2004-2005 Guestbook Archive

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  • Name: Jesse
  • Date: December 31, 2005

Message

Hey, you're awesome, come play the winnipeg folk festival sometime!


  • Name: Mike Walsh
  • Date: December 01, 2005

Message

Just turned on the TV and saw you guys perform at the Boston Christmas tree lighting. My wife said that the guy on the piano looked like a guy we saw at the Red Shoe Pub in Mabou playing with Bonnie Jean MacDonald. Naw sez I. Yes sez she. Sure enough. The wife wins again.


  • Name: Tamara MacRae
  • Date: November 01, 2005

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Hi, i herd that you were coming to the porthawkesbury civic center to play, i'm carrying in a flag for one of the teams i love fiddle music and i cant wait to hear you play ...!!!:):):)


  • Name: James - Huntsville, Alabama
  • Date: October 29, 2005

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I've heard all of you individually and collectively and if there was ever a "supergroup" from Cape Breton you are it. I hated to miss the Celtic-Colours shows this year but for sure will be back next year. I'm listening to you on Cape Breton Live right now and loving the talent and humor (especially the one about the doctor and intercourse). Great ! Take care Wendy, Ryan, Mairi, Mac, Pat and Steve. All the best, James M. McLemore


  • Name: Frank Keane
  • Date: October 29, 2005

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Please let me know the next time that the group will be in the Boston area Frank.Keane@comcast.net


  • Name: Irena
  • Date: October 27, 2005

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Hey Beolach! Just listening to your show on Cape Breton Live. I'm a long way from Canada now (living in England) and the music collection had to stay home....so this is a real treat! So, when are you coming to the UK? I can't come to you for the next year...so you must come to me! ;-) Can't wait to put the dancing shoes on again.


  • Name: Miho Isomura
  • Date: October 27, 2005

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Hi!just wanted to say hello to you from Japan. I really had a good time in summer at Ceilidh Trail School.Your music always makes me happy .I hope and am waiting you`ll come to perform to Japan!!! You are fantastic!!!!


  • Name: Jack
  • Date: October 27, 2005

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Hi! I am 15 and from Melbourne, Australia, and i think you guys rock and should come to Australia!I love your music so much and can't wait to get your cd! haha


  • Name: Lise Crafton
  • Date: September 25, 2005

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OK, the exchange rate is getting better by the day, so when are you guys coming back to the US?? Just missed you at Sheppard College, W. Va. but saw you in Great Falls, Va. a while back. Hope you have plans to head back to the Mid-Atlantic states soon!


  • Name: Jennifer Timmons, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Date: August 16, 2005

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Hi all, Saw you play last week at the Celidh Trail School and must say I was blown away! Your music was awesome; captivating in fact. Your talents make me wish I had some of my own! Keep it up and look forward to seeing you again.


  • Name: Trina Samson, Island Steppers, Arichat, Nova Scotia
  • Date: June 07, 2005

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I must Say first that I love the changes to the website. Thanks for the great concert in St. Peters and the Island Steppers Step Dancing Troup are looking forward to dancing with you girls and guys in August during the Causeway event. Keep up the great work and Wendy, best wishes with your pregnancy. See ya soon. Trina Samson


  • Name: Mairead Mackenzie
  • Date: June 06, 2005

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Ooh.. why doesn't anyone ever tell me when they make new CDs? Think I might grab one in a bit.. can't get the demo tracks to work on this hump of crap (My computer, not the website, its pretty cool actually) but I bet the CDs a corker anyway. Hope you're all fine.


  • Name: Christian Macha
  • Date: May 14, 2005

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Hey guys, saw you'll be in Germany. Unfortunately you gonna be in the South. Comin' to the North as well? Saw you in NS. enjoyed it. chris


  • Name: Jean Sean Papoleaux-Cormier
  • Date: May 08, 2005

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I am 14 years old from Germany and my parents have a house in the Forks. I saw your more than perfected show in Backnang. It was so good. So I got my second fiddle and started lessons again. I haven't been in lessons since I left France. I really miss Mairi. My mother helped me dye my hair red! I guess you will be able to pick me out this summer in Cape Breton. I am excited to see that you are going to be teaching at the Ceilidh Trail this summer.


