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| Posted by: Hughestown Celtic festival 31-Mar-2006, 11:03 AM |
| I am helping with the planning of the festival fundraiser for the Hughestown volenteer fire dept. http://www.roundtableproductions.net/myweb/index.htm Any vendors or performers plaese contact me thru the website. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 02-Apr-2006, 04:49 PM |
| Excellent little festival. I drove 2 hours to go to this last year. Still can't believe the town didn't support this more. They have no clue what they missed. Tartan Terrors were funny and entertaining. Wyndfall was a big surprise that I had never seen before. Their music can be found here on CR. Also, the vendors that were there, were not your typical Celtic vendors and were a good mix. Not the same old stuff you see at most festivals. And where else can you go at a Celtic Festival and get a half hour Fireman's Parade. Come on Hughestown, get off your butts and support your own firehouse!!! BRING ON THE JELLO SHOTS. I suggested to Raven about a month ago, that he should contact this festival and see if they could get Arminta booked and get some east coast exposure. That could be how this thread came about. What say you Mikel? |
| Posted by: Keltic 02-Apr-2006, 09:29 PM |
| I'm not doing any festivals this year. I've decided to spend the year designing new jewellery pieces. I have however, added the festival to the list of events on my website. Good luck with the festival and I hope that some traffic comes your way from my website. |
| Posted by: Elspeth 02-Apr-2006, 09:46 PM |
| Where is this guys? I tried to acces the map from the website, but only got a photo. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 03-Apr-2006, 04:24 PM | ||
Lady E, it's the exit after the Scranton Airport, heading south. Follow that road for about 2 miles and when you see a shopping center on the left, make the next right and follow that up the hill to the church. Go another 1/4 mile and the firehouse grounds are on the right. You can always e-mail the firehouse and get more detailed directions. I really didn't have any problem finding the place and I drove in from New Jersey. |
| Posted by: Elspeth 03-Apr-2006, 04:43 PM |
| Ah, and alas, it is on the 'wrong' side of PA. I'm in Ohio. PA is such a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooog state to drive across. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 03-Apr-2006, 04:48 PM | ||
I was thinking it would be a long drive for you. I sorta remembered that you were near the Burg. |
| Posted by: Elspeth 03-Apr-2006, 07:10 PM |
| Wish I was nearer the Burg! |
| Posted by: Raven 14-Apr-2006, 10:12 AM |
| It looks like we are going to do that loooooonnng drive across PA we just got booked for the fest. Thank Shrule for suggesting it:) We may try to book a show in Pittsburg on the way out Elspeth. Slainte Mikel |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 15-Apr-2006, 12:22 PM | ||
Can I get your autograph when I see you at the fest??  |
| Posted by: Raven 18-Apr-2006, 01:45 PM |
Well.......yeah......  |
| Posted by: Senara 18-Apr-2006, 02:06 PM |
 an autograph isn't so bad...he could have asked to take a peek under the kilt and then you'd really have to wonder....  then again if I was going I'd ask for a lil peek but that's just me.....  |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 18-Apr-2006, 08:50 PM | ||
Thanks!! I figured I would have to get your autograph first, in order to get Peckery's autograph. I really wanted his, since he's the real star of the band. Just "ask Peckery" and I'm sure he will tell you that.  |
| Posted by: Raven 19-Apr-2006, 08:20 AM |
Diva's come in all genders  and nobody's peaking |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 26-Apr-2006, 06:02 PM | ||
Hey, what's the scoop, are you playing Sunday at the fest or did you get booked on Long Island? By the way, who is this guy??? http://www.arminta.net/Images/Images%202005/BioPics/Smiliing-GregBio.gif |
| Posted by: Raven 26-Apr-2006, 08:28 PM |
Don's know him  We are playing twice on Saturday and once on Sunday. If we had a Celtic Radio.net banner we could fly it I'm sure. We still don't know about the Long Island Irish night show yet. I will post as soon as I do, plus we are working on an area show for Friday night. Peace Mikel www.myspace.com/blaqlily |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 26-Apr-2006, 08:40 PM |
| Sunday ya say. I may have to pitch a tent and do my Woodstock impression in front of the stage.  Now, if you need help selling cd's and t-shirts, I can do that but I'm not wearing tight shorts and shaving my legs. Ain't happenin'!! |
