Young and Irish at Heart You certainly didn’t have to be Irish to enjoy Na Fidleiri Saturday, May 30 during Piccolo Spoleto at Circular Congregational Church in downtown Charleston. The hour and one half show featured sixteen fiddlers, plus a whistler, guest percussionist, Danny Mallon, guest guitarist, Chris Teves, and guest cello, Wade Davis. They kept the audience’s toes tapping and heads nodding to the driving beat of traditional Irish tunes from Lannigan’s Ball, to Lafferty’s Reel, and the classic Danny Boy sung by soloist Kiri Taylor. The group has performed extensively throughout the Southeast and toured in Ireland in 2007. The members range in age 9 to 18 and attend a number of Charleston area grade and high schools. Most are classically trained and learn the Irish folk tradition when they join the group, mainly by playing by ear without sheet music, although it is available to them. Try outs are held each year in August. This year auditions will be held 10 a.m. Aug. 22 at the College of Charleston, Simons Center for the Arts. Na Fidleiri, founded in 2000 by Mary Scott Taylor, a first-generation Irishwoman whose parents instilled in her the love of Celtic music, is part of The Taylor Music Group, founded by her husband Robert Taylor, which supports activities that incorporate art music and folk music in performance and education through guest professional performances and the Festival Choir. Na Fidleiri will perform again 7 p.m., Monday, June 8 at Circular Congregational Church with Ferintosh.  For more information about Na Fidleiri or auditioning, contact Mary Taylor at 843-819-6961.