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 | |
|
8:00pm |
Official
Opening followed by Lecture "Computers, Singing and the Internet.
That’s not traditional?â€ð |
|
9:30pm |
Singing
Session |
|
|
|
|
Saturday
4th October | |
|
10:00am
– 1:00pm |
Workshops
(TBD) |
|
2:OOpm
-6:00pm |
Trip
to Coney Island (including guided tour and singing session in McGowans
Bar) |
|
7:00pm |
Meal |
|
8:30pm |
Lecture
by John Moulden "Old
songs, new sung" - songs
from Sligo, Roscommon and Leitrim that have conquered the world - and some
others worth singing" |
|
9:30pm |
Singing
Session |
|
|
|
|
Sunday
5th October | |
|
10:30
am |
Beach
walk |
|
12
noon |
Teas/coffee
and farewell singing session |
Further information contact
Phone
087-6489057
Email
tradsing_at_eircom_dot_net
Web
www.sligotradsingers.ie
Best
Regards
Frank Finn,
Sligo Traditional
Singers Circle
email: tradsing_at_eircom_dot_net