Greetings to all
our 'Pipes In
The Valley' fans!
We believe the
picture above represents the essence of what our festival is all about;
A warm atmosphere, good music, good friends & good times! If you were there on October 1,
you and 10,000 others know what we mean.
Here's what a few of you had to say about the 4th PIV...
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"Fantastic venue!" |
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"The best music/celtic festival
I have ever been to! A great music lineup and great Ale too!" |
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"GREAT venue. Great music. Friendly crowd. Lots of great beer (I
usually don't like microbrews, but this was fantastic!)" |
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"We drove 260 miles and were
really impressed with the facility, entertainment and beer (we brought
back to N.Y. 10 gallons of Ten Penny Ale)!" |
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"My friend and I flew several
hundred miles from North Carolina for this festival and could not have had
a better time! All in all, PIV was one of the most memorable and best
Celtic music venues I have ever seen. The Ten Penny Ale was good, too!" |
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"Gail, you and your troops did an outstanding job and I was very proud of
how well Hartford represented the Celtic music tradition. I had no idea
Hartford had such an awesome venue, and it really showcased the strides
Hartford has made." |
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"More Clann an Drumma next year" |
Thanks for all the emails, notes and
letters!
Keep 'em coming! |
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For PIV '05 pictures, click on any Pipes icon
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Speaking of Clann An Drumma . . .
In October, they played two sets on the main stage at
our 'Pipes' festival and really got the crowd moving!
The Clann
members that played that day have formed a band called -
Albannach
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which is Scottish-Gaelic for "Scottish" or "Scotsman".
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and they are coming back next year! Checkout their site and spread the
word . . .
Local Band Doing Well
Congratulations to Mac Talla Mor who recently played at Governor Rell's
Conference on
Connecticut Tourism at the new
Hartford Convention Center.
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Thanks for keeping
the Pipes front and center lads! |
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We'll see you
again at next year's Pipes Festival! |
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Careful With That Claymore Fred |
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Our heartfelt congratulations
go to Mr. Fred Peterson of Berlin, CT, the winner of this years
festival raffle for the Ten Penny Ale Claymore.
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5th 'Pipes In The Valley' Festival Announced
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Saturday, September
30th, 2006!
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You already know it's going to be good!
Tell your friends!
Next update in March 2006.
Happy New Year! |
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Try our
CELTIC LINKS web ring! |
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www.pipesinthevalley.com |
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Seasons Greetings
from The
McClellan Family and all
of us at
The Olde Burnside Brewing Company
The Burnside Ice Company has been run by the
McClellan family since 1905. Pictured below are George McClellan at the
reins of the
original Burnside antique icewagon, The Burnside Icemen of yesteryear and the present day McClellan family,
Gail and Bob with sons Case and Jason.
A Wee Bit Of History
In the early 60's a well was dug that
produced water sought out by many local home brewers. About 5 years
ago
Ten Penny Ale
was born. Since then Burnside has added it's 'Dark Side'
cousin,
Dirty Penny Ale
and other seasonal ales.
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All Burnside's brews are
genuine ales. They are unfiltered which
is why they are so full flavored, but they must remain refrigerated.
 Right now
our
Father
Christmas Highland Ale
is on the shelves. Kerry Callahan, in a recent review for the Hartford Courant
gives this ale
4 stars and says:"
Burnside brews are available at all
M&R liquor stores, or ask
your local package store to contact the appropriate distributor below:
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Greater Hartford, Tolland Cnty, New London Cnty; |
Franklin Distributors (860) 528-9138 |
| Litchfield |
Gallo Distributing
(860) 491-2059 |
| New Haven; Northeast-Fairfield |
G & G Distributor
(203)
949-6220 |
| Rhode Island |
Slocum & Sons
(401) 461-6527 |
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This Just In . . . |
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Hartford St. Patrick’s Day
Parade |
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Keep March 11, 2006 free. Look for the Ten Penny Ale
float in
next year's parade. We're going to have our largest contingent yet,
including several vehicles,
Dicey Riley playing the TPA song, and The Hartford Wanderers rugby team
showing us their plays and scrums... |
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