Tom & Debbie O'Carroll
Irish-born folk singer, Tom O'Carroll and his wife, Debbie,
a magician and actress, created this program to introduce
children to many different aspects of Irish culture. They use music,
stage magic, songs, poetry, stories, props
and costumes to delight young audiences with the
history, art, language, and social customs of the Emerald Isle.
Audience
participation plays a large role in Tom and
Debbie O'Carroll's performance. They will learn some
phrases in the Irish language, discover
Celtic knot art, find out what the colors
in the Irish Flag mean, meet Molly Malone
from Dublin, figure out a riddle poem by the
Irish writer Jonathan Swift, join in a song
about a Belfast belle, visit an Irish sweet
shop, practice an Irish jig and much, much
more!
Tom O'Carroll
plays the guitar, banjo, tin whistle and bodhran (Irish drum). He is a
graduate of University College, Dublin. He taught elementary school in
Ireland before becoming a full-time musician 25 years ago. Debbie O'Carroll
studied dramatic arts at Emerson College and at Lesley College where
she received her M.A. She writes the scripts, creates the props and
designs the costumes for her solo school and library shows.
Tom
& Debbie O'Carroll have appeared at The Magic & Music Expo in
Limerick, Ireland, on the television program "Siar is Aniar" in
Ireland, at The Charles Ellis School in Savannah, Ga., at O'Friel's
Pub's Children's Concerts in Wilmington, De., at the Harvard (Mass.)
Public Library, at the Milwaukee Irish Festival, at The Irish
Fair of Minnesota, at St. Agnes School in Dalton, Mass., at Tara
Feis in Savannah, Ga., at the Alachua County Library in Gainesville,
Fla. and at many other venues.
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