Emerald Autumn has been postponed 
until 2010 
People who have played a big roll in Emerald Autumn:  

Host Lions Club of Independence

		The Irish Brigade - Missouri's 7th and 30th Irish Regiments colorguard The living history re-enactors will open the evening with presentation of our colors.
		THE PIPES and DRUMS of the ARARAT SHRINE The Pipes and Drums of Ararat have successfully competed in the Central States Pipe Band competition and won first place numerous times.  They are gentlemen, one and all, and are endorsed by the Irish Music Association as one of the Midwest's top band for pipes and drums.
		EDDIE DELAHUNT.com With Gabriel on bodhran, Adam on strings, and Rashid on whistles and flute. Dublin-born Eddie Delahunt heads up the O’KCs, an international conglomerate which is as diverse as Ireland in the 21st century. And, wouldn’t you know it? They play the best Irish music around!!  Songs with arrangements that will take you right to the heart of Ireland.  It’s the luck of the Irish that we have them here for you!
		THE KELIHANS.com Birthed from the midtown of Kansas City behind years of weekly duty at happy hour, the Kelihans serve up pub rock with high energy and working class harmonies about family and friends, old times and legends. Sometimes raucous, sometimes beautiful, they inspire us with their original tunes and heartfelt traditional songs honoring their Irish heritage.
		BOB REEDER.com Irish-American musician Bob Reeder is a captivating and versatile performer, entertainer, singer/songwriter and events/music producer. Armed with his 6- and 12-stringed acoustic guitars, banjo, cittern, and bagpipes, Bob has shared his music in pubs from New York to California, Canada to Mexico, on radio interviews and network TV. With more than nine albums produced, he has become an icon in Irish music in the Midwest and well-known globally.  Voted director of the Irish Music Association in 2000, he is your M.C. for the evening's entertainment.
		Jimmy Crowley.com Jimmy Crowley has been a central figure in the Irish folk scene since the enthusiastic reception of his debut album The Boys of Fairhill in 1977. With his band Stokers Lodge their mission was to present the street ballads of Cork city complimented by the ornate folk songs of the rural hinterland of Cork and Kerry in an exciting orchestration of uilleann pipes, concertina, autoharp, harmonium, mandolin, bouzouki and guitar in their native accent. In between recording and writing his own songs, Crowley found time to taste the rich Gaelic hinterland of his native province of Munster learning his profession as a bard and falling in love with the Irish language.
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