Music, meal benefit museum
The Clarke Historical Museum will present a St. Patrick’s Day “Drive-By Dinner and Irish Music” event Wednesday.
Dinner can be picked up at the museum, 240 E St. in Eureka, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by Seabury Gould and Evan Morden via Zoom by the Marz Project from 6 to 7 p.m. Prices vary; details are available at www.clarkemusem.org/ events. All proceeds benefit the Clarke Historical Museum.
Dinner will include Shepherd’s Pie and shamrock cupcakes for dessert from Ramone’s Bakery and Café. Dinner orders close at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Gould is a singer, multiinstrumentalist, storyteller, recording artist and music teacher. He’s also a music arranger, composer, and has been a bandleader for 30 years, most recently with the Celtic band Scatter the Mud. As one of his specialties is Irish traditional music, he has performed at countless St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with songs, tunes and stories, incorporating guitar, bouzouki, penny whistle and flute. He has hosted many Folk Song Circles and Irish music sessions.
Morden has been a performing musician in Humboldt County from the age of 15. Born and raised in Arcata, Morden began playing violin at 3 and was exposed to traditional Irish and Celtic music as a child by his father, Alan, a guitar, mandolin and bodhran player. It quickly became apparent that his focus and passion was fiddle and folk music, and he began participating in the Academy Fiddlers under the instruction of local musician Sam McNeil (Good Company). As a sophomore in high school, Morden began performing weekly with Gould at Gallagher’s Irish Pub in Eureka on Thursdays — a residency the duo retained for almost a decade. In addition to performing with Gould, Morden plays in several Humboldt County bands, including The Gatehouse Well, Vanishing Pints and the Rebel Liberties.
Gould and Morden have played together for 11 years. They’ve both traveled in Ireland and played in Irish trad sessions there and extensively locally in Humboldt County. Their repertoire includes both Irish songs (with singing) and traditional Irish tunes like jigs and reels.
Morden’s fiddle playing is a highlight of one of Gould’s eclectic albums, “A Full Life.” His fiddling is also featured on another CD, “Jigsaw.”
Gould and Morden have played together for 11 years. They’ve both traveled in Ireland and played in Irish trad sessions there and extensively locally in Humboldt County.