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| Posted by: subhuman 28-Jun-2006, 09:04 PM |
| I joined here last year shortly after this festival and missed a chance to meet quite a few of you there. I don't plan on making that same mistake twice. Who's coming? |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 09-Jul-2006, 08:17 PM |
| Most likely, the usual bunch that have been there the past few years will attend again. I think we will be staying at the Hilton Hotel, near the airport but I don't think we will be spending time in the hot tub with The Barley Boys. They weren't invited back this year. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 16-Jul-2006, 09:34 AM |
| Hi SubHuman, it's nice to have a new person on the network!!!! As for the Celtic Classic Festival, it has grown to the largest Celtic Festival on the East Coast! I hope you will enjoy the terrific bands and vendors as much as I have for the last 3 years of attending. In 2004 I suggested we have a Celtic Radio get together for "2008" at this festival and everyone start planning and saving to attend so we could all meet and have a good ole time together as a group and sit and have a few beers and hang together. As usual, talk is cheap and alot of folks said they wanted or were coming and then one excuse or another and slowly the number of folks grew less and less to the point planning any type of activity would be unproductive. In the beginning I spent alot of time talking to the director and staff of the Celtic Classic Festival about even getting a booth set up for us as a meeting place and to advertise the radio station. But that is futile if members aren't going to show. I also looked into hotels and camping facilities for all of the members to find inexpensive lodgings and facilities so attending would not be a burden financially. So I have come to the point that a few member's e-mail me to let me know if they are coming and where to catch up with each other which is always Great! to catch up on each other about how things are and have been going for them over the last year. By attending festivals together I have met some wonderful people. Shelly (Irish Stepper) and her hubby came, EAMON, 3Raven's, A Shrule Egan, Fran and his wife, Rocky and Kelly from USA KILTS * yes I love my Kilt Kelly! , David and his wife Hillary, My Favorite fella - Sylvanius and his brother along with the new wonderfully talented people like Terri & his future wife Jane from Kildare's pub and the guys from many of the different bands. Great people all of them! I truely wished everyone could come to this but I know location sometimes is a problem. But I wish everyone would find a festival close to them and go out of their way to meet up with other's from our network....they are missing so much fun and the building of great friendships. Subhuman, let me know by email if you are coming and I'll make it a point to buy ya a beer and sit and chat!!! Looking forward to meeting you! Annabelle PS: Forgot to tell all of ya'll "Irish folks"! Savannah Ga has grown to the largest Irish Festival on the east coast! Come see us sometime Ya'll! |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 16-Jul-2006, 10:59 AM |
| Not sure who took over hiring the bands the past two years but they have put together another poor selection of bands this year. http://www.celticfest.org/CCA_2006Perform.html Enter The Haggis is the only band that has some real backbone in the lineup. Looks like I'll be spending a lot of time checking out the vendors again. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 16-Jul-2006, 07:02 PM |
| Well you are the shopping Queen anyway! So your checking out the vendor's doesn't surprise me at all! |
| Posted by: Irish Stepper 17-Jul-2006, 06:22 AM | ||
Man, you're not kidding about the lineup! Charlie Zahm is another one I look forward to seeing. Ed Miller's not too bad, but other than that...hmm. I think I may only be spending 1 day up there again this year. It stinks that neither of the "boys" will be back this year...Barley or Glengarry. So which day are most people going to be there? And which hotel...The Hilton in Allentown? |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 17-Jul-2006, 05:53 PM | ||||
Shelly, we'll be at the Hilton on Airport Rd, starting Friday evening and leaving Sunday afternoon from the festival. Take the Airport Rd. south exit off 22 and go to the next light. Be in the left lane, so you can make the turn into the complex. And don't forget your bathing suit. Very nice pool and hot tub. |
