NEWS RELEASE
FERGUS GRAND THEATRE
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Guelph and area celtic music fans are thrilled to welcome back former longtime Fergus resident Nonie Thompson, now living in Penetanguishene, with a full band The Reel Celts. They'll be delivering their fantastic Robbie Burns Day concert most fittingly in the Canadian hometown of The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games! On Thursday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. the whole crew returns – once again at the Fergus Grand Theatre with the definitive Robbie Burns show in the region, The Reel Rabbie Burns. Come celebrate Burns’ birthday on it's actual day and experience his songs in the spirit in which he wrote them.
FERGUS GRAND THEATRE
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Guelph and area celtic music fans are thrilled to welcome back former longtime Fergus resident Nonie Thompson, now living in Penetanguishene, with a full band The Reel Celts. They'll be delivering their fantastic Robbie Burns Day concert most fittingly in the Canadian hometown of The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games! On Thursday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. the whole crew returns – once again at the Fergus Grand Theatre with the definitive Robbie Burns show in the region, The Reel Rabbie Burns. Come celebrate Burns’ birthday on it's actual day and experience his songs in the spirit in which he wrote them.
Through song, stories, narration and dance, and performed against a backdrop of over 300 stunning photographs of Scotland, The Real Rabbie Burns featuring The Celts is a concert exploring the life and times of Scotland’s most famous son, poet, song-writer, and raconteur Robert Burns. Now in its third season of touring Ontario concert halls, the show has been a huge hit and the story itself amazing. Burns was much more than the character celebrated annually on Burn’s Day; colourful, complex, humorous and of course, romantic. From love songs to rebel songs, blazing instrumentals to sing-a-longs, The Real Rabbie Burns is sure to entertain. Much of the story is told in Burn’s own words, from letters he wrote, and it highlights many little-known or perhaps suppressed elements of the man known as Scotland’s Bard.
The Celts are a topnotch ensemble featuring Anne Lederman on fiddle and vocals, Nonie Thompson on guitar, harmonica and vocals; Eugene Rea - banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, whistles, and vocals; Tom Leighton on accordion, keyboards, bodhran; and, Paul Gribbon on Uillean Pipes and whistles. In 2015, the band were invited to play at the Canadian National Highland Dance Championships in London, and were heard by an estimated 10,000 people. Visit The Reel Celts here.
Tickets $25. Order online from Fergus Grand Theatre's website, or purchase at the door at 244 St Andrew St. W., Fergus.
For more info, phone the Box Office at (519) 846-9691 ext. 201.
Appropriate for all ages.
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