Schedule, history, Sponsors
2022 - Highlights
5 Years of Excellence
5 Years of Excellence
Art
Unicorn art contest for students
Athletics
5K Run/2K Walk to benefit:
The Friends of Springhill Cemetery and Mary Price Ratrie Arboretum
Irish Road Bowling, “Bowling For Bowls” to benefit
Covenant House Food Pantry
Children’s Highland Games with Caber Tossing and Sheaf Toss Culture & Fun In General
Celtic Brunch
Clan tents
WV M
Art
Unicorn art contest for students
Athletics
5K Run/2K Walk to benefit:
The Friends of Springhill Cemetery and Mary Price Ratrie Arboretum
Irish Road Bowling, “Bowling For Bowls” to benefit
Covenant House Food Pantry
Children’s Highland Games with Caber Tossing and Sheaf Toss Culture & Fun In General
Celtic Brunch
Clan tents
WV Music Hall of Fame
Crafters
Face Painting, Children’s Crafts, including ‘Sockness Monster’ puppets
The magic and mystery of nature - Capitol Conservation District, WV D.E.P
WV Land Trust
Dog Show for Celtic & all breeds Highland Sheep
Kirkin of the Tartans at
Kanawha United Presbyterian
Guinness World Record attempt: ‘ Largest Gathering of People Wearing Unicorn Horns’
Photo ops with unicorns
PARADE
Kanwaha Valley Pipes and Drums
Beni Kedem Highlanders
A Loch Ness Monster & Welsh Red Dragon floats
Witches Bike Ride
Unicorns
Celtic flag bearers
Dancers
George Daugherty Tall Stories Competition
Dance
Savana Brown
Irish Dance Workshop with Will Roboski
Lincoln County Cloggers Mountain Dance doing both Irish and Scottish Dance
Sean nos style Irish Dance Workshop
Music
Autumn Equinox
Acoustic Music Sessions
Almost Heaven Dulcimer Group Andrew Branard—solo bagpipe Dave Haas and Friends
Minor Swing
Music Tune Workshops
Patrick Olwell, master flute maker, and sons.
St. Albans Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
Teada
The Company Stores
The Charleston Rogues
Patrick O’Flaherty
Comedy
Stephanie Hall
Theater & Film
Welsh Play - “Mother Tongue” Celtic Theater, Stage Readings of Five One act Plays , All winners of Playwright Competition
“Red Tide Moon,” Galician Film
5 Years of Excellence
5 Years of Excellence
5 Years of Excellence
HIGHLIGHTS - The foundation we build on and add to every year.
Celtic Calling started in 2016. The 2021 Gathering was cancelled .
FOOTMAD Centerpiece Traditional Music Concerts have featured Irish and Scottish Groups, Daimh, Teada, Skippers Alley, Heron's Valley and The Jeremiahs.
Mountain Stage has featured Seamus Egan Quartet and
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HIGHLIGHTS - The foundation we build on and add to every year.
Celtic Calling started in 2016. The 2021 Gathering was cancelled .
FOOTMAD Centerpiece Traditional Music Concerts have featured Irish and Scottish Groups, Daimh, Teada, Skippers Alley, Heron's Valley and The Jeremiahs.
Mountain Stage has featured Seamus Egan Quartet and
The Jeremiah's.
Local and Regional Music Artists: Father Son and Friends, Bastard Bearded Irishmen, Mountain Thyme, Tim and Maggie, Pepper Fandango, Company Stores, Contrarians, Jenny Allinder and Jim Mullins, Patrick O'Flaherty, Beni Kedem Highlanders Pipe Band, Dina Hornbaker, Beeswing, Plaid Clash, Appalachian Celtic Consort, John Doyle, Wild Ones, Kanawha Valley Pipes and Drums, Modock Rounders, The Charleston Rogues, Wild Ones, Almost Heaven Dulcimer Group, Sarah an Joe Marchio, George Daugherty, Poor Mans Gambit
Films: The Commitments, Brown Willy, Song of Granite, The Camino Voyage, Bait
Heritage and Cultural Programs – Travelogues to Orkney Isles, Irleland, Galicia, Irish Fairy Folk Lore, The Campbells of Canna, Dr Mick Moloney connecting Appalachia,
Spinning/ Weaving and Sheep Display,
Highland Cows, Clydesdale
Irish and Scottish Dance Performance and Workshops
Tall Tales Storytelling
Kirkin of the Tartans
Music Sessions - 5K Kilt Run/Walk Playwright Competition - Theater, Fire Artists - Family Cycle, National Guard Rockwall Hymnsing - Cooking Workshop Guinness Cooking Competition
Thank you
5 Years of Excellence
Thank you
Thank you to our sponsors and business partners for supporting the Festival in 2022.
Celtic Calling Artists were made possible in part by a grant from Charleston Creativity Connections
Thank you to these sponsors:
Home Page Sponsor: $2000
Beattie Firth Inc Realtors
Hearth Sponsor: $1000
WV Lottery
Bailey & Wyant, PLLC
FOOTMAD
Greater Kanawha Val
Thank you to our sponsors and business partners for supporting the Festival in 2022.
Celtic Calling Artists were made possible in part by a grant from Charleston Creativity Connections
Thank you to these sponsors:
Home Page Sponsor: $2000
Beattie Firth Inc Realtors
Hearth Sponsor: $1000
WV Lottery
Bailey & Wyant, PLLC
FOOTMAD
Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Circle Sponsor: $500
Guinness
John D. Hurst, Esquire
Philip and Dawn Combs
Brewer & Company of West Virginia Inc
McKinley Carter Wealth Services
Mayberry Appraisals
City of Charleston
WV Demolition
Aronfield Agency
Market Sponsor: $250
Hendrickson and Long, PLLC
FOOTMAD
Eric B. Snyder, Esquire
Gray, Griffith & Mays
Vincent King, Esquire
Terradon
Drug Emporium
KOMAX BUISSNESS SYSTEMS
Anonymous
Jake Wegman
WTSQ 88.1FM
Taylor Books
Helping Hand Sponsor: $100
Webb Law Center PLLC,
James F. Humphreys & Associates, LC
Vickie King McLaughlin
Blackwell & Co
Plante & Associates Inc
Appalachian Timing Group
Thomas T. Kirk
David M. Gladkosky
Michael Thomas
Rob James
Chris Higgins
James Mckowen,
Vision Shared:
Larry Rowe, Valley Gardens
Charleston Rogues
Thank you to those who host, help put on and promote events during the weekend, Charleston Convention and Visitor Bureau, Kanawha County Main Library, Friends of Old Time Music and Dance -FOOTMAD, Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, Adelphia Sports Bar, Rock City Cake Company, Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema by WVIFF, WV Irish Road Bowling, The Empty Glass
Thank you to our presenters, performers musicians and dancers.
Thank you to the Volunteers who organize and help run Events.
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