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Here you will find a selection of photos of Catherine on her travels and during her performances. Click photos to enlarge.
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Catherine O’Connell with, (left to right) Illinois Governor George Ryan, President Bush
and Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago on St. Patrick’s Day 2002 – following
Catherine’s performance of “My Grandfather’s Immigrant Eyes”, which appears on
Catherine's new and second CD, “Songs From My
Father.”
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Mayor Daley (the original) crowns Catherine Queen of the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Next to Catherine is her mother, Mary, and her late father, James O'Connell.
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Catherine and the Sullivan Brothers appearing at the March 3, 2005 Irish-American Heritage Center's Josephinum Academy Sláinte 2005.
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Catherine performs at the 21st Annual Memorial Service for Chicago Firefighters Union No. 2.
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Catherine sings the National Anthem at the Chicago Cubs-Milwaukee Brewers game, 2004.
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St. Patrick's Day Weekend Celebrations Photos - March, 2003
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Chicago's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade features hundreds of marching groups and floats -- including one that features many of the previous years' St. Patrick's Day Parade Queens. Catherine was the 1976 St. Patrick's Day Queen -- and joined fellow former queens on Saturday for a great ride down Columbus Drive seeing thousands of old friends and new ones, too.
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Chicago's annual St. Patrick's Day celebrations traditionally start at Old St. Patrick's Church in downtown Chicago. Catherine has been singing at Old St. Pat's for almost twenty years now and this year's St. Patrick's Day weekend is no different. Here she is taking the lead solo on "Holy Is Your Name" as part of the Mass celebrating the Feast of St. Patrick on Saturday
March 15th.
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Our phones were ringing off the hook and the e-mail was pouring in through the website after being able to spend an hour on the air with WGN Radio's 50,000 radio waves reaching out to half of America this morning. Thanks WGN, and Rick and show producer Catie Stiehl...!
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Thanks to WGN's Rick Kogan for having me on his "Sunday Papers" radio show during the St. Patrick's Day weekend for a full hour!
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Catherine and longtime collaborator Dennis Cahil perform "Rambles of Spring" by Tommy Makem live on the NBC5 News, Saturday, March 15th, 2003.
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Catherine visits with the NBC5 News morning anchor team prior to performing live.
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Sacred & Spirited Concert Photos - June 2, 2002
Catherine's first concert was a huge success. Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago was the location for an evening of Celtic music, ranging from the favorite hymns featured on her recent CD “I Arise Today” to the favorite party pieces and pub tunes she sang when first she won the hearts of Chicago.
The evening began in the main church hall where Catherine sang eleven songs separated by well chosen anecdotes. There was a short interval as guests and musicians relocated to the downstairs hall where refreshments were waiting. When everyone was settled, Catherine continued to sing another ten songs with more anecdotes and she mingled with the audience during breaks between the songs. It made for a very friendly
atmosphere and a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
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Catherine with members of Old St. Patrick's choir.
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The beautiful setting of Old St. Patrick's Church.
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Singing during the second half of the concert.
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Catherine singing with passion.
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On stage in the basement of Old St. Patrick's Church. Musicians left to right are John Williams, Sean Clelland, Dennis Cahil (behind Catherine), and Jimmy Moore.
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Catherine singing a duet with fellow diva, Kathy Cowan.
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Catherine singing in the basement of Old St. Patrick's Church. Musicians in the background are Sean Clelland on the left, Dennis Cahil on the right.
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Back Row: John Williams, Sean Clelland, Catherine O'Connell, Dennis Cahil, Jimmy Moore. Front Row: Laura Higgins, Catherine Sheridan
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Catherine gets a hug from adoring fan, Urszula Lukaszuk
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Main Hall Song List:
- I Arise Today
- Canticle Of The Turning
- Cead Mile Failte
- Wind In The Willows
- Holy Is Your Name
- Ave Maria
- Lady Of Knock
- Ps. 95 Sing A Song To The Lord
- Hard Way Home
- Guardian's Farewell
- Onward To The Kingdom
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Downstairs Hall Song List:
- My Grandfather's Immigrant Eyes
- Old Maid
- Mush Mush
- Isle Of Inishfree
- New York Girls 4 vs A Capella Last Reels
- Dannyboy
- Maids When You're Young
- Irish Rover
- Wind Beneath
- Mary Ellen Carter
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St. Patrick's Day Weekend Celebrations Photos - March, 2002
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Singing Live on NBC5 Chicago News, March 2002.
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