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Celtic Heritage TentThe Celtic Heritage Tent is the Williamsburg Scottish Festival center for hosting various aspects or our Celtic heritage. Our talented Celtic folk singers, harpists, dancers, Scottish historians and Highlander Bagpipes will endeavor to enrich your day with the finer side of our Celtic heritage. This year we have a premium line-up of Festival favorites, and even some new additions. Bill Darrow is a longtime friend and our key performer again this year. Bill is also our key entertainment at the Friday night Balmoral Society social. To establish a new tradition for the Williamsburg Scottish Festival, this year we will start debuting up and coming local Celtic musicians--our featured band this year is Salted Cod. Please check-out our schedule below and the write-ups on a few of our performers.Bill Darrow A longtime friend of the Williamsburg Scottish Festival, we are delighted to announce that Bill Darrow will be one of the headliners at the Celtic Heritage Tent. Following his distinguished service in the USMC in Viet Nam and later as a police officer, Bill began a new life as a folk singer. He cut his first album, “Away Haul Away” in 1987 and has recorded a number of well received albums since then. His later albums include “Songs of the Sea,” “My Hearts in the Highlands,” “Civil War Memories,” and “The Highland Cloth.” In addition to the Williamsburg Scottish Festival, throughout the years Bill has performed as a folk-singer/song-writer at clubs such as, The White Horse Pub, Paddy’s Hollow, The Dram Tree Restaurant, and at several Folk Arts Festivals and other events, Bill also has an interesting film career. He appeared in the film “In Harm’s Way,” staring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. For the movie “High Velocity,” he wrote all the action scenes, developed new characters, wrote much of the dialog, and did all the stunt work for Ben Gazzara and Paul Winfield. He was also one of the first Marlboro Men on T.V., appearing from 1974 to 1976.
Bill lives with his wife Betty and his little Shitzu “Brandy” in Hertford, NC. Bill has four children and four grandchildren. Make plans to visit the Celtic Heritage Tent and enjoys the talents of balladeer Bill Darrow. David Ross Sir David Robertson Ross is a patriotic Scot who loves his country and its people. He is passionate about the rich tapestry of Scottish history. Sir David Ross is a gifted speaker providing riveting speeches about Scotland and Scottish heritage. He is a writer and historian of unparalleled authority on the great Scottish hero Sir William Wallace. He has appeared on the History and Discovery channels.
Sir David is also known as the ‘Biker Writer' because of his other love: motorcycles. Sir David Ross’ web site: http://www.davidrross.org/ An Cor Rud, The Reel Thing School of Irish DanceM An Cor Rud, The Reel Thing School of Irish Dance, founded and directed since 1997 by Heather Mailey-Esposito, TCRG, is based in Virginia Beach and the Williamsburg area.
Their students range from beginners to open champion competitors. Dancers of An Cor Rud have placed in the Southern Region Oireachtas, North American Nationals, and have competed several years in the World Irish Dance Championships in Ireland and Scotland. Their dancers have appeared with such performers as Irish tenor Frank Patterson, The Chieftains, Trinity Irish Dance Company and fiddler Eileen Ivers. For more information go to www.ancorrud.com THISTLEWOOD Two families featuring music of the Celtic lands and Irish dance. A multi-talented group based in the Roanoke area, interweave the music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and other Celtic regions of the world through Irish flute, Celtic harp, tin whistle, fiddle, guitar, button accordion and a bounty o' bodhran to round out the sound. These musicians of all ages incorporate song and traditional dance, with a large emphasis on how much fun this kind of music can be.
We are: Lon Reid – bass and mandolin Nancy Reid – fiddle Jessie Shaw – harp, fiddle, guitar Becca Shaw (16) – flute, tinwhistle, dance Cody Shaw (14) – button accordion, bodhran, Phoebe Shaw (11) – tinwhistle, dance. SALTED COD SALTED COD?? Indeed: that which has appealed to and nourished pauper and king for centuries. Weddings, wakes, liberty, rebellion, drink'n and fight'n - all the essential ingredients for moving, traditional Celtic Music. From Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the most remote pubs in the US, these two local musicians have pulled together a collection of those Celtic songs we all know by heart (or need to know). Whether the rough, driving songs from Ron's bodhran or the gentle, melodic, sometimes haunting tunes of Lisa's fiddle, you are sure to enjoy these classics sounds.
Celtic Heritage Tent Schedule 20079:00 Bill Darrow - Vocalist9:30 An Cor Rud - Irish Step Dancers 10:00 Scottish Country Dancers 10:30 Thistlewood 11:00 Opening Ceremonies (Temporarily closed for National Anthem) 11:15 John Nugent - Bagpipes 11:45 Graham Smith, Green Oak Pub – Folk Singer 12:15 David Ross – Scottish Historian 12:45 Candyce Dunham - Harpist 1:30 Scottish Country Dancers 2:00 An Cor Rud 2:30 Thistlewood 3:00 John Nugent 3:30 Bill Darrow 4:00 Salted Cod 4:30 Jam Session 5:00 Close Tent Contact email entertainment[at]wsfonline[dot]org |