News
GHOST DANCE – Now that’s the Spirit!
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| | Music, Dance, and Song to enliven UPTOP Ghost town
(photo: Dance Hall and Tavern)
Spanish Peaks International Celtic Festival fonder Barbara Yule is excited about the opening day picnic/ceili at the La Veta Pass “Ghost Town”
of UPTOP*. Enthusiastically she encourages folks to experience the September 24th event, “Join in the music making and dancing, meet old friends and make new ones. In short a perfect time to get into the weekend spirit!”
SPIRIT is the operative word.
You will find spirit at UPTOP. Whether the spirit is the happy mood of the gathering, spirits of past inhabitants still embodying the ghost town, or the vital principle or the inspiring animating force within living beings put forth by UPTOP owners Deb Lathrop and Sam Law. The love and passion for their project to restore UPTOP is evident when you tour the property with them and can appreciate all of the hard work put into clean-up and refurbishing, and the sense of joy and satisfaction they have in doing so.
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Colorado Irish Business Network Inaugural Meeting May 20th
| | Photo: Consul General Gerry Staunton
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Irish Network Colorado Originates in Denver! Vice Consul General Barry O'Brien and McPeake to join in Celebration July 8th
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Jack and Barbara’s “Spanish Peaks” Hooley:
From Cabin Ceilidh to County-Wide Celtic Fest
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Dennis Gallagher, Irish Gentleman and Scholar and Guardian of Denver’s History and Dollars
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Celtic Airwaves of the Rockies
Spotlight: KGNU’s Karl Kumli – King of Keltic
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“Irish Need Not Apply”- LAOH/AOH to host Ciaran Staunton in Denver March 4th: ILIR CO-Founder to address undocumented Irish immigrants and prospects for Irish emigrants to come to America.
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INTERVIEW WITH ROODY DOYLE
| | Mary McWay Seaman interviews Roody Doyle on his new novel “The Dead Republic”
Award Wining Author to give Presentation & Booksigning in Denver May 10 (above photo by Mark Nixon)
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Cheers for Rugbytown USA! The Re-branding of Glendale Colorado - June Proclaimed Rugby Month in anticipation of Churchill Cup
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| Glendale Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Dunafon overlooks completion of phase II of Infinity Park's new practice field and community park (photo by Steve Crecelius)
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Celtic Airwaves of the Rockies Spotlight:
KRFC’s Cindy Reich – The Queen
| by Pat McCullough
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CELTIC AIRWAVES OF THE ROCKIES Spotlight: KWMV’s Jim Remington – The Celtic Voice of the Wet Mountain Valley
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Lisa Rogers goes Green from the “Grounds” Up
| | (photo caption: Lisa Rogers (holding water can) gave an Urban Farm demonstration last month at a potential site at 33rd and Holly. To Lisa’s left is an unidentified boy; Terrence Roberts, Community Organizer with Prodigals Sons; Denver City Councilwoman Carla Madison; Denver Mayor, John Hickenlooper.)
(Pat McCullough June 09 Celtic Connection)
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Mile High McNicholas Family – Building Business and Community with Honor, Respect, and Unpretentious Irish Hospitality
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Andrew Toole: Coloring Colorado with Paints and Pints
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Events & Entertainment
Mairead Nesbitt -- Fiddle Fusion
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| | Cindy Reich interviews Celtic Woman’s aesthetic barefoot fiddler
(published in September 2010 Celtic Connection)
Ethereal women in gossamer dresses float around the stage, singing beautiful songs. That is the quintessential definition of the Celtic Woman experience. That is, until a blond firecracker explodes onto the stage, fiddle in motion, scattering all in her wake. Mairead Nesbitt is the match that ignites the Celtic Woman flame. She provides an astonishing visual picture, racing around the stage, stopping to jam with the back line of musicians, or dancing like a dervish while fiddling so furiously it’s a wonder the fiddle doesn’t burst into flames.
While one may be mesmerized with her combination of dancing and fiddling, it would be entirely understandable if her fiddle chops were simplistic—however, her fiddle playing is superb, and no wonder. Mairead grew up in a very musical family—her sister, four brothers and both parents are musicians. Although classically trained, Mairead also embraces traditional music just as fiercely.
