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D U N E D I N

F E S T I V A L

www.duned ince l t icar ts .o rg .nz

9 September–3 October 2011

A celebration ofheritage and legacy

WELCOME

Message from the Festival CoordinatorIt gives me great pleasure to present the 5th Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival. Here we have a com-prehensive programme of events across a wide range of arts and activities, with something in the mix for everyone. It is not without a keen sense of place we say, “It’s who we are.” The festival strives to give a perspective on who we have become 4 and 5 generations on from the first Scottish set-tlement of Dunedin. It is forward-looking and contemporary while acknowledging the legacy of our ancestors and the Treaty of Waitangi.

To visitors to our town, haere mai, fàilte, welcome.

Every attempt has been made to price our events so that they are accessible to everyone, visitor and citizen alike – many are gold-coin donation and some are free. My sincere thanks to the hard work-ing committee that has organised the festival: the best reward for them would be to see you at one of these events. Fàilte gu Cheilteach Dun Eidean.

Mike Moroney, President, New Edinburgh Folk Club.

TicketsTickets to all major events are available from TicketDirect www.ticketdirect.co.nz, phone 0800 4 TICKET or visit the Regent Theatre, Dunedin (a booking fee applies).

Tickets for Taste Dunedin, The Unauthorised History, (page 20) available from the Scottish Shop, 17 George St – cash, cheque and eft pos only (no credit cards)

Contact usThe Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival is a biennial fes-tival of the New Edinburgh Folk Club. For more information on the Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival see www.dunedincelticarts.org.nz

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SPONSORS

Thank youThank you to all of our sponsors and supporters who have contributed to the 2011 Festival.

Major Funders

Sponsors

Event Partners

New Edinburgh Folk Club P O Box 6093 Dunedin North

Email: [email protected]; Website: www.nefc.org.nz

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Otago University Division of Humanities

4 OPENING EVENT

Pushing Out the BoatDate: Friday 9th September

Time: 5:30 pm (to 7 pm)

Venue: Dunedin Municipal Chambers, Meeting Room 1.

Cost: Free

Join the organisers, artists and other contribu-tors in celebrating the 2011 festival.

The festival will be officially opened by Mayor Dave Cull.

Entertainment includes a display from visiting Breton dancers and musicians, Cercle Celtique de Nouméa.

All welcome.

5MAJOR EVENTS

The Red Hot Chilli PipersDate: Saturday 1st October

Time: 5 pm

Venue: Dunedin Town Hall

Cost: $47/$37

Tickets: Available from TicketDirect, www.ticketdirect.co.nz, phone 0800 4 TICKET or visit the Regent Theatre, Dunedin (a booking fee applies)

You’ve felt the heat, now come closer to the fire. Bagpipes with attitude. Drums with a Scottish accent. A blazing rock band and a show so hot it carries its own health warning. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers have been rocking the world from New York to Beijing with musician ship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless.

A blazing rock band

6 MAJOR DANCE EVENT

The Town Hall CeilidhDate: Friday 23rd September

Time: 8 pm


Cost: $20/$15


A barndance of epic proportions with Dunedin’s top dance callers and a band of the best Celtic musicians the South Island has to offer. This will be the social dance event of the year with some-thing for every taste. Get your dancing shoes on and get out on the largest dance floor in Dunedin.

barndance of epic proportions

7CONCERT EVENTS

The Heart of the Drawing RoomFeaturing: Soprano, Pepe Becker, and Harpist, Helen Webby,

with special guests, Rare Byrds.Date: Friday 16th SeptemberTime: 8 pmVenue: Knox ChurchCost: $15/$12Tickets: Available from TicketDirect, www.ticketdirect.co.nz,

phone 0800 4 TICKET or visit the Regent Theatre, Dunedin (a booking fee applies)

A concert recital of Celtic-related chamber music works, known as drawing-room music. Guest appearance by medieval music ensemble Rare Byrds.From the mid-17th century onward, as Baroque music began to replace the traditional harpers and balladeers in the houses of both the old and the new aristocracy in the Celtic lands, tra-ditional airs, dances and songs were incorporated, taken up by classical composers and musicians of both the concert hall and the drawing room. This concert contains songs from Robbie Burns and Thomas Moore, and music from Carolan, Haydn and Britten, from the blind Welsh harper John Parry and the virtuoso royal harper John Thomas. There are echoes of harper and soprano Mary O’Hara and harper-composer Derek Bell. The baroque soprano voice of Pepe Becker and the virtuosity of harper Helen Webby are ideal vehicles to conjure the enchant-ment of this genteel Celtic tradition.