| Posted by: Irish Stepper 17-Jul-2006, 08:34 PM |
Alrighty...I made the reservations for Fri and Sat night. Hmm...pool, hot tub, cocktails...  Sounds good to me...   |
| Posted by: subhuman 23-Jul-2006, 11:00 AM |
| I'll be there, I've been there every year for about the last decade. I live about fifteen minutes from there. The problem is I joined here at CR two weeks after the '05 CC and missed out on meeting people. I don't plan on letting that happen again. No, the Glengarry Bhoys aren't back this year. However look at the lineup of Greenwich Meantime and you'll see many familiar names. Four of them were in GB last year this time... |
| Posted by: Annabelle 31-Jul-2006, 10:02 PM |
| Ok Fran where are you and are you guys going to meet up with us this year? |
| Posted by: subhuman 07-Aug-2006, 10:14 PM | ||
One of the main problems is Musikfest, which runs for ten days in the exact same spot. Seven Nations finished playing about an hour ago, add in Brother, Scythian, Seamus Kennedy and a whole bunch more Celtic acts I forget and there lies the problem. Musikfest has been booking more and more Celtic acts each year, and with it running just over a month prior to the Celtic Classic it's interfering. Seamus is the only performer I've seen show up for both festivals. |
| Posted by: subhuman 03-Sep-2006, 12:57 PM |
| For those of you who are planning on attending, I'll be spending the earlier part of each day beside the beer tent at the Tavern in the Glen. Unless I get recruited to help, which may happen one of the days, depending on how many volunteers show up. One of my friends and coworkers runs that tent, so we usually hang out there. Come evening I'll be catching shows. Here's where it gets tough... no pics of myself on this computer, so here goes... 6' tall, about 190 pounds usually with a shaved head, unless I'm excessively lazy it may just be fuzzy... glasses, usually a fu manchu for facial hair, most likely wearing an urban camo utilikilt. Name's Bob for those who don't already know. Well, if you get by the beer tent look to the right of it where the chairs are set up, I may be there! |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 07-Sep-2006, 05:03 PM | ||
Bob, nothing has changed, that I know of. We (Irish Stepper and hubby, Annabelle and myself) are still all staying at the Hilton, by the airport. Tequila Nancy won't be there this year. I think she told me, that BarleyJuice is playing at the Wildwood, N.J. Celtic Festival. Haven't heard from Eamon or Sylvanus, so, not sure what's up with them. I think you will find us frequently with Rocky and Kelly, at the U.S.A. Kilts tent or taking the march up the hill to the Bethlehem Brew Works, to get a real beer, instead of that phony chemical crap, they sell at the fest.  We should run into you somewhere along the way. |
| Posted by: subhuman 21-Sep-2006, 07:53 PM |
| Any chance we can exchange first names at least in advance? Privately if you so prefer. You already have my info. battery for camera charged: check battery for laptop charged: check list of local wireless hotspots to upload pics here while at the fest: check scheduled to be done work tomorrow by 3pm: check scheduled to be done work Sat by 10AM: check off work Sun: check sitting the bar right now while posting getting my liver ready for the weekend: check (you need to ease your liver into these things) hungover and tired Mon: probably kilt already in the van so I can put it on tomorrow before I leave work: check good weather forecast: umm... kinda. Calling for good tomorrow, chance of rain showers Sat and Sun Should've posted request for names a while back, but something changed in our internet access at work and I can load half of this site's main page before it freezes. I'm not going thru the hassle of getting around whatever they block because the wireless connection I leech off of belongs to a division of the company that moves out on Oct 1. Anyway, hope to see you guys tomorrow |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 21-Sep-2006, 08:23 PM |
| Irish Stepper is Shelly and hubby is George, Annabelle is Annabelle or some other names that can't be printed on here and myself, Mike. I suspect we may see Eamon (Ed) pop in on Friday night but I haven't heard from him yet. Most likely, we won't go to the Friday night show. We plan on heading over to Gregory's for dinner and hang out the for a while. Then head back to the hotel and hit the hot tub and pool and I'm sure we will pop open a few bottles of something. We will see you somewhere along the way on Saturday. |
