`Celtic Holiday' puts local show on disc.

Byline: The Register-Guard

A Celtic Holiday

David Stuart David Stuart may refer to

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Bull, Linda Danielson, Chico Schwall

For 20 years now, actor David Stuart Bull has performed "A Child's Christmas in Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. " by Dylan Thomas Noun 1. Dylan Thomas - Welsh poet (1914-1953)
Dylan Marlais Thomas, Thomas , starting in 1984 at Cafe Central, now Cafe Soriah.

For all but a few of those years, he has been joined by fiddler Linda Danielson and guitarist Chico Schwall, adding Celtic instrumental and vocal music to the show.

"A Celtic Holiday" includes nine music-only tracks: jigs, reels, strathspeys, slow airs and songs. Schwall does all the singing, surprisingly more effective in Welsh than in English sung in the Irish style. Danielson plays masterfully by herself and as an accompanist.

Bull, who grew up in England near the Welsh border, is right at home reading Dylan Thomas' most popular prose work, with supportive but not obtrusive ob·tru·sive
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1. Thrusting out; protruding: an obtrusive rock formation.

2. Tending to push self-assertively forward; brash: a spoiled child's obtrusive behavior. guitar and fiddle accompaniment.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Don Ross Don Ross may refer to:

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at Don Ross Productions, "A Celtic Holiday" will make a nice souvenir for those who have enjoyed this show over the years, and an enjoyable evening by the hearth for those who've missed out on it.

- Paul Denison

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