Celebrate the Summer Solstice

The summer solstice occurs around June 21, 2009 and is the longest day of the year. It's a time for celebration among lovers of Celtic music and mythology.Sol + stice derives from Latin words meaning "sun" + "to stand still." As the days lengthen, the sun rises higher and higher until it seems to stand still in the sky.As a major celestial event, the Summer Solstice is the longest day and the shortest night of the year. The Northern Hemisphere celebrates in June, but the people on the Southern half of the earth have their longest summer day in December.Maggie Sansone's CD A Traveler's Dream includes a music called: The Lughnasa Set: The Green Fields of Woodford / Summertime / A Morning in Summer. About this track, from the liner notes ...[Lughnasa] features a set of jigs to celebrate the ancient Celtic summer festival of Lughnasa (loo-nah-sa). The first jig is from East Galway in Ireland, learned from the playing of flute player Jack Coen. The second is from Northumberland. The third, from O’Neill’s Music of Ireland, joins the dulcimer and its family of mallet-struck instruments in a sunny rhythmic accompaniment.