| Band Name: | Castlebay
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| Musical Style: | Songs of Burns accompanied with Celtic harp, 12-string guitar, fiddle and flute in a presentation that also includes some of his poetry and anecdotes from his short, but colorful life.
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| Hometown: | Round Pond, Maine, USA
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| Current CDs: | "Tapestry", a six-CD set of Celtic instrumental music; "Ae Fond Kiss", romantic Scottish Songs
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| Members/ Instruments: | Julia Lane: vocals, Celtic harp
Fred Gosbee: vocals, 12-string guitar, fiddle, whistle |
| Web Site: | www.castlebay.net
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| Points of Note: | Castlebay has presented "Robert Burns, the Man, the Myth, and the Music" throughout the northeast and as far south as South Carolina since 2000. 2009 makes the 250th anniversary of Burns's birth. |
| Most Unusual Performance: | They performed live on English television to accompany a demonstration by Her Royal Majesty's Marine Commando Chef Team as they flame-broiled plaice. |
| Contact: | Castlebay, Inc. PO Box 168 Round Pond, ME 04564-0168 phone: 207-529-5438 email: castlebay@castlebay.net |