For Immediate Release:
Dandridge, Tennessee Celebrates
Heritage at 5th Scots-Irish
Festival
July, 2011 - Come to the only Scots-Irish Music Festival in
the United States on
Saturday, September 24, 2011 in Historic Downtown Dandridge, Tennessee.
The music festival honors the Town’s earliest settlers dating back to 1783.
Families will enjoy this old-time Main Street Music Festival on the shores of
Loch (Lake) Douglas in the foothills of the beautiful Smoky Mountains.
The concert and all events are provided free of charge, courtesy of generous
sponsors and patrons. The Town of Dandridge
was recently named one of 2011’s “Dozen Distinctive Destinations” by the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The events start at 8:30 a.m. with Piping and Highland Dance
competition. At 10:00 a.m.
the Street Festival opens with vendors selling Scottish and Irish merchandise
and a variety of food. There is a
Children’s Play Area, a fun dog show, and many Clans with booths explaining
their origins and history. Starting at 12:00 noon there will be a pipe band
parade and the start of continuous stage entertainment, including local
favorite, Celtic rockers Cutthroat Shamrock.
At 6:30 p.m.
the evening Ceilidh (Concert) will feature Scottish, Irish and Appalachian
Celtic performers featuring the internationally acclaimed Celtic band Coyote
Run, the Knoxville Pipes and Drums, Scottish balladeer Colin
Grant-Adams, Irish fiddle group The Martin Family Band,
Highland Dancer Claire Macmillan, and Irish Step Dancer Katie Carver. The
evening ends with the Lone Piper playing bagpipes at the top of the Town dike.
“The Dandridge Scots-Irish Festival is known nationally for its high quality
entertainment, vendors, and quaint downtown atmosphere,” said Tina Murrow,
Director of Main Street Dandridge. “East Tennessee
residents look forward to attending this Festival each year because it offers a
free, fun and unique learning experience for the entire family. “ Festival
Entertainment Chairman Mark Murray says:”We are proud to present an
entertainment lineup that truly offers something for everyone - from dancing
and piping to nationally known performers of both modern and traditional Celtic
music.”
Please visit the Festival website at www.Scots-Irish.org for complete details on entertainer bios and
schedules, dance and piping entry forms, parking, contact and vendor
information, and sponsor packages.
