St. Patty’s Day Celebration w/ Once Upon a Tune & Irish Dancers

Once Upon a Tune will be rocking the Irish into all you leprechauns at Breckenridge Brewery Fort Collins on St. Patrick’s Day!  This is your chance to do a jig, grab your sweetheart for an Irish waltz around the room, or connect with the voices from long ago of heartache, love, and life! Dancing encouraged

Playing from 7:00-9:00 PM

Born in 2017 from the solid bedrock of Fort Collins’ thriving Irish scene at Mulligan’s Pub, Once Upon a Tune is a lively, traditional, Celtic trio featuring the inspired, creative fiddle musings of Janel Vanderwarf, expressive guitar rhythms of Scott Steidley, and primal bodhran accompaniment of Mary Ellen Watterson. Join this trio for an exciting afternoon and you’ll hardly keep your feet still!

Irish Dancers will be performing from 5:00-6:00!

The oldest school of Irish dance in Colorado, the McTeggart Dancers have thrilled audiences across the state for over 40 years with rousing performances of traditional Irish dance.

Ranging in age from 4 to 24, the McTeggart Dancers are known for their intricate, colorful costumes as well as their fast feet and rhythmic precision.

The school was founded in 1939 in Cork City, Ireland, by the four McTeggart sisters. Peggy, Nancy, Maureen and Betty received instruction in the art of traditional Irish dance from Cormac O’Keefe, of the the great dancing masters of Ireland.

Maureen McTeggart Hall brought the school to the USA in 1959 when she emigrated to California with her husband and seven children. In 1976, Maureen was asked to travel to Colorado and provide instruction to the children of Denver’s Irish-American community.

Since that time the school has grown to include locations in Denver, Englewood, Boulder and Fort Collins, as well as New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Alaska.