Rare Byrds is a Dunedin early music ensemble which formed in 2009; a mixed consort of recorders, viol, spinet, nyckelharpa, smallpipes and percussion. Their repertoire covers the whole range of early music from Medieval to Baroque, with a predilec-tion for lively renaissance dance music.

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Portobello YearsFeaturing: Chris Penman and Bob McNeill with

special guests Catgut and Steel.

Date: Saturday 17th September

Time: 8 pm

Venue: Knox Church

Cost: $20/$15


Traditional singer, Chris Penman, was born in Portobello, Scotland and moved later to Portobello, Dunedin where she recorded an album of the same name in the early ’80s. Now resi-dent in Hamilton, she has joined forces with Tui award-winning singer/ songwriter Scotsman, Bob McNeill and together they are a formidable musi-cal duo. Add to this, Chris’s original Portobello Years collaborator, guitarist Mike Moroney with his Catgut and Steel counterpart, fiddle-player Anna Bowen, and you have all the ingredients for an evening of warm entertainment, songs and tunes, familiar and new.

warm entertainment

9CONCERT EVENTS

Canterbury GaelsFeaturing: Davy Stuart, Helen Webby and Barrie

McDonald

Date: Saturday 24th September

Time: 8 pm

Venue: Knox Church

Cost: $20/$15


Renowned ex-Edinburgh musician and luthier, Davy Stuart (guitar, mandola, fiddle) joins forces with his long-time musical collaborators, harpist Helen Webby and accordionist Barrie McDonald, all of Christchurch. Davy and Helen have two recordings of note and have been performing commissioned works by a wide range of NZ com-posers. Barrie and Davy have played together in line-ups both formal and informal for as long as they have known each other. Here we have a trio of the finest in their field and the promise of an unparalleled concert of traditional and contempo-rary work.

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The Secondary Schools Music FestivalDate: Tuesday 27th September

Time: 6:30 pm


Cost: $10/$5 (door sales only)

This year the Secondary Schools Music Festival is proud to be offering a programme with an emphasis on Irish, Scottish and English music, and is pleased to be under of the umbrella of the Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival.

The Otago Secondary Schools Music Festival is a concert cel-ebration of communal music making and achievement for sec-ondary school students of Otago. The upcoming 2011 show will be the Festival’s 42nd annual concert.

The Festival Concert attracts some 700 students from up to 20 schools from the Otago area. School groups come from as far as Oamaru, Balclutha, the Catlins, Alexandra and Cromwell.

The show features a massed choir, orchestra, concert band, string orchestra and jazz band. It also includes several spots for individual school groups to display their talents. A feature of the concerts is that we showcase individual school groups who have achieved success in that year. So a show would generally include the winners of the year’s chamber music competition, Smokefree Rockquest and Big Sing.

Another regular feature is the inclusion of a guest, by virtue of the Trustpower Tertiary Music Scholarship, awarded to an ex-participant of the festival who is continuing their music studies at a tertiary level.

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Anna RugisDate: Sunday 11th September

Time: 7:30 pm

Venue: The Church Bar and Restaurant, 50 Dundas St.

Cost: $15 (door sales only)

Anna Rugis is an outstanding singer of Hebridean “mouth-music,” the unaccompanied dance music popular in Gaelic-speaking communities where historically musical instruments were unavailable or banned.

