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Free- “UPTOP UNPLUGGED” Session and Picnic at Spanish Peaks Celtic Fest
DAY 1 AT SPANISH PEAKS CELTIC FEST (SEPT 21-24 2023) TRAD Folks pack your bags and get ready for opening day at Spanish Peaks Celtic Fest 2023! On Thursday, September 21, the Fest welcomes all to the FREE “ UPTOP Unplugged” at UPTOP ghost town on top of Old La Veta Pass. Bring your picnic […]
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Mairead Nesbitt — Fiddle Fusion
Cindy Reich interviews Celtic Woman”s aesthetic barefoot fiddler (published in September 2010 Celtic Connection) Ethereal women in gossamer dresses float around the stage, singing beautiful songs. That is the quintessential definition of the Celtic Woman experience. That is, until a blond firecracker explodes onto the stage, fiddle in motion, scattering all in her wake. Mairead […]
GHOST DANCE ” Now that”s the Spirit!
Music, Dance, and Song to enliven UPTOP Ghost town (photo: Dance Hall and Tavern) Spanish Peaks International Celtic Festival fonder Barbara Yule is excited about the opening day picnic/ceili at the La Veta Pass “Ghost Town” of UPTOP*. Enthusiastically she encourages folks to experience the September 24th event, “Join in the music making and dancing, meet old friends […]
Celtic Warrior: Cody”Donnybrook” Donovan
Cody not only inherited the warrior gene, but also the Irish “gift of the gab”– Not in a boastful way, but with the confidence of someone who is truly grateful for what they have and opportunities ahead. He spoke with high regard and appreciation for his coaches, trainers, and teammates at Grudge. “This gym produces […]
Denver Team Fundraising to Build Homes in Cape Town this November
During the second week of this November Karri will take time off from her work at Enterprise Auto Rentals, along with co-worker Trish Tesar, Kathy McGee (Kellogg”s), and Heidi Weidemiller (Computer Associates) and will be the first American team to join Irish-Based NMTT team in South Africa as volunteer builders. “We will walk into the […]
Kilts galore and more will be found at Colorado Scottish Festival in August
Colorado Scottish Festival and Rocky Mountain Games August 14 & 15 By Nicole Thomas Now in its 47th year, the Colorado Scottish Festival and Rocky Mountain Highland Games will be hosted Saturday, Aug. 14, and Sunday, Aug. 15, beginning at 9 a.m., at Highlands Heritage Park in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Each year, this community event draws […]
Irish Network Colorado Originates in Denver! Vice Consul General Barry O’Brien and McPeake to join in Celebration July 8th
Photo: Vice Consul General Barry O’Brien at right with Ireland’s President Mary McAleese, and her husband Dr. Martin McAleese. Irish Network Colorado (IN-Colorado) is a business network that connects Irish expatriates, Irish-Americans and friends of Ireland. Its mission is to provide a forum for social, business and professional networking for their members and to strengthen economic, […]
Colorado Irish Fest Turns “Sweet 16” July 9- 11!
Photo: Natalie MacMaster The 2010 Colorado Irish Festival celebrates its “Sweet Sixteen” year with the right mix of sugar and spice. In its 16th year, the Colorado Irish Festival has grown from a humble gathering of Denver”s Irish non-profit groups and friends to the premier destination Irish festival in the Rocky Mountains. In part, this […]
Cheers for Rugbytown USA! The Re-branding of Glendale Colorado – June Proclaimed Rugby Month in anticipation of Churchill Cup
On May 19, 2010, at Infinity Park, in the heart of “Rugbytown USA”, a proclamation was read decreeing June as Rugby Month in Colorado. Acting on behalf of Governor Bill Ritter, Lt. Governor Barbara O”Brien read the proclamation to Glendale Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Dunafon, USA Rugby Men”s National Team Head Coach, Eddie O”Sullivan and a room […]
Colorado Irish Business Network Inaugural Meeting May 20th
The Irish government, proud of its progress in establishing Irish economic and business connections in America, decided at its economic conference at Farmleigh in Dublin in 2009 to make economic and other ties with America even stronger. To that end, and as part of a strategic review of the relationship between the US and Ireland, the […]
INTERVIEW WITH ROODY DOYLE
Roddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer and winner of the 1993 Booker Prize for the novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. His first three novels-The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van-are known as The Barrytown Trilogy. Doyle will read from and sign his eagerly anticipated new novel The Dead Republic, the triumphant conclusion to […]
Colorado Tartan Day Celebrated April 10
In 1995, Father John Pahls, an Episcopal priest, third-generation County El Paso native and a weaver, designed the pattern that became the Colorado Tartan. On January 1, 1997, the Scottish Register of Tartans accepted it as a “district” tartan that may be worn by any resident or friend of Colorado, whether or not of Celtic […]
OLD BLIND DOGS
“Fiery Scots”One of the best living examples of the humor, passion, and majesty that imbues Celtic music.” – Dirty Linen “Old Blind Dogs play with a compelling energy and intoxicating rhythm as players and audience seem to share a wild ecstasy of emotion,” -The Scotsman Celtic Events/Celtic Connection,Swallow Hill, and the Colorado Scottish Festival […]