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DARYL AND OCYC TO FEATURE AT GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 09
27 Jun 09
Daryl and the Omagh Community youth Choir are all set to debut at the famous Glastonbury Festival on the Jazz/World Stage. They will be part of the Headlining Playing For Change movement which are due to play late Saturday 27th evening. The choir will be set to perform the stirring rendition of 'Love Rescue Me' as well as join other artists such as Baaba Maal, Gabriella Cilmi, Clarence Bekker and Grandpa Elliot. It has been a hectic few months for the Omagh group whom has seen the Playing For Change Album reach No10 on the US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart.
In the run up to the event Daryl will be doing some radio interviews to publicise this historic event. Please see detail below
Sunday 21st June 2009
0800 am
BBC Radio 2 with Aled Jones
Monday 22nd June
1400
BBC Radio Ulster with Alan Simpson Show
1600
U105 – George Jones Show
They will also appear with RTE 2 Ryan Tubridy Show with time TBC.
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CELTIC TENORS HARDTIMES US ALBUM RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED
29 Apr 09
COMPASS RECORDS PRESS RELEASE.
The Celtic Tenors have established themselves as the most successful classical crossover artists ever to emerge from Ireland. Their new release, Hard Times, continues to break down common perceptions of Irish tenors with a collection of roots-based harmony-driven songs by writers such as Stephen Foster and Bob Dylan.
This title will be released in the US on June 2, 2009 by the Tayberry label of Compass Records.
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PLAYING FOR CHANGE
29 Apr 09
Daryl has been kept busy of late between working with the Celtic Tenors and his other role as Musical Director of the Omagh Community Youth Choir. The choir were invited to participate in Playing For Change.
'Playing For Change: Peace Through Music is a film that explores our connections in a world overwhelmed with division. Through the process of making this film we traveled around the world and discovered that music opens the door to a place where we can come together as a human race. Music helps us to persevere through struggles and celebrate our differences which changes the world into a more peaceful place.'
Other eminent artists which participate in this project include Bono, Keb-mo and Rocky Dawuni.
Look for the DVD of this award-winning film in stores in late 2009. An accompanying Cd of the music is also available see www.playingforchange.com for more info.
If you would like to see a trailer of the movie copy and paste this link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6S3RTmXGRw&feature=channel_page
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CELTIC TENORS TO ENTERTAIN THE ALL BLACKS!!!
28 Oct 08
The Celtic Tenors continue their close association with Irish Rugby by performing at Croke Park for the visit of the mighty All Blacks. The fixture between Ireland and New Zealand on Nov 15th is a hotly anticpated one and the Celtic Tenors will make the Irish response to the legendary 'Haka'. The lads are excited to be entertaining the massive 80 000 crowd expected to attend, and will no doubt hope that their singing will spur Ireland on to Victory!!!!
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JAMES' BACK FROM 3RD TRIP TO KENYA.
14 Sep 08
"KENYA BUILD" IS SET TO EXPAND ITS HORIZONS AGAIN. JAMES HAS ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THE 2009 TRIP. SEE ALL NEW WEBSITE WWW.KENYABUILD.COM
Somehow, each trip I make to Kenya, is always more special than the last.
I have just returned from my third trip to the Kenyan slums, and have already put my name down for the 2009 trip. I am officially hooked!
Last year, "Kenya Build" constructed brand-new accommodation and washing/toilet facilities for the girls at Cheryl's Children's Home, as well as building an entire classroom block. This year, it was the boys' turn, and in the last few weeks, Cheryl's boys moved into their brand-new accommodation, and like the girls, have their first ever showers and flush toilets. New classrooms have also been added this year.
Cheryl's Children's Home has been completely rebuilt and modernised from the ground up.
The Kenya Build Team also gave St Paul's Children's Care Centre in Karen a full new colourful facelift.
Cheryl's have a new 14-seater minibus, solely funded by several very generous donations. This new transport has made a huge difference to Cheryl's already, and the staff and children were visibly blown away by the generosity of people they have never even met. Thank you on behalf of Cheryl's.
Some of the children also got their first public performing experience as they appeared in a fund-raising concert, alongside Maeve Coghlan (Soprano) and myself at Nairobi's Goethe Institute. A first for the Cheryl's kids.
In 2009, Cheryl's will get further attention, but the "Kenya Build" team will also begin work at a new orphanage in the Kibera area, which needs urgent attention. Watch this space during the year for further details.
May I re-iterate my heartfelt and sincere thanks to EVERYONE, young and old, who gave so generously to make my trips to Africa life-changing experiences, as well as, of course, giving many children a second chance at life and new-found hope.
As well as all the building and upgrading, the orphanages constantly struggle to pay food bills and all the day-to-day bills we take for granted. The children's education is foremost, and this of course costs money also.
See www.cherylshome.net for how Child Sponsorship works. Since last year, more than 50 of Cheryl's Children have found sponsor-parents! Thank you all also.
This is, as I say, an ongoing project, and so if anyone feels like helping out with funding the orphanage's ongoing bills and building work, I would of course be most grateful (and so would the children!), and just rest assured that every cent is used wisely. This is an ongoing and most worthy project, and in this project there is no middle-man.
