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Citrine is a semiprecious stone that started out as black quartz but through time and forces of nature was turned into a orangish amber-like gem. When Anne-Marie Hildebrandt started looking for a name for her Celtic women's choir, she thought it had possibilities. Even without all that pressure-turning-to-perfection stuff, "orange is my favorite color," she says.
Hildebrandt has been working with Citrine for about 1 1/2 years, and they are releasing their first CD, "Aglow," at a launch party on Friday. The CD features Hildebrandt's passion for traditional Celtic music as well as her contemporary spin on where that music can take you.
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This paper describes how Ireland drastically improved its economic position through its adoption of what came to be referred to as the Celtic Tiger strategy. Because of the surprisingly striking similarities between Ireland and Guam and the finding that the Celtic Tiger strategy represents nothing but "sensible policies "for enhancing economic growth, we believe that Guam can employ those elements of the Celtic Tiger strategy that worked, and modify those elements that did not. By doing so, Guam can transform itself into the Pacific Tiger.
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By Alan Sculley
Correspondent
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Keep your thumb up and never use your pinkie.
At sixth-grade orientation a year ago, Kelly Jones and her Finley Middle School -- now Ringgold Middle School -- sixth-grade classmates were treated to a brief concert by chorus teacher Melanie Sandrock, who introduced her new students to the Celtic harp.
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BANGOR - They started lining up well before the gates opened at 6 p.m. Wednesday along Railroad Street.
A refreshingly cool breeze tamed the mid-80s heat as bright sunshine beat down on the fans waiting to experience Celtic Woman, the first event of the Hollywood Slots Waterfront Concert Series.
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After Springboro High School boys lacrosse coach Matt Leedy formed the Celtic Premier Lacrosse team, he was looking at a roster of old friends and rivals.
Many of these kids that are from the Dayton area played on junior high teams, and played together, frankly, until they got to high school," Leedy said. "Then they divided up and played for their respective schools.
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BELFAST - Organizers of the first Maine Celtic Celebration set for July 19-22 have invited the community to a public forum to discuss the summer event.
The forum will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center Auditorium.
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CELTIC WOMAN AND THE HIGH KINGS
What: Celtic Woman is an ensemble of five Irish female singers and a female fiddler performing heavily arranged versions of Celtic folk songs and other songs in similar styles;
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The concept of the traveling family band may have gone out of style when the Partridge family went off the air, but one family from Ojai hasn't given up on the idea.
Greg and Mary Wood are parents of six children - Elizabeth, 22, Deirdre, 20, Sean, 17, Patrick, 15, Maire, 11, and Aidan, 7 - all of whom participate in Celtic Spring, a musical group dedicated to the performance of traditional Irish music.
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The "Shamrock the Block" party at Town Center on Saturday was full of activities for kids and adults, including puppet shows, treasure hunts and entertainment by Celtica and Chasing Shadows.
Lindsey Phelps of Virginia Beach rubbed a crystal ball as her fortune was read.