thank you from the authentic ireland festival

8/6/2019 Thank You from the Authentic Ireland Festival

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Hello Everyone,The Irish are in town!!!!!

This event is free to the public!!!!

I wanted to take this final opportunity to thank a few people who have worked with me toline everything up to make this 1st annual Authentic Ireland Festival a truly memorableevent.

OMore College and Dr.Mark Hilliard have been instrumental in helping me these pastfew months. Thank you so much to Dr. Hilliard and the staff and students of OMore

College.

Thanks to the local musicians and dancers who have donated their talents to the 1stannual Authentic Ireland Festival. We really do appreciate their support and talent.

A very special thanks to Chad Vance of www. Hobnobfranklin.com for being our mediasponsor this past week. He has worked tirelessly to promote the festival withtremendous success and is an all-around great person.

Id like to mention Lance Yelvington ofhttp://www.cybercountry.com/ for all his help inthe final festival setup details. Thank you Lance and I miss Jeannie!!

Thanks to all the local media and their generous coverage of the upcoming festival.

Thanks to all the vendors, especially those from Memphis who have worked so hard topromote the festival and who changed their schedules to be in Franklin to support our 1stannual festival. Thank you Memphis!!

I am grateful to the local vendors for sponsoring water and sodas for the volunteers andthe artists.

I also appreciate the facepainters, Rob the Balloon Guy and Roger and Soldier fromwww.minidonks.comfor their participation in out festival.

And lastly, a heartfelt thanks to Davis Watson for working with me to have the AuthenticIreland Festival play host the premiere of Good Piping. It is an honor. Congratulations tohim on a wonderful achievement. Tim Ryan Buckley, founder of the Middle TennesseanHurling Club has also been an integral part of the Authentic Ireland Festival. Thanks toTim and his team for their support of our festival and we look forward to seeing them inaction over the festival weekend.

Last minute details, Gaelic lessons are now available from 10am to 12noon, 2pm to 4pmand 4pm to 5pm on Saturday and on Sunday morning, 11am to 12noon.
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Please note the schedule for the Literary Booth

Ciara Dowling from Roscommon , Ireland will run the Welcome / Filte Table which willbe located in Abbeyleix mansion, the main building of OMore College. You can follow

her on Twitter on @ciaradowling. If you have any questions over the festival days,please drop by and have a chat with Ciara.

You can follow me on Twitter @dairire.

On Sunday morning at 9.30am, there will be An Irish Christian Celebrationfeaturing themusicians from Ireland. This is open to any musicians who would like to participate.Please email me [email protected] you would like more information on this partof the festival.

Again, please take a few moments to connect with us on Facebook: ils Crean, CultureIreland Tennessee and the Middle Tennessee Hurling Club.

Heres the final rundown on what we have going on this weekend.

MUSICIANS FROM WEST OF IRELAND

Mire ine N Iarnin old style dancing (sean ns)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wszbzvWVpZk

Johnny g Connolly - button accordionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKC1Dptv3ro

Meait J Shamuis Ftharta (Uilleann pipes, flute)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbHt_IsGb_8

Mairin Ui Cheide old-style singing (sean ns)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-QjheCm0nY

ils Crean Irish Fiddlewww.eiliscreansite.com

Frances Cunningham Irish Bouzouki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2fqmepdQygSCHEDULEFriday, August 5thThe Factory at Franklin, Franklin, TN6pm - A Taste of Ireland featuring artists all the way from the west of Ireland, TheKristin Butke School (KBS) school of Irish dance, narratives on Tennessee/Irelandhistory from The Battle of Franklin Trust, The Foreign Language Acting Group
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presentation of The Conversation(Irish play), Middle Tennessee Hurling Club, a ciland lots more.8.30pmJamming seisin back at OMore College of Design. Enjoy a pint and somegreat music, song and dance.

Saturday, August 6thOMore College of Design

OMORE CLASSROOMS10am to 12pm Workshops on fiddle, button accordion, uilleann pipes, flute, old Irishstyle dancing and singing and Irish bouzouki.2pm to 4pm More workshops fiddle, button accordion, uilleann pipes, flute, old Irishstyle dancing and singing and Irish bouzouki.

MAIN STAGE12noon ils Crean, Sen Cunningham, Frances Cunningham, Meait J Shamuis Ftharta, Mirn U Chide, Johnny g Connolly, Mary Ann Hernon, Bill Wolfe, FrankoHashiguchi and Craig Pitman.

** American National Anthem sung by Craig Pitman **** Irish National Anthem sung by singers from Ireland **

1pm The Scott-Ellis School of Irish dancing.2pm - The Kristin Butke School (KBS) school of Irish Dance.3pm - Nashville Cil Band and Skip Cleavinger.4pmOfficial US launch of Johnny g Connollys solo album Aisling Yoshua(Joshua'sDream).5pm Seisin featuring all musicians both local and from Ireland.5.30pm - Meet and Greet for Good Pipingpremiere.6pmGood Pipingpremiere.7.15pm Premiere after-party a celebration.8pm Acoustic concert featuring a variety of musicians, singers and dancers, narrativeson Tennessee/Ireland history from The Carter House, The Foreign Language ActingGroup presentation of The Conversation(Irish play) and lots more.

OMORE GROUNDSMiddle Tennessee Hurling Club Various team / solo demonstrations of the sportbetween 12noon and 5pmWe are a new Gaelic Hurling team forming in the Middle Tennessee area. Currentlymembers range from 19-29 years old. Some attend community college while othersattend Middle Tennessee State University. We are merely weeks old but growing fastwith very driven and dedicated athletes. In the coming months we hope to join anAmerican Hurling league and in time competing with true Irish ferocity!Timothy R. Buckley Founder of Middle Tennessee Hurling club

Literary Booth (12noon 5pm)1pm to 1.45pm Dr. Jan Hayes Wise Oonagh ( see program for details).

2pm to 2.45pm Dr. Mark Hilliard(book reading).

2.45pm to 3.30pm The Foreign Language Acting Group Discussion on TheConversation(Irish play) by Jaz Dorsy.


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3.30pm to 4.15pm Ciara Dowling, Co. Roscommon, Ireland- A variety of lectures andpresentations that connect the musical, dance and singing traditions of Ireland to theTennessee musical heritage.

4.15pm 5pm The Battle of Franklin Trust (Jim Knight and Rob Cross) -NarrativesonPatrick Cleburne and other local Irish heroes.

Tours of OMore College of Design going all day starting at 12noon, and every hourthereafter. Last tour at 5pm

Sunday, August 7thOMore College of Design9.30am Irish Christian Celebration with music from local and visiting artists.11am to 12noon Workshops on fiddle, button accordion, uilleann pipes, flute, old Irishstyle dancing and singing and Irish bouzouki12noon - Nashville Cil Band (Main Stage)2pm Sister City of Franklin and Williamson County Passport to the WorldSeries event3.30pm Meet and Greet before Second showing of Good Piping

4pmGood Piping5.15pmGood Pipingafter-party a celebration6pm Jamming seisin and close of festival

Thanks to everyone for all their support and these past few months as we have preparedfor this great event.

I look forward to meeting you all and I encourage you to come and find me to say hello.

Le gach dea ghu,

ils Crean

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