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2022 Samhain Festival set for Oct 22
— Save The Date — The Samhain Celtic New Year Festival returns in person this year! It will be held on Saturday, October 22nd in the Willamette Heritage Center Spinning Room.
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Join us for the 2021 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival!
The Ceili of the Valley Society invites you to the 6th annual Samhain Celtic New Year Festival — a month-long celebration happening during October 2021 and highlighting all things Celtic, with a special focus on Scotland. In addition to a variety of content featured on the Samhain website, this year’s festival includes online and in-person events: Pan Celtic Ceili on Friday, October 8, featuring musicians D’n’A and four callers doing dances from the Celtic nations. Doors open at 7 p.m. with instruction about 7:20 and music beginning at 8. No experience or dance partner is necessary. Bring water. There will not be a snack table. $10 per person, pay at…
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Genealogy Workshop on May 20
Ceili of the Valley Society presents Finding Your Roots, a free virtual genealogical workshop. In this brief session, we will only be able to scratch the surface of the many aspects of Genealogy and Family History. Each point covered deserves one or more sessions. But, hopefully, you will leave with an overview and a working understanding of some basics. Naturally, we can’t escape the classic “Who, What, Where, Why, When, How.” Who does genealogy? Millions of people- including you? What is Genealogy? Is it the same as Family History? Why do it? Then, as we consider the “Where, When, and How” you will be introduced to some of…
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St Patrick’s Concert with Beltaine on March 17
Ceili of the Valley presents a (virtual) St Patrick’s Concert featuring Portland Celtic Fusion band Beltaine! LIVE via Zoom on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at 8 p.m. (Pacific Time). Click here to Sign up for the Zoom link. Concert is free, but donations graciously accepted. CVS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. About the Band: Beltaine is a Celtic Fusion band from Portland, Oregon that features hammered dulcimer, guitar, accordion, flute and pennywhistle. Performing both instrumental and vocal tunes, Beltaine offers a unique blend of instrumentation and musical styles. The original and traditional music performed by Beltaine is inspired by Celtic, folk, rock and classical sources. The members of Beltaine approach…
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Robert Burns Concert on Jan 23
Join us for a Robert Burns Concert with Scottish Troubador Peter Daldry In celebration of Burns Day, Ceili of the Valley Society will be hosting a virtual concert with Peter Daldry, a native of Clydebank, Scotland, on Saturday, January 23, at 7:00 P.M. Pacific Time. Click here to register. The concert is free, but donations to the Ceili of the Valley Society are graciously accepted. Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland, on January 25, 1759. He died in Dumfries, Scotland, on July 21, 1796. He was a bard (poet) and wrote many poems, lyrics and other pieces that addressed political and civil issues. Perhaps his best-known work is ‘Auld Lang Syne’,…
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Young Dubliners
Young Dubliners have been one of the world's leading Celtic Rock bands for more than thirty years...
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Banda Taverna
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Banda Taverna, the kilt-wearing, sea-faring, soul-baring band from Brazil.
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Coming Up Threes
Coming Up Threes is a seven-piece, high-energy Celtic-music-inspired band which formed in Portland, OR in early 2012. The band features Bill Tollner on guitar and lead vocals; multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Bauer on penny whistle, banjo, bodhran, percussion and vocals; Naoyuki Ochiai on fiddle, accordion and vocals; Chad Marks-Fife on Fiddle, Mandolin and vocals; Charlie Norris on bass; David Fender on drums and featuring Giuseppe Tambourini on the tambourine and auxiliary percussion.
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Na Rósaí
Today’s featured performer is Na Rósaí https://youtu.be/zcp4xw-wvGE The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Na Rósaí! Website | Facebook | Instagram In 2010, Erik Killops returned to his hometown of Portland, Oregon after receiving his bachelor’s degree in Irish Music & Dance at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Shortly after he met recent New Jersey transplant, and bouzouki player, Richie Rosencrans and California native, and uilleann piper, Preston Howard at sessions around Portland. All three were eager to start a project and discovered common interests in regard to traditional music. After a few house gatherings, a weekly performance began at a local watering hole the East Burn. In…
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Dréos
Today’s featured performer is Dréos https://youtu.be/3t0_QujaJ08 The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Dréos! Website | Email Dréos is a Celtic ensemble of performing composers who create new music and reimagine old music using a traditional vocabulary. Combining the blazing piping of Eliot Grasso, virtuosic fiddling of Brandon Vance, and powerhouse accompaniment of Glen Waddell, Dréos offers listeners exciting, handcrafted music in a living tradition, and brings audiences and students into a centuries-old cultural-artistic dialogue. Dréos has been engaging listeners in North America and in Europe since its inception. The word “Dréos” comes from Scottish Gaelic and translates into the English word “blaze” with the idea that it…
