HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-08-30, Page 28PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2000.
A Young Perspective
Celtic Roots Festival offers much enjoyment for youth
Bv Sarah Mann
On Aug. 11, 12, 13, Goderich held
its Celtic Roots Festival at Harbour
Park. Starting at noon every day,
many people, including youths,
came to enjoy the sweet sounds of
Celtic music.
I have been going to the Celtic
Roots Festival for four years and this
year I saw more young people there
than ever before.
The Celtic Roots Festival features
some of the best groups from
Ireland, Scotland and Wales, along
with top notch talent from
Vancouver to St. John's. Along with
music there is also the amazing craft
art including, jewelry, stained glass,
and homemade candles.
The band there that caught my
eyes and my ears was Slainte Mhath
(pronounced slawn- cha va) from
Cape Breton. Take everything you
thought you knew about Celtic
music and throw it out the window.
These young musicians are wailing
out centuries-old traditional Celtic
tunes with a contemporary appeal.
All members of Slainte Mhath
played more than one instrument
including the fiddle, banjo, octave
mandolin, keyboards, drums.
Highland bagpipes, Scottish small
pipes, reel pipes, and all sorts of per
cussion.
On top of all that Lisa Gallant
(member of Slainte Mhath) also
step-danced during some of their
songs when she wasn't playing an
instrument. The band was full of
energy which also got the crowd
energized and it wasn't long after
they started playing that people start
ed clapping their hands and dancing.
Zoey Onn, Blyth, said that her
favourite part of Celtic Festival was
Slainte Mhath.
Matt Campbell, Belgrave, said that
his favourite part of the festival was
the overall mood of the whole week
end. He said he would definitely be
returning next year. Campbell
thought that the reason why youth
enjoyed attending was because “it’s
like a big playground where every
one can be happy and have fun.”
For more information on the Celtic
Roots Festival visit the website at
www.celticfestival.on.ca or call 519-
524-8221.
For any of you who weren’t
already planning to go next
year...GO.
I promise you won’t be disap
pointed.
‘Somersaulting’ at Barrie’s Molson Park
By Sarah Mann
On Friday. Aug. 11, Somersault
2000 took place at Molson Park in
Barrie. A few of the bands that
played there were Eve 6, Treble
Charger, A Perfect Circle, Foo
Fighters. Our Lady Peace and
Smashing Pumpkins.
Eve 6 played a very upbeat set and
they really got the crowd pumped for
the rest of the day. They covered the
song Jet Plane and did an excellent
job of it.
A Perfect Circle was a band that I
personally was quite excited to see
because I had heard lots about them
but never actually heard them. A
Perfect Circle is the lead singer of
Tool's new band. They played a
great set and I was quite impressed.
They sound a lot like Tool so if you
like Tool you will most likely enjoy
A Perfect Circle.
Our Lady Peace played a pretty
good set, I'm not a big fan of them
but I was quite impressed when they
played old songs of theirs as well as
their new songs. I thought for sure
that they would play mostly their
new stuff but they proved me wrong.
During their set the sky started get
ting dark and it was getting very
cold. I could see flashes of lightning
all around and then it started raining.
The ram seemed to dampen some
people's time and people even start
ed leaving. The rain didn't last long
which was a bonus and there were
still bunches of people enjoying the
bands.
The only band that deeply disap
pointed me at Somersault was the
Smashing Pumpkins. This was their
last tour and I was hoping that they
would be playing more of their old
songs than their new songs. I stayed
for the first four songs and they were
all new so the two other people I was
with and I decided to leave.
I had a pretty fun day at
Somersault in Barrie. It's not my
kind of concert but 1 ended up having
a really good time.NOW IS THE TIME
to think about
Enjoying a Warped tour
By Sarah Mann
Vans Warped Tour 2000 took place
this year at the Molson Park in
Barrie on Saturday, July 22. Bands
this year included acts such as
NOFX, Green Day, Good Riddance,
gob, the Suicide Machines, and the
Deviates to name a few.
My favourite band of the day was
gob. They were one of the very few
bands that I could actually see and I
even had space to move around dur
ing their set. During most of the
bands, especially NOFX and Green
Day, I couldn’t see anything due to
the band’s popularity and my
height.
That’s not to say that I didn’t enjoy
listening to them; I just wanted some
space to move around a bit and enjoy
myself a tad more.
If none of the bands that were
playing appealed to you, you also
had the chance to watch skateboard
ers, bmx bikers, and dirt bikers show
their stuff on the half pipes and
jumps that they had set up.
There was even a guy who got shot
out of a canon into a big safety net.
All in all, my first Warped Tour
was great. I got to see (sometimes)
and more importantly hear, some of
my favourite bands live in a great
atmosphere.
With the exception of the over
priced water my day was perfect and
I’ll most definitely be attending the
Vans Warped Tour next year.
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