Live Concert Essay

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Saturday evening, on July 13, 2013 I had the pleasure of attending the Saline Celtic Festival. It was my first time in attendance of any event such as this. Upon entrance of the park there was a five dollar entrance fee, which in turn gave access to many vendors, Irish/Scottish dancing lessons, highland games and several live concerts. It was a very informal setting. Most of the people in attendance were dressed casual and some were dressed in kilts and other clothing representing their heritage. It was a family style event as there was many families with young children. The bands performed under large, white, event style tents. They had chairs for the audience and a stage set up under each tent. We decided to attend the concert that was under the tent called, "The Red Dragon". A group was performing by the name of The Tartan Terrors. They took the stage at 8p.m. The Tartan Terrors, have a very unique style of music. They play traditional Scottish music with rock and Celtic mixed in. I find it very appealing. Throughout the duration of the concert, which lasted a little over an hour there was 6 and 7 members on the stage. Their band that night consisted of a drummer, a lead guitarist, bass guitarist, bag piper, electric violin, and the lead singer whom also played some type of drum and a low whistle. Last but not least is a highland dancer. The drum that the lead singer, Ian, played is one that I haven't seen before. They band played with a tremendous amount of energy, which really was captivating for the audience. There was even small children up in the front of the stage giggling, laughing and dancing about as they tried to imitate the highland dancer. They were absolutely enchanted by what they were seeing and hearing. Ian, the lead singer, in between songs also provided us with some comedy as there had to be time in between for the dancer to
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