Bengal's Corner

This Saturday, Dec 5th at 8h30 PM, André Brunet would be performing together with Martine Billette. Due to some unpredictable event, there is a last minute change, which doesn't mean the night will be less fun. Bernard Simard will present songs of his new album predicted for Jan 2010. The talents of Brunet and Simard will surely make this event a success offering the audience a great night!

Check the webpage of CRAPO for more information.

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Samedi 5 décembre (20h30), il y aura un changement de dernière minute à la programmation prévue. André Brunet, réputé violoniste lanaudois sera bien de la partie, mais il sera accompagné de Bernard Simard.

La notoriété de ces deux musiciens accomplis n’est plus à faire. André Brunet joue du violon depuis l’âge de 9 ans et il l’a fait sonner magnifiquement dans de nombreux groupes au cours des années, dont Les Frères Brunet, La Bottine souriante, De Temps Antan et Celtic Fiddle, avec qui il a sillonné une partie du monde. Il participe aussi très activement au Camp de violon de Lanaudière qu’il a fondé avec Stéphanie Lépine et Éric Beaudry.

Quant à Bernard Simard, si on pouvait voyager dans le temps, on trouverait sans doute une guitare tout près de son berceau… Ce propagateur de la chanson traditionnelle s'inscrit dans la lignée des Raoul Roy, Yves Albert et autres cueilleurs-interprètes de notre patrimoine chanté. En tant qu'auteur, compositeur, interprète ou arrangeur, Bernard Simard a participé à l'enregistrement de plus d'une quarantaine d'albums et a effectué d'innombrables tournées en Europe, en Amérique et en Afrique avec La Bottine Souriante, Manigance, Le Vent du Nord, Le Trio à Quatre, Gwazigan, Cabestan et bien d'autres. Il travaille présentement à son prochain album prévu pour janvier 2010, avec entre autres musiciens André Brunet.

Leurs talents réunis sont la promesse d’une soirée peu banale, au CRAPO.
12$ au public, 10$ pour les membres.

ADJOINT(E) AUX OPÉRATIONS

Lanaudière : Mémoire et Racines est un organisme à but non lucratif qui organise annuellement le Festival Mémoire et Racines, une manifestation d’envergure qui met en valeur la musique, la danse, la chanson et le conte, d’ici et du monde entier. Nous sommes à la recherche d’une personne pour combler le poste d’adjoint(e) aux opérations du Festival et de la saison hors-festival pour une période d’un an (congé de maternité).

FONCTIONS
Sous l’autorité du directeur général, la personne choisie devra assumer les tâches suivantes :

En lien avec les activités du Festival Mémoire et Racines
- Responsable des opérations reliées au bon fonctionnement du Festival Mémoire et Racines (quelques comités, 35 secteurs de bénévolat dont : billetterie, caisses, stationnements, escouade verte, produits dérivés, concessions de nourriture, artisans, etc.);
- Coordination de tous les secteurs de bénévolat du Festival (gestion des listes de bénévoles, recrutement, répondant pour les responsables de secteur, organisation des rencontres, gestion matérielle, etc.);
- Responsable des opérations pour des projets spéciaux.

En lien avec les activités connexes au Festival Mémoire et Racines
- Logistique des concerts en saison et des activités bénéfices (réservation de salle, boisson, autres);
- Coordination des bénévoles lors de la tenue de nos concerts en saison;
- Gestion de la liste de membres et des abonnés de la corporation et des renouvellements;
- Soutien au directeur général dans les activités de financement, les suivis et les rapports de subvention.

En lien avec l’administration de Lanaudière : Mémoire et Racines
- Réception téléphonique et du courrier et diverses tâches administratives;
- Autres tâches connexes.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES
- Études post-secondaires dans un domaine relié aux arts, à la production et à l’organisation de spectacles ou d’événements ou expérience équivalente;
- 1-2 ans d’expérience dans un emploi similaire;
- Excellente maîtrise des logiciels MS Word, MS Excel et MS Access, et idéalement Photoshop;
- Bonne maîtrise des logiciels de communication par Internet;
- Grande autonomie;
- Aptitudes marquées pour le travail d’équipe;
- Posséder une voiture est un atout.

