second by onemarkto thewinning Welsh group inthe newsong. Cliogaree Twoaie choirledby Clare and onegroup. Lastyear group theManx Falga won came thetraditionalsong competition whileMann competition on Thursday 12thApril. There are three entriesinthesolo traditionalsongcompetition Manx their award winningnewsong ‘Cowrey ny Croshey’ alongwithfi groupManx Mooinjerey, LauraandDavid Rowles withRuthKeggin andRussell Cowin, willbeperforming Centredance grounds intheArts before theiroffi countries ofBrittany, Cornwall, Ireland, Scotland and Mann, Wales willbeinformally providing musicand Centre. For hisvisittheparticipating George Bernard Shaw Theatre andArts to offi President D.the Irish Michael Higgins out allthestops for it,includinginviting fi speakers livinglocally. As thisistheir culture withagoodnumberofIrish vibrant interest inthelanguageand areas butithasa oftheGaelteacht Carlow speaking isnotoneoftheIrish music, song, languageanddance. and ready to showcase theirtalentsin withher is overin Ireland strong twenty Margaid Bird, contingent andtheManx the Presidency ofPan Celtic isvested in 10th-15th April. For this41stFestival time inCathearlach, (Carlow) from linguistic andculturalheritage, this Celtic nationswillbecelebrating their Once againthisEaster week thesix rst Pan Celtic Festival theyhave pulled cially opentheFestival inthenew Féile IdirnáisiúntaPan Cheilteach 2012 International PanInternational Celtic Festival 2012 cial performances attheopeningitself.cial performances ve othercountries’ songsinthe ‘New Song’ girls!)’ inCarlow. ‘here’s success to allbrave boys (and –so week for alltheparticipants and sessionsit’s setto beabusy With competitions, ceilis concerts, magic strings. will bewowing audiences withtheir Strengyn, Paul Kelly, RogersandMatt and incompetition whiletheduo willbesinging inconcert Kilgallon www.panceltic.ie by Fiona McArdle
kiaull manninagh jiu 04/12 manx heritage foundation More photos andnews on: success eachyear. hours to makesure thatthefestival isa hard-working committee, whoputinlong KMJ sendsitsown congratulations to the Foundation, Council. Cemex andtheIOMArts sponsors, Heritage mostnotablytheManx The festival grateful committee to isvery its Band.Mollag Stitt, Turrys, Tarroo Marroo Ceili Bandand The Hendy, KellyandMalcolm Adam Erika Melvin, &Friends, O’Sullivan Hurst,Juan Gilbert Beccy Local talentalsoincludedBarrule, Manx a longtime! musicians were upat6amfor thefi raninto theearlyhoursandmanySessions festival ontheIslandlastweek! whilstworking band Barefoot, whostumbledacross the singer-songwriter, ofIrish Madden Mickey There wasalsoanad-hocappearance from Band from Scotland. and Cairde from Ireland andNaeReelCeilidh Donohoe Kavan alongsidevisitingacts School Hwoaie,dty Bree, Ballacottier andtheDhoon school groups Share na Veg, Fennee, Ny Beeer thisyear’sperformers, festival showcased Predominantly aplatform for young Manx ceilidhs, sessionsandworkshops. programmean action-packed ofconcerts, Shennaghys JiuCeltic youth festival with Last weekend saw anotherfabulous www.shennaghys.org celebrates 15years Thanks to Bob Fennell and Caz Dougherty forphotos Thanks toBobFennell and Caz Dougherty Shennaghys Jiu rst timein
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kiaull manninagh jiu 04/12 manx heritage foundation which is part of theCecil SharpHouse. which ispart Library famous Vaughan Memorial Williams music anddance booksandCDs withthe ofManx deposited asubstantialcollection The MusicDevelopment Manx Team also puker andasplitcurly! to form afi entangled with4otherswordsmen attempting (people were safer thatway), butsaw Chloe in schoolswhichBreesha shrewdly avoided sessiononteaching with apractical ‘rapper’ in dance teaching. The concluded afternoon and information onthe Trinity College diploma dancethe newEFDSSonlineMorris resource award system for schools, to anintroduction Mark Music Education,information ontheArts included anupdate ontheNationalPlanfor presentations schools. in IsleofMan Other on theexciting work place currently taking Development Team wasinvited to report focused on ‘folk inschools’ Music andtheManx Organised by EFDSS,theoneday conference Dance Society. andSong