Bill Nevins, MA, is a New Mexico poet and journalist who has enjoyed Irish poetry and songs ever since he first heard his Tipperary-born great- grandmother singing “Molly Malone”. Bill graduated from Iona College, did graduate work in literature at U. of Connecticut and U. California at Berkeley and worked as a magazine reporter visiting Ireland during the “Troubles” and in more recent, happier times.  Along the way, he’s enjoyed concerts by and spoken with The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, The Pogues, Christy Moore, Sinead O’Connor, Terene Winch and Paul Muldoon, among many others.  He’s taught at U. of New Mexico and other schools, and he’s always known that Irish- “Celtic” poetry and music are joyously ever-intertwined.

Don Lowe is the former Chieftain of the St. Andrew Society of Colorado, a society dedicated to the support of Scottish heritage.  His presentation will feature the kilt and its history, including traditional highland attire and accessories. He will also present and show a collection of Celtic weaponry and a brief history for each.

Jim Remington has been involved with Celtic Music for over 25 years. Trips to Ireland and Scotland beginning in the late seventies exposed Jim to traditional music and that led to a love of the music and his studying traditional Irish fiddle, guitar and tin whistle styles. Jim has studied with a number of master players as well as studying fiddle and tin whistle at the Willy Clancy School of Traditional Music in County Clare, Ireland in 1990 and 2002. Jim played fiddle and guitar with the Greencastle Band and toured with the band for 10 years as part of the New England Council for the Arts Touring Program. Two full length recordings were recorded by the Greencastle Band during this time and a compilation CD of those recordings was released in the fall of 2008. Jim taught fiddle, guitar and tin whistle at Rockley Music in Lakewood, Colorado for over 15 years and was a director and teacher at Lakewood School of Music in Lakewood, Co. Jim has also published a book “Mostly Short, Mostly True Stories From Ireland”, a collection of thirty-one short stories about Jim’s travels in Ireland. Jim currently is teaching guitar, ukulele and tin whistle online via Skype to students across the country.

David Migoya is an award-winning musician whose musical roots began as a fifer when he was just 4 years old. Before turning to Irish music, he had already won the U.S. national championship as a fife soloist 13 years consecutively, including the only perfect score ever recorded in competition. In Irish music he three times won regional Fleadh competitions on the concert flute to compete in the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil championships. Through the years he has performed professionally in a number of venues and with a number of artists including Carlos Nunez in Spain, the home of his mother, and others across Ireland, the home of his paternal grandmother. A journalist by trade, David has also been a flute/whistle/fife instructor for the past 45 years.