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Traditional Music/Dance
Sunday 1 August 2010 at 8pm
Kintra with special guests Theresa Kavanagh (fiddle) and Manus Lunny
Tickets €10, Family of Four €30
Kintra are a 12 piece group from Donegal, Tyrone and Derry. Kintra perform Irish & Scottish music, song and dance in an exciting and colourful stage show. Led by Matt McGranaghan on Fiddle and Darren Milligan on Bagpipes, the group features piano, tin whistle, guitar, bass, drums, three 2nd Pipers and 2 singers. For this concert Kintra will be joined by Glasgow born, Donegal Gaeltacht raised fiddle player Theresa Kavanagh and Manus Lunny of Capercaillie fame.
Theresa Kavanagh moved to Donegal from Glasgow at the tender age of 9 and has grown up steeped in traditional music. Theresa's debut album The Seventh Veil was described by Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh as ‘sweet and true in every note.’ High praise indeed!
Manus Lunny is a gifted instrumentalist, singer and composer and has earned a reputation as one of the most significant performers from the Irish tradition, adding in a contemporary vein to the heritage of traditional music and song.
More about Kintra
Kintra was formed in 2008 by good friends from both communities who wanted to create a musical experience that would highlight the shared elements of their respective cultures rather than seek out the differences.
Since their debut gig in The Alley Theatre, Strabane in February 2008 the group have gone from strength to strength garnering invitations to perform for President McAleese at Áras an Uachtarain and at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. After they finish their Border Crossings concerts they will be hot footing it across the Atlantic to perform at the prestigious annual Milwaukee Irish Festival in the USA.
"Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. From the music, to the costumes, to the choreography right down to the lighting - Kintra provide a rollercoaster evening of entertainment that could have been envisaged by Michael Flatley himself. If you only see one show this year, make it this one." Conor Sharkey, Strabane Chronicle
"Kintra are the best export we will be sending from the North West... one of the best phenomenon that has come out of Donegal and Tyrone ever." Jim Devenney, East Donegal Ulster Scots Association and Former Deputy Chairman of the Ulster - Scots Agency
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The Border Crossings Summer School takes place in An Grianán, Letterkenny and The Alley in Strabane.
The summer school will culminate with two gala concerts featuring Kintra, special guests and workshop participants.
Border Crossings is supported by PEACE III Programme managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by Donegal County Council
