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Post by roger on Jun 28, 2006 14:32:17 GMT
From TheChronicleHerald.ca (my highlighting): Celtic Colours welcomes Bela FleckBanjo whiz joins global lineup for 10th anniversary of Celtic Music Fest By STEPHEN COOKE Entertainment Reporter Global stars of traditional and progressive folk music, as well as a host of local legends and up-and-coming performers, are on tap for the 10th anniversary of Cape Breton’s Celtic Colours International Festival, taking place Oct. 6 to 14. Multi-Grammy Award-winning modern banjo whiz Bela Fleck, Scottish guitar prodigy Anna Massie, Spanish bagpipe virtuoso Carlos Nunez, stirring singer-songwriter Karine Polwart, balladeer Archie Fisher and the Danish duos Haugaard & Hoirup and Karen + Helene are just a few of the headlining acts that will draw listeners from across the country and around the world to the rainbow-hued splendour of Cape Breton in the fall. The festival kicks off on Friday, Oct. 6 with the gala concert Natalie MacMaster: Bringing the World Home at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Featuring the famed Troy fiddler, the show will also include Fleck, Nunez and New Zealand talent Hayley Westenra. Across the island over the next nine days there will be 40 concerts and over 100 workshops, including a collaboration between artists in residence Glendale’s Mary Jane Lamond and Scottish Gaelic singer Mairi MacInnes, tributes to Cape Breton fiddlers Carl MacKenzie and Dr. Winnie Chafe, and the musical blend of the all-star The Unusual Suspects project. Other international visitors include British quartet Flook, Scottish trio Bachué, U.S. string trio Ferintosh, the unique Welsh ensemble Crasdant, the Irish-American duo Liz Carroll and John Doyle, the Irish team of Brian OhEadhra and Nuala Kennedy and the irrepressible Scottish duo of longtime festival friend accordionist Phil Cunningham and fiddler Aly Bain. As always, Celtic Colours serves as a prime showcase for Cape Breton talent, with a lineup of artists that ranges from familiar faces like Jerry Holland, J.P. Cormier and Hilda Chiasson Cormier, Gordie Sampson, Howie MacDonald, Beolach, Buddy MacMaster and the Barra MacNeils to young acts like Dawn and Margie Beaton, multi-instrumentalist Krysta MacKinnon and fiddler Meagan Burke. From off the island come performers like P.E.I. singer-songwriter Lennie Gallant, Antigonish pianist/fiddler Troy MacGillivray, Newfoundland’s A Crowd of Bold Sharemen, Vancouver stringmaster Daniel Lapp, and Nova Scotian guitarist extraordinaire Dave MacIsaac. Tickets for Celtic Colours’ 10th Anniversary season go on sale on July 10. They can be purchased by phone locally at 567-3000 or toll-free at 1-888-355-7744. For more information, call 562-6700 or toll-free at 1-877-285-321 or visit www.celtic-colours.com for details about artists and events. For accommodation information, phone 1-800-565-0000. ___________________ As ever, we will not add this to the Schedule until it is confirmed by Steve A. Roger |
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Post by Joe on Jun 28, 2006 16:37:58 GMT
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Post by Joe on Sept 14, 2006 1:36:30 GMT
Hey Roger...
Ginny from my forum told me that she saw an advert for Celtic Colours on TV...and Hayley was one of the artists shown.
Ginny won't be able to attend the festival.