| Posted by: Irish Stepper 22-Sep-2006, 12:35 AM |
Of course, I'll probably fall asleep in the hot tub and Annabelle and Mike will have to rescue me from drowning, since I won't be getting any sleep today after getting off of work at 6am. Then again, my hubby might just pay them off to let me drown so he can collect on the life insurance! If you guys don't see me on the boards after this weekend, then please call in a tip for the police to investigate!  See you guys there!  |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 24-Sep-2006, 07:44 PM |
| Hey Shelly, we finally found Bob!!! We were hanging out at the Tavern Performing Tent and talking to Terry Algier, from the Celtic Spirit Band and we decided to make one last try to find Bob. As we were passing the Tavern beer tent, we saw someone that fit the description. I went up and asked and someone else stepped forward . It was Bob. Bob will have a picture of us together posted soon. Just got a call from Annabelle. I dropped her off at the airport at 3:30. It's now 9 and she was just told that her flight was cancelled. She said she is heading back to the Hilton to spend the night.  They claimed that thunderstorms in Atlanta had closed the airport. |
| Posted by: subhuman 25-Sep-2006, 04:41 PM |
| Yep, I *do* exist. http://imageshack.us I have a whole bunch of other pics from the weekend (over 300 total) and I'll post more later. From our short discussion, it seems luck was not with us. I spent hours each day next to the beer tent (as usual) and you guys kept missing me. Proof is supplied here: http://imageshack.us I must admit, after finishing the third keg I had to visit the facilities.... http://imageshack.us For the record, I was wearing my urban camo utilikilt on Fri and part of Sat. I have been lazy (and overworked) so shaving (face or head) hasn't occured lately. I didn't really fit the description (well, I did for the first half of the weekend) so I'm impressed you managed to find me- or rather you found the guy next to me. In addition to the previously mentioned pictures, I also have a few videos of Enter the Haggis and Greenwich Meantime. I'll check with them on their policies regarding this before posting any links. Aww, heck... I already converted these pics to a decent resolution for a forum so I may as wll link them... Some of the local Bethelehem Police getting into the spirit of things, sporting the Bethlehem tartan: http://imageshack.us One of my better band pics from Friday night, Enter the Haggis: http://imageshack.us I don't like using the flash in the face of performers (I think it's rude) so I had to drop the shutter speed. Most of the pics I took were blurry, but this one came out ok. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 25-Sep-2006, 04:59 PM |
| Shelly, WHO DAT GIRL??? |
| Posted by: Irish Stepper 25-Sep-2006, 08:28 PM |
| Oh Jeez, Mike. Could Annabelle have used a worse picture of me? Then again, it's probably the only one she took of me. I'm sure the camera broke right after that! Good to finally meet ya Bob! Even if it's only a picture. Sorry we missed you on Saturday. We didn't swing by the Tavern area until evening time. Then again, I don't think I would have been able to pick you out anyway. I was picturing a lot less hair on the head, and a shorter mustache!  |
| Posted by: Annabelle 28-Sep-2006, 10:11 PM |
| Yep! It was the only picture I got of you Ms Irish Stepper and I had to practically tie you to that counter to get you to hold still long enough to get that one picture. I thought you looked BEAUTIFUL as ever! I'm so glad we all had the weekend together but my flight home was a nightmare. I got stuck in Allentown over night after they decided to close down the Atlanta airport. So took a Beech-9 puddle jumper up to Boston and they pinged me back down to Atlanta. When I went back to the hotel I ran into one of the Drum Major's of a bagpipe band from NY. They were down stairs in the lobby playing music and I sat there enjoying a beer before I headed to bed and by then it was 11:00. I had to get up by 5 to get back to the airport to ping off Boston to come home. No much rest that way. If I'd had more time I would have called Mac and said hello and checked to see how he's hanging in there. I hope the music is a bit better next year. Was a little disappointed in the music this year. What do I have to do to get on the committee to help pick out the bands? |