  • Name: Irena A
  • Date: April 26, 2005

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Hi to all of Beolach! The new website is awesome! I have both your CD's and play them all the time. I can't wait to see the band live again. You're definitely one of my favourites!


  • Name: Lauren MacLean
  • Date: April 07, 2005

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love the music! keep up the good work!


  • Name: Billy Forrest
  • Date: April 01, 2005

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Keep makin music people. You are doing a great job


  • Name: Piero
  • Date: March 18, 2005

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Hi Heard you yesterdays St.Patrick concert in Rüthi. Great concert ... you guys are really amazing. All the best for all ... ! Piero


  • Name: Wayne Miller
  • Date: March 15, 2005

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I saw you on WCSH6 "207" Portland, Maine on 03/15/05 you sounded awesome.


  • Name: kathrin
  • Date: March 11, 2005

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i was impressed by the way you played your fiddles the other night. i've been playing the violine for twelve years myself and i'm not nearly as good as you. really amazing show!


  • Name: Jessica
  • Date: March 06, 2005

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great cd hope you make another one


  • Name: Erica McMAnus

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I saw your show at the playhouse on Feb.25 and really loved it! I want to buy one of Ryan's whistles. What is the website?


  • Name: Paula MacQuarrie

Message

It is Feb 25th and I am really looking forward to tonight's concert at The Playhouse in Fredericton. I cooked some Cape Breton Scones for backstage and will drop them off at the box office in my way in.


  • Name: Kathleen Murphy

Message

I really enjoyed watching your performance on Sunday night at the ECMA's, i now have a new appreciation for Acadian style music!!! Thanks :)


  • Name: Donna Bug

Message

Saw you preform on tv the other night.....I was sooooo excited...bragged to any Newfie that would listen....Now the big question is when are you coming to St. John's to play....someone has gotta show these Newfies up!!!!!


  • Name: Shane MacDougall

Message

Good show on the weekend!! Enjoyed every last bit of the tunes...ultra high energy in that room at the post party!!!..good job Stevo you couldn't see the stage with the set up and crew around!!!!...later Dougall


  • Name: Meagan Burke and Haley Macphee

Message

Hey!!! You guys are our FAVORITE celtic band!!!Haley is the daughter of Cyril MacPhee and Meagan is a VERY talented fiddle player whom you have met before(eh MAC). I'm a really big fan of Mac's piano playing and the fiddle players are something else:)!!!!! Love from , US P.S. U GUYS ROCK


  • Name: Paddy Bamrick

Message

Have you any plans to play Port Huron/Sarnia ? I listened to the samples on your site, and your music is easy on the ears. Thanks


  • Name: Rusty Blakely

Message

looking forward to dancing with you on Feb. 25 - hope the tour is going well


  • Name: David Robertson

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Hi folks, just wanted to say that I caught your gig in the Royal Concert Hall as part of Celtic Connections, and you just blew me away. Fantastic music, impossible to sit still! Lost for words - keep up the good work and hopefully I'll get a chance to hear you play live again. Unforgettable!


  • Name: Andrew MacDonald

Message

Hallo My name is Andrew MacDonald. I am the grandson of Johnnie Archie MacDonald of the Five MacDonald Fiddler's and a nephew of Barbara MacDonald Magone also I am cousin of Andrew MacKillop in Creignish and related to Buddy & Natalie. My Dad Murdoch "Scotty" MacDonald told me that you will be in Germany so i went to your website to find the schedule .I would very much like to see you play on march 11th (my birthday) in Laupheim Germany.its only two hours from may home in Hanau ( were the Grimm brothers came from). see you all in March. Andrew.


  • Name: Connie's Little Sister

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The site looks awesome...way to go wheels...I love the new CD...going to PEI to see you guys driv'er !


