Sunday, September 12, 1999
Coney Island to turn Celtic for two days
BY JACKIE DEMALINE
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The annual Celtic Music and Cultural Festival takes its tin whistles and set dancing, Bardic circles and bagpipes, bodhrans and bouzoukis to Coney Island for the first time. This year's fest is set for Oct. 2-3.
“Irish Days were at Coney for 80 years,” festival organizer JoAnn Buck says of the move from Ault Park. “This is like going home.” Going “home” will mean more amenities (restrooms, for example), parking, stages and room to roam.
At Coney, the festival will feature nine stages (two stages are designated for dance) and more than 500 performers from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Canada and the United States.
Ms. Buck is putting out a call for “all of the Irish dancers who danced during all those Irish days.” The festival is planning a reunion for Oct. 2. “There will be a reception, and then we'll make them dance.”
Among first-time festival performers are Irish foursome Craobh Rua (pronounced Creeve Ru-ah) and twin sisters Jennifer (on fiddle) and Hazel (guitar/keyboard) Wrigley from the Orkney Islands.
More than 50 artisans from 11 states are scheduled and “Taste of the Isles” promises an expanded menu.
The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3. General admission is $5, children under 13 admitted free. Parking is $3.
A pre-festival Ceili will be 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 1 at Coney Island. Admission is $5.
For more information call Cincinnati Folk Life at 533-4822 or visit http://home.fuse.net/cfl
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