CELT 97
5th International Celtic Festival in Poznan
Wersja polska
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The 1997 Celtic Festival in Poznan has been brought to you with help and co-operation of those people, sponsors, patrons and organisers mentioned on the bottom of this page.
Why is it that Poznan plays host to the largest Celtic festival this side of the Rhine? The answer lies in the indefatigable will of the Celt, or rather on, a certain Rory Allardice, a Scotsman currently residing in Musselburgh near Edinburgh, whose brainchild it was to bring Celtic culture back to whence it once stemmed. The Irish Ambassador, His Excellency, Mr Patrick McCabe, referred to Rory at last year's opening as "My Fellow Celt". Politically we are separated, but we share a love of our music, our culture, and our history, but the love of our homelands, no matter how distant we may be is a uniting force which binds us together in a manner which only those nations which have been separated by the fate of history can understand. We are Celts, an ancient and honorable race whose home 3000 years ago included the very place where this festival is taking place. We defeated the Romans pn numerous occasions before being either absorbed or driven out by incoming invaders, yet, throughout all this time the Celts have preserverd a pssion and culture for passing on their stories and sagas through the spoken word and this is what we intend to share with you in Poznan during the Weekend of May 30th - Jun 1st. This is the Fifth Poznan International Celtic Festival, where we Celts who are either visiting or who are resident in Poland, would like to share some of our culture with our Polish hosts, and by doing so, thank you for your hospitality and, as Mr McCabe said last year, for 'putting up with us!' A big thank you to all in Poland, who has itself been the unfortunate victim of history. Gordon Milne
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