Christmas With The Celts: photo by Candy Miller, taken at The Villages, December
2007
And who are the "friends?"
Left: Don
Pigeon Guitar, Flute,
Whistle, Mandolin, Tenor Banjo and Vocals (A Tampa Bay Area
resident, Don is a popular session musician who, when not performing with
Marcille Wallis & Friends, "pinch-hits" in a number of Celtic
bands)
Center Left: Matt
Miller Fiddle (Resident
of Freeport, Florida, Matt performs in several bluegrass bands -- he is the 2008
Florida State Bluegrass Fiddle Champion -- and is the
feature fiddler on "Timeless"
as well as guest fiddler on Marcille's CD "A
Celtic Heritage")
Center: Ann
& Cal Lloyd Scottish
Country Dance and Irish Soft-Shoe Figure Dance (Tampa,
Florida residents, Ann & Cal perform with the demonstration team of
the Dunedin Class of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society as well as the
Butler School of Irish Dance)
Center Right: Elly
Gilmore Vocals (Resident
of Punta Gorda, Florida; she and husband Bob are proprietors of The
Bean On 41.)
Right: Robin
Hendrickson Bagpipes (From
Gainesville, Florida, Robin plays Smallpipes and Great Highland Bagpipes)
Left: Frances
Pisacane Fiddle (Resident
of Tampa, Florida, and founding member of the duo Juniper, Frances played
fiddle on Marcille's CD "A
Celtic Heritage")
Center Left: Louise
Good Haines Percussion,
Vocals, Guitar (From the
Tampa Bay Area, Louise is one of the founders of Peacemaker
Web, an Internet magazine, and is the host of Internet radio program
"Mellow Melodies With Goody")
Center Right: Steve
Eulberg Guitar,
Vocals, Mountain Dulcimer, Hammer Dulcimer (From
Fort Collins, Colorado, Steve is a national touring artist and music instructor
with multiple CDs and DVDs to his credit)
Right: Jimmy
Mitchell Bagpipes (From
Forney, Texas, Jimmy is winner of numerous solo piping trophies, a two-time
winner of the World Pipe Band Championship -- and was a member of the first
American band ever to win that title)
Some History ...
Translated from Irish, "ceol binn" means "sweet music". In the Spring of 1997, the Ceol Binn band was founded by Marcille Wallis and Anthony Delle Donne. A revolving collective of musicians with Marcille and her hammer dulcimer as its nucleus, Marcille Wallis & Ceol Binn performed for nine years at some of the biggest venues and events in the Southeastern United States, including North Carolina's Biltmore Estate, Burns Nicht with the Memphis (TN) Scottish Society, and Walt Disney World's Epcot Center (FL). Top Left: The Villages (FL), Top Right: O'Keefe's in Clearwater (FL), Center Left: Riverhawk Rhythm 'N Roots Festival, Center Right: Caloosahatchee Celtic Festival, Bottom Left: Mountain Air Country Club (NC), Bottom Right: Epcot.
Here
are some of our "official" publicity photos:
(Top Left: 2005
Band, Top Right: 2004 Band, Bottom Left: 2002-2003 Band, Bottom Right: 2001-2002
Band)
More Photos
The "Farewell to Ceol Binn" Party, April 9, 2006: Performing in Fishermen's Village (Punta Gorda, FL) Center Court; The Ceol Binn Family (L to R Greg McGrath, Marcille, Paul Cottrell, Elly Gilmore, Matt Miller, Ann Lloyd, Cal Lloyd, Mike Harkins, Louise Good Haines); Some of our faithful supporters (L to R William Miller -- Matt's twin, Candy Miller -- Matt's mom, Alice Smith, Jerry Lane)
Scenes from the Florida Folk Festival: Dancers Ann & Cal, a performance in the Song & Story Tent, Donna & Louise with Marcille, Frances, Matt with Craig, Matt & Frances on the Azalea Stage
O'Keefe's 2003 -- what a party! (Photos courtesy of Tom Chastain)
Scenes from a tour of North Carolina: Larry Miller, Marcille, and Julian Lambertson play to the crowd at Burnsville's Old Fashioned Fourth of July; Nicole Porter sings at Spruce Pine's Blue Moon Books; we appeared live on WNCW!
Marcille
Wallis & Ceol Binn
(Anthony Delle Donne and Trina Schyhol)
during the early days at The Celtic Ray pub in Punta Gorda,
FL
More Ceol Binn "alumni"
Sue Aughey
Guitar
Aaron
Carr
Percussion
Morris
Campbell Guitar and Appalachian Dulcimer
Donna
Chapman
Guitar and Vocals
Paul
Cottrell
Guitar and Vocals
Anthony
Delle Donne
Guitar
Marcie
Ewasko
Cello
Mike Harkins
Great Highland Bagpipes
Julian
Lambertson Fiddle
Ann
Margaret McKillop
Harp
Larry
Miller
Guitar and Vocals
Nicole
Porter
Vocals, Flute and Whistle
Trina
Schyhol Whistle
Many of these artists appear in photos on this page. Several
have their own websites. Click on
their name to find out more about them!
