Performers
at this year's
A Celtic New Year
Visit the
schedule
page for a list of performance
locations and times.
Note; please remove space from within e-mail addresses before using.
The Highland Weavers
The Highland Weavers have been playing music and singing songs of Scotland and
Ireland for almost twenty-five
years. With close harmonies they perform a variety of familiar, traditional and contemporary songs from these Celtic
lands. The Highland Weavers are: Marie Whiteford (keyboard and vocals), Marty Morrissey (guitar, concertina,
bodhran and vocals) and Tim Whiteford (vocals and guitar).
Contact Tim Whiteford at 802-434-4565 e-mail;
whiteford @gmavt.net
Longford Row
Longford Row is a high energy Celtic
quartet. Their music is primarily traditional Irish. Longford Row
performs pub
songs, sea shanties, beautiful Irish airs and
instrumental tunes throughout Vermont and Northern New
England. Their
sound is dominated by a large vocal presence of
three and four part harmonies, thundering gang vocals, and high
energy rhythms. The band members are: Dan
Blondin, (6 and 12 string guitar, vocals), Michael Cronin (lead
singer,
Irish drum), Gerry Feenan (guitar, mandolin,
harmonica, vocal), Marshal
Paulsen (banjo, guitar, vocal)
Contact Gerry Feenan; 802-434-3579 e-mail; Longfordrow
@yahoo.com
Duncan
Yandell- Cape Breton Fiddler
Duncan Yandell, a young Williston resident and a sensational fiddler, plays Celtic music from Cape Breton. David
Yandell accompanies Duncan on the piano.
Contact: 802-879-2036
The Green Mountain Celts
The Green Mountain Celts are Terry and Joanne Ranney. They play traditional music of Scotland performed on
Great Highland Bagpipes, Small Pipes and Frame Drums
with a touch of Celtic rebel.
Contact; Joanne Ranney 802-434-3233 e-mail;
ranney @gmavt.net
Matthew Buckley
Local resident Matthew Buckley, a member of the outstanding Catamount
Highland pipe band will be playing the
Scottish small pipes. He has also been exploring the Scottish roots of American folk music using his claw-hammer style
banjo.
Contact: 802-434-4515 email: millhouse@ gmavt.net
Runaway
Dog
Runaway Dog is Don Dresser (bass), Bart Howe (lead guitar), Ed Paquin (rhythm guitar and vocals), Kym Asum
(vocals) and Garry Frisch (drums). They play
rock and roll music from the ‘50s up through the current top one hundred.
Contact; Don Dresser 802- 434 - 3811 email: DrDresser@
aol.com
Filk
Filk covers
music so obscure you’ll think they’re originals. The best of 80’s
and 90’s alternative pop from the
likes of Aimee Mann, World Party, Matthew Sweet and
folks you’ve never heard of, plus a little Memphis and a little
New Orleans to keep folks dancing.
Contact: Erik Filkorn 802-434-4898 email; filkee @gmavt.net
O’hAnleigh
This Middlebury trio has developed a unique sound drawing upon
their ancestral roots and diverse musical talent
to entertain audiences with
the lively and haunting rhythms of Irish and Irish American culture with a wide
variety of
instruments. Cindy Hill (fiddle, vocals), Tom Hanley (steel string guitar, vocals) and
Patrick Webb (drums, vocals).
Contact; Cindy Hill e-mail; ohanleigh @yahoo.com
Trinity
Trinity perform a sincere 100 song repertoire of the finest whisky drinkin,' pub folk songs, traditional
fiddle tunes, beautiful wedding music and Trinity
originals. The multi-instrumental duo supplement
their vocal talent with fiddle, guitar, banjo,
mandolin, whistles, bazouki and a liberal measure of good
natured heckling of unsuspecting punters.
Contact; John Cronin 802-233-6114 e-mail:
trinityirishusa@ yahoo.com
The
Mandolinquents
The Mandolinquents serve up a spirited mix of
bluegrass, swing and jazz. An accomplished set of acoustic
musicians, the Mandolinquents will get your heart
rate up with a rapid fire fiddle tune, ease you down with a
swooning Irish ditty then leave you bubbly with a
toe tapping bebop number.
Contact Matt Rand; 802-434-6047 emai: mdrand@
uvm.edul
Flutastics
Flutastics is the combination of teacher and students. We come
together to perform chamber music, the highest
most challenging form of teamwork. Our
repertoire includes a Gaelic Offering by Catherine McMichael, and a
rendition of excerpts from the Nutcracker
for flute ensemble (including alto flute).
Contact; Berta Frank; 802- 899-5179 emai:
jbz@ together.net
Leonard, Sagar and Cummin
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Leonard, Todd Sagar and Lucy Cummin play traditional acoustic Celtic
music from O’Carolan harp
tunes to contemporary fiddle tunes and folk
songs on Irish bouzouki, guitar, dobro, fiddle, Celtic harp, and tin
whistle.
