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PRESENTERS
FIFTH ANNUAL CELTIC WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, OCT
10-12, 2002
At O'Flaherty's Irish Channel
Center and Pub in the French Quarter 514 Toulouse Street New Orleans
LA 70130.
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"Being Together" .
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PRESENTERS INFORMATIONElinor Bennett Welsh Harpist, Singer
One of Wales' and Britain's most distinguished harpists with a formidable international reputation through live performances, recordings, teaching and music therapy. She is an Honorary Fellow of her alma mater, the University of Wales and of the Royal Academy of Music, London, for her services to music.Padraigín Clancy, PhD Irish Folklorist
A Dublin native residing on InishMór of the Aran Islands. Clancy is a graduate in Irish folklore and history and appears frequently on national and local radio and TV in Ireland. Her thesis topic is "Calendar Custom and Belief in an Island Community". Born on St. Patrick's Day, she is also a keen tinwhistle player and Irish set-dancer.Club Espana Galician Dancers
Monica Fontan, dancer; Patricia Fernandez, dancer; Monica Garcia, musician; Milagros Cota, musician will be conducting a workshop on Thursday to bring Galician dance to the Conference for the very first time.Amy Hale, PhD Cornish Folklorist
Amy Hale was born in Detroit, raised in Florida and relocated to Cornwall in 1995. She holds degrees in Anthropology and Folklore through which she has pursued a lifelong interest in the modern Celts. Hale appeared in the 2000 CWI Conference.Anne Kissack Manx Culturist
Born and raised on the Isle of Man, Kissack has spent her life in teaching primary school; began Gaelic choir; composes Manx choral songs. Lives with her family in a hamlet that is home of the last native speakers of Manx.Cindy Matyi Celtic Artist
An accomplished and renowned Celtic artist well known in America, especially for her partnership in "American Celtic" , a touring art exhibition that has delighted Celtic Women International at two previous conferences. Matyi will lead a workshop in Celtic Art.Flora MacDonald Gammon Scottish Folk Singer
A mainstay for spreading her Scottish heritage and music through Elderhostels, festivals and the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in North Carolina. MacDonald Gammon was a hit as MC last year in Milwaukee and
returns to that duty in New Orleans.Betsy McGovern Singer, Musician
Lead singer for "The Poor Clares" band based at O'Flaherty's Irish Pub in New Orleans; Betsy McGovern coordinates the musical groups at the Celtic Women's Conferences. She is both an Honorary and a Regular member of CWI and a board director.Nolwenn Monjarret Breton Singer
Nolwenn has been singing Breton songs for most of her life, from private celebrations to invited concerts to recording with the Chieftains. She has appeared all over Europe plus the United States. In her "other life" she
sells Breton Celtic harps.Pauline Patterson Sculptor Artist
Born in Belfast and now living and working in New Orleans for 12 years, Patterson uses clay to fashion traditional art and folklore themes in her beautiful pieces. She is a graduate of the University of Ulster Art College and has a graduate degree in education as well.Seosaimhín Nic Rabhartaigh Irish Linguist
"Josie" is an Irish native, currently teaching at UWM in Milwaukee. She is a delightful speaker, singer , poet and all-around entertainer who filled the role of co-MC last year and will do the same in New Orleans.Margaret Rogers Playwright/Musician
"Maeve's Party - or The Girls are Back in Town". For mythical Queen Maeve life in Tir na Nog isn't quite settled. This delightful 40-minute play will be presented at the Thursday evening reception. Rogers has written several plays for Milwaukee's Irish Fest; she also is a singer and teaches voice.Barbara Ryan & Susan Walmsley IONA
Founder and lead singer for the pan-Celtic band IONA, mid-Atlantic's leading Celtic group, Ryan performs on guitar, bodhran and bouzouki; Walmsley does the Highland dance and Appalachian clogging to "puirt-a-beul" (mouth music).Beth Vaughan Medieval Teller
Beth Vaughan has been a returning story-teller for Celtic Women's Conferences, sharing medieval tales of ancient people, some-times being baffled, herself, at modern devices like pagers and microphones. Vaughan will once again host two storytelling workshops for beginners and experienced tellers.Marjorie Logie Warren Scottish Tartan Weaver
Glasgewegian by birth, Marjorie Logie Warren is a production weaver with an emphasis in Tartan Weaving. She is in a three-year project for The National Trust, having notated 1,400 patterns on computer, to be woven and placed in books. Warren is the co-designer of the Celtic Women International Tartan which will be unveiled at the Conference in New Orleans.
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