Burns Festival goes scot-free.Byline: The Register-Guard Its namesake may be a Scottish poet, but the Robert Burns Music Festival celebrates Irish, Welsh and Scottish culture Scottish culture is the national culture of Scotland. It originates from various differences, some entrenched as part of the Act of Union, others facets of nationhood not easily defined but readily identifiable. . The annual Celtic gathering will take place Feb. 9 from 1:40 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Willamette High School Willamette High School is a school in Eugene, Oregon. Willamette, or "Wil-Hi," is located in the Bethel-Danebo area of west Eugene, and is the only high school in the Bethel School District. . This year, admission to the festival is free, but donations to the Willamette High School Celtic Club will be accepted. "Times have been pretty tough in the community, and we felt that it would be a nice thing to offer no admission charge," said Jim Grant, director of the festival. "The philosophy behind the whole thing is that we want to provide the community with a Celtic event that is something light and educational." The Burns festival will begin with the ceremonial presentation of the haggis haggis pig stomach filled with oatmeal, minced offal, suet and seasoning and cooked like a large sausage. , featuring a reading of Burns' poetry and a performance by piper Wiley MacKinnon. Eugene harpist Janet Naylor is among the featured acts at this year's festival. Naylor's renditions of Irish and Scottish standards have made her a household name among Celtic music Celtic music is a term utilized by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Northern Europe. fans in the Northwest and beyond. Also scheduled to perform are the Scottish-Gaelic group Kitchen Ceilidh cei·lidh n. An Irish or Scottish social gathering with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling. [Irish Gaelic céilidhe, from Old Irish célide, visit, from céle, , Celtic vocalist Dorothy Attneave, the Irish Echo performance group, the Willamette Concert Celtic Choir and the Eugene Highlanders. |
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