About this user
ROAN INISH... or... ROAN INISH DAMHSA...
Gaelic for ISLAND OF THE SEALS... or...
DANCING ISLAND OF THE SEALS... is the newest
West Texas Celtic Ensemble to emerge on the South Plains.
With diverse musical backgrounds and Celtic roots...
the musicians of ROAN INISH DAMHSA join the ever growing family of Celtic performers on the Llano Estacado.
Since February 2005, ROAN INISH DAMHSA approaches traditional Celtic music with wonderfully inventive arrangements... performing interactive shows to promote the awareness of the Celtic heritage and culture on the South Plains... through traditional Irish and Scottish instrumentals, song, and dance.
Versed in traditional Celtic and Early-American Folk music... this powerful ensemble performs a wide variety of invigorating Irish, Scottish, and American Civil War jigs, slip jigs, reels, slides, slow airs, hornpipes, barn dances, and polkas on traditional and non-traditional instruments... while Irish dancer... KRISTEN WILLIAMSON... displays an array of Irish soft and hard shoe step dancing.
Based in Lubbock, TX... ROAN INISH DAMHSA encourages audience participation... and, WELCOMES patrons to perform on the bodhran (traditional Irish drum) and/or learn Ceili/Ceilidh dances.
On occasion, ROAN INISH DAMHSA weaves in the traditional heroic Irish Revolt ballad or Irish Pub song... throughout a performance.
In December 2007... ROAN INISH DAMHSA welcomed Irish born/English raised American... TOM HURLEY on bodhran... to fill in for our beloved timekeeper and lead singer... ENGLISH DAVE TOBIN... who slipped away peacefully to reside with his lifelong idol BUDDY HOLLY... 28 September 2007.
LOST TRADITIONS FOUND
Whistler and Flautist PJ WELCH-LIGGAN traced her family heritage back to Scotland, ca. 946. In 1612, the ARMSTRONG CLAN was in Canonbie, Scotland. By the late 1600s, in Co. Cork and Dublin, Ireland... united with MOORE. In 1770, they sailed on the CAROLINA and settled in Pennsylvania/West Virginia... united with MORRIS.
GREAT CONCERT HALLS OF THE WORLD
Classically trained on the silver flute, since 1972, PJ WELCH-LIGGAN toured Europe with Americas Youth In Concert, when she was 15... representing Rawlins High School, Rawlins, WY, and the state of Wyoming... and, Greece with Santa Fe High School Symphonic Band, Santa Fe, NM, when she was 17... performing in the great concert halls of the world.
USA
Independence Mall Pavilion ~ PHILADELPHIA
Carnegie Hall ~ NEW YORK CITY
ENGLAND
Royal Albert Hall ~ LONDON
FRANCE
under the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, Church of the Madalaine ~ PARIS
ITALY
Chiesa del Ognissanti, Salone dei Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio ~ FLORENCE
Bascilica dei Frari, Villa Manin Codroipo ~ VENICE
Piassa del Campidoglio, Palazzo Sentorio, Bascilica dei San Lorenzo ~ ROME
SWITZERLAND
Victoria Hall ~ GENEVA
AUSTRIA
Innsbruck
GREECE
Athens
Corinth
Delphi
MORE MUSIC
In addition to ROAN INISH DAMHSA...
PJ WELCH-LIGGAN performs with...
GRISANTI & WELCH-LIGGAN ~ Guitar & Flute duo.
GRAPHICS • PHOTOGRAPHY
PJ WELCH LIGGAN established PJ GRAPHICS and
PJ PHOTOGRAPHY... in 1980 and 1990, consecutively.
http://www.youtube.com/grisantiwelchliggan
http://myspace.com/pjwelchligganflute
http://myspace.com/roaninishdamhsa
