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www.manxheritagemusic.org Yn Chruinnaght 10-18 July Jerdein 15 Thursday 8pm The Red Hot Chilli Pipers & The Mollag Band, ~provisional programme~ Villa Marina, Douglas www.villagaiety.com £12.50 Jesarn 10 Saturday Jeheiney 16 Friday 7.30pm Cuirree kiaullee yn Aegid - Youth Concert, 12noon Food and Folk, The Creek, Peel Scoill Ree Gorree, Ramsey FREE 7pm Keirdleeyn Chengey (Language Workshops), Jedoonee 11 Sunday Atholl Rm, Centenary Centre, Peel 2pm Giense ‘sy Phairk - Party in the Park, Mooragh 8pm Nos lowen & ceili Cornish & Manx dance night Park Bandstand featuring Dalla, Grainne Joughin, Malcolm Stitt & 8pm Fest-noz and giense (Breton and Manx Jamie Smith, Corrin Hall, Peel £6/4 dance night) with Duo Robic/Guillarme and The Reeling Stones, Masonic Hall, Douglas £6/4 Jesarn 17 Saturday 12noon Food and Folk, The Creek, Peel Jelune 12 Monday 2-4pm Kiaull ‘sy Straid - Music in the Street. 8pm Kiaull Oor Noa! - Fresh New Music! Busking round Peel with Bree. Freemason’s Hall, Ramsey FREE 8pm Emily Smith in concert £12/7 Jemayrt 13 Tuesday Talented Scottish singer-songwriter, Emily Smith 7.30pm Leaght Ian O’Laoighire - Ian O’Leary with Jamie Lecture - given by Bob Carswell MacClennan 2010 is the 250th anniversary of the Thurot and and support Elliot sea battle off Jurby Head. Hear all about it at from Dalla and the Town Hall, Ramsey FREE Whistle in the 9pm Blayst Varrey - The Tang of the Sea Dark, Centenary Songs of the sea come-all-ye night led by John Centre, Peel Kaneen, Britannia Hotel, Ramsey FREE Jedoonee 18 Jecrean 14 Wednesday Sunday 7.30pm Kiaulleeaght ‘sy Voir Agglish - Music in the 2pm Keirdlann - Cathedral with Welsh artists Harriet Earis (harp) Welsh Dance and Ian Wyn Rowlands (guitar and vocal), Workshop led plus Manx music and song from Cliogaree Twoaie by Grainne (choir) and David Kilgallon (organ), Joughin, St German’s Cathedral, Peel FREE Centenary Centre, Peel 8pm Beoga! £12/7 Northern Irish based band Beoga are are well known throughout the world for their high octane playing and sense of fun. They will be joined by a host of Manx fi ddlers and singers, Centenary Centre, Peel for the last night of Yn Chruinnaght. Tickets available mid June from usual Centenary Centre outlets or contact 07624 425957 or [email protected] www.ynchruinnaght.com kiaull manninagh jiu 6/10 dancing inside -to a much bigger-andwarmer!- reminder wasdecided to continue oftheday!! the It including a small ‘shivering penguin’ eachasa musicians inappreciation from thedancers - were presented Folk to the Manx Dance Society picniclunch,whensmallgift for awonderful the dancers moved into theeducationroom wind, frequent soafter breaks to getwarm again, the weather wascold andgrey, withabitingNE 2nd May, to dance by theCanal -unfortunately Boat Museum,Ellesmere Port at11amonSunday After agood night’s rest metatthe everyone they were dancingINSIDEtheHall!! Dance Society. theonlyraincamewhen Luckily IOM Bookfeaturing aphotograph Folk oftheManx Weekend andtheyreciprocated withaDVDand ClogDancers forthe visitto theMay Mockbeggar and Musicianswere eachgiven amugcelebrating Ceilidh Evening inHeswall. The Dancers Manx timebeforerelax for attending ashort aninformal lunch atCafe. Then itwas timeto gohomeand Gates andbriefl to anappreciativeafterward audience by Main 3 Groups danced once before lunchandagain celebrating thereopening Gates. oftheMain The wasthenonto BirkenheadPark,It whichwas Men. join theMorris a couple ofthevisitingsiblingswere enticed in to Clatterbridge Hospital. They danced outsideand the children atClaire HouseChildren’s Hospice, 3 groups went to dance at10.30amfor someof After aquickvisitbackto theirhosts’ houses, the GJ’s Coff At 6.30amawelcome breakfast wasprovided at sunrise! (although alittlechilly)andthere wasawonderful the May Day dawn. theweather Luckily waskind dancers to dance andsee-in and theMockbeggar Stone, Thurstaston Men Morris Hill,withtheMersey late nightsailingto Heysham) gathered at Thor’s the Evans familyarrived intheearlyhoursfrom the & Dave joinedthemwiththeircampervan,and Folkmembers oftheManx (Norma Dance Society At 4.45amonSaturday 1stMay, thenow 18 Frankby. before beingtakenfor amealattheFarmers Arms, Ladies’ SideofClogDancers, Morris Mockbeggar sea orair, to bemetby someoftheirhostsfrom the FolkManx travelled Dance Society to Liverpool by evening ofFriday 30thApril, 13membersofthe year, duringAuguston theIsleofMan next onthe raise moneyto Dance holdanInternational Festival Taking abreak from to theirfundraisingactivities, Clog Dancers, Wirral, Friday 30thApril Ladies’ MorrisSideof Mockbeggar Manx Folk Dance visitto Society ee Shopat Thurstaston Visitors Centre. to Monday 3rd May 2010 y outsidetheCafe theirpicnic after
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