Joe
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Post by roger on Sept 14, 2006 1:50:37 GMT
Hi Joe, Thanks for the information. What a shame if Ginny can't go. It would be great to get a first hand report. Do you know anyone else in that area? Tell Ginny I'll forgive her, just this once!  Roger |
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Post by Joe on Sept 14, 2006 2:01:14 GMT
Hi Joe, Thanks for the information. What a shame if Ginny can't go. It would be great to get a first hand report. Do you know anyone else in that area? Tell Ginny I'll forgive her, just this once! Roger Hi Roger, I reckon that a few of my members may reside in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. I'll post a general statement but I have an idea. The Celtic Colours Festival itself have a forum. I could join it, then enquire if anyone will be going to see Hayley. Oh, just watch that ferret run !  Joe PS here's the link to their forum www.celtic-colours.com/forum/index.php |
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Post by Joe on Sept 17, 2006 0:51:19 GMT
Hi all, I mentioned Hayley's likely appearance at Celtic Colours Festival to Allister MacGillivray (musical director of The Cottars). He hoped that he and the group will see Hayley during the festival. Roger, what do you think of "Hayley and the Cottars"?   Joe |
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Post by roger on Sept 17, 2006 1:45:14 GMT
Roger, what do you think of "Hayley and the Cottars"? Joe Hi Joe, You send 'em over and I'll let you know!  Roger |
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Post by Richard on Sept 17, 2006 8:50:29 GMT
Hello Joe and Roger!  I think 'Hayley and the Cottars' would be an excellent title for a board on the Forum! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifI'm sure they could perform together very well, so it might happen one day!  Best Wishes from London, Richard  |
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Post by Joe on Sept 27, 2006 1:54:26 GMT
Hayley to be featured in Canadian Celtic festival program to be recorded for American TV The following is a transcription of the article as contained in Celtic Heritage Magazine, Sept/Oct 2006... Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster will headline the opening concert of Celtic Colours International Festival at the Civic Center in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. The performance is entitled "Bringing the World Home". Natalie and husband Donnell Leahy (of the Celtic family band Leahy) wanted to do a show where she would invite guests from around the world. Not only will MacMaster be joined by Galacian piper Carlos Nunez, American premiere banjo player Bela Fleck, and New Zealand's renowned vocalist Hayley Westenra,but PBS will record this event for future broadcast at a time to be announced.. "People may not be familiar with all of the performers, though Carlos has taken part at Celtic Colours in the past. These are world-class musicans; in fact it has been said that Bela is Paganini on the banjo," explains MacMaster, "and Hayley's music appeals to me and will represent the classical world during the show." Westenra released the largest selling debut classical album, and while still only a teenager, has performed with the likes of Andrea Boccelli. www.celtic-colours.com/queries/events.php?function=home&artist_id=660&artist_name=Hayley |
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Post by roger on Sept 27, 2006 10:22:40 GMT
Hi Joe,
Thank you for the lates news on this event. It is great that Hayley will receive additional PBS coverage which should help spread her name on your side of the pond.
It sounds like a great concert but I think it is almost as far from you as it is from me, isn't it?
Roger
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Post by Joe on Oct 3, 2006 1:45:35 GMT
Hi Joe, Thank you for the lates news on this event. It is great that Hayley will receive additional PBS coverage which should help spread her name on your side of the pond. It sounds like a great concert but I think it is almost as far from you as it is from me, isn't it? Roger Hi Roger, I never thought about the travelling times, but it might take me two hours by plane. You would prob. get up to Cape Breton faster, due to the time difference! Don't forget...when travelling to Cape Breton, be sure to take a musical instrument with you. BTW...have you had a word w/ Steve Abbott if you-know-who  will be there on 6th October? Joe |
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Post by drew on Oct 4, 2006 12:58:38 GMT
Bringing the world homeNatalie MacMaster returns home to Cape Breton with some musician friends to open the 10th Celtic Colours International Festival. By STEPHEN COOKE Entertainment Reporter IN ITS 10 years of existence, the Celtic Colours International Festival has become one of the most impressive traditional music events in North America, bringing talent from around the world to this remote corner of the continent. And every year, visitors from all over come to hear the brilliant musicians, enjoy the breathtaking autumn scenery and feel the warmth of Cape Breton hospitality. And it’s impossible to imagine any of it happening without the groundwork laid by Cape Breton musicians and international ambassadors like the Barra MacNeils, the Rankin Family, Ashley MacIsaac or Natalie MacMaster, who kicks off this 10th anniversary on Friday night