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Bonnie's last tour, CALEDONIA, kicked off its premier season during the Spring of 2007.
CALEDONIA brought to the stage the very best of Scotland's music. On fiddle,
bagpipes, harp, flute, rhythm, song, poetry, and dance, this project presented
music from over four centuries of Scottish culture and history. The exciting
roster of talent included Gaelic Singer MAIRI MACINNES from the Isle of Arran in
the Hebrides, Cellist, CHRISTINE HANSEN from Glasgow as well as
Inverness folk singer, ROY MUNRO. The rest of the CALEDONIA ensemble included
Bonnie's favourites: JERRY O'SULLIVAN (Uilleann Pipes) WILLIAM JACKSON (Harp)
JOHN DOYLE (Guitar) and MATT BELL (Percussion), ELLEN IRMISCH and SARA LYONS
(Dancers).
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After more than a decade on the road, Bonnie's SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS tour is taking
a two year recess. THANK YOU to all the performers: JERRY O'SULLIVAN (Uilleann
Pipes) WILLIAM JACKSON (Harp) JOHN DOYLE (Guitar) and MATT BELL (Percussion),
ELLEN IRMISCH, SARA LYONS, ROBERT MCOWEN, JEN SCHOONOVER (Dancers) for a joy-filled tour. THANK YOU also to
our Road Managers over the years: Susie Pierce and Anne Marie Coggins, and to
engineers Bill McNett and Chris MacDonald. We celebrated fifteen years of
Christmas travel never missing a single concert. THANK YOU to our drivers Marc,
Isaac, Chris and Steve for being our guardian angels through ice and snow. THANK
YOU to the hundreds of venues and their staff who welcomed us to their halls.
And finally; THANK YOU TO ALL THE FANS WHO FILLED THE HALLS TO CAPACITY EACH
NIGHT! Scottish Christmas has now performed live for over half a million people
since it's first run…..now that's worth a CELEBRATION!
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BBC Radio Scotland has concluded its series "Scotland's Music" to rave reviews.
For over a year the BBC ran a series of programs featuring
all genres of Scottish music. Prominent Scottish writer and musicologist, DR.
JOHN PURSER set the scene for this 50-part radio adventure uncovering the
history of the music of Scotland from the Stone Age to present day. Bonnie
recorded extensively for the show and her music was featured on
several episodes. Now available is Dr. Purser's long awaited second edition of
his brilliant book entitled "Scotland's Music" from which the programmes were
created. To order, visit http://www.mainstreampublishing.com
and see why the GLASGOW
HERALD wrote: “The book is a milestone…Anyone interested in any aspect of the
nation's musical heritage …..will find enlightenment in this lavishly
illustrated book."
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