Ceolas

Angus MacPhee the Silent Weaver

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:27:38 +0000

Join Roger Hutchinson at Gerinish hall on Sunday 11th December at 2pm to launch his recent book about Angus MacPhee from South Uist whose unusual and great talent captured the imagination.

Silent Weaver Poster

Ceòlas Newsletter Nov 2011

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:37:26 +0000

http://www.ceolas.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ceolas-news-final-2.pdf

Ceòlas AGM

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:07:33 +0000

The Ceòlas AGM 2011 will be held in Kildonan Museum Meeting room on Monday 5th of December at 7.30pm. All welcome!

Ceòlas to Brittany

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:48:19 +0000

Mary Schmoller is leading a trip to Brittany with 11 students and 2 adults for a week. One, James Mackenzie, a great young piper from Lewis and Suzanne Simpson, fiddler, both of whom were students at Colaisde Bheinn a’ Fhaoghla. They are playing concerts, taking workshops, playing sessions, learning some Breton Music as well as teaching some of their own music to the Breton Students in the Conservatoire de Brest, département des Musiques Traditionnelles. They will also be taken on a range of different sightseeing trips around Brittany.
This trip is the return exchange of the Breton trip to Uist in February 2010 and was funded mainly by the European ‘Youth in Action’ programme.

Ceòlas at Celtic Connections 2012

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:08:52 +0000

Ceolas at Celtic Connections 2012. This was held in the Strathclyde suite in the Royal Concert hall in Glasgow on the 4th of February 2012. The concet was a resounding success with it being sold out for a couple of days before the event so many people were disappointed with having to be turned away because of the lack of tickets. There were more than 500 people in the venue which was a little (!) over capacity!
The concert featured 20 performers of the cream of Gaelic / Highland / Cape Breton talent including Rona Lightfoot and Kathleen MacInnes who also ably performed the task of MC’s for the evening. Other performers were
Angus MacKenzie, Gillebride MacMillan, Allan Henderson, Sarah MacKay, Josie Burgess, Paul McCallum, Fin Moore, Frank McConnell, Angus Nicolson, Calum MacKenzie, Mairead Stewart, Kenneth MacKenzie, Sineag MacIntyre, Sandra Robertson, Allan MacDonald, Dawn Beaton, Iain MacFarlane, Seonaidh MacIntyre.
The evening was enhanced by beautiful slides of Uist throughout the show.
The next major Ceolas event will be in London on the 19th May in the Welsh Centre on 157-163 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8UE
Contact Ceolas at info@ceolas.co.uk – 01878 700 154 or;
020 7837 3722

To See pictures from the concert click; http://www.ceolas.co.uk/celtic-connections-2012/

Concerts

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:34:17 +0000

Concerts

We again had a fantastic line-up for Ceolas 2011. The opening concert kicked off on Sunday evening in St Peter’s Hall which included much of the talent that is to be heard on the Island as well as some of the visiting tutors. The Piping concert on the Monday was outstanding with a feast of piping including Angus MacKenzie, Angus Nicolson, Fin Moore and Calum MacCrimmon. They also performed as the quartet ‘Seudan’, also Allan MacDonald, Andrea Boyd, Seonaidh MacIntyre and more…

The singing concert was led on Wednesday in Southend Hall by Rona Lightfoot, Mairead Stewart and Kathleen MacInnes with special guests. Memorable for all performers and audience alike.

There was a dance in Eriskay Hall on Wednesday Evening.

Thursday saw the ever-popular Fiddle &; Dance night in St Peter’s hall. The evening ran in two shifts with more people arriving as some were departing. The sheer number of people who wanted to dance was in direct competition with the numbers who wanted to play for dancing. It was a memorable evening – may we have many more to come!!

Friday the Ceilidh Mor was SOLD OUT – and no wonder with the level of talent performing. Emma Mac Innes hosted the evening .

There were sessions throughout the week in various venues.

Video clips will be available soon.

TRAD AWARDS

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:28:30 +0000

If you would like to nominate Ceolas for a Trad Award, Here is the link;

http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/tradmusicawards/stma2011-nominate.html

New Language & Arts Centre

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:35:09 +0000

Consultation on proposed Centre for Gaelic language, music and dance for South Uist All readers are invited to contribute to the public consultation through an online survey. [If the link does not work, please paste http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W59F2X66 into your address bar.] …”>
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W59F2X6 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W59F2X6

Ceolas Evening Events 2011

admin — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:56:39 +0000

Here is a list of what was on at Ceolas Week 2011.

Ceòlas 2011 Evening/Community Programme:

Day	Afternoon4.00-6.00pm	Evening8.00-10.00	Cost	Night Events
Sunday 3th July	11.00 Church of Scotland Parish Service11.30 Gaelic Mass in St Peters Church	7.30pm Welcome Ceilidh St Peters Hall	£4	Lochboisdale HotelPolochar InnBorrodale HotelPolitician
Monday 4^th July	4.00pm Launch of Artists ExhibitionLochboisdale in Talla ChidheMICHAEL GILFEDDERVisit to Tobar an Dualchais Office	8.00pm Pipers Concert – St Peters HallFeaturing ‘Seudan’.	£10 /£8	Lochboisdale HotelPolochar InnBorrodale HotelPolitician
Tuesday 5^th July	4.00pm DR Campbell’s Walk & a Dram£3	8.00pm Ceòlas House Ceilidhs		Lochboisdale HotelPolochar InnBorrodale HotelPolitician
Wednesday 6^th July	1.00pmRemembering the SS Politician with boat trip and walk (limit 24 places)Eriskay Knitting Demonstration in Am Politician at 3.30pm	8.00pm Singing Concert Led By Rona Lightfoot, Mairead Stewart and Kathleen MacInnes and Special GuestsSouthend Hall Dance in Eriskay Hall to Billy MacPhee. 10pm	£8 / £5£5	Lochboisdale HotelPolochar InnBorrodale HotelPolitician
Thursday 7^th July	4.00pm Stoneybridge / Kildonan Walk & Lecture £3	8.00pm Fiddle & Dance in St Peters Hall	£8/£5	Lochboisdale HotelPolochar InnBorrodale HotelPolitician
Friday 8^th July	3.00pm Crossover Display in School.	7.30pm Ceilidh MorSouthend Hall	£10	Lochboisdale HotelPolochar InnBorrodale HotelPolitician

Artist in Residence

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:41:37 +0000

Ceolas was delighted to have Michael Gilfedder from West Gerinish in South Uist as our Artist in Residence at Ceolas 2011.

Michael exhibited his work at Talla Chidhe in Lochboisdale during Ceolas week and during the Gerinish Centenary Celebrations form 24-26 July at St Bride’s Church, Gerinish.

Michael’s bio and photo are in ’About’ tab under Artist in Residence