CONDITIONS DE TRAVAIL
- Salaire : selon les qualifications.
- Remplacement d’un congé de maternité : moyenne de 28 heures/ sem. (35 à 40 en juin et juillet).
- Sujet à des horaires variables selon les besoins (semaine, soir et week-end).
- Début de l’emploi : fin février 2010.
- Lieu de travail : Joliette.

Faites parvenir votre curriculum vitæ avant le 8 janvier 2010
Lanaudière : Mémoire et Racines
200, rue de Salaberry, bureau 123, Joliette, QC, J6E 4G1
Courriel : festival (at) memoireracines.qc.ca, Télécopieur : 450 759-8749

N.B. Seuls les candidat(e)s retenu(e)s pour une entrevue seront contacté(e)s.

Now in it's 8th year, the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is an annual song contest whose mission is to provide the opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard in a professional, international arena. ISC is designed to nurture the musical talent of songwriters on all levels and promote excellence in the art of songwriting. Amateur and professional songwriters and musicians are invited to participate.

We've extended our deadline to December 2! This is your last chance to enter the 2009 competition so don't delay. Check out our website for all the details. Good luck!

We are now taking entries for the 2009 International Songwriting Competition (ISC). This year there are 21 categories to enter songs into including Music Video and Adult Contemporary.

The competition will be giving away more than $150,000 in prizes, including $25,000 cash for the Grand Prize Winner, the largest cash prize for any songwriting competition.

For more information, check this link. Also visit this link.

Location:

1307 Eastland Ave

Nashville, TN, 37206

Host:

German Bense - clube de bossa nova

Date:	Saturday, November 21, 2009
Time:	8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:	http://www.justin.tv/bossanovalive

ITALIANO

German Bense dall vivo, EDIZIONE EUROPEA!
Data la differenza di orario esistente durante l'estate boreale, che fa impossibile per i cittadini europei vedere il mio show dall vivo su Internet (4 della mattina), io vado fare durante il mese di novembre una serie di show speciali, che sarano trasmessi alle ore 11:00 PM di Europa Ocidentale (20:00h Rio de la Plata)
Sabato 21 di Novembre 23:00 ora Italiana
Indirizzo: http://www.justin.tv/bossanovalive

PORTUGUES

German Bense ao vivo, Edição Europea!
Dada a diferença horaria existente durante o verão boreal, que faz impossível para o publico europeu assistir aos meus shows ao vivo pela Internet (as 4 da manha), vou apresentar durante o mês de novembro uma série de shows especiais, que vão ser transmitidos as 23:00h da Europa Ocidental (22:00h Portugal, 20:00 Rio de la Plata)
Sabados 21 de Novembro 20:00h RJ-SP
22:00 Portugal
Endereço: http://www.justin.tv/bossanovalive

ESPAÑOL

German Bense en vivo, EDICION EUROPEA!
Teniendo en cuenta la diferencia horaria existente durante el verano boreal, que imposibilita que el público europeo pueda asistir a mis shows en vivo a través de Internet (4 de la mañana), realizaré durante el mes de noviembre una serie de shows especiales que serán transmitidos a las 23:00 Horas de Europa Occidental.
Sabados 21 de Noviembre a las 20:00h Montevideo - 19:00h Buenos Aires)
23:00h España
Dirección: http://www.justin.tv/bossanovalive

ENGLISH

German Bense live, EUROPEAN EDITION!
Given the time difference existing during the boreal summer between Uruguay and Europe (5 hours), that make impossible that the European people can see my live shows through Internet (4am), I will make during the month of November a special show series that will be boradcasted at 11:00 PM Western European Time (10:00pm GMT hour, 08:00pm Rio de la Plata time)
USA SHOW TIMES: PST 2:00pm, MST 3:00pm, CST 4:00pm, EST 5:00pm
Saturday 21th November 10:00pm GMT
Address: http://www.justin.tv/bossanovalive

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Centre Culturel et Sportif de Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Street: 86C, rue Archambault

LE CRAPO termine ses festivités de 5e anniversaire par un grand spectacle bénéfice mettant en vedette deux bêtes de scène de la musique traditionnelle, Yves Lambert et Joaquin Diaz. Samedi le 21 novembre, dès 20h, au Centre culturel et sportif de Saint-Jean-de-Matha, l’inimitable accordéoniste Joaquin Diaz, dominicain d’origine, chauffera la salle avec ses merengues traditionnels endiablés. Il sera accompagné pour l’occasion de Miguel Fenton aux percussions.

