East of the Hebrides Entertainments

Listen carefully and you'll hear it......

It's the music that's been spilling over mountain peak, across moor and down the glen for centuries. The rhythm has caught the waves to America, Canada, down under to Australia and New Zealand; to the veldts of Africa, the steps of Russia and the vast plains of the Far East.

It's the sound of the Celtic people. From Scotland and it's highlands and lowlands. From Ireland and it's hills and glens. It's pipes and mouth music. It's accordions and fiddles. It's harp and guitar. It's Lauder and Stewart. It's Burns and Yeats.

And bringing it all together is East of the Hebrides Entertainments. Presenting Concerts, Dinner shows, Scottish & Irish Music Festivals, Highland Games and Gatherings, Bill & Karen Reid capture the spirit of the Gael, the sound and substance of Celtic music.

We invite you to attend our events, our parties, our celebrations, our festivals where we always have the finest Scottish and Irish entertainers, performers and musicians and exhibits. Or if you are looking for professional presenters to help or stage your event, call us. We only work with the best! We only present the finest!

"Ye Canna Beat It!"
Bill & Karen

JANUARY 12TH UPDATE..... THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA MID-WINTER SCOTTISH & IRISH MUSIC FESTIVAL AND FAIR DATE CHANGES DATES TO MARCH 23-25, 2012 BUT REMAINS AT THE VALEY FORGE CONVENTION CENTER!
The following letter details the changes in the dates for the Mid-Winter Festival in March. PLUS!!!!! We have been able to add a special show on FEBRUARY 18TH at the Radisson (adjacent to the Convention Center). All the details - and the updated festival entertainer list are on the UP-Coming Events Page.
Dear Friends........
Just after New Years Karen and I were asked to come to the Valley Forge Convention Center for a meeting and a walk-through of the facilities. As many of you know, the Center is being developed to be the home of the Valley Forge Casino, slated to open this Spring. The changes to the facility were not to affect our February Scottish & Irish Music Festival and all plans have been ongoing for months. However, the meeting was called as the developer has encountered construction delays, which simply make it impossible for them to host the Festival in February. Needless to say, a feather could have knocked us over.
Today we received word that after hurried discussion, we do not have to cancel but are able to move the date of the Festival to March 23, 24, 25, 2012. We are quickly moving to alert our vendors, organizations, exhibitors and of course you, the people that come to hear the music, dance, eat, frequent the shops and make it all worthwhile.
We will have to make some entertainer line-up changes due to previous March bookings but we will be replacing those that can’t make it with the usual high caliber of performers we have been bringing to the Festival for the last 19 years. We know that even with this change of date that the 20th Annual Mid-Winter Scottish & Irish Music Festival will be awesome. (Even thought for this year it isn’t really Mid-Winter!) The changes are few and we will be posting the line-up in its entirety this week on the UP-Coming Events Page.
Our new flyer will be ready in the next few weeks and this will be posted on our web page (www.eohebrides.com), Facebook and via e-mail blasts. Obviously, this is going to be a challenge for us to get the word out and we are hoping that you will help spread the word about the new dates. There are literally thousands of people to reach and if, when you receive the first e-mail blast or want to spread the word in your own way to everyone you know, it will be more than fantastic and will help us continue to bring the Celtic music to you for many years to come.
All this comes just as we are leaving this week for our annual Scotland Goes to Sea Cruise so our office will be closed until January 24th. Who said it never rains – it pours!
If you have made hotel reservations at the Radisson/Scanticon, you can call them directly to make adjustments. 610-337-2000.
As the Scottish poet, Robert Burns said, “The best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley…” Boy was he ever right! But, we hope to see you in March for the full Festival at the Valley Forge Convention Center.
Bill & Karen Reid East of the Hebrides eohebrides@aol.com, www.eohebrides.com
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