September 27, 2008, Riverfront Plaza, Hartford, CT USA
"Connecticut's premier Celtic music event of the
year"
The Festival. Sláinte,
and welcome to our
seventh annual Celtic festival!
Our festival is FREE,
thanks to the generosity of all our sponsors.
By visiting our sponsors' websites, you ensure that
together we can continue
to make our festival "Connecticut's Premier
Celtic Music Event of The Year" !
The one day festival will start
at 11am and will continue until 10pm.
We
are in the process of planning our largest festival yet!
We hope you'll join us for the day, and listen to some exceptional CELTIC
music.
CHEERS!
Bob & Gail McClellan
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of
East Hartford, CT are the major co-sponsors of The Pipes in The Valley
Festival.
This association began in 2004 with a very successful festival that
attracted
many people from the Greater Hartford area and beyond.
In 2007, over 10,000 people from the Northeastern States and beyond, made this
one of
the largest Celtic Festivals in the area.
Don't miss this one!
The Food.
Hammerhead Seafood
Fish and chips, spicy meat sandwiches & lavish dinners, with a choice selection of side orders.
Kettle corn by Giggles The finest gourmet popcorn is heated to
perfection in an old fashion kettle stirred with a wooden paddle blended
perfectly as it is popped producing a delicious blend of sweet and salty kettle
corn.
CC's Spiral
Potatoes
Freshly made while you watch - deep fried
spiral-cut potatoes.
To The Queen's Taste Scotch Bonny
Biscuits and Macaroon Snow Creams and other delicacies to melt in your mouth!
The Beer. Enjoy
a pint of Ten Penny
Ale
from the Olde Burnside Brewing Company.
The taste will take you back to a time when brewing was a craft, and the
brew master was
a well respected person in the town.
The Tong'n'Thistle Pub
Imagine having a pint of Ten Penny
Ale in the giant inflatable Hogshead Pub! It is 50 feet by 30 feet and will hold 50 people!
Come on down and take some stunning photos with your friends at our PIV pub!
Vendor Info.
Interested in being a CELTIC vendor?
Contact
Gail McClellan
for PIV in 2008!
Vendor Access.
Please start at the Founder's Plaza in East Hartford.
Volunteers
will guide you to the drive-over / pedestrian area of the Founders Bridge.
This drive-over
zone will bring you directly to the upper Riverfront Plaza.
All Vendor vehicles
must return back over the driver-over / pedestrian bridge to E.
Hartford before 10 am.
Parking is on the E. H. side or in the garage on State Street,
Hartford.
Street parking is available
along East River
Drive in East Hartford. Commuting is encouraged!
Then, a short walk over the Founders Bridge will get you to your
destination.
Handicap Access.
There is handicap parking at the Constitution
Plaza
Garage.
People may be dropped off at the corner of
State St. and Columbus Blvd. and
take the elevator right up to the Plaza level.
Each level of the terraces is accessible via the elevator.
Sheraton Hotel Special
The
Sheraton-Hartford, located at 100 East River Drive E. Hartford, CT
is directly across the river from Riverfront Plaza. Just walk over the Founders
Bridge and you will be at our festival! Follow the link below to receive the special $79 room rate
JUST FOR PIV FANS!
PIV Room Special!
The most famous modern Pipe Band in the UK today!
They've played in front of packed stadiums and at private parties for Ewan McGregor, Sir Sean Connery and
Sir Paul McCartney. Even the Scottish Parliament requests their presence! They were the featured
pipe band in
New York City's Tartan Day parade this year! Now they are here! Be sure to come early and get a good seat!
The lads latest CD is 'Bagrock to the Masses' which has
reached platinum sales in the UK.
One listen and you'll know why!
On April 4, 2008, Olde Burnside Brewery in association with
Paul Nash Productions, video- taped the Chilli's
two hour show at Stouts
in New York City. Click
here, and on the image at right to witness
what Paul Nash
captured on that special night . . .
The Danny Mclaughlin Band is a unique blend of celtic and
world music hailing from Queens, New York.
Danny Mclaughlin has been playing the Uillean pipes (the
devils instrument) and most complex form of bagpipes for 20 years. He comes from
a long line of traditional musicians and pipers, the 'Carberrys' from CO
Longford Ireland. He has played in a wide verity of countries and shows and has
had the privilege of playing at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in flushing
Queens in 2006, and 2007.
The Young
Dubliner's origins can be traced to the Los Angeles' vibrant pub scene where
two Dublin natives met and saw something larger in their future.
The Young Dubliners are;
Keith Roberts - Vocals, Guitar ;
Bob Boulding - Guitar, Vocals ;
Dave Ingraham - Drums, Percussion;
Chas Waltz -Violin - Keyboard, Harp, Mandolin, Vocals.
Brendan Holmes
- Bass, Vocals.
You've seen them at the St. Patrick's
Day parade in Hartford ! Now experience the full range of Northampton's
"Dicey Riley", as they add some high-spirited Celtic rock'n'roll and sing the
catchy "Ten
Penny Ale" song, penned by singer/songwriter, John McLaughlin.
The “Fabulous O’Henrys”
celebrate St. Patty’s Day whenever Irish songs and a Fun- Loving Crowd make a party.
The duo with a BIG sound features Carl “O’Henry” and Jeff “O’Weiselberg”.
Jeff plays electric, digital keyboard which, in addition to providing driving
bass lines, affords a full, rich resonance. Carl plays acoustic guitar and
harmonica.
Their act is an up-beat, high-energy sing-long and drink-a-long,
combining the most popular of traditional tunes (Danny Boy, Black Velvet Band,
Jug o’ Punch, Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra , etc.) with the work of more contemporary
Irish and Irish/American Artists (Van Morrison, The Pogues, Pete Seeger, Woody
Guthrie, etc.). The influence of the Irish musical tradition is explored with
their treatment of pub songs and the lyrical Irish tenor’s style .
Sponsored by: The Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Trust Fund, Bank of America, Trustee
Rù-Rà are an exciting new presence in the Celtic/World music scene. Consisting
of Gaelic singer Maggie Carchrie and keyboardist-percussionist Thomas Leigh,
they fuse traditional Scottish Gaelic lyrics and melodies with modern electronic
dance music and world percussion.
The Callanish School of Celtic Arts provides the opportunity for people of all
ages to learn the dances, songs, music and Gaelic language of Scotland and Cape
Breton.
Children and teens can study Scottish Highland Dance from beginning to advanced
level in a non-competitive atmosphere (special training for competition can be
arranged for those students who choose to compete) as well as Cape Breton Step
Dancing and Gaelic singing.
Brigid Kate Mc Avey Gore is second generation Irish and Scot.
The first songs she ever performed were from a book of Irish melodies her
paternal grandfather gifted to her grandmother at the turn of the LAST century,
1904. Brigid’s father Donald was stationed with the US Army Air Corps in Belfast
in 1943. While there he had a song published by Boosey Music Publishing House.
Brigid sings in the sean-nos or “old style” her melodic voice carries the
emotion of the subject matter.
Honor The Greatest Generation
by allowing them the opportunity to visit the World War II Memorial in
Washington, DC.
It costs $250 dollars to send one veteran to the Memorial.
How you can help.
It took
almost 60 years build the WW2 Memorial.
(August 15, 1945 - April 29, 2004)
Nobody Does It Better!