“Elfin Anna Rugis began to sing. Her acoustic mouth music could only be described as mercu-rial, magical and many moons ancient. It’s as if it had slipped from the earth and taken to air to fly around the walls on wings.” – Ponsonby News.

taken to the air to fly

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BeyondsembleDate: Sunday 18th September

Time: 7:30 pm



The New Edinburgh Folk Club, in association with Arts on Tour, bring this extremely popular act back to Dunedin. Ever since its 2009 debut, Beyondsemble, “the ensemble beyond genre,” has excited audiences with its enormous vitality and range. “I’ve played in numerous bands and dreamed about creating one band that could play it all,” says Beyondsemble’s Craig Denham. “This band can.”

Four multi-instrumentalists performing styles merging Celtic, Eastern European and Gypsy with Latin and tango rhythms underpinning great improvisation. Craig Denham (Mamaku Pro ject, ex-Ardijah, Club Manouche) on accordion, keyboards, vocals and whistles, Jess Hindin (The Exiles, Tim Beveridge, Boh Runga, etc.) on violin and keyboards, Chris Koole (The Warners) percus-sion, and acoustic guitar star Mark Mazengarb on guitars and bouzouki.

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Lucy Wise and the B’GolliesDate: Sunday 25th September

Time: 7:30 pm



Lucy’s songs sketch universally recognizable sto-ries woven around everyday characters and places. She is joined by Chris Stone (violin) and Holly Downes (double bass) from New-Acoustic instru-mental trio “The String Contingent;” and Mischa Herman (accordion) to form “The B’Gollies,” bring-ing classical, European folk, Celtic and American music influences to her songs. The band was a favourite act at The National Folk Festival (AC T ) and Fairbridge Festival (WA ) this year. With both virtuosity and sensitivity, the band puts story telling at the centre of their arrangements of songs that are all about people, and the small things that illuminate everyday life.

virtuosity & sensitivity

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Jock Walton’s Accordion CrimesDate: Sunday 2nd October

Time: 7:30 pm



A variety show of musicians, singers and other things hosted by Dunedin accordion player and Scottish personality, Jock Walton. This annual event has become a highlight of the folk club year with much merriment and irreverence as befits the humble accordion.

merriment & irreverence

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The Other Dunedin Sound, Book LaunchDate: Wednesday 28th September

Time: 5:30 pm

Venue: Community Gallery, 20 Princes St.

Cost: Gold coin

The launch of two most interesting books, one by Trish Saunders called The Other Dunedin Sound, a rich and thoughtful photographic record of members from the folk and acoustic music com-munity of Southern New Zealand, the other, The Dunedin Session, is a collection of tunes, jigs and reels that forms a snapshot of the current Dunedin “session” scene. Both of these comple-mentary works form an invaluable record of the people who’ve gathered together for over three decades and the music they play.

Oatcakes to OtagoA Talk by Writer and Novelist, Donald Offwood

Date: Saturday 1st October

Time: 2 pm


Cost: Gold coin

Donald Offwood is a direct descendant of the first settlers in Otago. He was born in Invercargill and lived for some years in Dunedin. The novels he produces are of factual material gleaned from the descendants and the history of the local area. With a passion for the Otago region, Donald pro-duces books that appeal to readers who enjoy the stories of the courage and achievement of our pioneers.

Donald is a retired Air New Zealand International pilot and aircraft engineer with over 40 years of aviation experience. A Safe Pair of Hands is his eighth book, the earlier ones include the Otago pioneer trio: Oatcakes to Otago, Heather’s Gold and Camerons of the Glen.

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Lutherie ExhibitionDate: Saturday 24th September

Time: 11 am–3 pm


Cost: Gold coin

A display of some of the finest handmade instru-ments this country has to offer. Three of the luthiers, Peter Madill, Davy Stuart and Steve Barkman, will be on-site to talk about the instru-ments and their craft. Each of these makers are also superb players and can demonstrate the breadth and range of the instruments they make.

Far Frae CaledoniaDate: Sunday 18th September

Time: 1 pm

Venue: Otago Museum

Cost: Free

Take a journey across the waves and back with songs, music and narrative. Ex-pat Scots, Bob McNeill and Chris Penman, present stories of those who left Scotland and Ireland to come to New Zealand.


