ClanDonnell‘s One Man Show
“An Hour of Irish Storytelling” with David McDonnell, at Moriarty, New Mexico’s Mountain Vista Music.
We did a one-man show, entitled “An Hour of Irish Storytelling”, on Sunday, October 2nd, 2016. The venue was Mountain Vista Music, just off historic Route 66 in Moriarty, New Mexico.
This was our first House Concert and we hope it will not be our last. It was in the home of Karen Ziegler. We met Karen and Marin Ziegler last Spring in Albuquerque, and we all had the same idea at the same time: If house concerts work for musicians, why not storytellers? Mountain Vista Music brought New Mexico a fascinating new concept – the house concert. Musicians perform in the intimate setting of someone’s living room or patio to a small but attentive audience. It’s far different from a performance at auditorium or bar.
This venue has a panoramic view of four mountain ranges. We started on the new outside deck. As it got colder, we moved indoors – but could still have to look at the mountains through the windows. Some food was be served, homemade by our hosts, but the event was be potluck. BYO, as we used to say.
And so, we did an hour of storytelling. We pulled out some of our tried and true stories, and threw in a new one or two.
The stories were be followed by the music of Robyn Mackenzie. You can check out her music at bandcamp and reverbnation.
The event generated some wonderful publicity: from alibi.com, Albuquerque’s alternative weekly, LaCruces Sun-News, Mountain View Telegraph, the Irish American Society of New Mexico, and the St. Andrew’s Society of New Mexico.