SiarSceal Festival and Shannon Cruise on Moon River Pleasure Cruiser with Don Baker

It has taken me a long time to secure funding for the 2010 SiarSceal Festival but here it is and I am really looking forward to your participation:
 
 

                               PRESS RELEASE

SiarSceal Festival March 20^th Roscommon Library All Day Event

Shannon pleasure cruise with Don Baker Easter Sunday.

 

An exciting all day event takes place in Roscommon County Library Saturday March 20^th  2010, for writers and poets in the region.  Commencing with the major and patrons address, followed by The Hanna Greally Poetry Awards Memoir Ceremony presented by Adjudicators Novelist Michael Mullen and Bilingual Poet Adjudicator Nuala Ni Chonchuir, featuring Readings from our Guest writes, and a Choral Medley with the Sliabh Ban Singers from Boyle.   Award winning bilingual poet and novelist Nuala Ni Chonchuir will be reading from a selection of her work, including her latest short story collection 'Nude', an explorative, self-questioning agenda, full of witty voices rendering adventures both savage and absurd.

 

Refreshments and Exhibition Appraisal will follow. The themed painting words exhibition by local artist & writers will be launched on the competition themes which are: 1 'Home Place in Translation' 2. 'Threading my existence through family gone before' and thirdly 'Roscommon My Home,' closing date for competition entries has been extended to March 9^th.  Competition details are available in your local library or log into:  http://siarsceal.blogspot.com  for entry competition details.

 

Novelist, Historian, Playwright, and Children's author Michael Mullen will give a Creative Writing Master Class in Roscommon Library at 2pm.  From four 'till six there is an Open Mike.  If you would like to participate in the Exhibition or Open Mike, for further details please contact Gwen Bond at 087-2628191 or 0949651867, admission free for the library event.  The Exhibition will run for the duration of four to six weeks.

 

As part of the SiarSceal collaborative from the Suck to the Shannon, you can cruise down the Shannon on Easter Sunday afternoon April 4th with Don Baker on Moon River Pleasure Cruiser.  U2 (Bono) described him as 'The greatest harmonica player in the world' Don will be playing and singing from his albums including his new CD 'Rain on the wind'.  Boarding at 4.10pm from Carrick-On-Shannon, tickets can be purchased from ticketmaster.ie/ Blues Don Baker or from ETL (Eight till late,) Main St, (The Square) Roscommon and Mulveys Main Street, Carrick-On-Shannon, also from all Ticket Master Agents.  Don Baker in Concert and Cruise all for €27.50 a ticket.

 

 

 

_{Gwen Bond, Festival Event Manager.}

Gwen McNamara Bond

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