We have so many great artists coming to the Celtic Arts Festival. One of them is The Irish Breakfast Band. The band is so named because for over 30 years its members have gathered every Saturday morning to share breakfast and to play traditional Irish music. The tunes played are those handed down by aural tradition.
Save The Date For Celtic Arts Festival!
Here it is folks – our gorgeous poster, with all the details. Please save the date, and tell all your friends! We’ll let you know as soon as tickets are available.
(Although if you know a singer in our choir, you can always put in an advance order. We’re easy like that.)
Vienna Choral Society Poster for the Celtic Arts Festival - March 17, 2012 (artwork by Steven Keen/Keen Method)
Save The Date For The VCS Celtic Arts Festival!
VCS Celtic Arts Festival Small Poster (artwork by Steven Keen/Keen Method)
If you’ve come to check us out for open rehearsals these last few weeks, you know by now that our next event is going to be so much fun some of us are jumping up and down with excitement!
VCS will present the Celtic Arts Festival, an afternoon of music and art, on – wait for it – St. Patrick’s Day.
March 17
from 1 – 5 pm
Saturday, March 17, 2012
at Vienna Elementary School
In addition to our own choir, now at 75+ voices, the afternoon will feature rotating performances by the following:
- Tinsmith – a folk band fusing traditional music with modern influences
- Rich Follett – singer, songwriter, poet and minstrel
- The Irish Breakfast Band – 20+ member traditional Ceili band and dancers from the DC area
- Katherine Hughes – a traditional celtic dancer
- John and William Hughes – father and son bagpipers
- Eammon Carolan – Irish fiddle
You’ll have the opportunity to see traditional Irish dancing at a championship level, stroll among local craft vendors working in the Celtic tradition, and oh yes, eat scrumptious traditional pasties from Vienna’s own Pure Pasty.
The festival will be an open house atmosphere. One ticket buys admittance to the whole afternoon.
Save the date and stay tuned! We’ll tell you when tickets go on sale – soon!