The South Wales Uilleann Pipers are pleased to announce our 2017 tionol
Piping at the Old Bridge
The 8th South Wales Tionol
September 29th/30th 2017
Pontypridd
With Special Guests
Martin Nolan
Becky Tayor
Highlights include:
Piping instruction (beginner, intermediate and advanced levels)
Fiddle instruction (teacher TBC)
Gala Concert
Afternoon piping recital/piper’s chair
Lunchtime music featuring 78rpm records of Patsy Touhey, Tom Ennis, Leo Rowsome, Liam Walsh and others played on antique wind-up gramophones
Evening sessions in local pubs
Raffle
The Tionol will be based in and around the Pontypridd Museum, a restored Baptist chapel dating from 1861. The chapel sits on the banks of River Taf at the foot of Pontypridd’s ‘Old Bridge’ which, when first completed in 1756, was the longest single span bridge in Europe.
Once again we will use The Heritage Park Hotel as our recommended accommodations. The hotel is about a 5 minute drive/taxi ride from the museum where the tionol will be held. The hotel has agreed a special rate of £50 B&B per night for tionol participants. Just call the reservations desk at 01443 687057 (rather than go through the website) and mention that you are there for the Irish bagpipes festival and they will give you this reduced rate. The final session on Saturday night will also be held at the hotel.
We are also pleased to announce that Mikey Kenney from Liverpool will teach the fiddle classes, as well as perform at the concert.
Some updates on the South Wales Tionol, with guest pipers Martin Nolan and Dicky Deegan and guest fiddler Mikey Kenney.
Saturday (September 30th) all-day fee for pipers and fiddlers will be £30. This includes
morning and afternoon classes
buffet lunch on site accompanied by old piping 78s played on 1920s wind-up gramophones
afternoon piping recital
tea/coffee thoughout the day
Admission to the Friday night concert (September 29th) will be £7 at the door. If you’d like us to hold advnaced tickets please PM me or email rhonddapiper[at]gmail[dot[com]
