2010 POST
Liz Carroll will be honored on Saturday night, November 6, 2010, at a celebration of the contributions of the Irish in the arts at the iBAM! Cocktail Party and Awards Dinner, a black-tie optional dinner in the Irish American Heritage Center’s beautiful Erin Ballroom. Mike Flannery, Political Editor at FOX Chicago News, will emcee the dinner.

To purchase tickets, call the IAHC at 773-282-7035 or visit www.irish-american.org or www.ibamchicago.com

Dinner includes live music and the annual iBAM! Cultural Arts awards, where five individuals will be honored for their outstanding contributions to Irish American culture. This year’s honorees are:

Person of the Year-John Hume, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Outstanding Achievement in Literature-Mary Dempsey, Commissioner, Chicago Public Library
Outstanding Achievement in Music-Fiddle Player Liz Carroll
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Arts-Thomas Augustus "Gus" O'Shaughnessy
Outstanding Achievement in Performing Arts-Actor Gabriel Byrne

Some of the winners will be present to accept their awards.

The dinner is from 7:30pm-11pm and tickets are $100 and reservations are required and include a cocktail party.

For those who can’t make the dinner, there will be a cocktail party from 5:30pm-7pm for mingling with many of the weekend’s honored guests. Tickets are $30 with an open bar and reservations are required.

House Beautiful magazine asked Bob Boilen of NPR Music's "All Songs Considered" to put together a playlist for a cool dinner-party, and Liz's great air, "The Island of Woods," is included.

It's a very fun collection, so click and check out Liz's tune and other great music for your next soiree!

Double Play was nominated for a 2010 Best Traditional World Music Album! Here are a few words from Liz.

"Well, we didn't get it, but it was a fabulous time. As I figured, this fellow from Mali won our category; he's a koro player, simply a great musician and person. We've met a few times over the years. Anyway, finally the pressure was off. I have to say, I was really feeling it - especially the possibility of having to speak. Would have been great though. The awards in the evening were fun and loud. If you watched, you know that Pink's act was pretty cool, that Taylor Swift knows how to pick collaborators, and that there's obviously only one kind of music in the world, and it's not classical, jazz, or blues or ...

There was a big celebration party after, and we really did enjoy that - drinks, food. NeYo was entertaining, as was Sam Moore of Sam and Dave fame, and Jamie Foxx. And that's about it. I have a lovely medal for my efforts and I think I get to say Grammy nominated from now on - how cool!"

On March 17, 2009, Liz and John Doyle entertained President Barack Obama at the annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The event was hosted by Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and guests included the new Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Mr. Brian Cowen.


Celebrate St. Patrick's Day, or any day, by watching the YouTube video!

To see a brief web album, click here!