  • Name: Cormac Eby

Message

You should do a show in Vernon... Better yet, at my house... I'd buy at least three tickets to see that!


  • Name: Ken Hawksford

Message

Id like to take the opportunity to say I really enjoyed seeing and hearing your music last Oct in Judique for the Passing of the Bow show. Also , is Beolach planning any shows out west here in BC for 2005? Thanks and keep up the great music and energy


  • Name: Kimberley

Message

Congrats on the nominations. Have a great Christmas and see you in Sydney!


  • Name: Irena

Message

Just dropping a note to say hi! Beolach's CDs are among my favourites right now - I play them all the time.


  • Name: Mike MacNeil

Message

Thanks for the best night I have ever had partying in Halifax. You guys rock the Celtic world. I can't wait to stomp in 2005 with you guys in Mabou. Cheers, Mike MacNeil


  • Name: Kimberley

Message

Great tunes at the Moustache last night!


  • Name: Marilyn Burford

Message

Would someone please tell Ryan I miss hearing him play his pipes out on his parents' back deck on summer evenings? Thanks and best of luck to all.


  • Name: Kelly

Message

Hey, I was wondering if you're the group that did that awesome performance at the OSAS talent show. I lost the names of the performers and the song title(s), but I love the tune. It really sounds like your group's style. Please let me know if that was you! =D


  • Name:  shane macdougall

Message

Great stuff during the colors! Nice to see a few involved with the Unusual Suspects!! guess I better get some sleep according to some, Poor Dougall!


  • Name: HARRY & MARTY LYTTLE

Message

It was worth the 1400mi. round trip just to see another performance of BEOLACH. The fact that all those other talented performers showed up for CELTIC COLOURS was a big bonus.. We had a great 4 days and heard some terrific music. We love VARIATIONS. Your music has grown so much over the past few years. We always enjoy hearing you and especially so when we get to see you in person. Keep up the good work.


  • Name: alanatha@earthlink.net

Message

Just saw the 60% part of your group at the Sebastopol Celtic Music Fest....thanks for going on a second time later in the evening!!! My wife Kelley and I saw all of you at the Celtic Colours last year but can not make it this year...wonderful to hear your sound so close by. We only had to travel for 40 minutes this time. We were planning to go to Italy next year, same time as Celtic Colours but have now changed our "tune" and will be going to Cape Breton instead, hopefully staying a full month and trying to hear all of you again. I just ordered the new cd as well, get it to me fast!!!!!!!!


  • Name: Mike O'Donnell

Message

Just checking out to see if your information includes DeVeau's of Wakefield and Stoneham MA. My grandmother was Grace DeVeau (abt 1895 to 1960's - married Joseph Howe and John? Sharp). My great grandparents were John William DeVeau and Elizabeth Hubbard (both born in Hubbards Point NS. She died in 1915 in Stoneham. He in the 1960's near Stoneham.


  • Name: Meg

Message

Just got the new CD-it's great. Looking forward to seeing you sometime in the Boston area


  • Name: John Dally

Message

Great new CD: Variations. Ryan's piping is awesome. Fiddles are pretty good too ;-)


  • Name: Candy

Message

The CD's great - like that should be any surprise. Great addition to collection. Can't wait 'til Colours! ...or come back to the south.


  • Name: Irena

Message

Thanks for a super show in Calgary last night! Never can hear enough of your music.


  • Name: Peter Kulik

Message

First saw Mairi and Friends (with Ryan) at the Shoe summer 1999. Back in Cape Breton this July had the great luck to be at the CD release party. Wonderful, wonderful music. Hope you come to Boston area again soon! Can't wait for CD to arrive! Thanks!


  • Name: Kimberley

Message

Great tunes at the Antigonish Highland Games on the weekend. Look forward to hearing the new CD! Enjoy the rest of your summer.


  • Name: H. LYTTLE

Message

When and where can we get new CD "VARIATIONS" ???????????? Best to all. See you at CELTIC COLOURS.


