Be part of insight into the town’s trad roots
Dear Sir,
“DROGHEDA’S Trad Roots” is a local documentary showcasing and celebrating Traditional Irish Culture, Heritage and Arts in our historical town form the last one hundred years.
The documentary features personal interviews & sharing of memories with some of our town’s most prominent and influential people involved with Tad in some form, whether it be dance, music, song, poetry or language.
The documentary is due for release this coming August in conjunction with Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. Memories and experiences from people like Stuart Carolan sharing fond memories of his late Grand Mother, the wonderful Mary Ann Carolan from Tinure; Oisín Dillon, Bettystown native and former St. Mary’s pupil who now travels the world playing and singing Trad; Lolo Robinson sharing memories of her journey in Irish Dance and the impact it has had on the youth of Drogheda; the Brannigan Sisters sharing their memories of growing up in the Trad circle and how it has benefited their lives; Interview with Tony Walsh, Uilleann Piper originally from Lusk who now resides in Drogheda and enjoys participating in the Slow Sessions at Drogheda Comhaltas; interviews with Dancers, Singers and lovers of our Gaelic language. The film has something for everyone to be shared far and wide, showcasing our local pride to be uniquely Irish.
Be part of our upcoming Documentary about Drogheda’s Trad Scene:
We’re well over half way into making a documentary about ‘ trad’ in our awesome town: “Drogheda’s Trad Roots” will be released this August in conjunction with the forthcoming Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, and so far we have had some very interesting conversations and insights into Drogheda’s Traditional Heritage and History, it’s shaping up to be a very nice little documentary indeed.
However, we still have room for some more!
In particular we want to speak with people who were influenced by and learned from some our town’s most prominent Trad Musicians, Dancers and Artists.
f you were someone that learned from or knew the following people down through the years, please do get in touch with us and share your memories in a five (5) minute interview on camera helping to preserve the memories of how these wonderful people touched the lives and hearts of so many throughout our town and nation overall:
· Mary Ann Carolan (Nee Usher) · Patsy Floody · Falvy Hoey ·Tom Sullivan · Bean Cáitlín Uí Chairbre
Why not register with us so we can include you in our documentary and share the memories of important history that Drogheda can be proud of far and wide.
Interviews will be 5 minutes long and you will allocated a slot on either the 23rd or 24th of June to visit us. We will provide some simple questions to assist you and if you have some photos from years ago that you can bring with you, even better.
Location details will be sent by email to you with directions to ensure you find us. Please be sure to arrive no more than 10 minutes earlier than your allotted interview time, we do run a very tight ship and won’t keep you long.
We hope that there will be a large volume of the town’s people that have memories of some of our most influential traditional artists that have helped keep our unique Irish Culture and Heritage alive over the last 150 years. Let’s make it happen, get behind “Drogheda’s Trad Roots” and let’s show the world how proud we are of our heritage…
Visit www.shpcreativemedia.com/trad to register. Yours, SkyHigh Productions.