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A Scottish Christmas
DVD/Video
 SONY/BMG special products produced the worlds FIRST Scottish Christmas DVD...
A Scottish Christmas featuring Bonnie Rideout.
It captures
the live concert presented at the Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts, Clinton Township, MI. on Dec. 3, 2000 and presents traditional
Scottish carols, familiar Christmas carols and songs, and
Highland music and dance for the celebration of Christmas.
Featuring:
BONNIE RIDEOUT , Scottish fiddle
TONY CUFFE guitar, vocals
JERRY O’SULLIVAN, Uilleann pipes, Scottish small-pipes,
pennywhistle
PADDY LEAGUE, bodhran
MAGGIE SANSONE, Hammered dulcimer
The City of Washington Pipe Band
ROBERT MCOWEN, Highland dancer
JEN SCHOONOVER, Highland dancer
#Scottish DVD
$18.00
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DVD information, bios and Track Listing below...
The
centerpiece of the show is Scottish fiddle champion- Bonnie
Rideout who blends the traditional sounds of her Scottish
fiddle with bagpipes, guitar, hammered dulcimer, pennywhistle,
Uilleann pipes, Scottish small-pipes and percussion and
with vocals-Scottish and Christmas songs and two Highland
dancers. The immensely successful national touring show,
A SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS, has grown out of an equally successful
album by the award-winning Celtic label, Maggie’s Music.
It was featured on CBS TV "Sunday Morning," and on National
Public Padio's "Performance Today," which brought an avalanche
of attention to the album, record label, performers and
their release concerts. The album became a national best
seller and rocketed into the New York Times "Top Holiday
Picks" list in 1996. This was the spark that launched the
national tour with sell out shows throughout the United
States. Dressed in kilts and velvet dresses, the performers
deliver a show that is lively, elegant and emotionally evocative
as audiences rise to their feet, arms linked, to sing Auld
Lang Syne at the close of every performance.
BMG
was looking for new Christmas product and it was a case
of perfect timing when Maggie's Music, suggested a joint
venture for A Scottish Christmas. A unique partnership was
born between BMG- one of the world's largest music entertainment
companies and Maggie's Music - an award- winning independent
label known for its Celtic and Christmas recordings. With
a Herculean effort, amazing short amount of time and immense
preparation on everybody's part, the concert site was chosen
and all conversed on the Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts, a prestigious concert venue known for its state of
the art facilities. The creative efforts involved executive
producer Ed Osborne from BMG; Michael Micardi from Eagle
Vision who filmed, engineered and produced the DVD; artistic
director and star performer Bonnie Rideout & Maggie
Sansone, performer & CEO of Maggie's Music.
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Imagine a crisp Scottish
winter day--air spiced with the scent of strong wassail,
a dusting of snow, and the call of bagpipes over the
Highlands. A Scottish Christmas is now
available on DVD and CD. The DVD has extra
features: Instant Song Access, Full Motion Interactive
menus, Two feature documentaries, Full audio commentary
track by Bonnie Rideout and Ed Osborne and both include:
5.1 Dolby Digital Surround and Stereo mixes;
Artist Biographies, Discography, with its 77
minutes long!
The
DVD Performers' bios and track listing
is below:
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BONNIE
RIDEOUT
Scottish fiddle
One of the finest Scottish fiddlers
of our time, Bonnie Rideout brings a brilliant virtuosity
to the evocative music of the Highlands. From Scotland's
Edinburgh International Festival to America's Kennedy
Center, her fiery performances of ancient Gaelic melodies,
strathspeys, jigs, and reels ignite the rich musical traditions
of her Scottish heritage. A three-time U.S. Scottish fiddle
champion, Bonnie has been featured on CBS-TV's Sunday
Morning and NPR's Morning Edition, Performance
Today, and The Thistle & Shamrock. In addition
to a heavy touring schedule, Bonnie has authored six books
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As a popular studio musician, dozens of folk and classical
recordings display her name. Her solo albums include:
new release Scottish Fire; Scottish Rant;, Kindred
Spirits; Celtic Circles; Soft May Morn; CelticRoots
with Hesperus; and the Parents Choice Gold Winner, Gi'me
Elbow Room: Folk Songs from a Scottish Childhood.
Bonnie currently resides with her husband and three
young children in Alexandria, Virginia.
