Holiday gathering at Tarleton’s Gordon Center features The Irish Rogues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 30, 2018

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State University’s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas presents an evening of Christmas music, food and fellowship with the Irish Rogues, back by popular demand, at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8.

Admission is free and no reservations are required.

The Irish Rogues are an authentic, traditional Celtic/Irish Pub band that performs a rich collection of rollicking sing-a-longs, ballads, holiday and Celtic folk music.

The band has appeared regularly at North Texas Irish pubs and Celtic celebrations. Band members have been featured performers at the North Texas Irish Festival in Dallas since the festival started in 1982.

The museum, in historic Thurber, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. It is located at Exit 367 on Interstate 20 between Fort Worth and Abilene. For more information, visit www.tarleton.edu/gordoncenteror the museum’s Facebook page.

Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.

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A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State University is breaking records — in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement — while transforming the lives of approximately 18,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online. For 125 years, Tarleton State has been committed to accessible higher education opportunities for all while helping students grow academically, socially and professionally through programs that emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.
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