Lisa Davies is a Celtic artist and jewelry designer, formerly of Boulder, Colorado. For many years, she traveled across the country, selling her jewelry at Irish and Scottish festivals. Eventually she moved to New Mexico and ended her jewelry career.
Lisa now concentrates her art on stained glass and woodworking, but stays connected to the Celtic world by creating cultural exhibits for festivals as well as teaching workshops.

Flossie O’Leary marries her professional background with a deep spirituality that is entwined with nature, her Celtic roots, and exploring one’s inner world. She has traveled to Ireland nine times and has visited half of the island’s 32 counties. Flossie will complete a graduate certificate in Celtic Mythology in September 2026, is a certified energy coach with Clarity International, and has an MS in Organizational Leadership. She and her husband Scott Smith live in La Veta.

James Walsh is a Political Science Professor at the University of Colorado Denver where he has taught for the past 29 years. He specializes in the history and politics of Labor, Immigration and the Irish Diaspora. Walsh’s many years of research led to the construction of the Leadville Irish Pauper Memorial in 2023.

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.

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.

Dana Burgess is an electrical engineer who has been involved in music for over 50 years. Beginning as a drummer in grade school, he played with many bands in many different styles of music. Always interested in the production side of live music, he began running sound for church in 2012. This evolved into revamping the entire sound system, then consulting for other churches, and running sound for everything from small local bands to mid-size festivals and everything in between.
He has run sound for the Spanish Peaks Festival for eight years, as well as for FOCOMX, a large music festival in Fort Collins every year. He is also the sound engineer for the Loveland Choral Society, as well as local bands in Northern Colorado.
In 2020 he formed dbSoundProLive, his live sound production company, which has grown steadily since then.
Having a lot of experience both as a performer and sound engineer, he understands what it takes to make a show go smoothly and successfully.