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MAGGIE
SANSONE
Hammered Dulcimer
Bringing a unique vision to the ancient
music of the Celts, Maggie's pioneering artistry has brought
the ringing beauty of hammered dulcimer to thousands of
music lovers around the world. She has been featured on
CBS-TV's Sunday Morning and NPR's All Things
Considered, Performance Today, and The Thistle
& Shamrock. She has written seven music books
for the hammered dulcimer (Mel Bay Publications).
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Maggie is a sought
after performer and teacher at major folk festivals
and produced and tours with her shows "A Traveler's
Dream" and "Celtic Christmas Celebration." Maggie
is founder and CEO of Maggie's Music record label. The
label, which features over thirty albums distributed
worldwide, has received five "Record Label of the Year"
awards from the Washington Area Music Association (Washington,
DC). Maggie's solo recordings are: Celtic Meditations
, A Traveler's Dream; Dance Upon the Shore, Ancient
Noels (AFIM INDIE winner); Mist & Stone
(AFIM INDIE winner); Sounds of the Season, Sounds
of the Season II (AFIM INDIE nominee) and Traditions.
*AFIM- Association of Independent Music.
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TONY
CUFFE guitar, vocals(1954-2001)
This DVD contains one of the final and great performances by singer and
guitarist Tony Cuffe; including a rare performance of Tony with his
:"friend".. his Scottish puppet...an Appalachian percussion instrument
called a limberjack . Tony was one of the most distinctive voices of
the past three decades, first in the music and song of his native
Scotland, and later in the Irish music scene of North America. He
played with three seminal bands in the instrumental wave of the revival
and his playing helped pioneer the transposition of Scots fiddle and
pipe music to the guitar. He was a great performer, an inspiring
teacher, and much loved by his family, friends and those who heard him.
Tony Cuffe was born in Greenock, Scotland on 6 April 1954 and died at Arlington, Massachusetts, USA on 18 December 2001.
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Widely regarded as one of Scotland's
best acoustic guitarists, his powerful voice is matched
by a dazzling fingerpicked guitar style employing open
tunings and drones in the arrangement of pipe and fiddle
tunes. He is also an accomplished tinwhistle, harp, and
harmonica player. He has taught at various festivals and
summer camps including Augusta, the Catskills Irish Week,
and Gaelic Roots. He was invited to take part in a St.
Patrick's Day concert at the White House. Tony has recorded
nine albums to date and is now working on a follow-up
to his acclaimed solo debut When First I Went to Caledonia
(Iona Records).
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JERRY
O'SULLIVAN
Uilleann, Small and Great Highland
Pipes
Jerry O'Sullivan has been widely hailed as America's premier
uilleann piper as well as widely recorded on the
Irish flute, the tin whistle, Highland bagpipes,
and Scottish smallpipes. Jerry has appeared on more
than 60 albums, performing with The Boston Pops,
Sinead O'Connor, Dolly Parton, and James Galway.
Jerry has toured extensively in the United States
and Ireland with fiddler Eileen Ivers, featured
performer in RiverDance, and has performed Scottish
music with guitarist Tony Cuffe. He also has been
a featured performer at Scottish country dances
in the US.
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Born in New York city, Jerry's first musical instrument
was the Scottish Highland bagpipes. During summer
visits to cousins in Dublin, he learned the uilleann
pipes at the Piper's club on Essex street. As
a former English teacher, he is also an experienced
educator and has acted as a lecturer and demonstrator
on uilleann pipes and Scottish pipes at festivals,
workshops, and summer music camps. Jerry's mastery
of the instrument, traditional knowledge, versatility,
and dedication to education truly makes him America's
premier piper. His two solo albums are The
Gift (Shanachie) and The Invasion (Green
Linnet).
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PADDY
LEAGUE
Percussion
Paddy League grew
up in the musically diverse Washington D.C. area,
and by his teenage years had acquired a strong background
in jazz, Latin, and world percussion styles. His
involvement in traditional Irish music initially
came about through an interest, acquired from his
grandfather, in the Irish language. He has since
become one of the most respected percussionists
and bodhrán teachers on the North American acoustic
and traditional music circuit, maintaining a busy
performance and teaching schedule. Paddy is best
known for his innovative and exciting bodhrán playing,
which blends his knowledge of the Irish tradition
with the influences of his experience with other
folk and traditional percussion. He is also a multi-instrumentalist
whose talents extend to guitar, mandolin, bouzouki,
and concertina. Paddy is a prolific recording artist
who has been featured on over two dozen albums to
date and tours with the Bonnie Rideout Trio.