Yves Lambert & le Bébert Orchestra présenteront ensuite Le monde à Lambert, un spectacle créatif et explosif nourri de reels thérapeutiques actualisés et de chansons traditionnelles qui swingent. Un programme qui vous mettra des fourmis dans les jambes, une soirée interculturelle où l’accordéon fera le pont entre les traditions. C’est un rendez-vous pour ceux et celles qui veulent s’amuser ferme tout en soutenant l’œuvre culturelle du CRAPO, la maison de la culture traditionnelle dans Lanaudière. Les billets sont en vente à la librairie Martin à Joliette et au CRAPO à Saint-Jean-de-Matha.

Prix régulier 20$, membre 18$.
Informations et réservations au 450.886.1515 et au CRAPO.

Bonjour à tous!

Je serai de retour sur scène Vendredi le 20 novembre à 21h30 au Quai des Brumes avec Marc Maziade (guitare électrique), Guillaume Landry (batterie) et Alexandre de Grosbois-Garand (basse électrique) - 7$

J'ai bien hâte de vous revoir et de vous faire voyager avec mon ami Sébastien Lafleur en première partie :)

Mettez ça dans vos agendas!

À bientôt :)

Mélisande

Planning your end-of-the-year holidays?? I have a nice suggestion for those that will be around Montreal and love a very musical party...



La 13e édition de La Veillée de l'avant-Veille sera présentée le 30 décembre au Club Soda. Un moment inédit de réjouissances de la période des fêtes, de ceux qu’on dit incontournables! Dans un décor planté en plein centre-ville de Montréal, plusieurs centaines de personnes s'y retrouvent année après année et apprécient l’expérience de la transe des sets carrés, cotillons et contredanses. Du pur bonheur pour les sens !

Un concert-veillée:
Fidèle à ses habitudes, la Veillée de l’avant-Veille propose trois parties à la soirée. D’abord, un concert double, puis une danse endiablée à laquelle participent, de manière spontanée, les musiciens invités. On y retrouvera deux formations québécoises reconnues pour leurs sons originaux respectifs soit Nicolas Pellerin et Les Grands Hurleurs, Le Vent du Nord ainsi que l’un des meilleurs câlleur-gigueur du Québec Pierre Chartrand.

Nicolas Pellerin et Les Grands Hurleurs
La Veillée accueillera, en début de soirée, Nicolas Pellerin en formule trio (Nicolas Pellerin, Simon Marion et Simon Lepage) qui vient de faire paraître un premier album. Rappelons qu’en 2007, Nicolas Pellerin a remporté un Félix pour l’Album traditionnel de l’année avec l’album Fred et Nicolas Pellerin. Plus de 45 000 copies vendues à ce jour !

Le Vent du Nord
Pour le quartet - qui rayonne essentiellement en Amérique du Nord et en Europe - ce rendez-vous représente un moment tout particulier du calendrier. Le Vent a en effet eu l’occasion, hôte de l’événement depuis sa fondation en 2002, de partager avec une famille élargie, l’enthousiasme et l’euphorie de ces rencontres exceptionnelles entre musiciens. En prenant part à cette soirée, Le Vent du Nord (Nicolas Boulerice, Simon Beaudry, Réjean Brunet et Olivier Demers) présentera entre autres les œuvres de son plus récent album "La Part du Feu". Ses quatre premiers albums ont été écoulés à plus de 50 000 exemplaires.

Michael Doucet & BeauSoleil will perform at the Barre Opera House, Barre, VT, on 14 Nov 09.

