{"id":11,"date":"2005-06-27T09:05:04","date_gmt":"2005-06-26T23:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2005-06-26T18:05:11","modified_gmt":"2005-06-26T08:05:11","slug":"national-celtic-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"National Celtic Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Queens Birthday weekend saw about 15,000 people descend on the small coastal town of Portarlington in Victoria, Australia. The band Full Circle<\/a> performed with Will-o’-the-Wisp fire circus<\/a> which provided a spectacular series of three main line shows during the Festival. The band was fully integrated into the show – our wireless gear enabling great freedom of movement among the fire twirlers – including fire sweeping under the fiddler’s feet, and musicians being incorporated into human pyramids…<\/p>\n

fire pyramid<\/p>\n

and some great interactions with the fire performers – how about this as a way to keep the coastal chill out of the air!<\/p>\n

musos feeling the heat<\/p>\n

Members of Wisp also performed on stilts and delighted the festival crowds throughout the weekend. <\/p>\n

Celtic stilt walkers<\/p>\n

The music sessions were great, and there were some excellent workshops, including the fiddle workshop by talented Irish fiddler John Carty – it was great to get some insights into his approach to playing. The best workshop I attended was that run by the Fiddle Chicks – hands-on seven\/eight timings and playing chords and counter melodies – one of the best learning experiences I’ve had for a long time. <\/p>\n

Three solid days of music and singing saw me return home with sore finger tips and a hoarse voice – and a …er…. burning<\/em> desire to get back there again next year! Many thanks to Eve Everard and her talented fire circus troupe Will-O’-the-Wisp!<\/a><\/p>\n

Cheers
\nJerry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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