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Two of the heroes of CDF 2005 ~ William Rea & Nat Magee

[Photo Jenny Coxon ]

As this year's event will be very much a scaled down version of last years festival, with no funding available, there will be no paid guests coming to CDF06. However, we are very fortunate indeed to have Rick Davis with us again this year & Rick is willing to give a class if anyone is interested, so please contact me if you intend coming to Bushmills this year & would like some Hammered Dulcimer tuition.

We hope to carry on in 2007 with a full guest line-up, so just to give you an idea of the possible line up you might expect to see at next year's event, here are the details of who turned up for CDF05.

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Some of the stars of CDF05

Butch Ross & Christie Burns

Lisa & Heather Malyuk

Colin Ross ~ Julia Say & Barry Say

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Hammered Dulcimer players who came to the 1st Causeway Dulcimer Festival in 2005 were:

Christie Burns (USA) Jenny Coxon (England) Rick Davis (USA) Lisa & Heather Malyuk (USA) Dale Nupp (USA) Nat Magee (Co. Antrim) William Rea (Co. Antrim) Barry Carroll (Dublin) Mary Phelan (Donegal) Jan Maes (Belgium) Dick Glasgow (Co. Antrim) Dick Siddall (England) Christine Smith (England) Michael Smith (Scotland) Vince Hearns (Ireland) Janetta Fairbairn (Scotland) Alyn lorwerth (England) Lindsay Porteous (Scotland) George Monger (England)

Nat Magee, Jenny Coxon & Lisa Malyuk in front of Glenarm Castle, at the Launch of CDF/05

[photo R & B Davis ]

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Mountain Dulcimer players who weighed in for CDF05 were:

Butch Ross (USA) who taught the Mountain Dulcimer class, plus: Nick O'Sullivan (Ireland) & Sharon Martin (USA)

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Smallpipes players who turned up were:

Colin Ross & Julia Say & Barry Say (Northumbrian Pipes) Sam Fleming (Northumbrian Pipes) Alan Wade (Scottish Smallpipes) Sabine Glasgow (Leicestershire Smallpipes) Ian Miller (Scottish Smallpipes) John Hughes (Uilleann PIpes)

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We had Award winning Harpist Julia Lane & Fred Gosbee (USA) who were guest musicians at the 'House of McDonnell' session on the Friday night in Ballycastle, and at the 'Black Nun Folk Club', in Kelly's Bar, Ballymoney, on the Monday night.

Julia Lane & Fred Gosbee

We also had the pleasure of other musicians company & music too, including: Fiddlers Niall O Cearbhaill (Dublin) & Sheila Lorwerth (England)

We received apologies from other musicians including Cliff Moses (USA), David James (USA), Jutta Claar & Carmen Amrein (Germany) Jack Bethel (Scotland) Colin McAllister (Scotland) who couldn't make it this year, due to previously arranged events they were attending, however they, & we, sincerely hope to meet up at CDF06.

Lisa Malyuk

Local musicians who turned out to support this new festival included: John Moulden (North Antrim Songs, Bodhran & Spoons), Charlie Gillen (North Antrim Rhymes), Ciaran Kelly (Accordion) Kathleen Smith (Fiddle), Sabine Glasgow (Harp & Fife) Alan Wade (Scottish Smallpipes) Greg Gault (Guitar & Bouzouki) Sam Fleming (Northumbrian Pipes), Dick Glasgow (Hammered Dulcimer & Fiddle) & Susan Miller (Fiddle)

 

[ Photographs by Ciaran Kelly ]