Music in the heart, History in the Blood. ********************************** Maggi Smith-Dalton's Personal Blog
Friday, August 22, 2014
Join us for "A Musical Journey With Dickens" Illustrated Concert-Lecture program
We'll be doing a cool illustrated concert-lecture program at this next month..."A Musical Journey With Dickens."
Join Us! Registration is open now...our program, at the Hawthorne Hotel, is open to the public.
http://www.dickensnorthofboston.com/dickens_002.htm
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Ah! No matter how many times...It is always such a kick to see your book
in the window of a bookstore! Thank you, Salem's own very new, very
welcome, very cool Bookstore..Wicked Good Books!
PS the book is A history of spiritualism and the occult in Salem : the rise of witch city by yours truly!
PS the book is A history of spiritualism and the occult in Salem : the rise of witch city by yours truly!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Pix from recent performances

Pix from some recent gigs...Jim and Maggi at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, on May 4, performing for the Massachusetts Poetry Festival ("CelticSpringSongs"); our yearly concert, in April this year... at The Boston Conservatory ("A Celebration of American Music 5")...and Maggi on an author's panel at Mohegan Sun for The Big Book Club Festival!
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Come one, and come all! Here's our session at the Mass Poetry Fest!
Come one, and come all! Here's our session at the Mass Poetry Fest!
http://masspoetry2014.pathable.com/#meetings/189781
CelticPoets: A SpringSong Session
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, May 4 2014
Peabody Essex Museum, Morse Auditorium
Celtic Poets: A SpringSong Session with Jim Dalton and Maggi Smith-Dalton Poetry with Music "Come all ye!" and take your place in the long and honorable bardic tradition of Celtic poetry and music. Bring your own favorite Celtic poetry to read aloud. You'll take the stage (or you can read from your place in the audience, if you prefer) between Celtic songs and musical numbers to be performed by the husband and wife team of Jim Dalton and Maggi Smith-Dalton.
The Daltons' performance will also accompanied by an informative slideshow. We'll have some poetry on hand, but you are really encouraged to dig deeply to find your own favorites from the rich traditions, ancient or modern, of the Celtic soul.
ALL ages are invited to participate in the reading of poetry, and poetry may be drawn from any era, and any of the Celtic nations (Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man, Brittany, Scotland, and Wales)*. *There are also ancient Celtic connections to Britain, France, Belgium (the Gaulic tribes), and to Spain (Galicia).
track: Poetry with Music
Monday, April 7, 2014
COMING UP ON APRIL 10, 2014
Faculty Recital: A Celebration of American Music 5 with Jim Dalton and Maggi Smith-Dalton
JOIN US!
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 8:00pm
Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway, Boston
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
This year's concert features special segments commemorating the beginning of World War I, the legacies of Stephen Foster and Charles Ives, the arrival of the Beatles in America and much more.
Info and directions: http://www.bostonconservatory.edu/event/faculty-recital-celebration-american-music-5-jim-dalton-and-maggi-smith-dalton
http://www.bostonconservatory.edu/event/faculty-recital-celebration-american-music-5-jim-dalton-and-maggi-smith-dalton
Monday, February 24, 2014
You are invited to enjoy "A Bouquet of Celtic Spring-Songs" with Jim Dalton and Maggi Smith-Dalton
"Come All Ye!" to welcome springtime with Celtic music, song, and story! You are invited to enjoy "A Bouquet of Celtic Spring-Songs"
6 pm
March 2, 2014
at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, 18 Springdale Avenue, Dover, MA.
Our special, family-friendly musical/historical program will follow a dinner at the church, scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
Our program will feature storytelling and musical numbers drawn from several Celtic sources, styles and eras, and played on a variety of instruments. The Church is handicapped accessible. The program is free and open to the public, but a free-will offering is very welcome.
Directions and more info: http://www.saintdunstansma.org
Email: office@saintdunstansma.org
Phone: 508-785-0879)
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