Blas Festival - 'Water from the Well' ~ 'Blasad bhon Tobar'
A celebration of the priceless archival material collated by the ‘Tobar an Dualchais’ or ‘Kist o Riches’ project. Gaelic singers Margaret Stewart and Gillebrìde MacMillan and accomplished Scots musician Steve Byrne all worked as song specialists on Tobar an Dualchais. They will be joined by acclaimed Skye singer Anne Martin and by award-winning piper Decker Forrest. Tha Blasad bhon Tobar/Water from the Well a’ comharrachadh nan clàran phrìseil a gheibhear air làrach-lìn Tobar an Dualchais www.tobarandualchais.co.uk Bha na seinneadairean ainmeil Maighread Stiùbhart agus Gillebrìde MacIllemhaoil agus an neach-ciùil sgileil Steve Byrne uile ag obair mar eòlaichean-òrain air a’ phròiseact. Còmhla riutha bidh an seinneadair cliùiteach Anna Mhàrtainn às an Eilean Sgitheanach agus sàr-phìobaire Decker Forrest. And launching, for the first time, both a Gaelic and Scots version of a Tintin comic. ‘An t-Eilean Dubh’ was translated by Gillebrìde MacIllemhaoil.Date: 07/09/13
Start Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, TDC main hall
Audience Numbers: 42
Type: Talks and Literature