Pencader Pipes Festival

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Had this sent to me in an email and just thought some people here might be interested.



Gwyl Bibau Pencader
Pipes Festival #4



19/20 September 2003



with:

David Faulkner

Neillidh Mulligan

Pibe Bach



Concerts / Pub Sessions / Pipe wokshops / Coracles / Feast.



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David Faulkner
David is a well known & much respected piper from Devon who plays Jon Swayne border pipes- playing mostly English traditional and French inspired dance music. He is well known for his work with the Eelgrinders and the English piping supergroup Zephyrus. We had David at the Gwyl #1 and he was a knockout.


Neillidh Mulligan
Neillidh, from Dublin, has been with us twice before and also played Fishguard Folk Festival last year. He is a great solo artist and session man on the Uillean pipes.


Pibe Bach
Wales’ only professional pipe & drum band, recently returned from playing the Khareef festival in Oman. They are: Ceri Rhys Matthews, John Tose & Gerard Kilbride on Welsh pipes and Andy Jones & Chris Pitson on percussion. The music is entirely Welsh with a little Breton influence, mostly traditional and very, very loud.



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Location


The festival takes place in the neighbouring villages of Pencader and Llanfihangel ar Arth which are in West Wales, about 12 miles north of CARMARTHEN.



Festival goers may camp in the field behind the Eagle pub in Llanfihangel with overnight access to the pub toilets. Other accommodation must be arranged by the festival goer- there are local B&Bs etc., and plenty more in nearby Llandysul.



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Programme


Friday 19th – Concert in the church, Llanfihangel ar Arth…………7.30pm

Afterwards- session in the Eagle over the road. All instruments, not just pipes.



Saturday 20th – 10.30am, coracles in the river Teifi, Llanfihangel with opportunities for having a go yourself. At the same time there will be a guided tour of Llanfihangel by a local historian for those interested, starting down by the river.

12.00 – Pipe workshops / meet the artists, in the Hen Gapel, Pencader.

2.00pm – Feast in the football field Pavilion. Places strictly limited.

4.00pm – Irish session in the Farmers, Pencader, with Neillidh.

7.30pm – Concert in the Hen Gapel, Pencader followed by session in the Beehive.



Both the concerts will feature David, Neillidh and Pibe Bach plus others.

All times are what we’re aiming for & may or may not run on time!



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Tickets


Full weekend ticket, including the feast…………….£25 (adults) £12 (kids)

Saturday ticket……………………………………….£20 £10

Individual concerts……………………………………£5 £3



The feast is limited to 60 places.

Buy in advance from John Tose, Ty’r Bwlch, Crymych, Pembs. SA41 3SG

Cheques made payable to `Pibau Pencader’

Or you can get your tickets on the door.

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It was AWESOME!!!
Can’t wait till next year!
Sarah

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I didn’t go :frowning:
I did plan to, but something came up
which meant that my weekend was occupied.

Earth shattering by some accounts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3133050.stm
:smiling_imp:

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Yeah - you could say that since the 2 locations used by the festival were on different sides of the hole in the (already then closed) road!! We had to use the diversions which can be very diverse in this rural area at night!! Quite interesting wobbling out of the pub at 3 a.m. and trying to make one’s way to the other side of the hole where we parked though. (More of a landslide really - they lost a whole lane down the hill!)

Where abouts in Wales are you? Do you know about the Welsh Whistlers get together?
:slight_smile: sarah

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[quote="Cariad
Where abouts in Wales are you? Do you know about the Welsh Whistlers get together?
:slight_smile: sarah[/quote]

Oops!! :blush: Silly me - twas you who invited us !!! And I know where you are coz I just looked at your email!!!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! (just fell down a hole - not in Pencader though!!)
best
Sarah