{"id":4344,"date":"2007-07-20T10:43:16","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T14:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2008-09-19T10:44:39","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T14:44:39","slug":"tyrone-summer-concert-series-features-irish-sounds-of-celtic-rock-band-%e2%80%98full-kilt%e2%80%99-this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=4344","title":{"rendered":"Tyrone Summer Concert Series features Irish sounds of Celtic rock band \u2018Full Kilt\u2019 this Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The sounds of Celtic rock will be heard at the Reservoir Park Amphitheater this Sunday, July 22 when the Celtic rock band \u2018Full Kilt\u2019 takes the stage as part of the Tyrone Regional Arts Council\u2019s Summer Concert Series.
\n\u2018Full Kilt\u2019 will perform songs from \u2018Gaelic Storm\u2019, \u2018Great Big Sea\u2019, The Prodigals\u2019, and \u2018Flogging Molly\u2019 as well their own arrangements of traditional Celtic songs.
\n\u2018Full Kilt\u2019 was formed in April 2006 and started performing for audiences all over the Altoona and Johnstown area in November of the same year. The band consists of four musicians from different backgrounds.
\nMike Zerbee started playing rock music in bands like \u2018Excalibur\u2019. However, he decided to change direction musically after attending a three day Celtic festival. This is where Zerbee, who plays guitar and provides vocals for \u2018Full Kilt\u2019, had his first exposure to Celtic music.
\nFinding musicians that wanted to go the same direction musically was not an easy task. Zerbee wanted a full band sound and looked for years to find other musicians to complete the \u2018Full Kilt\u2019 project.
\nThe other three members of \u2018Full Kilt\u2019 include Chris Myers, Pat Boland, and Mandy Passmore.
\nMyers, who plays bass guitar, bodhran, and provides vocals, grew up all around music. His father and uncles played rock and roll and would jam with a family band known as the \u2018Rattlers\u2019. When Myers was asked to join \u2018Full Kilt\u2019, Zerbee asked him if he could play bass guitar. Myers replied \u201cnot yet\u201d. He quickly learned it and also adds percussion support playing the Irish drum, known as the bodhran.
\nBoland, who provides vocals and percussion, joined \u2018Full Kilt\u2019 after many years of playing rock and roll music and a number of other musical genres.
\nPassmore, who plays the fiddle and whistles, has been playing the violin\/fiddle for 19 years. Joining \u2018Full Kilt\u2019 was a long awaited wish she had to play with other Celtic-minded musicians.
\nAll Sunday concerts begin at 6 p.m. Concerts are free of charge and audience members should bring a chair or blanket for seating. If rain occurs, the concerts will be moved to the First English Lutheran Church, at the corner of Logan Avenue and 13th Street.
\nUpcoming Sunday concerts include \u2018Big Band Sound, Inc.\u2019, a 17 piece big band on July 29; \u2018Zupe\u2019, performing a variety of big band, oldies, and contemporary music on August 5; \u2018Lou Stein Band\u2019, performing a variety of jazz and big band music on August 12; \u2018Michael O\u2019Brian Band\u2019, performing a variety of Irish music on August 19; and the Summer Concert Series concludes with \u2018The Local Country Band with Clayton Hoover\u2019 on August 26.
\nAll concerts are made possible by a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and Tyrone Borough. For additional information, contact the Arts Line at 684-ART2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sounds of Celtic rock will be heard at the Reservoir Park Amphitheater this Sunday, July 22 when the Celtic rock band \u2018Full Kilt\u2019 takes the stage as part of the Tyrone Regional Arts Council\u2019s Summer Concert Series. \u2018Full Kilt\u2019 will perform songs from \u2018Gaelic Storm\u2019, \u2018Great Big Sea\u2019, The Prodigals\u2019, and \u2018Flogging Molly\u2019 as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}