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October 4 & 5, 2008 |
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Bartley Ranch Regional ParkMusical Entertainment |
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Joining Reno Celtic Celebration for the first time this year is Celtic Spring, 2002 Grand Champion of the World at the World Championships of the Performing Arts, in Hollywood winners and in the top five on the first season of America's Got Talent! We also welcoming back a favorite group from Northern California, Black Irish Band! |
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Celtic SpringReno Celtic Celebration is thrilled to welcome the amazingly talented Celtic Spring. Celtic Spring is six siblings, who play the fiddle and step-dance. They are backed by their mom on the keyboard and their dad on percussion "The six Wood family siblings have spent their lives on stage, bringing their unforgettable performances to live and TV audiences in the millions. They each began learning the fiddle and Irish step dancing at the age of four years old; they hardly remember when they did not play the fiddle and dance! The siblings are also classically trained violinists. This influence has brought a certain beauty and clarity to their music. "A defining element of Celtic Spring is the dual expertise in music and dance. The Wood siblings are champion Irish dancers, and they have been influenced by French Canadian and Cape Breton step dancing styles. The tight choreography, powerful footwork, intricacy and precision of the dancing astound audiences. Just when the audience might think that they have seen it all, Celtic Spring erupts into the exceptional feat of dancing and fiddling at the same time! The band has released two albums, At the Source and Cornerstone." |
Celtic Spring are Elizabeth, Deirdre, Sean, Patrick, Maire, Aiden plus mom Mary and dad Greg |
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America's Got Talent Performance from Youtube - click to view If you are using Firefox 3 and this won't display, click here. (Opens in Youtube)
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Black Irish Band"Hailing from the historic Gold Rush Country of America, the Black Irish Band of nineteen years, have a musical style that is as timeless as the rugged landscape of the west, a tribute to the people whose lives were spent building the world we now take for granted. The band has a large compliment of traditional maritime and railroad music, as well as ethnic tunes in their repertoire. They excel at Irish, Italian, and American folk music with an assortment of original songs and traditional western ballads. The bands musical style captures the spirit of the immigrants of this land, the men and women who tamed the Wild West." |
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"The Black Irish Band's strong vocals and up-tempo instrumentals breathe new life to old songs and present original material with a distinctive flair. The original songs of Patrick Michael Karnahan, such as "Whaler's Cove", "When I Held You", and "The Sierra (the train I ride)", have received considerable airplay on various folk-rock and public radio stations." The Black Irish Band gained national attention after being featured on CBS "This Morning" with Paula Zahn and Harry Smith. At the "Festival of the Sea" in San Francisco, with attendance around 40,000, the band delighted huge audiences with their eclectic musical style. In addition, the band performed at the North Texas Irish Faire and the International Celtic Festival in Vail, Colorado. They continue to draw crowds at Fitzgerald's Casino in Reno, Nevada and the California Railroad Museum in Sacramento, including a week of concerts at "Railfair '99". It has been several years since the Black Irish Band played for the Reno Celtic Celebration. Welcome back! Don't miss them. |
The Black Irish Band in performance. Click to play.
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This program has been funded, in part, by the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. |
Host Hotel for Reno Celtic Celebration |
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