The Pipes Are Calling: Relive the Irish Roots of American Tap
Part of the FREE Wonders of the Wurlitzer Series
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DateFebruary 25, 2026
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Event Starts12:00PM
Event Details
A Musical Pot of Gold and All the Joy Your Heart Can Hold!
Join Kevin Doyle’s Roscommon Soles, the Kelly School of Dance, and Peter Krasinski on PPAC’s Wondrous Wurlitzer as they reenact the Irish roots of American tap dance. From Roscommon, Ireland, to Providence, Rhode Island, experience the craic (lively atmosphere) and usher in the Season of St. Patrick – live on the PPAC stage!
PPAC's House Organist Peter Edwin Krasinski and the Roscommon Soles, led by Rhode Island’s National Endowment for Arts National Heritage Fellow Kevin Doyle, and joined by special guests Daryl Black Eagle Jamieson and the Eastern Medicine Singers, will headline this fourth annual The Pipes are Calling.
Boasting a ranking in the Top Five of the “Most Irish States in the U.S.,” Rhode Island’s own Celtic lilt, laughter, and legacy in music, dance, song, and story will shine in this free PPAC Wonders of Wurlitzer lunchtime event, with appreciation to Providence’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee for their partnership and support. Visit https://providencestpatricksparade.org/ for details about the 2026 Parade scheduled for March 21.
This event is free and open to the public
No ticket required. Attendees are welcome to bring their lunch. Complimentary beverages available.
About The Roscommon Soles
Roscommon Soles is a dance-driven ensemble whose concert sets literally move with the music. Kevin Doyle sets the rhythm with signature jigs, reels, hornpipe, and tap dance, joined by sister Maureen Doyle, Amara Grant as a young Wiliam Henry Lane, and select youth dancers from the Kelly School of Dance. Providing the tunes that underscore the songs, steps, and stories or stand on their own as exquisite solos or driving ensemble melodies are Sheila Falls on fiddle, Bob Drouin on bouzouki, Joey Abarta on the uilleann pipes, and Joshua Kane on flute and whistle with a special guest solo by Caroline Vitale, granddaughter of long-time Roscommon Sole Mary Lee Partington.
Roscommon Soles’ artists have numerous appearances, recordings, and projects that speak to the unique collaboration that is the Roscommon Soles. For concert, festival, coffeehouse and bookings in educational settings, visit kevindoyledance.com
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