  • Name: Shelly C.

Message

Hey folks..."Stellar" performance last night. The new CD will rock for sure. See yas in the 'Nish on Saturday...should be good times!


  • Name: Shameless Gagne

Message

Hi Wendy, Mairi, Steevo, and all! I miss you already! Thanks for all the fun at the Féis, Skagit Valley Highland Games and Conor Byrne's! I hope we'll all see you soon.


  • Name: jon h.

Message

you're out west now dan h. taught you'd sober up by now for sure but judging from your troubles below with the guestbook, i'm not so ture!... oh, and you gots to make it to your shift to be able to call it work! jon h.


  • Name: Courtney

Message

oops...signing guestbooks can be difficult! I see you guys are playing in Washington this weekend, I would love to get down and hear you, but unfortunately there is a thing called work. Anyways, have a great time and enjoy the summer! Can't wait to hear the new CD. Take care, Courtney


  • Name: Grace C

Message

Mairi~ THis is the 12 year old girl in your fiddle class at OSAS-Grace. You were a ton of fun at the Ohio Scottish Arts Camp 2004. I really enjoyed hearing you play and learning the tunes especially Steevo's Jig. YOu are a really fantastic fiddle player. Please e-mail when you get a new CD-you solo or you with your band. I hope to see you next year at OSAS! Grace C


  • Name: Irena A

Message

Hello to all in Beolach: It was great to see you at the Ceilidh at the Creamery. It was definitely a highlight of my weeklong (read too short!) stay in Cape Breton. I was dancing at the back, btw. Couldn't sit still. Will maybe catch you in Calgary this summer.


  • Name: Stefan Cherwoniak

Message

I see that you guys are comming to the Edmonton Folk Music Festival!! I'm pumped to hear you live. I will be there with my irish dance shoes and maybe i will join you on stage! Cheers!!


  • Name: Iain Gillies

Message

My cousin did the picture for the Variations CD.


  • Name: Chris Macha

Message

Guys, you got it! Saw you at the Creamery/Cape Breton, bought a CD and hope to see you in Germany very soon. Thanx a bunch for your music and the spirit behind it. Chris


  • Name: Jessica and Anna Michelson
  • Date: May 31, 2004

Message

Beautiful music. So amazing. It would be wonderful to see you live. Thanks for hooking us up in Halifax. Congratulations to you both. Maybe see you on the west coast some day! p.s. great looking site.


  • Name: Flippin' Jimmy
  • Date: May 09, 2004

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I saw you guys in Lowell a few years back....you wuz REAL good. Thanks......Jimmy


  • Name: Jan Boney
  • Date: May 04, 2004

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Thanks for the great music at Festival International. I met Mairi at check-in where I was volunteering (thanks for the great CD!) and planned to see you all a couple of times. The buzz from the first set was great! But rain interevened, alas! Today, however, I got to see your first set on our local cable channel--wow! I especially like the TWO fiddles. Hoping to see you again before long.


  • Name: Candy & Mike
  • Date: April 27, 2004

Message

It was great to see you guys last weekend. Hope the sunburns didn't slow you down. Catch you in CB in June!


  • Name: Cheryl Stoute
  • Date: April 17, 2004

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Looking forward to meeting and hearing you at Festival International next week. My husband and I will be picking you up at the Lafayette airport on Wednesday and driving you to your performances while you are here. Our goal is to assist you in any way we can to help make this an enjoyable experience for all of you. Love your web site! Cheryl


  • Name: JoAnn
  • Date: April 04, 2004

Message

Looking for piano sheet music from John Foulds; Dream of Morven, Deidré Crooning, and Strophic


  • Name: Mr. Shane MacDougall
  • Date: March 30, 2004

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Goin on?...web site looks grand..if i say so myself..not sure if i can fufill the rider for my party this summer..oh yeah you guys took a booking..another one missed..not performance..DONKEYS/ETTES..oh well..waiting for the new CD..let me know when practice is..later Shane Dougall


  • Name: Shannon Siefert
  • Date: March 28, 2004

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You guys were really amazing last night at Chester Playhouse Theatre, I'm glad my friend took me. I hope to buy your cd for my grandmother because she likes your type of music as much as I do! Keep up the amazing work you guys do! Ciao, Shanni-chan


  • Name: Jenny MacDonald
  • Date: March 20, 2004

Message

Really enjoy your music. Had a ball at the New Year's Eve Bash in Mabou. (We were the ones dancing the North Shore Sets!) Would love to see you play the Astor Theatre in Liverpool sometime!


