We are getting closer to the start of the holiday season and we wanted to give you a little preview of whats coming up in December and what is going on now in the way of Christmas music.
Currently we are playing a mix of Winter Solstice and traditional Christmas music on our Northern Woods and Celtic Moon broadcasts. This music will play all of the way through to New Years.
Our yearly traditional "A Celtic Christmas" website theme and 24/7 Christmas music on Highlander Radio will begin on December 1st.
Starting December 13th we will be celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. A CD will be given away every day until December 24th! The first 5 CDs will be Steve and Ruth's brand new holiday CD - "An Appalachian Winter".
A big thank you to Steve and Ruth for donating these CDs for the contest. They really are some good folk and we would highly encourage those that can't wait to purchase their CD from their website.
The contest will work in this way. We will post the CD to be given away and then at some point in the day we will ask for the first person to respond to win the CD. Watch this thread for when we being the contest on December 13th.
...and me, the second one? dear LOA, happy to see you! Some burning days are waiting for us! Do you remember that contest? Merry Chistmas, my dear friend iolanda
Don't forget that our special 12 days of Christmas starts this Saturday! And good news, another Christmas CD has arrived for the contest. Oceans Apart 'The Carol-Singing Sea".
And weare securing 3 copies of Blackmore's Night's "Winter Nights" for the contest too.
In other news, be sure to listen for your favorite Celtic Radio Musicians wishing our listeners are Merry Christmas on Highlander Radio!
Maybe we should hold next month's in the chat room "The Lounge" - what does everyone think of that, would that be more interesting and fun? -------------------- Paul MacArthur Founder of Celtic Radio
Hi Paul,
We'll we do the contest pow wow in "The Lounge" like you suggested in August and have a blast? There was 171 posts that night to enjoy the suspense...
Can't wait to get the "adrenaline" go up a bit...for fun fo course.
Welcome to the 12 Days ofChristmas! That's TWELVE more days until
CHRISTMASEVE!
Today's contest is brought to you by:
Twelve Drummers Drummer!
For the next 5 days we have a very genereous donation of CDs to give away from Steve and Ruth Smith of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Their brand new Christmas CD - "An Appalachian Winter" (15 cuts) is a unique blend of traditional Holiday classics, Appalachian Christmas favorites, and new original, wintry pieces that make this CD definitely not your average Holiday CD.
How the contest works is we will announce the CD in the morning hours of each day. Sometime that day we will state that the "Contest is beginning" and we will take the 3rd poster or 1st poster or 2nd poster to win the CD. So, you have to wait until we are ready to give the CD away and if you are the numbered poster you win that CD.
In addition to An Appalachian Winter we also have 1 copy of Oceans Apart "The Carol-Singing Sea" and 3 copies of Blackmore's Night "Winter Songs" is on the way to us for this contest. We will mail the CDs immediately upon receiving your mailing address, so if you want the CD for Christmas make sure that all winners get their mailing address to us using our contact form:
Happy Holidays from the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Have you heard Bruce Davies' original Christmas songs? "The School Nativity Play" is lots of fun, but his best Christmas pieces aren't in his Celtic Radio catalogue. *pout*