CEILI RAIN

 We are ALL Ceili Rain (oh gosh, it’s STARTING!) because Ceili Rain is not so much a band as it is an idea, a movement. You have dreamed it with us, you have given it life for YOU are the reason it lives. It isn’t bagpipes, button accordions and tin whistles, it’s dreams and hopes and encouragements in the face of disappointments, trials and fears. It’s not guitar, bass and drums, it’s a God-given shared creative impulse. We on stage are your humble servants. You are not our fans, you are our friends, our comrades-in-arms. We seek to lock arms with you in the name of family, loyalty and mutual encouragement. We seek to take up the sword with you against oppression, prejudice and poverty. There is MUCH TO DO!! Let us go forth with a light heart, let us make each other stronger and better.
    “Ceili” (say: KAY-lee) is a Gaelic (Irish) word that means “party,” specifically one with live musicians, dancing, general merriment, an all-ages crowd. “Coeli” is a form of the Latin word for “heaven.” Rain is that stuff that falls from the sky. Thus, Ceili Rain is a “downpour of heavenly partiness.” May it be ever thus!!!! (Sure hope to see ya soon!)

    Much love-
           Bob and Buddy and Skip and Raymond and Bill and Daniel and Susie and Bill and Gretchen and ....

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