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A concert celebrating the Warrior Women of the Ancient Celtic WorldJoin Ensemble Laude, Victoria's premiere treble voice choir, for a thrilling concert of singing, drumming, lilting, and dance celebrating powerful Celtic Queens, Princesses, and Warriors who led armies, changed national boundaries, left a wholly new world.
Our concert celebrates four Celtic warrior women of the ancient past:
- Scathach of Skye (Scottish Gaelic warrior queen, c. 200 CE)
- Gwenllian Ferch Gruffudd (Welsh warrior princess, c. 1100 CE)
- Medv Cruachna, Queen of Connaught (Irish queen, c. 1st centry, CE)
- Jeanne de Clisson - (Pirate queen of Brittany, c. 1300 CE)
Plus! Music celebrating women's voices from Canada's Celtic nations - Newfoundland, Cape Breton, and Acadia
Hear haunting Irish solos, medieval Gaelic psalm singing, women's working music from the Outer Hebrides, Breton Kan ha diskan (call and response) dance songs from Brittany, plus rousing medieval and modern Celtic choral music powerful enough to raise armies in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Brittany - and Canada!
2 Performances!
METCHOSIN - Nov 28
VICTORIA - Dec 5
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St Mary of the Incarnation, 4125 Metchosin Rd, Victoria, BC V9C 3Z6, Canada
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