Celtic Roots Summer '10 Irish Language, Dance & Music Program.

Register NOW Celtic Roots Irish Language, Dance, Music & Arts Program Summer School/ Scoil Samhraidh June to August 2010 St. John's Newfoundland Labrador, Canada Meitheamh go Lúnasa 2010 St. John's Talamh an Éisc Canada Welcome to Celtic Roots School of Irish Language, Dance, Music and Culture located in St. John's, Newfoundland Labrador. Celtic Roots is proud to be Atlantic Canada's premiere centre dedicated exclusively to teaching Irish Language, Dance, Music and Music Technology.  Celtic Roots is designed to entertain and educate.  Join us this year from July 1st -August 7th 2010. The Program offers courses to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. We offer classes, private lessons, and workshops that span a wide range of artistic genres and regular performances and cultural events. Celtic Roots offers Irish language, dance, music and arts tuition, ranging from beginner to advanced levels for adults and children (ages 5 up) with talented experts from Newoundland Labrador and Irealnd.  We also offer classes for active toursists and visitors. Weather its for fun or professional development Celtic Roots will offer a high energy, non competitive environment where individuals will learn something new about themselves and Irish culture with some of Newfoundland Labrador's and Ireland's leading talent.   We invite you to share in our Irish and Celtic heritage that continues to contribute so much to our province.  "Celtic centre of excellence could yield positive results...." JENNIFER PELLEY Advertiser MHA Susan Sullivan Member House of Assembly "I am very happy to lend my support to the hard work and vision of idance as they work toward the development of an Irish Cultural Centre of Excellence for our province..I am very impressed with iDance’s objective of promoting this region as the “Celtic Corridor” of trade, culture and business through its various international partnerships, in particular with the ICCNE (Irish Cultural Centre of New England) and the Boston Irish Tourism Association..I predict a unique, creative and successful partnership that will culminate in spectacular cultural events both for residents of our province and for tourists alike. I am confident that the talents and meticulous dedication of (iDance) will produce a centre of excellence for our province from which we all will benefit. It is my pleasure to offer my support to this project." Susan Sullivan, MHA Grand Falls-Windsor - Buchans Talamh an Eisc iDance International is excited to announce we are now offering classes in Reykyavik Iceland . iDance is Iceland's first and only centre dedicated exclusively to traditional Irish dancing. Shawn Silver will be joined by Scandanavian and Icelandic dancers from the World Dance Council to present master classes and performances throughout the country. Please contact us for any questions info@celticroots.ca   709 690 2101

Register NOW Cúrsa Teanga Damhsa agus Ceol na hÉireann le Celtic Roots  Scoil Samhraidh Meitheamh go Lúnasa 2010 St. John's Talamh an Éisc Canada   Ireland's Brid Falconer and Local Artists to offer Celtic Roots Summer Irish Language, Dance, Music & Arts Program Join Ireland's Irish language teacher Brid Falconer & Irish dancers Shawn Silver, Erica MacAlulay, Coleen Dunn Pickard, Jennifer Crowe, Catherine Ducey for Celtic Roots. A program of Irish Language, dance & music.  With music directorDarrin Browne(mandolin & guitar) Allison Corbett (fiddle) Chris Hiscock (Banjo ) and Stacey Seaward(tin whislte) for an Irish cultural program like no other. Programs run from June through August. Celtic Roots is Atlantic Canada's only centre dedicated exclusisvely to teaching Irish Language, Dance, Music  and culture. For budding music and sound technicians, we offer a class in Music Technology with Newfoundland's Greg Eustace. Classes are for all ages. Contact us for more information. Register NOW.   Shawn Silver's On A Mission 'Shawn, you are truly an Ambassador for Culture in this province....We are proud of all your successes and initiatives. If there were another 100 just like you, it would make all our jobs that much easier.' Honourable Danny Williams Premier Newfoundland Labrador More info: Boston Irish Tourism | Poster | Atlantic Canadian Opportunities Agency ACOA The cultural industries are critical to Newfoundland and Labrador's strength both socially, and economically, The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency recognizes the significant, long-term contributions individuals like Shawn Silver are making to the growth of our economy, and we're very pleased to be able to assist his professional development as an artist, and as an entrepreneur." Centre of (Irish Cultural) Excellence Could Yield Positve Results Shawn Silver, who runs iDance is gung-ho to turn the (the region) into a centre of Irish and Celtic excellence so people from all over the world can travel here to learn traditional forms of dance, art, music and language, among other things, the town should embrace the opportunities that can be realized from this sort of venture...the cultural, tourism, recreational and economic possibilities that can exist if the cards are played right by all stakeholders are endless. Jennifer Pelley, Former Editor, Advertiser More info: The Advertiser | Register | Irish Cultural Centre of New England to establish Celtic Corridor with Newfoundland Labrador Shawn Silver was in Boston November with Team Canada to do what he does best, foster trade relations and build partnerships with the international Celtic communitiy AND dance! Partnered with Meghan Allen TCRG from world renowned Boston College Centre of Irish studies dance program, they were asked to perform a tribute to Red Sox pitcher Jon Papelbon who just won the world series beating Colorado Rockies 4-3 and Silver couldn't be happier. More info: Boston Herald January 08 | Poster | Brid Falconer Irish Language Teacher hard at work at Memorial University Pictured below: Brid Falconer hard at work teaching Irisih and Coleen Dunn, Shawn Silver & Erica MacAulaulay opening the 23rd annual Salmon Festival 2008