Gaelic Language Workshops
Admission $6
10:30 – 11:45 am
Beth MacNeil will instruct the beginner class and Carmen MacArthur will lead the intermediate/advanced session.
Students will be taught conversational Gaelic through the TIP/Gàidhlig Aig Baile method which utilizes body language…
Latha De Dh’Òrain
Day of Gaelic Songs
10am-4pm
Admission $25/per day ~ Seniors & Students $10
Lunch provided
Féis an Eilein is pleased to offer this day-long session devoted to the study of the Gaelic Song Tradition. Instructors are noted…
Traditional Milling Frolic
Admission $10 ~ Ages 14 & under Free
8 pm
Singers once gathered around the milling table to keep a constant rhythm while pounding newly-woven cloth; now the work is done for the sheer pleasure and to…
Milling Song Workshop
6 – 7:30 pm
Admission $6
Come learn some milling songs and choruses and join in the singing at the milling frolic tonight. This workshop is led by Angus MacLeod.…
Beginners & Intermediate/Advanced Gaelic Language
10 am – 4 pm. Lunch is included.
Admission $25 per day, Seniors & Students $10
Day-long classes with Instructors Angus MacLeod and Margie Beaton are continued.…
Ar Seanachas, Ar Daoine agus Ar n-Àiteachan Our Stories, Our People and Our Places
7:30 pm
Admission $10
Tea & Lunch will be served.
Each community in the Gaelic world had an active and lively tradition of song composition. Songs…
Gaelic Language Classes
10 am – 4 pm
Admission $25/per day ~ Seniors & Students $10. Lunch provided.
Angus MacLeod from the North Shore will instruct the beginner class. It is designed for students who have taken part in classes…
Picture it… a hill full of people, young and old, on benches and on blankets tapping their feet to the lively Cape Breton fiddle tunes being played on the stage below.
This scene is one witnessed every year at the…
The Gaelic alphabet does not contain the letters j, k, v, x, y or z. Instead, words that need the sounds those letters produce, blend two letters to get a similar sound – like using ‘CH’ for the ‘J’ sound.…
Bliadhna Mhath Ùr. Everyone at the Celtic Heart of North of America would like to wish you and yours a very Happy New Year. We look forward to another year of sharing the Celtic culture of Cape Breton with you.…
