Chris, you make my heart ache with desire. I sure would love to
be there. I would love to hear a report, too.

Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

David






--- cristoir@... wrote:

> Everyone,
>
> In anyone else is planning a trip to Ireland in the near
> future, I
> thought you might want to know about this chance to hear Len
> Graham,
> Mary Staunton, Donal Maguire and other fine traditional
> singers. God, I
> wish I could go!!
>
> If anyone from the list attends, I would appreciate reports!!
>
> Chris Brennan
> cristoir@...
>
> South Roscommon Singers Festival
>
> 28th to 30th October 2005
>
>
>
> Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon
>
>
>
> Festival Programme
>
>
>
> Fri. 28th Oct:
>
> 8pm 'til Late: Official Opening by John Tiernan, County
> Manager (in
> Murray's Lounge) followed by a session of Comic Songs and
> Storytelling
>
>
> Sat. 29th Oct:
>
> 10am to 1pm: Singing Workshops in Community Centre,
>
> as Gaeilge le Treasa ní Cheannabháin (Galway) and
>
> in English with Helen Hayes (E. Clare) Johnny Johnston
> (Ballinasloe).
>
> 4pm: Junior & Senior Singing Session in O'Brien's Bar.
>
>
>
> 7pm: Dinner, Concert and
>
>
>
> Annie McNulty Award
>
> Presentation
>
>
>
> in The Widow Pat's.
>
> Guest of Honour: Len Graham.
>
> (Admission by ticket only - Dinner, Concert and Presentation
> EUR25,
> Concert and presentation EUR5).
>
>
>
> Sun. 30th Oct:
>
> 11.00am: Special Mass for deceased members of South Roscommon
> Singers
> Circle.
>
> 1.00pm: Lunch and CD Launch in the Clay Pipe.
>
> 8pm 'til Late: Super Session in Murray's Lounge
>
>
>
>
>
> Festival Guests:
>
>
> Helen Hayes (E. Clare), Treasa ní Cheannabháin (Galway),
> Johnny
> Johnston (South Roscommon), Mary Staunton (Mayo), Sean Mone
> (Armagh), Micheál Marrinan (Waterford), Rachel Garvey
> (Roscommon),
> Brian O'Rourke (Galway), KANTA (Brittany), Donal McGuire
> (Drogheda),
> Robbie McMahon (E. Clare), David Cunningham (Newry), Peggy
> McMahon
> (W. Clare).
>
>
>
> Main Sponsor: Paddy Kilduff, Precast and Building Contractor,
> Lecarrow.
>
> Annie McNulty Award, sponsored by Roscommon Champion
> newspaper.
>
> South Roscommon Singers Festival 2005 has received assistance
> from
> Roscommon County Council Arts Office. S
>
>
>
>
> KANTA to launch CD at Knockcroghery Singers Festival
>
> Currently Breton based, mother and daughters Brigitte, Katell
> and Gladez
> Kloarag, collectively known as KANTA (Breton Kan 'ta! means
> 'Sing
> Then!') sing ballads and songs deeply rooted in the places in
> which they
> have lived and the people they have learned from. The trio
> sings a
> capella in Breton and Welsh as well as in French and English -
> and
> occasional in Creole and Pidgin.
>
> Brigitte has travelled and sung widely for the past 30 years
> in all
> Celtic countries and neighbouring lands - informally at
> singing sessions
> 'frae Orkney down tae Dover' as well as for traditional
> events,
> including South Roscommon Singers Circle. Katell started
> singing with
> her mother over 10 years ago and the two are regular
> performers at
> traditional dance events (fest-noz & bal-folk) on both sides
> of the
> Channel. Then, three years ago, Gladez joined in during a
> practice and
> found she enjoyed singing with her mum and sister and Kanta
> came into
> being as the three started performing soon afterwards.
>
> Kanta will have the Irish launching their first CD 'Home Away
> From Home'
> (in Breton Ti pe di~Tu pe du) at the South Roscommon Singers
> Festival in
> Knockcroghery on Sunday afternoon 30th October. They will be
> performing
> as guests of the festival on Saturday (29th) and on Sunday
> afternoon
> during the launch.
>
> The insert notes and the songs featured on 'Home Away From
> Home' are in
> four languages, i.e. Welsh, Breton, French and English, and
> there are a
> couple of songs in Pidgin and Creole, to spice it up just that
> little
> bit more. All songs are sung a capella - mostly three voices,
> but
> sometimes two and there are a few solos from Katell and
> Brigitte.
> Contact : kanta3@... or Tel : 0033 298 718 250
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roscommon Champion sponsored Annie McNulty Award - Singers
> Circle to
> Honour Len Graham
>
> The 2005 South Roscommon Singers Festival takes place in the
> village of
> Knockcroghery from Friday 28 October to Sunday 30 October. The
> festival
> will see a host of singers and storytellers from around the
> country as
> well as from Brittany and Wales. The highlight of the festival
> will
> again be the Annie McNulty Award, which this year goes to
> renowned
> Ulster songster, Len Graham.
>
> Born in County Antrim, Len Graham is steeped in the singing
> tradition of
> his native Ulster. He has recorded twelve albums to date,
> including 'Do
> Me Justice' and 'You Lovers All', and has previously been
> awarded the
> Sean O'Boyle Cultural Traditions Award and the TG4 Traditional
> Singer of
> the Year award. Len was also a member of the band Skylark. A
> noted
> collector, he has been an important source of songs for many
> leading
> trad artists, including Altan, De Danann, The Chieftains and
> Dolores Keane.
>
> Len has been a regular guest singer at the monthly sessions of
> the South
> Roscommon Singers Circle, in Murray's of Knockcroghery. In
> association
> with Roscommon's Traditional Arts Forum, in recent years Len
> has been
> involved in traditional singing initiatives in schools
> throughout
> Roscommon. In recognition of his contribution to the
> development and
> promotion of traditional singing in Ireland and
> internationally, Len
> Graham has been selected for the 2005 Annie McNulty Award
> which is
> sponsored by the Roscommon Champion newspaper.
>
> Annie McNulty was born Annie Brigid Burke in Kilteevan, (a few
> miles
> north of Knockcroghery) in 1887. She was a noted accordion
> player and
> singer and emigrated to America where she formed a family
> group and
> performed Vaudeville 'Irish Style' shows for other Irish
> exiles in New
> York. The group enjoyed considerable success, with recording
> contracts
> from the 1930's through to the 1950s as well as appearances on
> radio and
> television. They remained popular until the early 1960's.
>
> To honour the memory of Annie McNulty, the Annie McNulty Award
> is
> presented annually, by the South Roscommon Singers Circle, to
> a
> traditional singer who has made an exceptional contribution to
> the
> development and promotion of traditional singing at home and
> abroad.
> Previous recipients were Robbie McMahon and Pauline Hanly.
>
> This year's South Roscommon Singers Festival will see a large
> gathering
> of singers in the village of Knockcroghery and promises to be
> a treat
> for lovers of traditional singing and storytelling. Principal
> sponsor
> for this year's event is local man, Paddy Kilduff.
>
>
>
>
>
> Further information on the festival is available from Declan
> Coyne 087
> 966 7029, Christina Pierse 087 280 6346, Vincent Pierse 086
> 311 4028,
> Marina Dolan 087 225 4695 or Hughie Baxter 087 222 2543.
>
>
>
>
>
>




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