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Border Crossings Summer School - 24 July to 7 August 2010

Concert Programme

An Grianan

Sat 24 July 2010 at 8pm

Kintra featuring special guests The Friel Sisters

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. Their special guests on the night will be The Friel Sisters from Glasgow. Read on..

An grianan

Sunday 1 August 2010 at 8pm

Kintra with special guests Theresa Kavanagh (fiddle) and Manus Lunny

Tickets €10, Family of Four €30

For this concert Kintra will be joined by Glasgow born, Donegal Gaeltacht raised fiddle player Theresa Kavanagh and Manus Lunny of Capercaillie fame. Read on..

An Grianan

Friday 6 August 2010 at 8pm

Border Crossings Gala Concert

Tickets €10, Family of Four €30

Kintra with special guests from the Border Crossings summer school. As well as music and dance from Kintra this gala concert will allow the the summer school graduates the opportunity to showcase the 30 minute showcase developed during the Performance Programme. Find out more about the Border Crossings Summer School

Booking: 074 912 0777 (from NI 00353 7491 20777)

The Alley Theatre

Sat 7 August at 8pm

Border Crossings Gala Concert

Tickets £8, Family of Four £24

Booking: 028 7138 4444 (from 0044 2871 384 444)

Kintra with special guests and summer school participants. As well as music and dance from Kintra this gala concert will allow the the summer school graduates the opportunity to showcase the 30 minute showcase developed during the Performance Programme.

More about Kintra

Kintra are a 12 piece group from Donegal, Tyrone and Derry. The band 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.

Kintra

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.

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.

Kintra

"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