West of Ireland Music Festival 2007
October 26- 28, 2007
This Festival showcases a cross section of musical talent within Second Life and features performers from across the world and to raise awareness of Project Children.
Background:
The West of Ireland promotes Irish and Celtic culture within Second Life, while raising funds for Project Children and providing an entertaining environment for guests. These estates are owned by the South Texas Celtic Music Association and are collectively as a recognised 501(c)3 nonprofit organisation with both the US government and Linden Labs.
Project Children was started in 1975 as a way to bring Catholic and Protestant children from Northern Ireland together. At the time the organization was founded, Northern Ireland was strewn with political strife and violence. Denis Mulcahy and his brother Pat, originally from County Cork and then New York, took action and founded Project Children.
Each summer, since its inception, Project Children has brought children that show promising futures to the United States to live with host families. These children get to know each other and see that there is little difference between them. They learn that they can live together even with their differences and not only that, but actually become friends.
So far Project Children has brought over 14,000 children from Northern Ireland to the United States for summer vacations with more than 600 children per year now participating. Your donation will help cover the cost of flights for these well deserving children.
www.projectchildren.org
West of Ireland Venues:
Nancy Blake's Pub hosts scheduled events including live concerts, DJ dances, and poetry nights. It is also an informal gathering site and location for impromptu concerts and dances.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/137/231/24
The Keeler Gallery holds a changing series of artists' exhibitions.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/165/183/24
Bundoran Beach, a premier surfing and recreation sim, also is the site for DJ dances and music events a beach side fire circle.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bundoran%20Reef/111/32/24
Neart Island, a beautiful windswept and remote venue, is home to Newgrange (a faithful recreation of a neolithic passage tomb famous for its precise astronomical orientation) and a a fire circle performance area. Neart hosts a changing series of exhibits in Newgrange, as well as storytelling and other performances at the fire circle that benefit from a beautiful and wild setting.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Neart/182/26/24
Here is the menu of events for the West Of Ireland Music Festival. All Acts will be performing on the stage at Nancy Blake's Pub.
Check for updates at: http://www.slireland.org/about/west-of-ireland-music-festival-2007/
~~26th October ~~
11am - Dan Octavia
Noon - Etherian Kamaboko
1pm - Kayleigh Lundquist
5pm - Quinton Whitman
6pm - Slip Stringfellow
7pm - ChelseaMarie Noel
~~27 October~~
11am - Enniv Zarf
Noon - Grace McDunnough
1pm - Eliz Watanabe
4pm - Mash Rhode and Eddie Collins
5pm - Brixton Canning
7pm - Tone Uriza
8pm - Shantu Selene
9pm - Louis Volare
~~28th October~~
1pm - JeanChristophe Chevalier
2pm - Mel Cheeky
3pm - Dickson McBride
4pm -Mash Rhode
5pm - Heath Elvehjem
6pm - Tone Uriza
7pm - Montavious Peccable
8pm - Foxyflw Cure
~~29th October ~~
2pm Festival Closeout Concert - Djai Skjellerup