Exhibition and Lunchtime EntertainmentDate: Thursday 22th September–

Saturday 1st OctoberTime: 10 am–3 pmVenue: Community Gallery, 20 Princes St.Cost: Gold coin

A static display of Celtic related arts and crafts, handmade musical instruments and more. Gar-ments by Siobhan Moroney, art works by Ron Esplin, Pauline Bellamy, Manu Berry, Erin Anson, Marilyn Webb and sculptor John Kena, instru-ments by Peter Madill, Steve Barkman, Davy Stuart and more. Daily lunchtime performances of music and dance as well as talks by the artists throughout the week.

Otago Art Society ExhibitionDate: Saturday 10th September–

Sunday 25th September

Time: Daily

Venue: The Art Station (Dunedin Railway Station)

Cost: Free

An exhibition of Celtic inspired artworks by local artists: entrants, finalists and winners in The Spring Competition – sponsored by The Dunedin International Airport.


Celtic ShenanigansDate: Saturday 17th September

Time: 1 pm

Venue: Otago Museum

Cost: Free

Add a Celtic flavour to your afternoon! Local and visiting artists from the Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival will perform ballads, stories, jigs and reels.

Dance WorkshopDate: Saturday 24th September

Time: 1 pm

Venue: King Edward Court

Cost: $2

Young and old alike are invited to attend dance demonstrations and participate in workshops run by local dance groups: Irish Beat Dance School, the Ghillie Callum Club, the Royal Scottish Country Dancing Society Ceilidh Club and “Les Belles Vilaines.”

Scottish, Irish, and other Celtic influenced dances will be taught that are suitable for everyone.

For more information phone 472 8311.


Irish BeatChoreography: Kathryn Olcott

Music Arrangement: Sean Manning

Date: Sunday 25th, Thursday 29th September

Time: 2 pm, 7:30 pm respectively

Venue: Community Gallery, Otago Settlers Museum respectively

Cost: $15/$10

A dance and music show that brings together the wealth of Irish talent from Dunedin and beyond. Combining traditional dance and music with con-temporary arrangements, the show presents a modern display of Irish step dance accompanied by fresh take on traditional Irish music.

Aspiring to preserve the traditions of Irish Step Dancing and Music, Irish Beat unites an accom-plished group of musicians, singers and dancers to present a show that is as inspirational as it is entertaining.


Taste of Dunedin, The unauthorised HistoryDate: Mondays 12th, 19th and 26th SeptemberTime: 5:30 pmVenue: Guided Tour and dinner, starts Dunedin

Railway Station, finishes Scotia Restaurant, Upper Stuart St.

Cost: $70 including meal (not suitable for vegetarians)

Tickets: Available from the Scottish Shop, 17 George St – cash, cheque and eft pos only (no credit cards)

A 1.5 hr guided bus tour of Dunedin sights with storytellers and comedians Kaitrin McMullen and Richard West. Taste some of the best in Scottish whisky and cuisine on the bus and at the restaurant. The tour culminates in an authentic Scottish dinner (2 course set-menu) with entertainment at Scotia Restaurant. Hear the stories rarely heard before about Dunedin’s history, find out what constitutes an authentic Scottish dinner and enjoy some of Dunedin’s finest performers. Bookings essential.

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De Carle Lecture: Professor John kelly (Ireland)‘W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot: a “Mutual Illumination”?’

Date: Monday 3rd October

Time: 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm

Venue: Archway Lecture Theatre 1, Otago University

Ezra Pound regretted that Yeats and Eliot tended “to bring out the worst of each other,” or at least “neglected to develop a mutual illumination.” This lecture by Irishman John Kelly, former Professor of English at Oxford University and Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, examines the relationship between these two great poets, and suggests that the mutual influences were more complex – and more positive – than Pound suggests.

