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More national acclaim for Celtic Colours

importer — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:23:20 +0000

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In the midst of its fifteenth successful annual event, the Celtic Colours International Festival received honours from two national sources. Since its 1997 debut, Celtic Colours has established itself as one of Canada’s premiere musical events, and a cultural highlight of Nova Scotia’s tourism season, with a reputation for excellence that is known around the [...]

Celtic Colours wraps up today

importer — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:41:26 +0000

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By Laura Jean Grant - The Cape Breton Post SYDNEY — It’s almost that time again. Over the next two days, musicians from around the world will be packing up their bags and heading for points east and west after coming together in Cape Breton for the 15th annual Celtic Colours International Festival. The festival officially [...]

Music centre bustling during Celtic Colours

importer — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:55:37 +0000

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By Laura Jean Grant - The Cape Breton Post JUDIQUE — If there’s any organization you’d expect to be making the most of the Celtic Colours International Festival, it would be the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre And they are. The centre, located in Judique, is a beehive of activity throughout the nine-day festival with a full [...]

Celtic Colours newcomer Ronald Bourgeois making an impressive debut

importer — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:12:33 +0000

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The Cape Breton Post GRAND ÉTANG — Ronald Bourgeois is making quite a Celtic Colours debut. The acclaimed Acadian singer-songwriter from Cheticamp is performing five times in nine nights and he’s one of two artists-in-residence at this year’s festival, alongside Bruce Molsky. In that role, Bourgeois has been working with Celtic Colours artistic director Joella [...]

Ontario visitors wowed by Celtic Colours festival

importer — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:57:38 +0000

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By LeRoy Peach - The Cape Breton Post There was a buzz in the crowd at the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport Wednesday when our good friends the Frederiksens arrived from Ontario to take in the Celtic Colours festivities. This was their seventh visit to the No. 1 island in the Continental U.S.A. and Canada. “The [...]

Volunteers play vital role in success of Celtic Colours

importer — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:48:39 +0000

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By Laura Jean Grant - The Cape Breton Post SYDNEY — Janet Robinson is the kind of volunteer that organizers of the Celtic Colours International Festival have come to rely on. She’s dependable, adaptable, has been with the festival for years, and has a volunteer philosophy that would be the envy of just about any event [...]

Celtic Colours: Our Celtic roots are showing

importer — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:22:56 +0000

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By Keith MacDonald - The Cape Breton Post Toes are tapping across Cape Breton and will continue to do so this week as one of Canada’s premier musical events provides a memorable cultural experience to all who attend its medley of events. Last Friday, the 15th annual Celtic Colours International Festival kicked off in Port Hawkesbury [...]

15th annual Celtic Colours International Festival opens

importer — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:06:56 +0000

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By John Gillis – The Inverness Oran The 15th annual Celtic Colours International Festival opened with a bang last Friday night in the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Distant Sons and Daughters featured many of the Cape Breton greats as well as talent from across the pond in Scotland and Ireland and those of the Appalachian [...]

Foliage falters, Celtic Colours music blazes

importer — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:07:38 +0000

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Lamond, MacIsaac among opening gala stars By Stephen Cooke – The Chronicle Herald Sun, Oct 9 – 2011 PORT HAWKESBURY — Maybe it’s just me, but the expected autumnal display between Halifax and Cape Breton didn’t seem to snap, sparkle or pop the way it usually does this time of year. Even the prime stretch [...]

Cape Breton’s Celtic Colours festival lights up

importer — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:09:33 +0000

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10-day festival jam-packed with music By Margo Pfeiff – The GATE: Entertainment Magazine In the midst of Nova Scotia’s fiery fall foliage season, legions of fiddles, harps, accordions, bagpipes and step-dancing tunes ignite Cape Breton Island’s rugged countryside during the annual Celtic Colours International Festival. In its 15th year, the 10-day event, October 7 to [...]