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ROBERT
McOWEN
Highland dancer
Robert has competed in highland dancing
on both U.S. coasts and has taught Scottish
highland, step, and country dancing at camps
and workshops throughout the U.S., Canada,
and Japan. In the 1980's, he directed the
New Caledonians, an innovative Scottish music
and dance ensemble, and several Burns Night
concerts featuring Jean Redpath at Harvard's
Sanders Theater. In the 1990's, he performed
regularly with the Strathspey and Reel Society
of New Hampshire (including a tour of Scotland
in 1996) and at various annual events in the
Boston Area.
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JEN SCHOONOVER
Highland dancer
Jen danced at Carnegie Hall and
on Good Morning America with the New York Scottish
Pipes, Drums and Dancers and around New York City
with the Long Island Ravens Motorcycle Club pipe
band. Since moving to Boston, she dances frequently
with Robert McOwen and also enjoys dancing with
Laura Scott's Highland Soles at Boston College's
Gaelic Roots festival and at the Boston Scottish
Fiddle Rally. Jen belongs to Back Porch Dance
Company, a modern dance group, and performs for
young audiences with the Peanut Butter and Jelly
Dance Company.
THE CITY OF
WASHINGTON PIPE BAND
The City of Washington Pipe Band has been
one of the finest pipe bands in North America
for over 30 years.
In August of 1999, the band won First Place
in the World Pipe Band Championships and the World
Drum Corps Championships for Grade 2 in Glasgow,
Scotland and was promoted by the Royal Scottish
Pipe Band Association to Grade 1-one of only two
American bands in the premier rank. The band has
performed for Presidents of both parties and for
audiences at the Kennedy Center and the National
Geographic Explorers’ Hall. The band won a WAMMIE
in 2000 from the Washington Area Music Association
for “Best Celtic Group” (Folk category).
Six members of the band performed on the
DVD and video: Mike Green performs
on Highland bagpipe and is the Pipe Major of the
City of Washington Pipe Band and one of the top
prize-winning soloists in the United States. Drum
Sergeant Jon Quigg, who won the August
1999 Grade 2 drum Corps World Championship in
Glasgow, Scotland. Jon competes as a solo
drummer, serves as a drumming judge for the Eastern
United States Pipe Band Association, and writes
all of the drum settings played by the City of
Washington Drum Corps. Also featured on the DVD
and video are band members: pipers Vic
Frank and Ian Coletti and drummers
Mat Bell and Gavin Lindsay.
Known as the “piping fiddler”, Bonnie began collaborating
with the band in 1997 and produced and performed
on their debut album, Scottish Rant (Maggie’s Music).
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Track list for DVD
1.MEDLEY:
Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel - 12th Century Latin
Carol
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Late 18th
Century/British Isles
Morrison's Jig - Traditional Scottish
Jig
2. Fir Tree Reels (Grants'/Innes'/Stuarts')
- Scottish Straths & Reels
3.MEDLEY:
Here We Come a'Wassailing
- Traditional Carol/British Isles
Bottom of the Punch Bowl - Traditional
Scottish Country Dance
4.
Greensleeves (What Child is This)
5.Rorate
(Nativity) - Western Highlands Lullaby
& Hymn
6.
Sae Will We Yet - 19th Century Scots Song
(Tony Cuffe)
7. MEDLEY: Highlands & Lowlands of Scotland/Kelo
House/Miss Clementina Stewart - Traditional
Scottish Reels
8. Angels We Have Heard On High and Jig -Maid
at the Spinning Wheel (Maggie Sansone &
Paddy League)
9.MEDLEY:
Da Day Dawis
10.
MEDLEY: Willie Sahanky's Jig/Bagdad Jig/Bagdad Reel/
Keflavkik Jetnest/ Oh, Come All Ye Faithful/ Amazing
Grace
11.
Christ Child Lullaby
12.MEDLEY:
Christmas Carousing/Ale is Dear/New Christmas
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MEDLEY: Deck the Halls/Tail Toddle/Paddy's Leather Breeches
14.
Auld Lang Syne
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