meet theeducationteam oftheEnglishFolk Group conference atCecil SharpHouseandto off had come to aclose, ChloeandBreesha jetted Folk thefantasticManx Just hoursafter Awards Folk Educators Group Meeting to light... band’s mostfamoussongs. More detailsastheycome - hence the Ace two ofthe ofSpadesandEattheRich, the days whentheIslandwasaparadisefor gambling Kirree foNy Niaghtey. gobackto connections Manx His mutton chops were infl toright) hasbeenreluctant talkto KMJabouthow his work ofLemmy andMotörhead. Lemmy (pictured traditionalmusicandsonginthe fragments ofManx Postdoctoral researchers to lookatthe are starting kerrang manninaghjiu to London to attend theFolk Educators Manx traditional musicand Unexplored linksbetween the songsofMotörhead ve sword star, coach andhorses, uenced by thatclassic ballad,
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kiaull manninagh jiu 04/12 manx heritage foundation train arriving here at 1.11pm: fi increasing deafness. Anobvious barrier to fi The later years ofMorrison’s life were to seehersuff transcribed from fi use ofthephonograph and itwould becuriousifallofthis material wasnoted down andnone recordings? availed transcriptionsfromsong texts herselfofthe waxcylinder certainly Morrison unclear isregardless asto whethertheywere by collected thepairtogether, infact are these copy for Kermodeandso forms arecord ofatleastsometheircollecting. Apoint thatremains to Cushag Morrison’s after deathin1917isunclear. thismaterial isa suggestionisthatinfact My 09495, Box 6)andthoseoftheKermodeFamily (MNHL,MS08979). Whether thematerial came The manuscriptevidence for liessplitbetween herown hersongcollecting papers(MNHL,MS enclosing crosh bollans “for luck.” roadsyou are ofallpeople, sometimesmisleading,” shouldpossessabollancross—country she were countryside the Manx notofthebest—“I thinkthatifthere isany truthintheoldsaying, round withyou to seesomeoftheoldpeople.” would seemthatKermode’s It in navigation skills you are coming to Peel for Idohope theweather aweek. may befi whenachild.” ShespokeManx ensuing week. 1909,shewrote In to Cushag “I amdelighted that greatlyvery disappointed aswe hadplanned aseriesofexcursions questfor ontheManx the seemed to have metin1907,thoughsoonoff better poetess byKermode (1852–1937),theManx known herpen-nameof “Cushag,” whoshe her own—or, more precisely, shedidnottravel alone. Oneofhercompanions wasJosephine But whatofMorrison’s own collecting, whatdoweofthis?Firstly, know on shedidnot collect who were responsible for thefi be, asthePeel Guardian inApril1905, City reported andC.T. R.A.Shortland “Mr Cowell, jun[io]r,” phonograph ventured outto record from thiscase, native In thefi speakersofManx. her circle younger membersofthemovement whointhiscasedulyequippedwithsaid programme. As seenwithCressy Dodd, shewasableto draw into its purchase andtheguiding lightoftherecording was,Morrison thedrivingforce nevertheless, behind made by John Taylor theDouglasBorough Librarian, thought,thatsuggestionwas phonograph asoften Whilst nottheinstigator ofthepurchase oftheMLS’s struggle for andCeltic. allthingsManx into “the cause” referred asMorrison to thecultural asayoungmet Morrison girl andthenpropelled herself Douglas(1898–1987),whohad rising starthatwasMona shock to allinthemovement. Shewassucceeded by the onherlabouroflove.”spared to carry Herdeathwasa foundered longago. Ionlyhopethatshemay belong atthewheel,Morrison Iamafraidourshipwould have note. As J.J wrote Kneen in1915, “[i]f we hadnotMiss Language Society. ShewasalsoaPan-Celtic of activist especially hermany oftheManx years astheSecretary involvement languagemovement, withtheManx (1859–1917)iswell for Morrison known Sophia her eld in1915from aletter written to her by Cushag suggesting thattheymeetat Ballaugh,the SOPHIA MORRISONANDJOSEPHINEKERMODE eld recordings. “ON THEMANXQUEST” rst known recordingrst known inthefi by stephenmiller eldwork andeditingbutwe canstill seeherinthe to Nova Scotiato nurseamarriedsister: “I was er, fi rst problems withhereyesight, andthen eld of Manx speechandsong.eld ofManx ne. Ishallmuchenjoy going Josephine Kermode rst were to
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