http://allthingsirish.tribe.net/thread/77dc4532-98d4-47aa-95c6-57765bdab599?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://allthingsirish.tribe.net/thread/77dc4532-98d4-47aa-95c6-57765bdab599#6ab60ac8-8129-4ed1-91f6-37678c0349f3 Just 2 days left 'til the fun BEGINS! TICKETS Tickets are available at all TicketsWest Music Millennium and Safeway Ticket Counters and by phone at 800-992-TIXX. They are also available online at www.faerieworlds.com and www.ticketwest.com. Kids 10 and under are free. The prices for passes are: WEEKEND PASS: $30 in advance until June 1st; $35 in advance after June 1st; $40 at the gate SINGLE DAY PASS: $18 in advance until June 1st; $20 in advance after June 1st $24 at the gate Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:28:04 GMT http://allthingsirish.tribe.net/thread/77dc4532-98d4-47aa-95c6-57765bdab599#6ab60ac8-8129-4ed1-91f6-37678c0349f3 Vash 2005-07-21T00:28:04Z http://allthingsirish.tribe.net/thread/77dc4532-98d4-47aa-95c6-57765bdab599#cf0d0cca-20ce-4a4f-a5fd-573dfe6dc141 MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE: Saturday July 23rd 1:00 David Helfand and Friends 2:00 Fiddlehead 3:00 Magical Strings 4:20 Sasha Butterfly Band 5:40 Gaia Consort 7:15 Kevin Burke & Ged Foley 8:30 Woodland 10:00 Phoenix Rising Sunday July 24th 1:00 Glenno Falkenburg 2:00 Loranes Well 3:10 Trance Zen Dance 4:40 The Sugar Beets 6:20 Karan Casey Band 8:00 Trillian Green 9:30 Closing Ritual VILLAGE STAGE SCHEDULE: Saturday July 23rd 1:40 Joshua Safford - Storyteller 2:40 Dancing Moon Orchestra 4:00 Sharon Knight 5:20 Tom's Kitchen 1:40 Dragon Scales 2:40 SJ Tucker 4:20 Joshua Safford – Storyteller 6:00 Sharon Knight Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:38:26 GMT http://allthingsirish.tribe.net/thread/77dc4532-98d4-47aa-95c6-57765bdab599#cf0d0cca-20ce-4a4f-a5fd-573dfe6dc141 Vash 2005-06-21T20:38:26Z http://allthingsirish.tribe.net/thread/77dc4532-98d4-47aa-95c6-57765bdab599#cdb38c68-e502-459b-b06d-67d17edb8a32 It isn't quite Portland, but it's worth the short drive! The magic of the Faerieworlds Festival returns to the Pacific Northwest for a weekend of extraordinary live music, world-renowned art, elaborate multimedia and stunning live performances. We invite you to join us in the beautiful forest outside Eugene, Oregon on July 23rd and 24th at the Secret House Winery, for a very special weekend of magic and celebration. Visit http://www.faerieworlds.com for complete details. TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.FAERIEWORLDS.COM Space is limited so buy your tickets now to be sure you don't miss the magic. Faerieworlds features many of the world's great artists, crafters, musicians and folklorist whose work reflects the magic and beauty of the faerie realm. Join us this summer in the beautiful green valley of Secret House Winery for a time you'll never forget. MAINSTAGE LINEUP: KARAN CASEY BAND The Faerieworlds Festival is proud to present world-renowned Irish vocalist Karan Casey. Karan's stunning voice and her beautiful repertoire of magical songs has been inspiring to us for many years. We are very honored to feature her at this year's event on the evening of Sunday July 24th. WOODLAND Woodlands music is inspired directly by the realm of Faerie. Their songs explore the landscapes of Faerie, with mythical lyrics and ancient melodies. For three years Woodland has worked to create and produce the Faerieworlds Festival with Robert Gould of IMAGINOSIS. Their set of Faerie dance songs will feature the World of Froud Digital Faerie Lightshow on Saturday evening. TRILLIAN GREEN For years, Trillian Green dazzled audiences with their raw acoustic tantric-trance music. The trio is comprised of Christine Gunn on cello, Ben Klein on flute, and Jarrod Kaplan on percussion Founded on the wooded trails of the Oregon Country Fair in the early 90's, Trillian Green is known for their ability to inspire audiences to get up and stomp wildly to their energized celto-tribal acoustic sounds. Trillian Green returns to the forests outside Eugene, Oregon at Faerieworlds this year on Sunday July 24th. KEVIN BURKE Kevin Burke is a world-renowned Irish fiddle master, playing the beautiful fluid, highly ornamented style of County Sligo. Kevin has been a mainstay of several seminal Irish supergroups, from The Bothy Band to current all-star Irish band Patrick Street, and the Celtic Fiddle Festival which featured Faerieworlds favorite Johnny Cunningham for many years. "Lyric, fluid and precisely as tricky as he needs to be...probably the greatest Irish fiddler living." - The Village Voice SASHA BUTTERFLY Immersed in music since childhood, Sasha has been recording and touring extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Europe. Graced with a voice of an angel and a soulful grit, Sasha performs on a wide variety of instruments including guitar, flute, piano, djembe and more. Her timeless original lyrics and melodic creations leave listeners visibly moved. She brings the feel of a gospel singer into her heartfelt music about love, creation, and the beauty of the earth. GAIA CONSORT The visionary Seattle, Washington pagan rock band Gaia Consort mixes tribal rhythms and mythic themes to weave a driving sound that is beautiful, original and inspiring. For almost a decade Gaia Consort has been creating powerful music with intelligent lyrics that evoke the beauty and magic of the