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CeltFest 2008 brings an international Celtic music and dance summer school and concert series to Nanaimo for the eighth time on July 6-11. The school, which offers classes in music, dance, singing and visual arts, will be held at Malaspina University-College. Instructors Mac Morin, Mairi Rankin and Wendy MacIsaac will join Toronto’s champion piper Bob Worrall and his group Scantily Plaid.

CeltFest provides a unique opportunity for us to share traditions in which entire families, individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds come together to learn and enjoy an age-old art form.

said CeltFest director Carolyn Cusson. [Source]

The CeltFest 2008 website announces: Our multi-disciplinary school features a world-class teaching faculty and stellar performers from the east coast to ours and from around the world. Showcase concerts and student-led ceilidhs each evening are open to the public. CeltFest is a comprehensive educational and entertainment event unparalleled on the west coast.

In an inspiringly beautiful setting in the state-of-the-art learning facilities of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, The Pacific Institute of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts provides learning programs in a full range of Celtic Arts. Music, Dance and Art instruction are delivered by a world class faculty with numerous distinctions and accomplishments to their credit. At the same time, the school espouses a relaxed approach, providing individuals, bands, and schools the opportunity to co-mingle, train, and socialize amongst each other after class. This has proven especially effective at building the competencies and synergies of bands, ensembles, and dance troupes.

Visit the CeltFest 2008 website here.

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