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DMC promotions are producing a new hit Irish Dance Show - In Love With The Dance. They are currently recruiting male and female Irish dancers to join the show for the upcoming tour of Ireland

Please send your cv's to -
briantdonnelly at hotmail.com or contact 0044 7 549 387 237

Another Cajun guitarist touring around and not to be missed... Tab Benoit will be touring New England this Autumn.

11/12 Bayou Restaurant, Mount Vernon, NY ()
11/13 Sullivan Hall, New York, NY ()
11/14 Mal's Lounge, Haverhill, MA ()
11/15 Fairfield Theatre Company On Stage, Fairfield, CT
11/18 Red Fox Inn (another link), Bondsville, VT
11/19 Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk, CT
11/20 Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA
11/21 Bangor Opera House, Bangor, ME

Cajun guitarist, Sonny Landreth, will tour New England this coming winter.

2/06 Boulton Center, Bay Shore, NY
2/11 Regatta Bar, Charles Hotel, Cambridge, MA
2/12 Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownsfield, ME
2/13 Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA

Steve

Celtic Legends
20th March 2010 - Centre Culturel, Bergerac, France, 8.45pm

Flames of the Dance
28th November - HarthArena, Hartha, Germany, 8pm
20th January 2010 - Kultur- und Festspielhaus, Wittenberge, Germany, 8pm
24th February 2010 - Theater an der Ilmenau, Uelzen, Germany, 8pm
25th February 2010 - Tivoli, Freiberg, Germany, 8pm
26th February 2010 - Theater am Capitol, Zeitz, Germany, 8pm
27th February 2010 - Capitol, Offenbach, Germany, 8pm
28th February 2010 - Stadthalle, Alsfeld, Germany, 7pm

Lord of the Dance
11th November - California Theatre, Escondido, CA, USA, 8pm
23rd January 2010 - Arena Fyn, Odense, Denmark, 8pm

Magic of the Dance
29th December - Emslandhallen, Lingen, Germany, 8pm
2nd January 2010 - MuK, Lübeck, Germany, 8pm
6th January 2010 - Stadthalle, Cloppenburg, Germany, 8pm

Riverdance
22nd-23rd December - Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA, 7.30pm
23rd-24th December - Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1pm
26th-27th December - Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1pm
26th December - Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA, 7.30pm
27th December - Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA, 6pm
15th-17th January 2010 - Konserthus, Oslo, Norway, 7.30pm
19th-22nd January 2010 - Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark, 8pm
2nd-3rd February 2010 - Mesa Arts Center Mesa, AZ, USA, 7.30pm

For complete schedule for these and other shows please visit our tour section here.

Alex

Celtic Harp and Song (family friendly!)
November 5, 2009,Thursday, 7pm

Free concert!

Bound Brook Memorial Library
Somerset County Library System
402 E. High Street
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
(732) 356-0043


EVERY SUNDAY!

Cafe Monet's Evening of Celtic Harp Music
Sundays at 6:00 pm

Cost: No cover, BYOB ( Great Food and Fabulous Cappuccinos)

Cafe Monet
309 Millburn Ave
Millburn, NJ 07041

Reservations recommended (973)376-8555
(Please confirm music for this evening when calling)

'A Feast of Trad' featuring:

The electrifying trad quartet of Máirtín O’Connor, Cathal Hayden, Séamie O’Dowd & Jim Higgins are joined by Iarla Ó Lionáird, lead singer for the Afro Celt Sound System; the aggressively infectious Lúnasa (“the hottest Irish acoustic band on the planet” Irish Voice); and Líadan whose exquisite and beautifully ethereal harmonies are reminiscent of an early Clannad.

Date/Time - Saturday 24th October. 8pm.

Venue - The Ulster Hall, 34 Bedford St, BT2 7FF.

Tickets - £ 22.50

Booking and information - (028) 900971197

Come and enjoy a night with Va et Vient!

