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Keith Highlanders Pipe Band |
P.O Box 12
Bellevue, WA 98009
Phone 206-396-7738
Fax 206-624-2805
www.khpb.org |
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Contact: Michael
G. Martin
Phone: (206) 396-7738 |
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
8 AM PDT, September 10,
2004 |
A
CELTIC CELEBRATION!
THE FALL CONCERTS OF
THE
KEITH
HIGHLANDERS PIPE BAND
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
FULL
MOON ENSEMBLE
CHAMPION SOLO PIPER JORI CHISHOLM
THE
DANCERS OF THE MARIAN WEBB SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND DANCE
and
IRISH
STEP DANCER ERIN PRESSENTIN
Join the Keith
Highlanders Pipe Band and its special guests in three spectacular concerts
on October 21, 22 and 23, 2004!
A
CELTIC CELEBRATION! The Fall Concerts of the Keith Highlanders Pipe Band
October 21, 22 & 23, 2004
7:30pm $17 adults, $10 students
Kirkland Performance Center,
425-893-9900, www.kpcenter.org
See the Keith Highlanders at the KPC and
enjoy the best of traditional Scottish piping, drumming and Highland
dancing from the best-known pipe band in the Puget Sound. Full Moon
Ensemble (http://www.great-music.net/fullmoon)
returns to the KPC to play spectacularly crowd-pleasing Celtic ballads,
the boisterous, up-tempo folk songs and lively jigs and hornpipes! You’ll
marvel at Alison’s melodious voice; the blistering fiddling by reigning
U.S. Grand Master Fiddle Champion Daniel Carwile and Amy Carwile, Daniel’s
wife and, more importantly, past winner of the Northwest Regional,
Washington State, Pend O'Reille International,
Rocky Mountain, and Colorado Open Fiddling Championships; the magical
fingers of Scooter Muse, five-time winner of the State of Alabama &
Tennessee Valley Championship titles for 5 String and Old Time Banjo; the
wit and rhythm of bass player Frog Palmer, the story-tellingest sombitch
you ever did meet; and the youthful exuberance and powerful drive of
percussionist Doug Stokes!
Champion Solo Piper Jori Chisholm (http://bagpipelessons.com)
of the Four-time World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (http://www.sfupipeband.com)
joins the KHPB Concerts to play some of the finest solo piping to be found
anywhere in the world. Jori is the first and reigning winner of the
United States Gold Medal Piping Championship and recently returned to
Seattle from Scotland, where he took firsts in both the March and the
Strathspey and Reel at the Glenisla Highland Games, and placed in
piobaireachd at the Birnam Highland Games, the Glenfinnan Highland Games
and the Cowal Highland Games.
The Highland Dancers from the Marian Webb
School of Highland Dance and Irish step-dancer Erin Pressentin return for
their seventh consecutive year to delight the audience with their fancy
footwork!
The
Keith Highlanders Pipe Band
Formed in 1952 as a non-profit
organization, the Keith Highlanders Pipe Band seeks to broaden the
public's interest in and appreciation for traditional Scottish piping,
drumming, and dancing both in and beyond the Pacific Northwest. Prompted
by a visit to Seattle by the 12th Earl and Countess of Kintore
to celebrate the Band's twenty-fifth anniversary in 1977, the Band sent a
contingent to Scotland in 1980, culminating with a ceremony in Stonehaven,
the Earl proclaimed the Band to be "the Official Band of the Clan Keith",
the only such honor given to a pipe band outside of Scotland. The Band's
international reputation has risen dramatically in the past four years,
with two appearances at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow,
Scotland, including a 6th place (out of 40 bands) finish at the 2004
competition, as well as back-to-back wins as the Washington State Grade 4
Champion and appearances in Scotland in 2002 to celebrate the 1000th
Anniversary of the Clan Keith and the Band's 50th Anniversary. |