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Communion with a Scottish FocusDate: Sunday 11th September

Time: 10 am

Venue: Knox Church

A Sunday communion service with a Scottish focus. The church pews and communion table are

“dressed” in white cloths and the elements are pro-cessed into the church to the singing of Psalm 24 (Tune: “St. George’s Edinburgh”). Whilst the lit-urgy, architecture, robed choir, and organ provide a traditional setting for this quarterly celebration, the theology and teaching make vital connections with everyday life.

Candlelight ServiceDate: Sunday 18th September

Time: 7 pm

Venue: Knox Church

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A reflective and participatory service of music and prayer by candlelight will be offered in the style of the Iona Community (Scotland).

Spring ServiceDate: Sunday 25th September

Time: 10 am

Venue: Knox Church

A celebratory service welcoming the life-giving season of Spring and the beginning of daylight saving.

Monthly CommunionDate: Sunday 25th September

Time: 7 pm

Venue: Knox Church

A sung communion service.

World Communion Day ServiceDate: Sunday 2nd October

Time: 10 am

Venue: Knox Church

A communion service to celebrate World Communion Sunday. Prayers and music will draw from the Irish Celtic tradition. The main com-munion prayer will be sung by minister, choir and congregation to the traditional Irish tune,

“Londonderry Air.”

College ServiceDate: Sunday 2nd October

Time: 7 pm

Venue: Knox Church

A service for Columba and John McGlashan College students, families and friends. All welcome.

24 2011 FESTIVAL GuESTS

The Red Hot Chilli PipersMaybe the Most Famous Bagpipe Group in the World, Winners of the Scottish “Live Act of the Year” in 2007 and 2010

“The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are sassy, sexy and hugely entertaining. They are enormously talented musicians who are so skilled they make it all look effortless. This album stirs the blood and will enliven any party” – Lorraine Kelly

“Bag Rocks! The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are great live per-formers with passion and enthusiasm that has capti-vated the world – great ambassadors for Scotland. I’m a fan!” – The Duke of Argyll

Bob McNeillThree-time Tui award winner, Best NZ Folk Album, Bob McNeill is one of New Zealand’s best known folk artists for his work solo and with Ben the Hoose. An innova-tive songwriter, his songs have been covered by artists in New Zealand, Scotland, Australia and the US A . An expatriate Scot, he now divides his time between New Zealand and Scotland.

McNeill’s musical and song writing style is a hybrid of the Celtic music of his native Scotland and the American New Folk and Americana styles.

Davy StuartOriginally from Edinburgh, Scotland, Davy was cutting his musical teeth at a time of the huge growth in inter-est in Celtic music in Europe and many hours were spent on the motorways of Europe with the pioneer Scottish band Alba, touring in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Holland. Many bands later he met up with piper and flute-player extraordinaire, Jimmy Young, eventually culminating in the formation of the Scots band Rua – the band which brought them both to New Zealand in the late eighties, where both have remained. Rua were based in Christchurch from 1989 and the music continued with many club and Festival appear-ances around Australasia with Davy claiming three NZ Folk Album of the Year Awards for work with Rua and Claddagh. For the past nine years he has performed regularly with Helen Webby, Principal Harpist of the Christchurch Symphony.

Davy is also a respected luthier whose instruments are highly sought after and are played by many of the top musicians in Celtic music today.

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Pepe BeckerOriginally from Nelson, Pepe started out as a choris-ter, pianist and oboist in various local groups. Moving to Wellington in 1985, she developed a keen interest in Early Music and became a founder member of The Tudor Consort. She soon began performing profes-sionally as a soprano and has sung alongside inter-nationally renowned Early Music singers such as Emma Kirkby, Richard Wistreich and Andreas Scholl, travelling to Europe in 1991 to further her training in Baroque Singing. In 1993, Pepe, set up her own vocal consort, Baroque Voices, which was the vocal group in the Musica Sacra concert series that ran for ten years in St Mary of the Angels, along with several recordings for Radio NZ Concert, and various albums, including David Farquhar’s “Half a Century of Song” and with bass David Morriss, the NZ S O and harpist Helen Webby. Pepe continues to perform regularly as a soloist with chamber groups, choirs and orchestras throughout New Zealand; directs, manages and sings in Baroque Voices; composes music; is a long-standing member of Voices NZ Chamber Choir; has lectured in Musicianship at the NZ School of Music; and teaches piano, theory and singing.

