Bagaduce Music at the North Atlantic Song Convention

This convention was a lot about discovering similarities and differences between the traditions of singing cultures on the North Atlantic rim - and doing so over heaping piles of Haggis.

It also ended up being about sharing the glories and challenges of running small music organizations and cultural revivals in areas much like Maine. In the face of a firehose of homogenous industrial/digital culture, singers from Sweden, Norway, Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, Iceland, and Maine - and cultural groups within those areas such as Romani singers - shared songs, stories, and practical advice on singing with a sense of place.

Here are some of the presenters and boardmembers who were there, a group that was joined by perhaps a hundred amateur singers who joined in for various pub sings, concerts and talks:

Angeline Morrison England
Angharad Jenkins Wales
Bennett Konesni Maine
Brian Ó hEadhra Scotland/Ireland
Cathal Ó Curráin Ireland
Ceara Conway Ireland
Claire Frances MacNeil Scotland
David Francis - Scotland
Ellen De Burca Ireland
Emma Björling Sweden
Esbjörn Wettermark Sweden/England
Femi Oriogun-Williams England
Gemma Khawaja England
Hazel Marsh England
Jana Lohrová Scotland/Czech Republic
Jordan Price Williams Wales
Molly Gawler Maine
Órla Ní Fhinneadha Ireland
Óskar Freyr Guðnason Sweden
Steve Byrne Scotland
Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen Norway
Tom Besford England