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If you are interested in seeing me perform, check out the upcoming events
section. If you would like to bring me to your area to perform, email me
at admin_celtarctic@yk.com.
Travel from Yellowknife is expensive, so I try to get as many gigs in an area as
possible to make it worth my while. I particularly like doing House
Concerts, but also enjoy performing instructional workshops, and concert sets at
coffee houses, clubs, and festivals.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2010:
March 8 - International Women's Day and the NWT Wise
Woman Awards: Moira and Dawn Lacey have been asked to
perform a short set in honour of this year's Wise Women Awards
ceremony organized by the NWT Status of Women Council. The
ceremony will take place at the Legislative Assembly.
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CURRENT NEWS
2010:
.January 22: Moira was hired to perform at a
special Robbie Burns celebration in Hay River, Northwest
Territories. This was her first formal concert since the
loss of her husband 6 months ago. She performed a 30
minute set of Scottish ballads and recitations.
January 27: Moira performed with Ceilidh Friends at
their first performance as an official trio at the Northern
Performers Series at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre,
Yellowknife. They performed a 60 minute concert featuring
a capella harmony numbers, instrumentals (featuring Moira on the
Hurdy Gurdy) and solo numbers from each member of the group.
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PAST
NEWS
2009 |
2008 | 2007 |
2006 | 2005
2009:
January: Rambles.net has finally posted a review of Sands of the Shore.
Check it out here:
RAMBLES
March: International Women's Day: Fuego's Restaurant
hosted a celebration of women performers on Monday March 2,
2009. Proceeds from the event went to a local charity.
Moira and Dawn Lacey were emcees. Radio Taiga: Moira
was featured
in several lengthy interviews on Yellowknife's French radio
station, talking about ballads and ballad singing. Host:
Oscar Aguirre.
May: Yellowknife Storytelling Festival: May 29-31st,
2009: Moira was asked to perform again for this 5th annual
storytelling festival. This year, in an attempt to be
different from previous years' performances, she focused one of
her sets on "Gallows" ballads - stories about capital
punishment. Her second set was a theme of ravens,
including that monumental recitation by Edgar Allen Poe.
June: Book Launch: Moira and her husband Steve
were
asked to provide entertainment for the celebration of a book
launch of Cathy Jewison. The launch took place at the
Northern Frontier Visitor's Centre, June 25th, 2009 from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Yellowknife Sings: a marathon of performing artists
showcased at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre, June 22,
2009 from 12 noon to midnight! Moira performed
following the NWT Pipe Band - a challenge to be sure!
July: Storytellers of Canada annual conference - Victoria, BC:
Moira attended the SC-CC Conference in the capacity
of the organization's treasurer July 7-13, 2009. There
she participated in informal performing amongst the several
tellers from across the country who attended..
August: Moira's performance at the Princeton
Traditional Music Festival, Princeton, BC was CANCELLED
due to the untimely loss of her husband and singing
partner, Stephen Goff.
December 6th Vigil - Yellowknife: Moira was
asked to share a song at this year's vigil held at the Salvation
Army in Yellowknife. She performed the Wyrd Sisters'
composition "This Memory".
2008:
December: Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human
Rights - I was asked to perform for 20 minutes at this quiet
celebration hosted by the Public Service Alliance Canada.
It was a chance for me to share some of my favourite political
songs, all of which fit in perfectly with the them of Human
Rights. The set went over well even though it was a small
crowd. I managed to get everyone singing along in my final
number: "Your Daughters and Your Sons" by Tom Sands.
December 6th Vigil: Was asked to perform a couple of songs
in honour of this event organized by the Status of Women
Council. The event took place at Javaroma in downtown
Yellowknife. I started with the Wyrd Sisters' (Winnipeg
group) song "This Memory" written specifically in response to
the massacre. I then invited Dawn Lacey to join me in
singing our duet, "This is the Woman" by Ellen Hamilton of Night
Sun.
November: Festival of the Midnight Sun - performed with
Ceilidh Friends to sing anti-war / Remembrance Day songs
Summer:
July 1-6: Storytellers of Canada annual Conference in
Saskatoon - I had a terrific time - got to reconnect with lots
of old friends, both of the storytelling and ballad singing
variety. I have now become the new Treasurer for the
Storytellers of Canada / Conteur du Canada.
May 30-June 1: Yellowknife Storytelling Festival -
performed 30 minute ballad set.
January-March 2008:
March 20th, 7-9 p.m.: I hosted a World
Storytelling Day event, sponsored by Squatterz Books.
March 8th, 2008, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: I was invited to
perform 2 hours of instrumental music as part of the welcoming
ceremonies for Arctic Winter Games athletes.
March 8th, 7-10:30 p.m.: I organized and performed at the
17th Annual International Women's Day Concert at Northern United
Place. I have been the organizer for this
annual event for 17 years. It is a chance to raise
awareness and funds for the
Yellowknife
Women's Society. Each year, I continue to be
pleasantly surprised at how well the concert turns out. I
also shared a craft table with Caitlin Lacey for our
BottleArt
wares.
