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news
2003
November 2003
Hello all!
Welcome to the site. This is our very first news page so you are very privileged! Here we are getting wet for a photograph at the bottom of Bridal falls near Chilliwack, Vancouver in September ‘03. Since the forming of the group in August 2002 a lot has happened. So the next 47 pages will be very interesting to you... Seriously though I’ll give you the lowdown in a few short lines.
beoga was formed after a ferocious night’s tunes under the stairs in the Listowel Arms at the All Ireland Fleadh competitions in August 2002. Our first stage outing was a Charity gig in December ‘02 in aid of ‘Marie Curie Cancer Research’ which was wonderfully organised by musician Brian McCart. Entitled ‘Tradstars - The Rivals’ we were given the opportunity to compete against an all-girl band ‘Greine’, the prize being a trip to Amsterdam to play gigs. We were lucky enough to win on the night and an amazing time in Holland was had by all. Thanks to the Mulligan’s of Amsterdam crew. Some photos are included in the gallery page... the rest have been destroyed in the interest of public safety!
After Amsterdam we’ve been kept busy with gigs in Ireland including the ‘Gig’n the Bann’ festival in Portglenone and ‘Ballyshannon Folk Festival’. However, the highlight so far has to have been our visit to Canada and the U.S of A. We spent a week in Vancouver followed by 5 days in San Francisco. We were well looked after in Vancouver by a good musician friend John Forde and his wife Carmen (not forgetting the kids). We’d several gigs, including the ‘Douglas College Performing Arts Theatre’, a lovely venue to play... but the house party at Jennifer’s afterwards was even better as you might see from the photographic evidence.
We also played a gig in the Abbotsford Curling club and tried our hand at the Curling afterwards... DISASTER! Then, in San Francisco we played a few gigs two of which were in the renowned ‘Plough and the stars’ Irish bar. Again these went very well for us and plans are being made for an extended return.
At the minute we’re busy preparing to record our debut album in Homestead Studios in Randalstown, Co Antrim under the watchful eye of Mudd Wallace. With his help we hope to release the album in 2004, so look out for our upcoming gigs and watch out for the album. Bye for now.
Eamon Murray & Beoga
DECEMBER 2003
Liam, Damian and Sean Óg here. If you’re reading this between the 15th December and Christmas
Congratulations to new trad band Callán, winners of this years ‘Tradstars’ competition which was held on Sunday 7th. Chris McGlone, Ciaran Brady, Joe Murray, Stephen Flanagan and Ryan Graham won the votes of a packed audience at Cookstown’s Burnavon Arts Centre. As last year’s winners we were there to play a few sets while the votes were being counted.
Finally... Eamon’s kindly donated 3 photographs of himself (below) for our festive ‘Spot the Difference’ competition. He insists there are subtle differences between them, however we‘ve studied them in detail and are convinced they’re identical. So we decided to throw it open to the public! Let us know if you spot them...
Merry Christmas!
Spot the difference?
