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Ny Fennee stadium performance at Lorient, 2024

Wed, 16 Oct 2024

The Manx dance display to 10,000s at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in 2024.

This display by Ny Fennee included elements of the traditional Manx songs, dances and tunes:

Irree ny Greiney: Composed by Bob Carswell RBV and performed by Sian Hooson-Owen
Girls' Jig: Traditional Manx dance, performed to the traditional Manx tune, Three Little Boats
Clare's Jig: Dance composed by Ny Fennee, performed to the traditional Manx tune, Gyn Ennym
Men's Jig: Traditional Manx dance, performed to Garey Ford by Peddyr Cubberley
Fochabers: Dance composed by Ny Fennee, performed to the tune, Fochabers, composed by Katie Lawrence
Fathaby Jig: Traditional Manx tune

This performance took place as a part of Le Grand Spectacle, in the Stade du Moustoir, on 14 August 2024.

It was recorded by Festival Interceltique de Lorient, and it is edited and released here by Culture Vannin with the kind permission of the Festival.
More information about the Manx at Lorient: www.facebook.com/manxlorient/

Stadium performance on 15 August 2024

This is the performance from the wet evening of 15 August 2024, for which the set was as follows:

Irree ny Greiney: Song composed by Bob Carswell RBV and performed by Sian Hooson-Owen
Dooraght: Dance composed by Ny Fennee, performed to the tune, Dooraght, composed by Katie Lawrence
Gorse Sticks: Dance and tune composed by Philip Leighton Stowell
Moghrey Mie as Maynrys: Traditional Manx dance, performed to the traditional Manx tune, William and Mary
Fathaby Jig: Traditional Manx tune