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Dúchas Chill
Dara '99
Kildare International
Folk Arts Festival
26th
29th August 1999
This festival is organised by Kildare Town
Twinning Association and the Institute For International Cultural
Exchange.
International groups will include Kandali - Folkdance Group - Estonia,
La
Gantieirelo - Groupe Folklorique - France and Hajdú - Folk Ensemble
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Hungary. IICE - The Institute For International Cultural Exchange
first
hosted an international folk arts group in Kildare in 1985.
Gantieirelo - Groupe Folklorique
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Since then groups have visited Kildare from the Basque Country, France;
Villa Verde, Portugal; Burgsinn, Germany; Flanders, Belgium; Turku,
Finland; Sardinia, Italy; Poznan, Poland and the Celtic Nations -
Brittany, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Wales.
In addition to international groups, many Irish groups, including
some from
Co Kildare have taken part in the festival each year. The interaction
between international groups, Irish groups, local people and visitors
to
Kildare who attend the festival, is what the event is all about.
This year's festival will consist of a series of parades, concerts,
recitals, seminars, workshops and pub sessions throughout the weekend,
starting with performances by the international groups at Market Square,
Kildare at 8.30pm on Thursday 26 August, followed by the official
opening
and a concert.
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Kandali-Folk
Dance Group
Friday 27 August will see performances by the international groups
in St
Conleth's Day Care Centre, Kildare in the morning, followed by a concert
on
Friday evening. On Saturday a series of music and dancing workshops
in the
afternoon will be followed by another concert on Saturday evening.
On Sunday the festival parade will take place to Market Square, where
Irish
and international groups will give their final performances, commencing
at
1pm.
Gantieirelo - Groupe Folklorique
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Last Year's Festival