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 Zephyrhills Celtic Festival and Highland Games 2008 Featured Entertainers |
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The Wyndbreakers  Florida's high-tech, low brow, pub rockin', neotraditional, blatantly harmonizin', nearly acoustic, sorta not, modern retro, underpriced, interactive, Irish & Scottish music band!!! Do you like the Tannahill Weavers? Yeah? Do you like the Irish Rovers? Yeah? How about the Old Blind Dogs? Yeah? Do you like Jimmy Buffett? Yeah? The Clancy Brothers? YEAH? Do you like Van Morrison? YEAH?? Do ANY of these guys EVER come to YOUR town? NO!!! Well, WE DO!! And we'll play ya some of their TUNES! YEAH!! |
John Murdoch  Originally from Belfast,Ireland and currently residing in Eden, NY, John Murdoch performs regularly in the Western New York Area. He combines song and comedy in a way that is impossible to resist. If you miss him you'll be missing a treat! |
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Bobby Murray  |
Hailing from Lanarkshire, Scotland, accordion virtuoso Bobby Murray has been performing internationally for more than four decades. Bobby started his musical career as a teenager, entertaining with his band from Aberdeenshire to the County of Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. Bobby is an award winning composer, arranger and author, with a very long and distingushed list of compositions and accomplishments. In 1997 he began to tour the US where his "one man band" sound has made him a favorite from coast to coast. |
An American Cancer Society 'Relay for Life' Team from Land O'Lakes. Irish Dancers and their families from across the Tampa Bay region have joined together to help 'kick Cancer out of existence'. Normally these dancers are formidable competitors vying for top placing at feisianna and other competitions across the region and the country; but for this cause they work together fighting a common foe. By banding together the dancers are raising money to help fund research to find a cure for cancer. The dancers on the team perform for area functions and are actively fundraising for the relay. |
Irish Angels
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The Hooligans |
Rathkeltair |
| New to the Celtic rock scene is the Hooligans, a five member act from and around the mountains of Western North Carolina. Using their collective years of experience and knowledge, the Hooligans have crafted a sound that blends the musical versitility of such band as Steely Dan and Toto, with the beautiful and haunting sounds of traditional Celtic instruments such as the Highland Bagpipe, mandolin, and tin whistle. In a typical show, you're likely to hear anything from very progresive sounding arrangements of traditional piping tunes, celtic influenced songs from all eras of popular music and even some original material penned by the band. | Taking top honors for "Best Celtic Rock Band" of 2006 in the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine Annual Audience Poll, RATHKELTAÍR (pronounced rath-KELT-ur) enjoys a loyal and growing international fan base. RATHKELTAÍR consists of bagpiper Neil Anderson and drummer Nick Watson, two original members of America's ground-breaking Celtic rock supergroup 7 Nations, and guitarist Trevor Tanner, front-man/lead guitarist/songwriter for The Bolshoi, one of the most influential UK rock bands of the late '80's. |
The Wild Highlanders |
The Tampa Bay Pipes & Drums |
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| Alex Cameron was born in the Highlands of Scotland and learned his craft as a Hammerman, Harness Maker and a Lorimer at the side of his grandfather whom he was named after. He has been making Scottish weapons and accessories for over 40 years. Alex and his son Scot will put on shows throughout the festival, telling of the making and the history behind the weapons, as well as teaching about the "Great Kilt" and how it was worn. The most fun you'll have while being educated. | The Tampa Bay Pipes & Drums have performed throughout the Southeastern United States. In addition to participating at the Scottish Highland games around the Southeast, they also perform yearly at the Florida State Fair, The Gasparilla Night parade in Tampa Florida, the Tampa St. Patrick's Day Parade and the Chasco Fiesta parade. The band serves the Hillsborough County, City of Tampa, and City of Largo Police Departments for ceremonies and memorial services. |