Helen WebbyBorn in Whangarei, Helen Webby began playing the harp at the age of twelve, graduating in 1989 undertaking postgraduate studies in The Netherlands and complet-ing a Masters degree in Harp and Music Teaching from the Hochschule for Music in Hamburg. While based in Germany Helen led a busy career as a chamber and orchestral musician, before returning to New Zealand in 2000 as Principal Harp with the Christchurch Symphony. Her subsequent concerto appearances, solo recitals and chamber recitals have been warmly acclaimed by crit-ics. Helen toured for Chamber music NZ and Arts on Tour NZ, premiered New Zealand works at the 2006 American Harp Society Convention, and performed concerts for the Brunei Music Society. Later this year she is joining the New Zealand Symphony for their tour to Vienna and Germany.

Along the way Helen has maintained a great inter-est in the Celtic harp, winning a prize at the 1990 International Carolan Harp Competition (Ireland), and collaborating with Scottish guitarist Davy Stuart to record her latest CD The Golden Strand: celtic music for harp and guitar. 2008 the duo collaborated with New


Zealand composers Gareth Farr and Chris Cree-Brown and toured a programme of new works with traditional music for Chamber Music NZ.

Chris Penman

A singer for all seasons.Originally from Edinburgh, Chris emigrated with her parents in her childhood. Her father, respected tradi-tional singer Jack Penman, was part of the assisted passage scheme designed to bring tradesmen to New Zealand in the sixties.

Singing has been part of Chris’s life from the very beginning, family “sings” were and still are an integral part of life. Since the release of her acclaimed album” Portobello Years” with Mike Moroney in 1988, Chris has performed at all the major festivals in New Zealand as well as appearances abroad. She has toured with the Warratahs in the duo The Bay Gypsies, and recently, in a return to her roots, with the rest of the Penman family leading to the release of their C D “Home Made Jam” in 2009 at The Auckland Folk Festival. A highlight for Chris was supporting Dick Gaughan at the 2009 Celtic Arts Festival. More recently she has been performing in col-laboration with singer/songwriter Bob McNeill singing traditional and contemporary material.

Chris has a powerful voice that really moves the listener and never fails to mesmerise as she tells her story in song. In whatever genre she pursues, she has the ability to draw in the audience with her honest soulful style and a tone that few singers possess.

Anna RugisNew Zealand-born singer Anna Rugis gained a broad range of professional experience through her career as a session musician in New Zealand and Great Britain, touring the U.S. with artists such as Cat Stevens, the Kinks, and Van Morrison.

However, it is as an outstanding singer of Hebridean “mouth-music”, the unaccompanied dance music popu-lar in Gaelic-speaking communities where musical instruments were unavailable or banned, that brings Anna to the Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival.

“Elfin Anna Rugis began to sing. Her acoustic mouth music could only be described as mercurial, magical and many moons ancient. It’s as if it had slipped from the earth and taken to air to fly around the walls on wings.”

– Ponsonby News.


“A unique and sophisticated marriage of music and poetry. Anna Rugis is a brilliant composer as well as a fine lyricist and singer with an enchanting voice. Beautifully crafted, light hearted and at the same time, as deep as it gets.” – Women in Music (US A ).

Lucy Wise and the B’GolliesDaughter of a West Australian luthier and singer song-writer, Lucy Wise spent her childhood singing with the Wise Family Band, and from a young age has played at folk festivals around Australia and internationally. Drawing inspiration from Appalachian and Celtic folk music, Lucy’s songs sketch universally recognizable stories woven around everyday characters and places. She is joined by Chris Stone (violin) and Holly Downes (double bass) from New-Acoustic instrumental trio ‘The String Contingent”: and Mischa Herman (accordion) to form “The B’Gollies,” who bring influences from their backgrounds in classical, European folk, Celtic and American music. The band was a favourite at The National Folk Festival (AC T ) and Fairbridge Festival (WA ) this year. The band puts storytelling at the centre of their arrangements of songs that are all about people, and the small things that illuminate everyday life.

