“The Irish in Connecticut” presented by Walt Woodward, State Historian Emeritus and the Band of Steady Habits.

Friday, June 6, 7:30PM at the Buchanan Auditorium at the Mansfield Public Library. Location: 54 Warrenville Road Mansfield Center.
General Admission $10.00, students /children; $5.00. FREE for Mansfield Historical Society Members.

Our immigration theme continues with an overview of life for the Irish in Connecticut from the 1640s to the present using narration, PowerPoint slides, and musical performances. It is an amazing story of struggle, perseverance, acceptance, and success, accompanied by both rousing and heart-rending music. You won’t want to miss this entertaining and informative program!

The acoustic Band of Steady Habits came together in 2014 to share their love of music, and to use their talents to help create a new kind of public history presentation. Rachel Smith, Teagan Smith, Jeremy Teitelbaum, Walt Woodward, and Duke York use banjo, guitars, violin, recorders, bass, percussion, and beautiful harmonies to perform songs to accompany visually rich and evocative historical stories. Band of Steady Habits performances have received rave reviews in venues throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts.