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Mean Fouyir 2015 September manx music today The Isle of Man is the shining light at Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany Manx music, dance, art, literature, food and drink, crafts, cultural and tourist information have been shared with over 800,000 people already at Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany. The good news is they can't get enough of everything and anything related to the Isle of Man! Whether it's Manx queenies or bumbee cages, traditional dance or singer-songwriters, the 'heart of the Celtic world' has taken centre stage and shown that, as a nation, the Isle of Man can punch above its weight. Over 100 musicians and dancers featured in two amazing gala nights at the Grand Theatre and the Espace Marine - the latter a dazzling show centring on Manannan and the sea. Carefully choreographed to showcase the very finest Manx dance, music and song within a tight timescale, the show received a standing ovation - and this was only the first half before jointly honoured nation, Cornwall, took to the stage. It is hoped that the show will be performed again in the Isle of Man in the not too distant future. In a fantastic finale to this special year, the Isle of Man was also top of the pops in the prestigious Trophée Loic Raison band competition, where Barrule took first place, with the Ruth Keggin Band in close second! Manx food and drink have proved incredibly popular at the IOM-Cornwall pavilion, which caters for thousands of people each day. Artisan products and souvenirs form the centre of a busy shop where tourist and cultural information is also handed out each day. A joint art exhibition with Cornwall has broken festival records in terms of footfall and popularity. This year's presentation represents a working partnership between festival organisers, Culture Vannin, the Isle of Man Arts Council, DEFA, DED, Manx National Heritage and local businesses, in conjunction with Cornwall Council and the Cornish Language Partnership. Sponsorship was also received from the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. GET MORE OF A FLAVOUR... See pictures, video links, press cuttings, and much more: www.facebook.com/manxlorient?fref=ts Article about the Manx double victory at Trophée Loic Raison: http://namanx.blogspot.com/2015/08/manx-bands- clinch-double-victory-at.html MTTV videos Paul Moulton from MTTV joined the Manx delegation to report back daily to the Island. You can find 18 videos at manx.net, including this one about Cairistiona Dougherty who sang in Alain Pennac’s new In this month’s edition... score for Hitchcock’s iconic silent movie The Manxman: www.manx.net/tv/mttv/watch/73639/interceltique-lorient-cairisiona-dougherty • Celtic Harp weekend Ben Ellis also made this fabulous video about Ny Fennee in Lorient: • Aon Teanga in concert https://vimeo.com/137006924 • Autoharp workshops OFFICIAL FIL videos • Manx Folk Dance Society in Soirée d'ouverture Cornouailles Île de Man- Festival Interceltique Lorient 2015 Sweden www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOE6Dqf6CRw&feature=youtu.be&list=PLqpGLX • Play - “Ta Cashen Ersooyl” cPhzXIc_8Tu5xUIQlCZ5AHoKPQ_ Grande Nuit de la Cornouailles et de l'Île de Man - Festival Interceltique Lorient 2015 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr_JeXLmo1o&feature=youtu.be Listen again to this special feature with Amy Griffiths who was correspondent

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kiaull manninagh jiu 09/15 culture vannin aei an uut21 (Photo courtesy of Sean Purser) Valerie Caine ©August 2015 Columba Project) for their continued support. Those involved with Aon Teanga:Un Chengey would alsolike to thank Enterprise Music Scotland andColumcille (The Alternatively, they canbebought directly from Ruth Keggin ([email protected]). priced at£8available from Celtic Gold,ShaktiManandThompsonTravel, or £10 onthe door ifnotsoldout. The combined concert andalbumlaunch startsat8.00pm onFriday 18September, with tickets purchased in advance members ofthe long-standing folk group TheWhistlebinkies. and musiciansfrom the Island, including Manxharpistandmusician, Charles Guard; both ofwhom were former Ann Kennedy'sIt willalsobeMary first visit to the Isle ofMan, when she hopes to meetupwith traditional singers launch oftheir much-anticipated debut album. The forthcoming concert atthe Centenary Centre in Peel willholdaspecialsignificance, asitwilldouble the official islands ofMull andIona. Scotland to perform in Argyllshire, including the Interceltique Festival, they headedback upto After performing atthe celebrated Lorient Perthshire, and Tobermory in the Isle ofMull. Ireland, playing in Dublin, Galway, Belfast, Donegal, Chengey embarked on two tours ofScotland and Earlier in the summer, members ofAon Teanga: Un Hutchinson. guitarist David Pearce and double bassistVanessa They willbejoined by Clare fiddler Ultan O’Brien, composed songs, with musicin all three languages. extensive tour, embracing both traditional andnewly The project hasdeveloped into analbumand singers in their quest. Centre andCulture Vannin to assistthese young Music have teamed upwith Belfast's Gaelic Arts programme for newmusic,Comar andWatercolour Foundation's Beyond Borders commissioning Council's Island ofCulture 2014andPRSfor Music In ajoint effort between the Isle ofMan Arts Ceannabháin, from Connemara in Ireland. to the acclaimed sean-nóssinger, Eoghan Ó album, Sheear, Ann Kennedy Mary was introduced Ruth Keggin, who hadarrived to record herdebut Meeting the dynamic,young ManxGaelic singer, expression. of Scotland's mostinfluential musiciansandbroadcasters Ann -Mary Kennedy) which prompted this revolutionary It was achance encounter during 2013atthe Watercolour legendary Music Studiosin Ardgour (co-owned by one the Scottish, Irish andManxGaels for the first time in centuries. This uniquecollaboration, bringing together expressive vocals from three ofthe Gaelic nationsasonevoice, re-unites as onelanguage between the sister nationsataspecialManxlaunch atthe Centenary Centre in Peel. Later this month there's anopportunityto celebrate the linguistic, musicalandcultural Gaelic links Three Gaelic Nations Together atthe Centenary Centre Unique Musical Collaboration Brings www.aonteanga.com www.ruthkeggin.com

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