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The Celtic Force Partners With Clanranald Trust

Celtic Force — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:23:42 +0000

“Celtic Force Enterprises and Clanranald Trust are pleased to announce a partnership between their two organizations to promote their mutual interest in Scottish culture and heritage in the United States, Scotland and worldwide.”

Visit: www.clanranald.org

Tartan Day South Lineup Announced

Celtic Force — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:51:26 +0000

Tartan Day South is a new Celtic festival being presented on April 1 & 2, 2011 in Columbia, SC and Celtic Force has been hired to produce the event!

The kickoff is on Friday evening at 6pm with a reception and is followed by a fundraising event featuring whiskey tasting, dinner, concert & auction at the host hotel. Later that evening a pub-crawl is planned in downtown Columbia with music provided by some of the weekend’s featured entertainers.

Saturday the main festival takes place at the Historic Columbia Speedway in Cayce, SC. which highlights Celtic music, Highland athletics, pipe bands, clan/society area, Celtic Marketplace, food, kids activities and demonstrations in dancing, piping, storytelling, herding, to name a few. The hours on Sat. run from 10am until 8pm and will be packed with something for everyone and a few special surprises.

We’re especially excited about the first musical line up because it brings together some diverse, quality acts with plenty of energy. Drum roll please…..RATHKELTAIR, BARLEYJUICE, THE BLESSED BLEND, CUTTHROAT SHAMROCK, THISTLEDOWN TINKERS, DAVEY RAMONE MORRISON, MARCILLE WALLIS.

And the best part……it’s only $10 per person for Saturday! Start your festival season at Tartan Day South. You’ll find more details at www.tartandaysouth.com

Ulster American Folk Park!

Celtic Force — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:49:51 +0000

Here’s a teaser for our March 2011 Ireland Tour. Exploring the links between our own Appalachian culture and Ireland roots, we’ll be visiting the Ulster American Folk Park.

An oft-overlooked fact… over 2 million emigrated to America from Ulster prior to 1900. Collectively, those people had a profound impact on American history and culture. Several American Presidents, most notably Andrew Jackson, U.S. Grant, and Teddy Roosevelt had Ulster roots. The Ulster American Folk Park explores the various reasons for the waves of migration reaching back to the early 1700s. People of all stations of life crossed the Atlantic… destined to become “Americans.”

The Park is a fascinating, open-air, sprawling museum including 30 buildings, some of which are recreations, some being lovingly restored originals. Staffed with interpreters and “people of history,” from them one gains a sense of place and time. Particularly of rural life in the 1700s and 1800s. Visitors are first guided through parts of an Irish village of smallholdings, cottages, churches, weavers shop, and a blacksmith’s shop. You’ll see and hear people go about their daily business as in earlier times.

“Ireland” then “ends” in a city street, complete with well-stocked shops, leading down to a quay. Here a sailing ship awaits…you board … for transport to “America.” Debarking, it’s through the immigration shed into a virtual street from 19th Century Boston. Then journey on until you are in the open countryside. Here, several farmsteads are recreated with a loving eye for detail, complete with crops and livestock. There’s even a log house directly from Greene County, PA.

All in all, the Ulster American Folk Park is an amazing experience. Especially for those of us from American frontier roots. Common traditions continue on both sides of The Atlantic. Of those, music is ever-present. In celebration, the Ulster American Folk Park’s annual Bluegrass Festival has been a calendar highlight for more than sixteen years. Who knows what musical moments we might share there!

To explore more, here’s the website: http://www.nmni.com/uafp

Celtic Connections Scotland Tour 2011!

Celtic Force — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:29:32 +0000

Grandfather Lineup!

Celtic Force — Mon, 03 May 2010 08:52:22 +0000

Celtic Force is coming at you in the next several weeks.

We will be handling the entertainment for these upcoming highland games; Gatlinburg, TN May 14-16 featuring Albannach, Cutthroat Shamrock, Thistledown Tinkers, Colin Grant Adams Greenville, SC May 28-29 featuring Albannach, Coyote Run Grandfather, Linville, NC July 8-11.

FINALLY, the line up for the Celtic Groves at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games is set. We are pleased to offer this line up that delivers a very wide range of Celtic music styles. We hope you make plans to join us from July 8-11 for “THE Gathering” at Grandfather Mountain with THE Celtic Force.

This year in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway we will highlight music of Appalachia by featuring regional artists in Grove 3 and as part of our concerts. Hear the influence that Celtic music played on the development of what has become one of the most popular musical styles in the world.

Performing July 9-11:
Albannach
Brother
Clandestine
Colin Grant Adams
Ed Miller/Jill Chambliss/Scooter Muse
Forget Me Nots
Mother Grove
RG Absher & Celtic Connection
Teribus
The Blessed Blend

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Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – Coming to Old Dominion University!

Celtic Force — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:49:05 +0000

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The Celtic Force – Homecoming Tour 2010!

Celtic Force — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:47:15 +0000

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