FYI
Hello All,
Just a quick note to tell you about our Traditional
Singing Weekend.
Top singers lined up for the 2nd Sligo Traditional Singing
Weekend
Fri 3rd to Sun 5th October 2008
This is the second year
of the Sligo Singers Festival and it will be a weekend of singing workshops,
informal singing sessions, audio and video presentations, scholarly talks and a
field trip. Most events will take place in beautiful village of Rosses Point,
centred in the Yeats Country Hotel
Sligo Traditional Singing Circle
is in existence for many years now. They meet at least once a month to sing
traditional songs and enjoy themselves generally in a relaxed and friendly
setting. No better place to meet than in Durkin's bar in Ballinacarrow where
most of the sessions take place.
The purpose of the Singing Circle
is to nurture and promote the art of traditional singing in Sligo and
surrounding areas. Traditional singing is unaccompanied and the songs would have
a decidedly Gaelic influence in their shaping and making. Songs are sung in both
the English and Irish language. However all are welcome to listen and
learn.
This year we have six special guests attending, but of course there
will be many other fine traditional singers attending from all over Ireland and
abroad, including our own Sligo traditional singers too numerous to mention
here.
For a limited period, we have arranged a special introductory hotel
rate of €50 per
person per night bed and breakfast. Remember this is a
limited offer and to avail of it
you must quote this reference number
036669
Alternately you may avail of the special weekend rate of €135 per
person for 2 nights B+B
and the Saturday evening meal.
To book
accommodation, contact the hotel directly as follows:
Telephone:
071-9177211
Special guests this year are: Len Graham, Roisin White,
John Moulden, Mai Hernon, Máire Ni Choilm, and Tim Dennehy
Full
Timetable
Friday 3rd October
8:00pmOfficial Opening followed by
Lecture "Computers, Singing and the Internet. That's not
traditional?"
9:30pmSinging Session
Saturday 4th
October
10:00am – 1:00pmWorkshops (TBD)
2:OOpm -6:00pmTrip to Coney Island
(including guided tour and singing session in McGowans
Bar)
7:00pmMeal
8:30pmLecture by John Moulden "Old songs, new sung" -
songs from Sligo, Roscommon and Leitrim that have conquered the world - and some
others worth singing"
9:30pmSinging Session
Sunday 5th
October
10:30 amBeach walk
12 noonTeas/coffee and farewell singing
session
Further information contact