“A wonderfully natural singer and uncommonly gifted writer, Lucy leads an excellent band. Prediction: within this decade Lucy will be a noted songster, worldwide.” – Doug Spencer, A B C Radio National.

BeyondsembleBeyondsemble is a four piece playing some of the most exciting and enchanting acoustic music to come out of NZ in recent times. Specialising in diversity they cover a vast scope of styles including, Gypsy, Eastern European, Latin, Tango, Pop, Jazz, Swing, Rocksteady, Bluegrass and Celtic Music. An eclectic mix of tunes and songs both original and sourced from around the globe executed with virtuosic skill, passion, energy and joy. Music to move you and make you move.

The Band consists of Craig Denham on Accordion, Keyboards, Vocals and Whistles, Jess Hindin on Violin and Keys, Chris Koole on self-made percussion and Mark Mazengarb on guitars and bouzuki.


Barrie McDonaldBarrie started playing as a youngster in Dunedin, taking piano lessons in Baldwin Street – the steepest residen-tial street in the world. At 9 years of age the accordion was thrust into his hands and, years later in Wellington, found the burgeoning folk scene of the ’60s and learnt the banjo and mandolin. Posted to Christchurch, Barrie started playing everything from bluegrass to Scottish country dance. In the ’90s he formed the now renowned Celtic trio, Claddagh with Davy Stuart and Mike Considine.

Irish Beat Dance SchoolIrish Beat Dance School started in 2006 under the direction of Kathryn Olcott. The school promotes an environment where

students are encouraged, challenged and motivated to excel while developing an appreciation of Irish dancing, culture and heritage in an atmosphere that is relaxed, supportive and fun. Dancing in the spirit of community fellowship is of utmost importance and school per-formance groups are known for upbeat performances, combining traditional steps with modern music allow-ing dancers to use their creativity and skills.

Contact: Kathryn at 472-8311 [email protected]

Studio: King Edward Court, Room 214, Stuart St

Jacqui Seque The New Zealand Academy of Highland and National Dancing is an examination body that trains and quali-fies highland dancers, teachers and judges. The Academy fosters and maintains the Highland and National dances brought to New Zealand by the Scottish Settlers.

The New Zealand Academy of Highland and National Dancing (Inc) was first inaugurated in 1945 with the objective to raise the standard of technique and execu-tion and to establish a fuller appreciation of the art and beauty of the national dances.

The Ghillie Callum club is the local Teachers and Judges Group, and all senior members are qualified through the Academy system. Junior members are invited to attend, once they have completed the Elementary Examination. The club fosters and supports the members by provid-ing workshops, and support in developing teaching and judging skills. Many opportunities are made available to us to showcase our many dances and variations of them.


Recently, the New Zealand Academy has developed the Highland Dance Company of New Zealand, and some of the dancers this evening are either part of the main elite group or attached to the local Regional Group.

Jan Idour The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Ceildh Club of Dunedin is for anyone interested in traditional Scottish country dancing and music.The RSCDS has been teaching Scottish country dancing since 1923 and is acknowledged as the leading body for this expression of Scotland’s rich cultural heritage.

With various groups throughout the city, whoever you are, wherever you are, you can come along and be part of the worldwide community and take part in a wealth of classes at all levels as well as workshops, social dances and special events exclusively for our members.

Rare Byrds Rare Byrds is a Dunedin-based early music ensemble fea-turing a range of period instruments such as recorders, viols, spinet, nyckelharpa and rauschpfeife. For the Celtic Arts Festival, Rare Byrds is delighted to present early Scottish music from the Renaissance and especially the Baroque period when Edinburgh was a major European cultural centre. Italian composers like Franceso Brasanti came to Scotland to seek their fortunes, producing fine Scottish-influenced work in the process. Native-born composers such as Alexander Munro successfully com-bined contemporary musical styles with Scottish folk tunes.