The bank details, for those interested, are below.
See more detailed information on my own website www.jamesdnelson.com or on the all-new website www.kenyabuild.com (See links on Contacts Page).
Thank you all SINCERELY!
James.
Account Details :
Kenya Build c/o James Nelson,
Bank of Ireland,
Baltinglass,
County Wicklow.
Account Number : 56967923
Sort Code : 90-65-07
IBAN Number- IE72BOFI90650756967923
Bic/Swift number- BOFIIE2D
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|  The brand-new boys' accommodation at Cheryl's Children's Home, constructed by Kenya Build 2008. |
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CELTIC TENORS DROP IN A FOR A CHAT AND SONG AT WUWM RADIO
21 Aug 08
You can now listen to the guys giving a little incite to their experiences on WUWM Radio in Milwaukee. The interview was recorded live in the run up to Milwaukee IrishFest with a few accapella songs thrown in for good measure!!! Just click here and Listen.
Enjoy!!
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CELTIC TENORS TO PERFORM AT WORLD'S LARGEST IRISH FESTIVAL
31 Jul 08
The Celtic Tenors will again be singing at the Milwaukee IrishFest 15-17 August 08. The tenors have been delighted at being asked back after their successful debut last year.
The festival is the largest IrishFest in the world and will have some 140 000 people through its gates over the 3 days.
There is added interest this year as the Omagh Community Youth Choir are also performing. Daryl formed the choir in the wake of the Omagh Tragedy to promote peace and reconciliation through Music.
The Celtic Tenors recently helped celebrate the choir's 10th Anniversary by performing at a special Gala Dinner in Omagh recently.
It is hoped that the two groups might join force at the festival for a few songs in what promises to be a funfilled action packed weekend of Music, Song, Poetry and Dance.
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|  The Celtic Tenors performing with OCYC at their 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner |
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TENORS PRIVILEGED TO APPEAR AT UNVEILING.
20 Jun 08
THE CELTIC TENORS WERE TRULY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO APPEAR AT THE UNVEILING OF A STATUE TO ONE OF THEIR TENOR HEROES, THE LATE GREAT COUNT JOHN MCCORMACK.
On June 19th 2008, a perfect recreation in bronze of the late Irish tenor superstar Count John McCormack was unveiled in Dublin's Iveagh Gardens. Liz O'Kane's superb sculpture recaptured every single detail of the late great tenor's performance posture and character, and this fine work is now on display for all to see.
The Celtic Tenors were doubly privilged to have visited Liz's studio just off Pearse Street last year, in order to model their mouth positions and facial muscles, as she was putting the finishing touches on her masterpiece.
To be mentioned in the same breath as this great man, and tenor-hero, was a moment for each of the Celtic Tenors to savour for a long time to come.
Brava Liz!
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|  John Count McCormack (grandson of the tenor), Lemoshira from the Kenyan Embassy, Liz O'Kane and the Celtic Tenors. |
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NEW CELTIC TENOR ALBUM!
1 Jun 08
THE CELTIC TENORS HAVE JUST RETURNED HOME FROM HOLLYWOOD HAVING RECORDED THEIR EXCITING NEW ALBUM.
The Celtic Tenors have just recorded their eagerly awaited fifth album, and have returned from the recording studio in Hollywood, LA, totally buzzed and excited about the whole experience.
The lads have once again expanded their musical horizons, this time by embracing the work of some of the Great North American songwriters from Stephen Foster to Bob Dylan. Supported by their multi-million-selling grammy-winning production team (Steve Lindsey, Dave Way and Dillon O'Brien), this exciting new recording project, due for release in September 2008, promises to be their most exciting venture to date.
The Celtic Tenors are already double-platinum selling artists in their homeland, and have topped the charts in Ireland, the UK and Germany, as well as Top 10 in the US Billboard and Canadian Charts. Countless TV appearances include a coast-to-coast PBS TV Special in the USA.
Their new show, to be launched in November 2008 will be an emotive musical journey from Celtic to Classical to Americana performed in their inimitable show-stopping style.
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|  The Celtic Tenors always expanding their horizons... |
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THANK YOU ROBIN!
9 May 08
TWO DEVOTED FANS OF THE CELTIC TENORS, SUPPORTED BY THEIR CHURCH, RAISE A HUGE SUM FOR THE KENYA BUILD CHARITY.
The entire Celtic Tenor team were completely taken by surprise after their most recent performance in Washington, North Carolina.
Inspired by the Celtic Tenors music, and also by James' humanitarian work in Kenya, Robin Brown, her Mum, all the family and countless members of the Dortches Baptist Church in Rocky Mount NC, have been tirelessly fundraising for Cheryl's Children in Nairobi. They managed to raise over 5000 Dollars! Thanks to their incredible efforts, Cheryl's Children's Home can now at last buy a bus.
James, and all of the Celtic Tenor team remain overwhelmed, and are blown away by this mind-blowing act of charity. This is what Christian charity is all about.
Thank you to every single person involved, and especially to you Robin.
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|  Robin, and her family with the Celtic Tenors, Colm and Donna after the Washington concert. |
