2010  programme

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Tuesday 6 July        Family night with young performers. 
Thurdsay 13 July      A traditional ceilidh dance         
Tuesday 20 July       'The 2 Duos' traditional music            
Thursday 22 July    Gilbert and Sullivan 'HMS Pinafore' ~ Skye-based 'Inner Sound'              
Thursday 22 July    Traditional Ceilidh Dance      
Friday 23 July          Alasdair Fraser, fiddle, and Natalie Haas, cello  
Monday 2 August    Tarskavaig Feis ~ Author Timothy Neat on poet Hamish Henderson     
Tuesday 3 August  'The New Rope String Band'                      
Saturday 7 August  Tarskavaig Feis ~ Donald Black TBC     
Monday 9 August    Tarskavaig Feis ~ Iain MacMhurchaidh, the bard of North Carolina       
Tuesday 10 August   Celebration of Whisky + The String Contingent              
Friday 13 August    Chromatic Voices ~ Gaelic poetry and contemporary music 
Saturday 14 August        Tarskavaig Feis ~ Anne Macdonald and friends ceilidh        
Tuesday 17 August       Angus Nicolson and Friends
Wednesday 18 August        Piping Concert    
Tuesday 24 August      The Mhairi Hall Trio             
Tuesday 31 August       'Tam Lin'                
Saturday 11 September          Blas Festival ~ Eilidh Mackenzie & Band
Monday 13 September            Jacobite Country ~ Dogstar Theatre Company      
Friday 24 September               'Magic Spagetti' ~ Lickity Spit Children's Theatre   
Wednesday 29 September     TMSA Concert ~ The Next Generation of tradtional musicians.             
Thursday 21 October              Michael McGoldrick Band ~ Flute-led Celtic music.

Feis an Eilein Summer Concerts

Tuesday 6 July at 7.30pm
Family Concert  
Fèis an Eilein starts them young
Our Fèis season starts with a great concert starring some of our young, and often award-winning, local  performers. You will be astonished by the quality. Co-hosted with the Sabhal Mòr Short Courses.
Adults £8, Students £5, Children £2, Under 10s Free

Thursday 15 July at 9:30 pm Diardaoin 15 Iuchar
Informal Cèilidh Dance   in Talla Mhòr
All you need are two feet (not necessarily a pair) and enthusiasm to enjoy yourself.
Our ceilidh band will tell you the rest. Co-hosted with the Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Short Courses.
Adults £3, Students £2, Children £2, Under 10s Free

Tuesday 20 July at 8 pm      DiMàirt 20 Iuchar
2Duos in concert
Lively Scottish, Irish and German traditional music   
Aaron Jones from Old Blind Dogs on vocals, bouzouki, guitar;  and Claire Mann on flute, fiddle, vocals; play alongside German friends Gudrun Walther on vocals, fiddle, accordion; and Juergen Treyz on guitar, dobro, vocals. High energy duelling fiddles, tunes and songs from the Celtic and German traditions.
“spectacular, superb musicianship, wonderful tunes and songs ~ and great stage presence made them one of the hits of the weekend.
An inspired combination!”
Adults £10, Students £8, Children £3, Under 10s Free

Thursday 22 July at 7:30 pm Diardaoin 22 Iuchar
Gilbert and Sullivan
HMS Pinafore 
Skye-based ‘Inner Sound’ Operatic Company
Captain Corcoran cordially invites you to the poop deck for a tot of delicious musical ‘grog’. Set in the roaring 20’s, this is a fully staged performance of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan opera, starring young Skye based singers and a sparkling chorus of burly sailors and delightful flapper girls!
Directed by Ann Lampard and Tom Colwell, the cast and crew set off on a jolly and rollicking voyage. It’s all aboard the HMS Pinafore for an evening of nautical fun, vocal distinction and delectable costumes.
Adults £9, Under 18s £4.50

9.30pm Cèilidh Dance   in Talla Mhòr
A Cèilidh dance featuring Addie Harper Junior and other musicians. No experience needed, just an ability to enjoy yourself! Very informal and all welcome. Co-hosted with the Sabhal Mòr Short Courses.
Adults £3, Students £2, Children £2, Under 10s Free

Friday 23 July at 8 pm         Dihaoine 23 Iuchar
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas traditional fiddle and cello  
Alasdair Fraser, a Scot living in California, has been teaching fiddle at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Short Courses for 20 years. Natalie Haas is from California and is re-discovering the cello’s place in Scottish traditional music. They are joined by guest artists from the annual fiddle summer school on Skye.
“The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing”
Adults £12, Students £9, Children £3, Under 10s Free

Tuesday 3 August at 8 pm   Dimàirt 3 Lùnastal
New Rope String Band 
Two folk from the Old Rope String Band join forces with two old-time musicians.They sing, dance and play their little hearts out on fiddles, guitar, piano accordion, mandolin and anything else that comes to hand.
But people just laugh at them! Then, when they struggle to describe the New Rope experience, they drag their friends along so that they too can witness the brilliant spectacle.
“enthusiasm, humour, madcap tomfoolery and sheer exuberant musicianship”   
Adults £10, Students £8, Children £3, Under 10s Free