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Maison de la culture Gorges-Hébert Germain
Street: 270, Rue Notre-Dame
City/Town: Donnacona, QC
Phone: (418) 286-2211

Hello All,

We are down to just a few weeks to go before we hold our 6^th Annual O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, and we wanted to make one last contact with our friends and fellow players to invite them to enroll. It’s not too late. Here are some items that may interest you and, hopefully, persuade you to come:

Openings in Most Classes
The only classes that have closed so far are the intermediate fiddle classes and the basic instruments classes. Everything else is open including advanced fiddle, beginning whistle/flute, intermediate/advanced whistle, intermediate/advanced flute, bodhran, piano, dropped-D guitar, DADGAD guitar, standard guitar, piano, piano accordion, button accordion (C#/D and B/C), tenor banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, harp, uilleann pipes and Gaelic singing. We also still have openings in our youth program for kids ages 6-10 called the Kids Music & Heritage Workshops. HOWEVER, some classes are reaching their caps, so hurry!

We’ve Got Pianos
News Flash…. Our piano classes will now provide electric pianos so you don’t have to bring yours. We just received permission from Camp Hoblitzelle to use its piano room which is filled with pianos.

Dorms Open
We still have beds available both in our men’s and women’s dorms, and we have one of the nicest tent camping areas at Camp Hoblitzelle that I’ve seen. There are hotels in the area surrounding Midlothian that may still have rooms.

What Do You Get for Your Tuition?
Two 90-minute core classes each day; one 90-minute enrichment class each day; Texas Tune & Song Tussle friendly ensemble competition; concerts at every meal and evening; sessions in three levels each night; “Meet & Greet” on Thursday night; a lot of fun with motivated students and great instructors who love Irish music.

Take One More Look!

Last chance. We hope you’ll give it some serious thought. Everyone needs a break now and then to saturate yourself in good music and good times. Come to Midlothian and join the 200 who have enrolled so far!

Regards,

Ken Fleming
Director
O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat

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The Cajun music group, The Savoy Family Cajun Band, will perform in concert with Yankee Chank, in Burlington, VT, on Sunday, 18 October 2009. Link.

After my critic last year, I decided to be more open-minded. I know Nicolas Boulerice and Olivier Demers look for new influences, new styles and new experiments to bring to the participants of this festival, that not necessarily is all about Quebecois trad music. Once prepared for new experiences, I went to Chants de Vielles 2009, in Calixa-Lavallée, QC.

The opening of the festival to the public this year was a surprise. Instead of a gathering of musicians playing and singing lyrics of 200 years ago, we had three very expressive guys and many curious metallic tools on stage. From hammers and chains to keyboard, the story-tellers Simon Gauthier, Marc St-Pierre and Jean-Marc Massie caught the attention of the entire French audience with their show Les Hommes à Scie. It's hard to comment on scenes since my French isn't enough to fully understand all the stories told that night - my comments would be completely out of contest, but surely I got the comments related to their performance of the American anthem.

This year for the first time, Le Vent du Nord performed on the festival organized by two of its members. This was the first time I saw live a LVDN show with Rejean Brunet, although I've seen the band playing in other contexts. They presented some songs of the new album coming soon. The impression of many is that the tunes are becoming less trad and with more influences from other styles. I'm waiting to check on the lyrics... maybe the band is giving to the stories of the old days a modern angle of view. Anyway, their new album is coming up this October 3rd. I'm very curious about it. I really liked the tune they sang acapella during the festival. I hope it's in the new CD.

Also this year at Chants, trad bands Ad Vielle Que Pourra, Dentdelion, Cercamon, Les Poules à Colin, Les Mononcles, Nightingale, among others, presented their tunes. I'm following the works of some of them for a while now and I enjoyed to see their shows. My personal favorite ones were Les Mononcles and Max Cohen and Donna Hébert. The Breton songs presented by Charles Quimbert and André Drumel at the church for the closure of the festival also charmed me. I need to research more the Breton music heritage...

Les Mononcles: Wow! I already knew the work of some of its members - well, basically 3 out 4 members of Mononcles are part of another trad band, Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer. This band performs trad music in acapella style and I saw their show (through video) in Paimpol, France. Because of that, I was very curious to go to Les Mononcles at Chants. And I wasn't disappointed at all. They are jazzy, they have great stage presence being so comfortable in front of the audience. Between their tunes, they always have funny stories to complement the performance, what gives the audience a feeling of a home party with people talking and playing right in your living room! Pity their work isn't easily accessible. They are not online yet but their album can be ordered here.

