| Na Szóstym Festiwalu Kościuszkowskim w Moonbah/Jidabyne w dniach 14 i 15 kwietnia wystąpi dwójka muzyków ze słynnej irlandzkiej orkiestry kobziarzy z Canberra. Dlaczego mamy akcenty irlandzkie? Otóż dlatego, że pierwszego dnia festiwalu będziemy mieli uroczystą promocję monografii autorstwa Felixa Molskiego pt. "The Best of Human Nature: Strzelecki's Humanitarian Work in Ireland".
Felix, opierając się na archiwalnych dokumentach z British Parliament, opowiada o niezwykłej roli Pawła Edmunda Strzeleckiego, który w czasie klęski głodu w Irlandii ocalił ponad 200 tysięcy dzieci od straszliwego głodu, a może nawet śmierci głodowej. Nic więc dziwnego, że zamarzyła się nam odpowiednia oprawa muzyczna do tego wydarzenia. Fran Emerson, dyrektorka "Canberra Celtic Pipe Band" - delegując dwójkę muzyków na nasz festiwal - przysłała ich krótką biografię.
Lynn and Darryl are the Drum Sergeant and Pipe Corporal of the Canberra Celtic Pipe Band which is a community based, family oriented organization. They wear the Irish National Tartan and perform Irish and Scottish tunes and dances. A new band started in 2001, the band and dance School has grown to 35 playing members. We are unusual being the only pipe band in Australia in which the majority of the band members both dance AND play instruments.
80% of the band is able to perform the Highland Fling amongst many other highland and Irish dances. We are a very young band with over 75% of the band aged under 15. The band and dancers compete on a regular basis to maintain professional performances. The top Champion Pipe Bands at the Scottish World Pipe Band competitions are all Irish.
We are the only non sponsored pipe in the ACT and surrounds and are much in demand at Irish festivals and functions.
Photos by Puls Polonii |
www.canberraceltic.org/c/celtics
Lynn started playing the pipes several years ago, after hearing on the grapevine that the Canberra Celtic Pipe Band offered free tuition. She'd always wanted to learn the bagpipes, inheriting a love for the Pipes and Drums from her father, but had never found the opportunity before. It only took one lesson for her to become completely hooked, and the neighbourhood has never been as quiet since. And she started learning the drums last year so that she could be involved in more aspects of the pipe band. For a day job, Lynn used to work as a Patent Examiner at IP Australia, and now she works for AusIndustry in the department of innovation assessing claims for research and development tax concessions.
Lynn has a somewhat eclectic taste in music - her iPod has classical, jazz, blues, funk, hip hop, rap, metal, pop, rock and world music. If pressed, she'd probably say that anything by Lisa Gerrard or Dead Can Dance would rate up there as a favourite. And of course, the Pipes and Drums.
Lynn's favourite holiday was to the Aeolian islands, north of Sicily, where she got to climb an active volcano (Stromboli) and watch it erupting. The holiday she's always wanted to go on, but hasn't made it yet, is to Borneo and especially to the Orangutan conservation centres.
And what about Darryl? He too is a member of the Canberra Celtic Pipe Band. His tenuous Irish heritage is via his Father who he longwindedly relates is via his Grandmother on his Mother’s side who was born apparently in county Cork. A Piper for 6 years in an Irish themed Pipe band he enjoys attending festivals and performances with the band and his Daughter who is a Drummer and Dancer with the band. Usually gainfully employed as a technician, services rendered to the building automation industry appear to be regarded as effective in their outcomes.
See the Puls Polonii gallery - Irish Fest in Jindabyne
See the website.Canberra Irish Club
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