Tuesday 10 August at 8 pm Dimàirt 10 Lùnastal
A Highlander’s Celebration of Whisky  
Welcome to the world of whisky!  Accomplished Glenfinnan musician and Blazin’ Fiddler, Iain MacFarlane created this stunning show of music, song and visuals celebrating whisky for the Blas Festival 2009. Gaelic and English song, traditional and contemporary Highland music, stories, recitations and anecdotes. Iain is joined by his father, Charlie MacFarlane, and musicians Ingrid Henderson and Ewan Robertson.
‘The String Contingent.’ open the concert. They are an Edinburgh Australian traditional band who combine the clarity and precision of baroque chamber music with the raw excitement and intensity of Scottish fiddle and Bluegrass.
Whisky Tasting with the great Balvenie Whisky Adults £10, Students £8, Children £3, Under 10s Free

Friday 13 August at 8 pm     Dihaoine 13 Lùnastal
Gaelic Voices ~ Guthan Gàidhlig 
Gaelic poetry and contemporary music
Gaelic Voices ~ Guthan Gàidhlig is a collaboration between Gaelic and English speaking poets and contemporary and traditional musicians from across Scotland. Combining the visuals of drama and the choral aspects of song and live music to create a hybrid of performance poetry inspired by Gaelic myths and legends.
Performed by Bafta award winner Aonghas Padraig Caimbeul (Angus Peter Campbell), Alasdair Taylor, Ashby McGowan, Tracey Patrick and Wendy Miller with music from Noel Bridgeman and Luke Taylor.
Adults £8 Students £5, Children £3, Under 10s Free

Tuesday 17 August at 8 pm Dimàirt 17 Lùnastal
Angus Nicolson Trio & friends
Celebrated local piper Angus Nicolson launches his astonishing CD ‘Lasses That Baffle Us’ with an extraordinary collection of whalers, blazin’ fiddlers, wayward boys, faeries and the Royal Saasaig Trombone Appreciation Society.
Angus is joined by Murdo Cameron, Andrew MacPherson, Iain Macdonald, Allan Henderson, Laura Sillitoe, Rick Taylor, Michael Ouers, Innis Hutton and Graeme Stafford. Indeed, more instruments and talent than we might be able to cope with.
Adults £10, Students £8, Children £3, Under 10s Free

Wednesday 18 August at 8 pm       Diciadain 18 Lùnastal
Piping Concert with Patrick Molard 
A joint Fèis an Eilein, Skye Piping Society concert
Patrick Molard was born in 1951 in St Malo, Brittany. He started with the Scottish Highland Bagpipe in 1965 with the Bagad Quic en Groigne (St Malo) and the An Ere Bagad from Rennes, where he met Jakez Pincet, his first pipe master, who enabled him to go on to study with the two great Scottish pipers Robert Brown & Robert Nicol, both Queen Elizabeth’s personal pipers. Patrick will be joined by some of the great names in Highland bagpipe playing.
Adults £10, Students £8, Children £3, Under 10s Free

Tuesday 24 August at 8 pm Dimàirt 24 Lùnastal
The Mhairi Hall Trio
On Friday 21 August 2009 Mhairi Hall Trio launched their traditional music album ‘Cairngorm’ at the top of CairngormMountain. They transported a grand piano up the mountain during the day and that evening performed their album to a full Ptarmigan venue and a reindeer or two!  Mhairi, pianist and composer is joined by exceptional drummer and percussionist Fraser Stone and wonderful guitarist Michael Bryan.
Various local musicians will  open the evening.
Adults £10, Students £8, Children £3, Under 10s Free

Tuesday 31 August at 8 pm Dimàirt 31 Lùnastal
Tam Lin   in Talla Mhòr
A Fèis an Eilein twist to Burns’ poem
Music inspired by a ballad of supernatural shape-changing, composed and performed by three habitually genre-defying musicians. A response to, rather than a setting of, the powerful ballad ‘Tam Lin’, this hour-long suite proves an unpredictable delight, featuring Dick Lee on clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax and whistle, John Kenny on trombones and recorders, and pianist James Ross.  Supported by local musicians.
Adults £10, Students £8, Children £3, Under 10s Free

Saturday 11 Sept at 7:30 pm          Disathairne 11 Sultain
Blas Festival ~ Eilidh Mackenzie Band
‘Saoghal Sona’ or ‘Wonderful World’ is a new commission by the Black Isle based bàrd Eilidh Mackenzie. Saoghal Sona is a show of new songs written about news events over the past year. But instead of the usual doom and gloom which we get from our media, all the songs tell a story of joy! With performances from some of our top news readers, musicians and singers, this show will definitely leave a smile on your face.
The show is opened by the up and coming young band Kilairum. Winners of Danny Kyle’s Open Stage 2010, Kilairum are a contemporary folk-fusion band, incorporating both jazz and traditional styles into their music.
Adults £12, OAPs £10, Children £5

Autumn Events

Monday 13 September at 8 pm
Jacobite Country  Dogstar Theatre Company

Friday 24 September at 1.45pm
Magic Spaghetti Children’s Theatre

Wednesday 29 September at 7:30 pm
TMSA Concert    The next generation of traditional musicians

Thursday 21 October at 7:30 pm
The Michael McGoldrick Band  Virtuoso Flute-led Celtic music