Max Cohen and Donna Hébert: I e-know them for a while now. Donna and Max do a great job presenting their work online, from tunes to scores to mp3 extracts... But that's not enough... you gotta see them live! Donna is a great fiddler! I basically cried when she played a particularly complex and difficult tune right in front of me. I barely could see her fingers... The audience stood up and applauded. Max on the guitar, performing with her, made everything look so easy I just wanted to jump on stage and play along... I was surprised and conquered by many of their compositions. Max tunes his guitar in an unusual way and his sensibility is transparent when he is playing. I left Calixa-Lavallée carrying their new work In Full Bloom - I highly recommend!

Apart the shows, the organization improved. The festival is getting bigger every year and more preparation is required. The area for parking expanded. Montreal pub brewer Dieu du Ciel took care of the drinks bringing their exotic flavors to the fest.

Another side of the festival that I enjoy in particular is the chance to meet with old friends: Liz, Sue, Shoja, Pam, Kara, Denis, Walt and so many others... also the chance to meet new ones like Anne, an esteemed reader that asked me few questions before planning her trip out to Quebec. Thanks Anne for the support! Also, my visit to Calixa-Lavallée, Chants de Vielles and Verchères (where I usually stay) has a special place in my heart since François and I met out there. This year we celebrated our 1-year anniversary, on site! :)

Productions Littorale vous convie à venir découvrir le conte, cette forme d’expression millénaire que, depuis plus de 17 ans, nous réactualisons pour tisser de manière contemporaine le fil d’une parole de partage, de rassemblement et de réjouissance. En plus de notre programmation régulière de l'automne, nous avons deux événements à ne pas manquer: Rencontre internationale sur Le Conte à Sherbrooke du 16 au 18 octobre 2009 et 17e édition du festival Les jours sont contés en Estrie du 22 au 25 octobre 2009. Info.

Feet of Flames
16th December - County Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 7.30pm
18th December - City Fulfillment Amphitheatre, Taichung, Taiwan, 7.30pm
19th-20th December - Arena, Taipei, Taiwan, 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Lord of the Dance
21st October - Frauenthal Theater, Muskegon, MI, USA, 7.30pm
22nd November - Memorial Hall, Pueblo, CO, USA, 7.30pm
18th February 2010 - Municipal Auditorium, Morganton, NC, USA, 7.30pm
21st February 2010 - Times Union Center, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 7pm

Spirit of the Dance
9th October - Schouwburg, Venray, Netherlands, 8pm
10th October - Fulcotheater, IJsselstein, Netherlands, 8.30pm
11th October - Theaterhotel de Oranjerie, Roermond, Netherlands, 8pm
13th October - De Hanzehof, Zutphen, Netherlands, 8pm
14th October - Agora Theater, Lelystad, Netherlands, 8.15pm
15th-16th October - Theater De Leest, Waalwijk, Netherlands, 8.15pm
17th October - De Meervaart, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8.15pm
18th October - De Reehorst, Ede, Netherlands, 8.15pm

Riverdance
10th-12th November - Orpheum Theatre, Omaha, NE, USA, 7.30pm
13th November - Orpheum Theatre, Omaha, NE, USA, 8pm
20th-21st November - Lutcher Auditorium, Orange, TX, USA, 7.30pm
21st-22nd November - Lutcher Auditorium, Orange, TX, USA, 2pm

Fil Campbell, one of the best lady singers we have in Ireland is currently on a short USA tour and well worth catching up with.

Fil had a wonderful TV series here, on RTE, called "Songbirds" featuring music of pioneering women singers in Ireland from the 30s and 40s.

In the USA, her band includes Jay Ansell who is a great songwriter and multi instrumentalist musician who also does excellent covers of Robin Williamson Incredible String Band songs.

Fil's website for dates and some video clips of Fil performing.
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John of Celtic Ways