30 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival 2011

DATE TIME EVENT NAME PAGE

Friday 9th September 5:30 pm Opening event: Pushing Out the Boat 4

Sunday 11th September 10 am Knox Church Service: Communion with a Scottish Focus 22

7:30 pm Anna Rugis 11

Monday 12th September 5.30 pm Taste of Dunedin, The Unauthorised History of Dunedin 20

Friday 16th September 8 pm The Heart of the Drawing Room 7

Saturday 17th September 1 pm Celtic Shenanigans 18

8 pm Portobello Years 8

Sunday 18th September 1 pm Far Frae Caledonia 16

7 pm Knox Church Service: Candlelight Service 22

7:30 pm Beyondsemble 12


Friday 23rd September 8 pm The Town Hall Ceilidh 6

Saturday 24th September 11 am–3 pm Lutherie Exhibition 16

1 pm Dance Workshop 18

8 pm Canterbury Gaels 9

Sunday 25th September 10 am Knox Church Service: Spring Service 23

2 pm Irish Beat 19

7 pm Knox Church Service: Monthly Communion 23

7:30 pm Lucy Wise and the B’Gollies 13

Monday 16 September 5.30 pm Taste of Dunedin, The Unauthorised History of Dunedin 20

Tuesday 27th September 6:30 pm The Secondary Schools Music Festival 10

Wednesday 28th September 5:30 pm The Other Dunedin Sound, Book Launch 15

Thursday 29th September 7.30 pm Irish Beat 19

Saturday 1st October 2 pm Oatcakes to Otago 15

5 pm The Red Hot Chilli Pipers 5

Sunday 2nd October 10 am Knox Church Service: World Communion Day Service 23

7 pm Knox Church Service: College Service 23

7:30 pm Jock Walton’s Accordion Crimes 14

Monday 3rd October 5.30 pm–7 pm De Carle Lecture: Professor John Kelly 21

Daily Events and Exhibitions

Exhibitions and Lunchtime EntertainmentDates: Thursday 22th September – Saturday 1st OctoberTime: 10 am–3 pm Venue: Community Art Gallery, 20 Princes St.

31CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival 2011

DATE TIME EVENT NAME PAGE

Friday 9th September 5:30 pm Opening event: Pushing Out the Boat 4

Sunday 11th September 10 am Knox Church Service: Communion with a Scottish Focus 22

7:30 pm Anna Rugis 11


Friday 16th September 8 pm The Heart of the Drawing Room 7

Saturday 17th September 1 pm Celtic Shenanigans 18

8 pm Portobello Years 8

Sunday 18th September 1 pm Far Frae Caledonia 16

7 pm Knox Church Service: Candlelight Service 22

7:30 pm Beyondsemble 12


Friday 23rd September 8 pm The Town Hall Ceilidh 6

Saturday 24th September 11 am–3 pm Lutherie Exhibition 16

1 pm Dance Workshop 18

8 pm Canterbury Gaels 9

Sunday 25th September 10 am Knox Church Service: Spring Service 23

2 pm Irish Beat 19

7 pm Knox Church Service: Monthly Communion 23

7:30 pm Lucy Wise and the B’Gollies 13

Monday 16 September 5.30 pm Taste of Dunedin, The Unauthorised History of Dunedin 20

Tuesday 27th September 6:30 pm The Secondary Schools Music Festival 10

Wednesday 28th September 5:30 pm The Other Dunedin Sound, Book Launch 15

Thursday 29th September 7.30 pm Irish Beat 19

Saturday 1st October 2 pm Oatcakes to Otago 15

5 pm The Red Hot Chilli Pipers 5

Sunday 2nd October 10 am Knox Church Service: World Communion Day Service 23

7 pm Knox Church Service: College Service 23

7:30 pm Jock Walton’s Accordion Crimes 14

Monday 3rd October 5.30 pm–7 pm De Carle Lecture: Professor John Kelly 21

Otago Art Society ExhibitionDate: Saturday 10th September–Sunday 25th September Time: DailyVenue: The Art Station (Dunedin Railway Station)

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