  • Name: Stephen Kuerschner
  • Date: March 17, 2004

Message

Hello. I am hoping to attend concert at the Phila Ceili Group on St. Patrick's Day. Steve


  • Name: Rich Carreiro
  • Date: March 15, 2004

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I saw Mac play with Ian MacDougal at the Red Shoe in Oct 2003. While in Mabou we bought the beolach CD and loved it! We've been waiting for you guys to come out to Boston and will be cheering you on in Stoneham on the 21st. Can hardly wait!


  • Name: vincent gallagher
  • Date: March 07, 2004

Message

i live in usa right now i need your bio


  • Name: Kevin Crafton
  • Date: February 13, 2004

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I don't know about your music i'm sorry, but I am 21 and in my recent studies in Celtic Shamanism and such, I wished to find the meaning of the name Crafton, and kindda was hoping you could help me, I found in means "place where the wild saffron grows" in English but that didn't help me much...sorry to bother, just hoping you could help...i'll check out the music i will probably like it if its anything like Turlough O'Carolyn.. peace friend


  • Name: Lise Crafton
  • Date: January 25, 2004

Message

We got an email from Kimberly saying that you guys are coming fairly close in March to the Brogue Pub in Great Falls, VA. Boy, are we ready!! We were on Cape Breton in 2001 and heard Wendy play at the dance hall in West Mabou. In a lifetime of memories, that night ranks right up there as one of the best. It was our second time traveling around Cape Breton, so we had already gotten our feet wet and were up for getting better acquianted. The folks at the dance were wonderful to us and an older fellow - seventy something lobsterman - took our 12 year old for a spin on the floor that she and we will never forget. Can't wait to see and hear all of you. We will be "indoctrinating" some bluegrassy friends that we are bringing along. 'Till then!


  • Name: Tara
  • Date: January 12, 2004

Message

Hi, just sort of checking out Irish sites, and looking for info on the Irish Site, hit your site, and thought I would check it out! Thanks!


  • Name: Mairead Mackenzie
  • Date: January 10, 2004

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I thought it was about time the Shetlanders strike back! Although you will be glad to know I do speak understandable English, unlike some people from Fetlar (See post a little from the bottom) I still listen to the CD and I still think Patrick is a drunken fool. I also think Ryan is highly unsociable - never did hear of you again. Though am highly glad you lot do not spend your whole time sitting in my living room. Especially when you ask me how to play rugby (Do I look like I know?) Anyway, just didn't want you to forget our little island. The festival is the best in the world, although you may not think so because you seemed to get rubbish slots, but nevermind. Bring on the die hard fans! (Ie. us) Anyway, bye! -x-x-


  • Name: Robert LewisSnideman
  • Date: January 05, 2004

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Glad to see you are alive and well!! Caught your fine group back in 2000 at the Louisberg Playhouse. I've never forgotten that great night. Say hello to Joella Foulds.


  • Name: Matt Mays
  • Date: January 02, 2004

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MacNeil,what on Cuz?where you be at foo?I still beez on ups in dis dartmouth noise,SHITDARN!too long it be since me be see yall .aaaahhhsshhhiittt.I bein' bumpin' at yall old crib on tobin st.latly feels weird to be up back in there.beo be rock stright up done alredy hit up in there.shiiiit. peace give ya brotha some a dat goood eeee- mail sheeeit. peace. Mattio lanternxxooo p.s.say word to tha sibs fo me.

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