Friday, September 24, 2010

Arts & entertainment calendar

"The Lintuhtine Music Academy of Oromocto at Studio L, Oromocto Arts & Learning Centre is still accepting registration until Tuesday, Sept. 28.

The academy offers music programs for ages three to 70-plus through choirs, ukulele, and tin whistle.

For further information contact director Helen M�rag McKinnon at 357-3838 or website www.freelakepromotions.com."

Monday, September 20, 2010

Alan Doherty & Danny Moran

Tin Whistle Workshop

The Ottawa Folklore Centre has created the Pass It Down workshop series, which will take place at this year's Ottawa Folk Festival! The workshops are all free with your festival admission, and will be located in the OFC tent on the festival grounds.

Our 20 earliest registrants for the Tin Whistle workshop will receive a free whistle to use during the workshop and take home with them. To register now, visit www.ofcmusic.ca. Registration opens on July 20th!

For ticket information and other Ottawa Folk Festival details, visit www.ottawafolk.org.

We created these video tutorials as a means of introduction to our workshop instructors, as well as a tool for review once you have attended one of our workshops.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Achill whistle blowers enter the record books

Achill whistle blowers enter the record books: "They came, they saw and they whistled. A grand total of 1,055 people converged on Keel beach on Achill Island on Saturday afternoon last armed with nothing but their tin whistles and the notes in their heads of one of Ireland’s best known songs.
When they were finished they were nearly certain that they had entered the Guinness Book of Records for a gathering of the greatest number of tin whistle players playing the same tune. All that waits now is official confirmation from Guinness."