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Celtic Sounds At The Royal Highland Show
There's a distinct Celtic flavour to this
month's Royal Highland Show with the musical programme featuring a Welsh male
voice choir, an Irish dance group and Scottish ceilidh, folk, pipes and drums.
The show - main sponsor The Royal Bank of Scotland
- takes place at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, from Thursday
June 19 to Sunday June 22.
The organisers have also broadened the musical
scope with appearances by Macumba, a fusion of the sounds of Brazilian samba
and Scottish bagpipes, and the Academia de Salsa, who will be bringing the art
and passion of the fastest growing dance style in the country.
Wales,
the Land
of Song,
has produced many fine choirs over the years but few have reached the standard
of Cor Godr'er Aran from Bala in North
Wales. Formed in 1949, they have won the National
Eisteddfod of Wales and the Llangollen International Eisteddfod on numerous
occasions.
Over the years they have toured the USA, Canada, Brazil, Patagonia,
Hong Kong,
New Zealand
and Australia
but this will be only their second visit to Scotland.
They will perform on the Saturday and Sunday of the show.
Also appearing then are the McLaughlin Irish
Dancers who will be giving visitors a flavour of the speed and style of
"Riverdance" which launched Irish traditional dancing to a worldwide audience.
Lovers of the Robbie Shepherd radio show "Take
The Floor" will be familiar with the Colin Dewar Ceilidh Band who will be
performing jigs, reels and strathspeys on all four days.
Folk group North Sea Gas, former winners of the
Scottish Music Industry Gold and Silver Disc Awards, will be making their debut
at the Highland
with a blend of Scottish and Irish music and song. They appear on Thursday and
Friday.
For pipes and drums, listen out on Thursday for
the boys and girls from the Queen
Victoria
School
at Dunblane and on Thursday and Friday, the Scots Guards Association under the
leadership of Pipe Major Jimmy Banks.
Other groups appearing at various times during
the show include West End Jazz, North Ayrshire Schools,
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders ACF Band and the Central Band of the Royal
British Legion Scotland.
Show website: www.royalhighlandshow.org
June
9, 2008
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