The 2007 Arkansas Celtic Fair
Little Rock, Arkansas
Saturday, February 17, 2007

Arkansas Celtic Music Society Website

Click any of the images below for a LARGER version...

* ENTERTAINERS...

Peggy Loyd
(Bodhran,Whistles,
Guitar,Vocals)

and

John Burleson
(Bodhran,Guitar,
Vocals,Storytelling)

Performed as
a duo this year.


Máirtín dé Cogáin
takes the stage
with Kevin Kiley.


Máirtín dé Cogáin
on the right
(Guitar,Bodhran,Vocals)

and

Kevin Kiley
on the left
(Bouzouki,Guitar,Banjo,
Mandolin,Fiddle,Bodhran,
Button Box,Vocals)



"Two Cents Worth"
and "Spare Change"
from Siloam Springs, AR.

From left to right...
Doc (Tenor Banjo),
Gary (Concertina),
Deanna Lisk (Fiddle),
Bill Lisk (Guitar),
Kent (Bodhran)


Irish Traditional Music
group "Legacy"
from Jackson, MS,
takes the stage.

Left to right...
Don Penzien,
Valerie Plested,
Justin Murphy


A lean, mean,
fiddlin' machine!

Valerie Plested
of "Legacy"


Máirtín dé Cogáin
joins "Legacy" onstage!

Left to right...
Don Penzien (Guitar),
Valerie Plested (Fiddle),
Justin Murphy (Flute),
Máirtín dé Cogáin (Bodhran)


Máirtín dé Cogáin
introduces his
Cork Brush Dance
while Valerie
Plested of
"Legacy"
looks on.


Máirtín
gets ready to
"jump the broom"
during his Brush Dance!



* DANCERS...


The O'Dononvan School of Irish Dance



The McCafferty School of Irish Dance



The Arkansas Scottish Country Dance Society!


Martha Kiley introduces
Adriana who is wearing
an antique, authentic
Galician dance costume.

Galicia is one of the
Celtic "Seven Nations".

The flag of Galicia is
the blue flag in the
upper left corner of
the photograph.



* VENDORS...












* MINIATURE HORSES!...

These are not
ponies...
They are fully
grown miniature
horses!



* IRISH WOLFHOUNDS!...

Irish Wolfhound
meets
Miniature Horse!


Merlin
and
Brady


Máirtín dé Cogáin
with Murphy, Merlin
and Brady!



* THE SCATTERING!...


THE SCATTERING! From left to right... Joe Ott (Bones), John Burleson (Guitar), Bill Lisk (Guitar),
Kent (Bodhran),Doc (Tenor Banjo),Gary (Concertina),Deanna Lisk (Fiddle),Kevin Kiley (Bouzouki),
Peggy Loyd (Bodhran), Don Penzien (Guitar), Valerie Plested (Fiddle), Justin Murphy (Flute),
and Máirtín dé Cogáin (Bodhran).


Some photographs courtesy of Valerie Plested of "Legacy".

Click HERE for her complete collection of photos from
Little Rock, Jackson, and New Orleans - February, 2007.