Contact; Jonathan Leonard 434-3787 e-mail; jleonard @uvm.edu
Skanky Green
A Jam band feel with
heavy reggae and ska influences.
Conatact; Tyler Paulson 802-434-4541
email; tylerpaulson @yahoo.com
Jane Keir
Jane Keir, Vermont grown
singer-songwriter from Huntington,
has graced the local scene with
her guitar and socially conscious,
lyric-driven songs for just a few short years. With the world as her
muse,
Jane’s songs range from issues such
as third world poverty and the prison system, to love and kittens.
Contact; Jane Keir 802-363-3628
email;
JaneIsDancing@ gmail.com
Duo Dolce
Duo
Dolce consists of Laura Markowitz on violin and John Dunlop on
cello, guitar and bouzouki. Laura and
John's music transports you through many
lands and centuries. In their classical mode, they play tunes
ranging
from renaissance to modern, Corelli to
Bartok, and a lot in between. In their Cltic mode, they play
Scottish and
Irish, spiced up with a few Swedish tunes.
Laura and John are members of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra,
the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, and play
with Symphony Reel, a trio which performs for children in schools
throughout Vermont. They also play in a
variety of chamber concerts as well as contra dances in Jericho where
they reside.
Laura and John teach violin and cello,
respectively, at a studio in Richmond.
Contact; John Dunlop 802- 879-4606 e-mail;
lmark@ sover.net
The Fiddleheads
Fiddleheads is a
group of young people interested in learning and performing
traditional fiddle tunes. The tunes
they play highlight the Yankee, French,
Irish, Scottish and other cultures of Northern Vermont. They have
recorded
2 CDs as a group, and several members have
been part of other recording projects.
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Contact; Mark Sustic;
802-849-6968
e-mail
mrksustic@together.net
Mary Anne Samuels, Susan
Reit, and Full
Circle
Mary Ann & Susan will play
hammered dulcimer and harp duets of Irish airs and dance tunes,
including some
beautiful melodies by the blind Irish
harper, Turlough O’Carolan. Full Circle (the quintet) will perform
songs and
tunes from Celtic lands on recorders (5
different sizes), guitar, percussion, harp and hammered dulcimer.
Contact: Mary Ann Samuels
658-0832 e-mail:
msamuels@ burlingtontelecom.net
St.
Andrews Highland Dancers
St Andrews Highland
Dancers perform traditional Scottish dances such as the Highland
Fling and the Sword
dance as well as
choreographies to contemporary Scottish music.
Contact; Heather Morris
802- 999-0632 email;
celtic.heather@ gmail.com
Programs for Children
and Families
Red Wing Puppet Theater
The
Red Wing Puppet Theater’s show blends many different puppet styles
with live musical accompaniment and
physical comedy. This fast paced show is
enjoyable for all ages.
This year, Chuck Meese, the Artistic
Director
of The Red Wing Puppet Theater celebrates
his 30th year as a professional puppeteer. Joining Chuck
will be 12-
year-old puppeteer and musician Jan
Monteagudo-Meese.
Contact;
Chuck Meese 802-472-3709 chuckmeese@ vermontlink.net
Red Wing Puppets web-site
Judith Witters
Judith tells world-wide traditional tales appropriate for all ages. Very often they are interactive and can be
spontaneous, group inspired tales based on the use of a story pouch.
Contact; Judith Witters; email:
judywitters@ comcast.net
Barefoot Fiddlers
The Barefoot Fiddlers are a group of young musicians from Richmond who have been sawing on the strings and
bringing the spirit of old American fiddle, bluegrass and Celtic music to Richmond for several years. They are joined
by a mandolin, guitar and Irish drum and are ready to kick up a heel and make sure that the “Circle” remains
“unbroken”as they kick off the New Year!
Contact - Matt Rand 802 - 434 -6047 email: mdrand@ uvm.edu
Vermont Youth DancersV
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Vermont Youth Dancers is a newly formed dance troupe consisting of
10 home-schooled children ages 8-12 from
the Jericho-Underhill area. The girls in the troupe
who take classes at various local studios, have been
working together this fall to prepare a number of
classical ballet and lyrical dance pieces to present to local
audiences. This will be Vermont Youth Dancers first
public performance!
Contact: Mia Groff 802-899-1174 email: mia@ sentient-tech.net
Wee Scottish
Dancers
The wee Scottish
Highland dancers will bring in the new year with their delightful
Celtic jigs and youthful energy. With
thanks to Heather Morris for leading the way.
Contact: Jeanette Malone; 802-434-4394 email: jmalone@ gmavt.net
Cameron's Classic
Cartoons
Classic Cartoons for all ages!
Includes selections of Looney Toons, Popeye, Superman, Pink Panther,
Casper the
Ghost, Tom & Jerry, Felix the Cat and many
more! The three stooges and
Abbott & Costello May show up, too!
Contact: Cameron Thomas; 802-434-5375
email; pmthomas@
gmavt.net