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Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highland Festival Sept 9-12
| | The hills will be alive with the sound of pipers
September 9-12 with the Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highland Festival at the Fairgrounds and other venues in Estes Park, CO
Some of the bands on stage will include Mythica, Alex Beaton, The Brigadoons, Rathkeltair, Albannach, Prickly Pair and the Cactus Chorale, Lough Carron, Eddie Devine, The Tartan Terrors
Highland Dance and Pipe Band Competitions, Irish Dance, Scottish Athletics,
Tattoo, Country Dance, workshops, seminars and story-telling, clan tents, lots of
merchandise, dogs of the British Isles, military heritage, Guinness and full contact jousting.
Ticket prices vary by day and by event. Check the website
www.scotfest.com
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A Conversation with Phil Coulter
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Phil Coulter is no slouch. He wrote songs for Elvis, wrote the mega-hit “Saturday Night” for the Bay City Rollers and produced three albums for “Planxty” (for the traditional music lovers in the audience). It’s impossible to pin him down and put him in a box. Pop songs that he’s written have gone to number one many times and sold tens of
millions of albums. Some of his most powerful songs are ballads such as “The Town I Loved So Well”. “Scorn Not His Simplicity”. “The Old Man”. “Steal Away”. Just to name a few.
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Prolific Phil Coulter Returns to the Rockies with Celtic Thunder
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Rocky Mountain Spotlight: Ben Kelley – From Gigs with Jigs to Moos, Hooves, and Horseshoes
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Ireland's Brewmaster Comes to Colorado
| | (from February 09 Celtic Connection newspaper)
Guinness Brewmaster Fergal Murray Reveals Denver Mission:
The Pour - The Toast - The Proposition - The Bar Tab Bailout Plan
(Editor’s note: In advance of his Denver visit this month, Guinness Master Brewer Fergal Murray sent this letter to our readers.
On Feb 11 his Denver schedule was added to end of this article posted on www.CelticConnection.com)
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Julie Fowlis & Band in Concert
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BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award 2006 Winner
Gaelic Singer of the Year Scots Trad Music Awards 2005
Best Up & Coming Artist (Dòchas) Scots Trad Music Awards 2004 Winners
Gaelic Singer of the Year Scots Trad Music Awards 2004
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LUKA BLOOM - “11”new songs and 1 new U.S. Tour!
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THE POGUES scheduled for Denver with original line-up October 23
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Spanish Peaks Reduce Prices forCeltic Connection Readers
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Celtic Events, Swallow Hill, and Twist & Shout presents Celtic super-group SOLAS w/ Americana/bluegrass sensation Bearfoot November 6th, at L2 Arts & Cultural Center, Denver
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Cindy Reich chat's with Seamus Egan of SOLAS
| | (from Cindy's monthly column "Around the House"in November 09 Celtic Connection)
Seamus called into Cindy Reich’s “The Long Acre” radio show to talk about the new Solas album, Seamus’ ongoing solo project, baseball and “balloon boy”!
CR You’re calling from Scotland and I know you’re supposed to be in studio working on a new recording, so are you recording in Scotland?
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SLIDE Announces Colorado Debut – Friday, February 19th Tickets on sale now -w/Guggenheim Grotto
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| “Slide... the future of Irish Music” Radio 1, Ireland
“They can sing , they can write, they can dance across fingerboards and piano keys,
buttons and bows, and by crikey can they play.” Irish Music Magazine
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Spend the Weekend with GREAT BIG SEA! Friday and Saturday March 12 and 13 2010 at Boulder Theater
| | Tickets on Sale now at Boulder Theater Box Office, 2032 14th St. Boulder, CO or call 303-786-7030 or Boulder Theater
Information call Celtic Events at 303-777-0502
Tickets are $30 & $35 plus applicable box office charges.
ALL SEATS RESERVED ALL AGES SHOW
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Grammy Award Winning Artist Moya Brennan “The Voice of Clannad” In Denver Concert Saturday April 3rd and Guest Solo at Red Rocks Easter Sunrise April 4th
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| Celtic Events, Swallow Hill, & Kolacny Music Presents
Grammy Award Winning Artist April 3rd
"I think she has one of the greatest voices the human ear has ever experienced" BONO
"Brennan is that rare artist who, by defying exact categorization, remains one to continually keep and eye on" BILLBOARD
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