Speaks Louder Than WordsNever My LoveOceans Away

Plaisir D' AmourPrayer Of The Badger

Roisin Dubh(Dark Rosaleen)

Scorn Not His SimplicitySong For A Winter's Night

Spinning WheelStreets Of London

The ClownThe Riddle Song

The SnailThe Spanish Lady

Trotting To The FairUna Bhan(Fair Una)

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Please refrain from smoking in the auditorium

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL TOUR BROCHUREIn accordance with the requirements of the Greater London Council and the WatchCommittees of the various towns and cities of the tour, the following conditionsmust be observed: -1. The public may leave at the end of the performance by all exit and entrancedoors and such doors must at that time be open.2. All gangways, corridors, staircases and external passageways intended for exitshall be kept entirely free from obstruction whether permanent or temporary.3. Persons shall not be permitted to stand or sit in any of the gangways intersectingthe seating, or to nit in any of the other gangways or any unseated space in theAuditorium, unless standing in such space has been specially allowed by the GLCor the Watch Committee, as applicable. If standing is permitted in the gangways atthe sides and the rear of the seating it shall be limited to the numbers indicated inthe notices exhibited in those positions.4. The safety curtain must be lowered and raised once immediately before thecommencement of each performance so as to ensure it being in proper workingorder.The Management reserve the right to change the programme without notice andarc not held responsible for the non-appearance of any artist. The Managementreserve the right to refuse admittance.

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You can listen to Maryevery night on her new album

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MaryO'Hara Music Speaks Louder Than Words CHR 1194Side One: Music Speaks Louder than Words, Annie's Song, Cucufn a Chuaichin(Cuckoo, Little Cuckoo), Oceans Avay, Oust in the Wnd, The Snail.Side Two: I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song, Home in the Meadow, Scorn NotHis Simplicity, Ceol a Phfobaire (Music of the Piper), Never My Love, Roisin Dubh(DarkRosaleen).

also availableMARYO'HARA

At the Royal Festival Hall.

MaryO'Hara At the Royal Festival Hall CHR 1159Side One: Morning Has Broken, Tapestry, A Hebridean Milking Song, AmongSilence, Bring Me A Shawl From Galway, Bridge Over Troubled \Afoter.Side Two: Forty-Five Years, Una Bhan (Fair Una), Scarlet Ribbons (RubanRouges), Song For A Wnter s Night, When I Need You, Lord Of The Dance.

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