March 7th: I appeared with Dawn Lacey on CBC North
Television performing Bread and Roses in honour of International
Women's Day
2007:
December: Sands of the Shore CD Launch:
The long awaited third CD was finally completed at the end of
October. It was ready for release on December 9th, 2007;
Sir John Franklin Highschool foyer (in front of the Northern
Arts and Cultural Centre)
November: Remembrance Day Commemoration: November 9th, at
Sissons School in Yellowknife. I was asked to share
my composition, "Northern Remembrance", as part of the school's
regular commemoration. Storytelling Cafe:
Thursday,
November 1, 2007 at Rosie's Cafe in Edmonton, AB. I
joined a group of local storytellers sharing
ballads and stories. Canadian Society for Musical
Traditions Annual Conference: Friday November 2-Sunday
November 4, at the U of A. I participated at the
conference and shared a panel discussion on singing
ballads in the modern world.
September:
Amazing Sundays
celebrated International Music Day September 30, 1-5 p.m.
I joined forces with Steve Lacey singing original
material. Festival of the Midnight Sun: held a little later
this year, the Festival took place on Friday, September 21st.
I participated as a performer and as an artisan - as part of
Ceilidh
Friends I performed the final set in the concert portion of
the event (singing a newly learned political satire song by
David Rovics), and as
BottleArt Creations
I displayed and sold wares. The craft sale portion was a
fundraiser for the Centre for Northern Families.
July-August: Storytelling at Family Day: The Yellowknife Women's
Society / Centre for Northern Families sponsored this event at
the Yellowknife Mini-golf on Saturday, August 25th. They
asked me to do some stories, which went over well with the young
audience. Storytelling at Squatterz: I joined other
Yellowknife tellers at an open stage at Squatterz Books and
Curiosities Sunday August 5th at 1:00 p.m. It was,
coincidentally, the day before the anniversary of the bombing of
Hiroshima. I performed something in honour of that
day.
May-June: MySpace: I finally set up a page on MySpace.
I uploaded a few songs from my upcoming CD, Sands of the
Shore. Check it out at:
http://www.myspace.com/celtarctic. Dual
Album Launches:
Sandy Pringle and Cynthia Russell will be celebrating their
CD launches jointly at the
Northern Arts and Cultural Centre on
June 14, 2007. I was involved with Sandy's
recording. 3rd Annual Yellowknife Storytelling Festival: May 31 -
June 2; I performed a concert set at this year's
festival, Friday, June 1.
2006:
August: South Slave Friendship Festival: I went down to
perform at the Friendship Festival in Fort Smith the weekend of
August 18th. I performed two concert sets, one at the
Legion. The other set was supposed to be in the park, but
sadly, weather conditions forced all the entertainment indoors.
Festival of the Midnight Sun:
Steve Goff and I
performed a rare duo concert on
August 25 at Northern United Place. This festival has always been a
favourite of mine.
July:
I headed south with
Ceilidh Friends to Atlin BC this
summer. The Atlin Arts and Music Festival
was held July 7-9.
On July 21, 2006,
Steve Goff and I
performed as medieval minstrels at a local wedding.
June 2-4: I performed for the second year in
a row at the Yellowknife Storytelling Festival. Last year,
I performed ballads in a concert as well as doing an hour long
workshop on Ballad Singing. This year, I shared
traditional stories. I don't get
too much opportunity to tell stories, mostly because they take
up too much time to perform. Most of my stories
come from my father, Stew Cameron, and a storytelling duo called The Folktellers.
There was a different concert performance on Friday and
Saturday evenings, as well as two afternoons of storytelling
workshops. I performed my workshop, "Stories for the
Soul", on Sunday afternoon, focusing on how stories have
nurtured my spiritual growth. Contact the
Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC) for more info.
March: For the past 15 years, I have organized a variety show of
outstanding women's performing talent in honour of International
Women's Day. The Annual Women's Day Concert is
somewhat of a passion for me. A strong supporter of
Northern talent, I try to represent as many categories of
music and performing style as possible, as well as offer
diversity in performers. This year's concert was
particularly successful in the diversity department. There
were dancers from three different countries, poetry,
storytelling, and musicians encompassing World music,
contemporary singer/songwriters, labour & political songs,
classical & Broadway; and let's not forget the brass band.
I am often involved in other Women's Day events as well.
I performed a short set during the week of celebrations at
another event, but opted not to perform at this year's concert.
January:
Dawn Lacey and
I performed a
concert together at a Masonic Lodge banquet. This was our first
performance not affiliated with a women's event.
It allowed us both to perform material we hadn't performed
together before. The concert was a great success, but more
importantly, it was a lot of fun.
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June/July 2005: As part of the group,
Ceilidh Friends, I
attended and performed at
EXPO 2005 in Japan. The gig was an excellent
opportunity for each of us to connect with musicians from
countries around the world.
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