2020 Archives - Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame https://glengarrycelticmusic.com/category/2020/ Williamstown, Ontario Sat, 18 May 2024 14:49:29 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://glengarrycelticmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/logo-transparent-250x250.png 2020 Archives - Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame https://glengarrycelticmusic.com/category/2020/ 32 32 Shelley MacPhee https://glengarrycelticmusic.com/inductee/shelley-macphee/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:22:10 +0000 /?p=3384 For over fifty years Shelley MacPhee has been a driving force and is heavily influential with the ongoing operation of the Glengarry School of Piping and Drumming. During this time, hundreds of students, a good number from Glengarry, have passed through the school, learning the fine art of highland bagpiping and drumming.

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]]> Regimental Pipes and Drums of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders https://glengarrycelticmusic.com/inductee/regimental-pipes-and-drums-of-the-stormont-dundas-and-glengarry-highlanders/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:16:51 +0000 /?p=3379 To this day, The Regimental Pipes and Drums of the SD&G Highlanders is comprised of serving and retired members of the unit as well as civilian members. For 130 years this band has been known for their deep Celtic roots in Glengarry and adherence to the traditions of the Highlanders. Its roots in the Militia Companies of Glengarry, (No. 4 Company, Lancaster, No. 5 Company, Williamstown, and No. 7 Company, Dunvegan) have made outstanding contributions to Celtic music in Glengarry.

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]]> Ashley MacLeod-McRae https://glengarrycelticmusic.com/inductee/ashley-macleod-mcrae/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:10:49 +0000 /?p=3374 First taught by her dad, Ian, when she was ten and later by Denis Lanctot, Ashley MacLeod-Mcrae’s youthful exuberance and love for the fiddle made her a master artist of our time. She and her dad have helped to reignite the interest in fiddle music in Glengarry.

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]]> Alexander (Sandy) and Christena Alice Watt https://glengarrycelticmusic.com/inductee/alexander-sandy-and-christena-alice-watt/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:48:54 +0000 /?p=3370 Alexander and Christina Watt were definitely a musical duo, he an accomplished fiddler and she, a piano music teacher. A cousin recalls that a parties could go on their house till the wee hours of the morning, visitors playing until time to go home for chores.

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