Given that the band's mainstay would be Celtic music, it seemed like a good idea to have "Celtic" in the title. However, we didn't want it to be pronounced "Seltic" so we spelled it "Keltic"! Adding kaleidoscope to the name provided a little alliteration and also hinted at a variety of music.

The group has performed at a variety of venues including The University of Michigan, the Toledo Hibernian St. Patrick's Day Festival, the Toledo Irish-American Festival, the Cloister at the Toledo Museum of Art and Mickey Finn's Pub in Toledo.

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Keltic Kaleidoscope started performing in 1995 and now has four members, Mary Behan Miller (keyboard, guitar and bodhr�n), Matt Cassidy (banjo, guitar, and electric bass), Dave Lymanstall (Fiddle and bodhr�n), and Sally Hayes Makulinski (keyboard, flute and tin whistle). A fifth musician, Tim Galvin, sometimes plays with the group.

Keltic Beginnings, the group's first CD was released in 2000 and includes a variety of Irish favorites, which tell of various misadventures associated with love, war and drink. The Second CD, Some Keltic, Some Knot was released in 2001. It features a number of Irish songs along with selections from other genres. The third CD, Keltic Visions, was released in 2004.

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