The Celtic Republic of Appalachia Newsletter
	Lúnasa 1998

LUGHNASADH by Kathleen Dupree

"The grain is ripe for harvest. Apple trees and gardens bear forth the fruits of summer. This is the time of Lughnasadh, the ancient Celtic festival held in celebration of the first fruits of the harvest."

APPALACHIAN CELTS AND THEIR MUSIC
Part 1 of a series by Charles H. Ball

"The early settlement of Appalachia by the Celts included Irish, Scots-Irish, and lowland Scots, as well as many Welsh. [...] The immigrants brought with them the music they knew in their homelands."

LOCAL MUSICIANS BETSY HOOPER AND LYRIC TODKILL
SWEEP HIGHLAND GAMES interviews by Mark Warford

Betsy Hooper has lent her fine fiddling to the Knoxville seisiun for several years. Lyric Todkill, a senior at Oak Ridge High School, is an occasional player in the seisiun and plays for Knoxville Pipes & Drums and Dundrennan. At this year's Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Betsy won the fiddle competition, and Lyric took first place in the bagpipes competition.

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