| Posted by: Raven 01-May-2006, 01:57 PM |
| Would you wear one of our Babydoll t's and shave your head |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 23-Jul-2006, 07:46 PM |
| Once again, the people from the Hughestown area have no idea what they missed. This was a fun festival, with good music, food, entertainment and a nice selection of vendors. The music was supplied by Arminta and The Reese Project, better known to most, as Tom and Laurie Reese. The two groups rotated all day long, for both days. Saturday's festival came to a halt around 5 PM. A thunderstorm and tornado warning was posted for the area. Never saw a tornado but we sure saw the rain. Sunday, was a sunny day with a cool northwest breeze. Couldn't have asked for a better day to go to a festival. Entertainment was from a jousting troupe, that also consisted of a court jester, the queen, mimes and story tellers. There was also a demonstration put on by a dog trainer for herding ducks and geese. I talked with the owner and she actually has a farm in New Hampshire and uses the dog every day for rounding up all the ducks to be put away at night. This festival is for the benefit of the Hughestown Fire Department and it's pretty sad that it's own towns people can't even support their own. I saw more cars from out of state, in the parking lot, then Pa. plates. Kate (aka, the queen and organizer) and the fire department and it's festival volunteers, worked hard to put this festival on, with very little to show for it. Kate informed me, that the festival will be in May next year. She thought there was to much going on in the summertime, in the area and a May festival might work better. It sounded like she wanted Arminta to come back and do the festival again. I guess that will be up to Mikel and Arminta but they looked like they were having to much fun, not to come back. Arminta, Mikel (Raven), Greg (Peckery), wife Tracy and myself went out to this little Italian restaurant, called Gabriella's. The owner/chef and one of the waitresses recognized Arminta from the festival and were rather happy that we picked there, to have dinner. The prices were very reasonable and the food was excellent. I think, I was the only one who finished everything that was served on our plates. The portions were rather generous. For the five of us, the bill came to $64. So, Hughestown has at least two good things. A Celtic festival and Gabriella's Italian Restaurant. Hopefully, the town wakes up and supports both. |
| Posted by: Raven 26-Jul-2006, 01:40 PM |
| Hey We had a ton of fun at this fest and they can for sure count us in again for next year. Hopefully we can see some good CRN presence at this undiscovered jewel in eastern PA! Mikel |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 26-Jul-2006, 04:42 PM |
I noticed the drummer and bass player purchased jester hats and Lady A broke the bank with her purchases of multiple frocks, woolen hat and a sword. Is it because the guitarist was so worn out from doing silly dances, while playing, that he didn't make any purchases? |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 04:20 PM |
| I managed to take a few pictures at the Hughestown festival, which featured the band Arminta. Arminta was taking a break between sets and decided to relax on the stage steps and take in a little sun. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 04:26 PM |
| Mikel aka Raven, Arminta, Greg aka Peckery and Duncan. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 04:33 PM |
| Arminta with her whistle and decked out in her U.S.A Kilt. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 04:40 PM |
| Raven, trying to play louder than Greg. Mikel was playing a beautiful guitar, which was getting more attention from the crowd, than Mikel's bad jokes.  |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 04:48 PM |
| I think there was some jousting going on during the show and Arminta was very relaxed watching it while singing. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 04:53 PM |
| The Sunday show. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 05:04 PM |
| Most folks on CR know these people as Wyndfall. For the Hughestown festival, they were known as The Reese Project, Tom and Laurie Reese and always entertaining. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 05:16 PM |
Mikel's worldwide fan club showed up, all three of them. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 05:23 PM |
| Mikel and Lady A. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 05:46 PM |
| Greg. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Aug-2006, 05:57 PM |
| Yes, there really was jousting going on. |