Old Ways. FIDDLEHEAD Hailed as one of the finest Celtic groups in the Northwest, Olympia, Washington's Fiddlehead plays an exciting blend of Celtic music and song. The band features Anthea Lawrence on fiddle and vocals, Audra Poor on Uillean pipes, flute, and whistle, and Lawson Dumbeck on guitar, banjo, and bodhran. The distant drone of pipes, sweet ballads sung in Gaelic, upbeat jigs, melodic airs twining between guitar and flute, fiery reels driven by the fiddle; all this is part of a Fiddlehead performance. THE SUGAR BEETS Playing their own style of high-energy acoustic music, the Eugene, Oregon's Sugar Beets are unlike any contemporary band on the scene today. Defined by impeccable musicianship, multiple singers and songwriters, and unbeatable live performances, their music draws from the foot-stomping traditions of bluegrass and Celtic music, mixed with contemporary and pop sounds. This year at Faerieworlds they will present a never-before-seen Faerie themed set. TRANCE ZEN DANCE Trance Zen Dance is a collective of performance artists, poets, and cybernauts, coming together to celebrate and share their gifts and intentions through live performance. Featuring highly-acclaimed world-music vocalist Kimberly Bass, California based Trance Zen Dance weaves realms of acoustic music and electronica to create energized live performances, while bridging worlds between the future and the past. LORANES WELL Featuring Kathryn Claire and Matthew Hayward-McDonald of Toad in the Hole, Loranes Well is a rich blend of original and traditional music inspired by the Celtic and old world sounds. The groups powerful harmony vocals, matched with Karthryn Claire's precision fiddling makes Lorane's Well one of the pacific northwest outstanding new Celtic acts. STREET PERFORMERS: Each year Faerieworlds features wandering and theatre performers throughout the fest as part of the ambience of the event. To perform or be part of his years event please write bookings@faerieworlds.com PHOENIX RISING Phoenix Rising is a performing arts troupe which originated in Santa Cruz, CA that specializes in fire dance theatre, stilting, costume design and wearable art. Sacred theater, personal expression, and a unique blend of traditional dance and spontaneous movement are combined to tell stories of passion, creation, love, and mischief. Phoenix Rising paints a colorful, exciting landscape that allows imagination to carry the audience beyond their day to day reality. THE MUDFAERIE EXPERIENCE Amira the MudFaerie is a one-of-a-kind, organic performance artist that touches and entertains people of all ages. The MudFaerie blends music and art in a completely unique manner. Amira turns a pile of mud into a sculpted world of fantastical beings before the eyes of observers. TOBY FROUD Born in London, England, Toby Froud began his acting career before he could speak. Starring in his first motion picture when he was still a toddler, he played Sarah's baby brother "Toby" in the Jim Henson film Labyrinth. Recently, Toby has been working as a stilt-walker and dancing bear with a troupe that performed throughout England this summer. Wendy made his incredible costumes and Toby has become a master stilt walker. Toby is also very interested in film making and is working on a short film featuring puppets he has made himself. JOSHUA SAFFORD Joshua Safford appears in two forms Raven and Jeremiah Wiggins. Raven is a magical bird that does an act that is a curious combination of balance, eggstraordinary magic and lunacy. Jeremiah Wiggins is the ambassador to the faerie realm, as well as a professional storyteller that has toured nationally for over a decade doing environmental theater, and has been part of the Faerieworlds Festival from the very beginning. His tales are a wonderful cross between humor and fantasy and are sometimes blended with magic. Jeremiah Wiggins is also the human “translator”(I.E. creator) of the faeries’ newspaper, the Daily Crock.. (What pixies read with their morning coffee.) Jeremiah is not hard to spot, just look for the large faerie mushroom perched on top of his head. He’ll plop it down and spin you a yarn. For more information on Joshua, his characters, and strange fantasy products, check out his website at HTTP://www.ravenstory.com/new SHADOW CIRCUS "Haaz-Baroque's characters have much more depth than [Peter]Jackson's could have ever hoped to achieve." - Silke Tudor, SF Weekly The Shadow Circus Creature Theatre, San Francisco's most bizarre satiracle puppetry troupe has just been confirmed for the Faerieworlds Festival in Eugene Oregon. Who are these madmen with their fun-fur and latex allies; thier Lovecraftian beasts, smarmy elves and fast-talking belligerent trees? Why not come on over to our tribe to find out?(HTTP://shadowcircus.tribe.net/) We promise there'll be punch and pie... Well, probably not punch and pie, actually... But there will be nifty photos and updates of all the new fanciful (and bizarre) creatures you'll see getting into misadventures this July. You may not think that's interesting now, but it probably is best to track our movements... Please visit http://www.faerieworlds.com and http://faerieworlds.tribe.net for further details and updates ~Vash (Just Vash) Sun, 29 May 2005 20:04:01 GMT http://allthingsirish.tribe.net/thread/77dc4532-98d4-47aa-95c6-57765bdab599#cdb38c68-e502-459b-b06d-67d17edb8a32 Vash 2005-05-29T20:04:01Z