Arts & Entertainment
Christmas with The Nashville Celts
The group has shared the stage with Vince Gill, Cathy Jordan, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh of Altan, Ricky Skaggs, Tim O'Brien and Patty Loveless.
Eddie Owen Presents: Christmas with The Nashville Celts
Wednesday, December 4th at 7:30 pm
Live at Red Clay Music Foundry
Tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/7160679/eddie-owen-presentschristmas-with-the-celts-duluth-eddie-owen-presents-live-at-the-red-clay-music-foundry
The original national PBS show Christmas with The Celts aired on 222 PBS channels across the U.S., Canada and on the BBC in Ireland for three years. This successful TV show was the initial spark, which created a huge demand for the production bringing them into Performing Arts Centers, Theaters, and large casinos every year.
The high-stepping spirited musical selections have audiences clapping along from the first lively renditions of popular contemporary Christmas classics: 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', 'Little Drummer Boy', 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'; also 'Count Your Blessings', 'White Christmas' and John Lennon's perennial 'Happy Christmas'. The show presents a perfect combination of modern Christmas hits, lively ancient Irish Carols, hilarious spontaneous humor, thrilling Irish dancing, a children's choir and lush string arrangements giving audiences a most memorable interactive Christmas experience.
Christmas with The Celts is the name of the holiday show from the music group The Nashville Celts. The Nashville Celts are Laura McGhee from Dundee Scotland on vocals/fiddle, Fiachra O'Regan from Connemara, Ireland of uilleann pipes, Ric Blair on vocal-guitar-bodhran & piano, Will Clark on vocals/mandolin/banjo and others including the crowd pleasing Irish dancers.
Show founder, Grammy nominated songwriter, and film score composer Ric Blair says, "You can't listen to Celtic music and not be happy. Christmas with the Celts isn't just a concert; it is a spiritual experience of music and dance uniting communities. It's about bringing young and old together. It is a music of the people. I think that is why this unique melding of modern Christmas hits and organic Celtic instrumentation continues to resonate and grow in popularity every year with audiences."
The first live performance of Christmas with The Celts was in front of a sold-out audience at the original Grand Ole Opry (voted top venue by Pollstar) the world-famous Ryman Auditorium. The Nashville Celts pack concert halls around the world including The Grand Ole Opry, The Lincoln Center, and Performing Arts Centers, Theaters and large Casinos across the country; including multiple appearances on NPR, WSM Radio, PBS shows like Music City Roots and The Bluegrass Underground. Later this year they are set to appear on the Woodsong's Old Time Radio Hour which also airs on PBS. Blair credits much of their success to their exposure on PBS. The group has shared the stage with Vince Gill, Cathy Jordan, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh of Altan, Ricky Skaggs, Tim O'Brien, Patty Loveless, just to name a few.