Tommy Makem International Festival of Song Scrapbook -- 2001


Back again.... with a few close friends! 

The 2001 Festival of Song grew to include over 50 people enjoying the music, scenery, people and culture of South Armagh and the surrounding areas. Below are a few photos and mementos of the event.

 

A few mementos

Photos from Molly --  The Mill  | A Story

Photos from Bill:
 -- Tommy Sands - 1  & 2
 -- Tommy Makem's 50th Ann. Concert  1  &  2
 -- The four poets
 -- Kate and Sean goofing around

Photos from Kate:
 *  Local history tour, first day
   - Dolmen
   - Art McCooey's grave, Creggan
   - Hugh sharing a wealth of history and folklore about South Armagh
   - The house of the Bard of Armagh
  * In the pub
  * Banquet at Slieve Gullion Courtyard
  * Sean and the main dish
  * Friday tour with the Sands' 
     - Erin in the foreground, Rostrevor behind
     - It's just a goat...
     - We're not in Minnesota any more, Toto 
     - Mrs. Sands gives a visual tour
     - Tommy Sands and avid listeners
     - Cooley Mountains with no sheep (post-FMD)
     - The Rule ladies (The Ladies Rule?)
     - Jim and Kate with windy hairdos
  * Summer Solstice on Mullyard
     - What a place for a concert
     - Mary McEvoy near Immigration Stone
  * Tommy Makem's Jubilee concert
     - Sometimes tangents are just fine
     - Kevin Byrne
     - The Makem Brothers and Spain Brothers
     - Tommy, Kevin and Eugene
  * Near the end
     - Adi & Caitlin sing....  Ed looks on
     - A final session on the stairs
     - Sacked out
   * On the bus

Mike Casey sings Sun on the Strand by Jim Gillespie MP3 (1 meg).  Jim wrote this poem during the 2000 Songfest and Mike set it to music.

Mourne Magic by Jim Gillespie

Gullion Gazing by Connie Jeffrey

www.jimmaginn.fsnet.co.uk
 Jim is a fine professional photographer whose hobby is to photograph well known traditional musicians.  He took the photo of Tommy Makem that appears in the upper left corner of the collage on his home page during the 2001 Songfest on the slope of Navan Fort. He was with us for most of the festival -- click on Tommy's photo for more great pictures of the Fest.

See songfest.net for more information 

Here's last year's scrapbook


Kate Akers, kakers@chivalry.com
Chivalry Music & Internet Publishing
All photos on these pages were
taken by Kate Akers and Jim Gillespie, ©2000.
Reprinting or republication without permission is prohibited.