The Cape Breton Island Hoppers Volkssport Club, in partnership with Celtic Colours International Festival, is pleased to present “Celtic Colours Walks”, a series of guided walks during the festival through many of Cape Breton’s most beautiful hiking trails and towns. Who: We are a group of people from Cape Breton Regional Municipality who enjoy the [...]
National Geographic Traveler big on Cape Breton
By Nancy King – Cape Breton Post Island ranks second among world’s greatest destinations Cape Breton Island is tied for second place on a new international score card of more than 100 of the world’s greatest destinations released by National Geographic Traveler, which focuses on sustainable tourism. The Norwegian fjords obtained the highest score on [...]
Celtic Colours eyes record attendance
By Chris Shannon – Cape Breton Post The thunderous roar of more than 2,000 feet hitting the floor at the Victoria Highland Civic Centre in Baddeck Saturday night capped a week of ceilidhs and Celtic workshops across Cape Breton. Billed as the world’s largest square dance, it featured some of the top Cape Breton dancers [...]
Staff, volunteers do behind-the-scenes work . . .
By Chris Connors – Cape Breton Post Staff, volunteers do behind-the-scenes work at Celtic Colours ST. ANN’S – Poster boards line the walls surrounding Blair Brown’s corner of the Celtic Colours headquarters in MacLeod House at the St. Ann’s Gaelic College. As the festival transportation co-ordinator, he uses the large white placards to organize the [...]
Festival organizers happy to share experiences
By Chris Connors – Cape Breton Post ST. ANN’S – It seems there are no secrets in the world of Celtic music festivals. Tuesday, as the seventh annual Celtic Colours International Festival strutted out of another successful opening weekend, founding organizers Joella Foulds and Max MacDonald hosted an informal meeting with their counterparts from a [...]
Celtic tales and songs shared at storytelling session
By Chris Shannon – Cape Breton Post SYDNEY – An intimate gathering of about a dozen people in an art gallery at the University College of Cape Breton listened closely to the Celtic tales and songs of Scottish storyteller Margaret Bennett and Newfoundland musician Jim Payne Tuesday afternoon. As one of many events surrounding the [...]
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