Pipers' Ceilidh: The Currie Connection
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Saturday October 15 2016
Approximate running time: 2 hours
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Ticket Price: $30 Showtime: 2:00PM
During the first Celtic Colours in 1997, we featured a tribute to the tradition of dance music for the highland bagpipes as played by community pipers on Cape Breton Island. Dance to the Piper was dedicated to Alex Currie, who embodied this tradition, and the concert recognized a resurgence in popularity of this style of playing among a younger generation of pipers. Alex Currie passed away not long after that concert, but the style of playing he represented lives on and the annual Pipers' Ceilidh has become one of Celtic Colours' most popular concerts. This afternoon we'll examine the Currie influence both in Cape Breton and in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, as we celebrate Alex and Duncan Currie.
Hosted by Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College
Nearby Meal: North Shore Crab Dinner
Artists
During the first Celtic Colours in 1997, we featured a tribute to the tradition of dance music for the highland bagpipes as played by community pipers on Cape Breton Island. Dance to the Piper was dedicated to Alex Currie, who embodied this tradition, and the concert recognized a resurgence in popularity of this style of playing among a younger generation of pipers. Alex Currie passed away not long after that concert, but the style of playing he represented lives on and the annual Pipers' Ceilidh has become one of Celtic Colours' most popular concerts. This afternoon we'll examine the Currie influence both in Cape Breton and in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, as we celebrate Alex and Duncan Currie.
Hosted by Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College
Nearby Meal: North Shore Crab Dinner
Artists
- John MacLean & Cailean MacLean
- Hamish Moore & Fin Moore
- Seonaidh MacIntyre & Alana MacInnes
- Kenneth MacKenzie
- Mac Morin
- Paul MacDonald
Please Note: Artists and events subject to change without notice.