A romantic Celt comes to the Sault

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LOPLOPS

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Who: Heather Dale

When: Saturday, November 25 at 9 p.m.

Where: Loplops Lounge & Gallery

Heather Dale will bring her lively Celtic Christmas show to Sault Ste. Marie.

She and her partner Ben Deschamps play 12 folk instruments in this joyous celebration of the season - a great mix of medieval, Celtic and original folk songs!

Heather Dale is a Canadian recording artist with Celtic roots, currently on tour to support her Christmas album This Endris Night.

This CD takes a joyful, thoughtful look at traditional holiday songs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Heather's voice is clearly influenced by Celtic traditions, along with jazz and folk, and her music is reminiscent of Loreena McKennitt and Steeleye Span.

"Heather Dale soars... an unabashed and uninhibited romantic who has found her voice and her musical wings," said the Toronto Star.

Heather Dale will be touring in Manitoba and Ontario this November and December, with a series of special holiday concerts.

This 11-date tour will showcase Celtic-flavoured interpretations of traditional carols, along with a selection of original songs from Heather' six recordings.

The concerts are family-friendly, with a good mix of upbeat and softer material.

"We have so much fun at these concerts, since it's such a joyful time of year," said Heather.

"But I also focus on the simplicity and beauty of the original Christmas story, as it was told before Santa Claus and Wal-Mart took over the season," she said.

The concerts will feature a dozen instruments, all played by Heather Dale and Ben Deschamps.

Along with guitar and piano, Heather and Ben bring out a whole host of smaller folk instruments during their sets: mountain and hammered dulcimers, Irish flute, sleigh bells, bodhran drum, tin whistles, often played in unusual ways.

They also offer surprisingly contemporary twists on old favourites, whether it's putting a 14th Century carol into New Orleans ragtime, or having the audience to sing the refrain of a cheeky English ballad.

Heather's Christmas album This Endris Night is joined by her brand new live CD The Hidden Path, which features live tracks and rare studio recordings from her two years of touring in Canada, England, Wales, USA, Hungary and Spain.

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