Causeway Dulcimer Festival Cute Dog Music "It's tail-waggin' good!"
The beautiful and historic North Antrim Coast of Ireland has just been host to a new hammered dulcimer festival, The Causeway Dulcimer Festival, June 10-12, 2005!
This new festival was organized by Co. Antrim traditional music teacher, dulcimist / multi-instrumentalist, and promoter Dick Glasgow with the help of an international team of advisors.  The festival had as its Patron, Hector McDonnell, of Glenarm Castle, Co. Antrim, and was sponsored by The National Trust at the Giants Causeway, Awards for All, Ballymoney Community Relations, Ballymoney Borough Arts Committee, Coleraine Borough Arts Committee, Moyle District Council, Balleybogey Community & District Association, Bushmills Festival Committee, House of McDonnell in Ballycastle, Springhill Bar in Portrush, and The Distiller's Arms in Bushmills. The Causeway Dulcimer Festival not only attempted to carry on the good work Christie Burns began in the Cork Dulcimer Fest, but also did its best to preserve the memory and music of Co. Antrim's John Rea, Ireland's best known dulcimer player, and to celebrate the traditional music of Co. Antrim. Dates and location of the festival were June 10-12 in Bushmills, Co. Antrim.  Bushmills is home of the Bushmills Distillery (the oldest licensed whiskey distillery in the world), and in close proximity to scenic and legendary sites such as The Giant's Causeway and the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, and historic sites such as Dunluce Castle, all with views of the Isle of Iona and of Scotland's Mull of Kintyre.  To find out more about the Causeway Coast and its many attractions, visit www.causewaycoastandglens.com. Read Dick Glasgow's Review of this year's Festival. The 2nd Annual Causeway Dulcimer Festival will be held on May 29 - June 4, 2006 in Bushmills!  Mark your calendars and plan to be there!  More information will be posted here as it becomes available (see links below).  We have, at the moment, two websites, this one, and one in the UK, so the link below (CDF06 UK Homepage) on this page will take you to Dick's CDF 2006 website.  If you have any questions, please .
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The Causeway Dulcimer Festival is sponsored by:     The National Trust at the Giants Causeway         Awards for All     Ballymoney Community Relations       Ballymoney Borough Arts Committee       Coleraine Borough Arts Committee   Moyle District Council       Balleybogey Community & District Association ("Scad the Beggars" & "Charlie Gillen" in concert - Ballybogey Hall)       Bushmills Festival Committee   House of McDonnell, Ballycastle       Springhill Bar, Portrush       The Distiller's Arms, Bushmills