Hey everyone,

Like every August, this month will be a busy one for áthas with festivals and gigs galore! Because of said craziness, there will be no 2^nd Friday set dance this August—but, the folks at Trinity Three Irish Pubs will be chatting with us after Irish Fest about getting dancing going their this fall. We will keep you all posted!

La Crosse Irish Fest !!

First off, we trek up to La Crosse this weekend (August 9 and 10) to play at the La Crosse Irish Fest. We'll be playing a set on the main stage at 11am on Saturday, and we'll be playing for the Glencastle Irish Dancers on Sunday at 12:30pm on Sunday. If you're in the area or are planning on hitting up the La Crosse Fest, come say hello and hang out with us—we'll be around all weekend!

Milwaukee Irish Fest !!

áthas takes Milwaukee Irish Fest by storm again this year. We'll be playing all three days:

Friday 8/15: Be sure to check out our stage show at the renamed Milwaukee Pub Garden Stage on Friday at 4pm—admission to the festival is free from 4 to 5pm on Friday!! Later that night, we'll be playing for the Milwaukee Set Dance Club's late night ceili at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center. The dance kicks off at midnight and goes until 3am. Admission to this special event is $10.

Saturday 8/16: The band hits the Dance Pavilion tent to play the ceili at 5pm. Come dance up a storm!

Sunday 8/17: áthas again rocks the Dance Pavilion for the set dance at 1:15pm. Bring your dancing shoes and some water (keep hydrated folks!) Unfortunately we just found out we'll have to cut that dance 15 minutes short (it will end at 2:15pm), but that's because our wonderful bodhrán player, Amy Richter, has been awarded this year's Ed Ward Irish Music Scholarship! We'll be sprinting over to the Miller Lite Stage for Amy's award ceremony at 2:30pm—congratulations, Amy!

www.irishfest.com

Radio Shows !!

áthas will be featured on two radio spots in the coming week, both scheduled to air on Tuesday! We just completed an interview and played some tunes for WUWM's (89.7 FM) 'Lake Effect' program which will air Tuesday morning at 10:00am and will replay at 11:00pm.  www.wuwm.com

Later that night, we're recording for WMSE's (91.7 FM) 'Local/Live' show which will air from 8pm to 9pm. We'll be playing tunes from the Paul Philips Scholarship Fund CD which we recorded back in January, and our good friend Paul Marshall from Different Drums of Ireland will be sitting in to play and discuss the scholarship.  www.wmse.org

CD Sale !!

We know that prices at the pump have been hitting folks pretty hard, so through September, the band has decided to drop the price of our CDs on CD Baby to $12.75! So even if you can't make it to Irish Fest, you can order our CD and, even with postage, get it for the same price that we sell it at our shows--$15.00. We've also lowered the cost of the MP3 price of our album to $10.99! http://cdbaby.com/cd/athas

For the rest of August, the band will be at our usual gigs—as always, go check out our website, www.athasmusic.com, for our full schedule!

Coming up in September :

áthas teaches at the Wisconsin Highland Games on Sunday, September 7

Frodo Fest on Saturday, September 20^th in Salem, WI.

More details to come!

Thanks for all your love and support!!

Jeff, Amy, and Heather

-athas
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