at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. A native of Troy on Cape Breton’s western Ceilidh Trail, MacMaster returns to the festival from her current home in Ontario with husband Donnell Leahy to perform shows and catch up with musical friends. Usually she appears on the Celtic Colours roster every couple of years, and she knew there was something special about the event from the very first time she stepped out onto the stage of one of its many concerts. "My favourite moment at Celtic Colours was the concert I did with Sharon Shannon," says MacMaster, citing the famed Irish accordionist. "It was in Port Hawkesbury, the first year of the festival, and it was a Gaelic Women show. I just really enjoyed playing with Sharon Shannon, she’s amazing. "Celtic Colours is great, it’s a celebration of music, and our culture, and the best part about it is how it takes place all over the island. People from away, and even locals, get to go around the island, and they’re not just stuck in one place all the time. And of course there’s always good music, and interesting ways of pairing up musicians to keep it sounding fresh." For her hand-picked roster of guests on Friday night in Port Hawkesbury, MacMaster has included U.S. banjo innovator Bela Fleck, who appeared on her 2003 CD Blueprint, in his Nova Scotia debut; Galician bagpipe virtuoso Carlos Nunez, whose jaw-dropping performances have been a Celtic Colours favourite for the past few years, and chart-topping Australian soprano Hayley Westenra. "We’ve got some surprises too, I’ve got some surprises up my sleeve," says MacMaster excitedly about the show, which will also be recorded for broadcast by PBS. "They’re going to be . . . you know what? This is such a corny term, but it’s so true, there will be some magical moments. And I mean it, it’s true!" The surprise up MacMaster’s other sleeve is her new CD Yours Truly, which landed in record stores yesterday. Recorded largely with her touring band, it features vibrant, road-tuned performances with Brad Davidge’s guitar bursting forth on Volcanic Jig and the sound of Matt MacIsaac’s pipes dancing with MacMaster’s nimble fiddle on Matt and Nat’s. Over the past few albums, MacMaster has managed to give each record its own singular taste, from completely traditional to contemporary Celtic blends. On Yours Truly, it’s a more balanced sound thanks to the use of the musicians she knows best. "I don’t always think they’re going to be as unique as they turn out to be," says MacMaster. "I did the Buddy and Natalie record, and that was totally trad, so this year I had a lot of tunes that I was writing that weren’t so traditional, and believe it or not I actually liked them. That’s rare for me, I usually toss them." There are special guests on the record, including sister-in-law Erin Leahy and aunt Betty Lou Beaton on piano, First Nations entertainer Tom Jackson on vocals and former Doobie Brother Michael MacDonald on a stirring rendition of Danny Boy, that came about after the two performed on a Boston Pops TV special. But the best guest clip of all is a cute vocal contributed by 10-month-old daughter Mary Francis on the final track, an instrumental piece that closes out the album. "It’s not really a tune, it’s more of a mood piece, and Donal said I should make it a little thing at the end where I say thanks to everyone who helped out with the record. "It was really hard at that point to get anything out of her, she was so young — just over a week old. So it was hard to get her. There’s a bit of crying, you don’t want the wail where she’s going ‘WAAAAAH!’ you just want a cute little cry, so it was fun picking the clips." ( scooke@herald.ca) thechronicleherald.ca/Entertainment/532376.htmlSomebody tell them, Joe.
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Post by Joe on Oct 5, 2006 1:48:00 GMT
and chart-topping Australian soprano Hayley Westenra. Somebody tell them, Joe. Hello Drew! I'm sure by the time the festival is over, they will KNOW that Hayley is 100 per cent New Zealand! Don't worry, the Celtic Colours Festival website has it correct. Cheers, Joe |
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Post by Joe on Oct 5, 2006 1:56:35 GMT
Further adding to this...
Allister MacGillivray is hopeful that he and The Cottars will see Hayley at Celtic Colours.
Also I've made a post on my Cottars forum asking for reports and photos.
It's quite possible that this performance that Hayley will take part in will air on PBS next march.
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Post by Joe on Oct 6, 2006 2:23:23 GMT
Going even further... I was informed on the Celtic Colours forum that "Bringing the World Home" , the performance that Hayley will be taking part in, is "standing room only". Selected Celtic Colours performances to broadcast worldwide on www.coastalradio.ca/ . Cape Breton's Special Event Community Radio Station The Coast 89.7FM is providing special broadcast coverage for Celtic Colours International Festival 2006. If indeed "Bringing the World Home" is broadcast on-line live on Oct 6 at 7:30 PM then... on the USA east coast @ 6:30 PM in the UK @ 11:30 PM Also, the entire Celtic Colours Festival souvenir booklet is available for download here. Hayley is mentioned on page 10 of the 23-page document. Phew! As you can tell I'm really putting a lot into this! And it's all for you, Hayley ! |
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will be there on 6th October?
