HAPPY ST.PATRICK'S DAY TO ALL OUR IRISH FRIENDS !
St.Patrick's week events start on Maui on March 13th, and on Oahu March 12th ! For a full run down go to our Events page. Have a fun and safe time........Slainte !
Wednesday March 17th - Maui Celtic will be at St. Patrick's Day on Oahu
at the Honolulu St. Patrick's Day Block Party. Every year Murphy's Bar and Grill sponsors a FREE all afternoon/evening block party in downtown Honolulu at Nuuanu Avenue and Merchant Street. The streets are closed from 10am with the official party starting at noon, with the busiest time 6-10pm. Great food - tasty fresh oysters, corned beef and cabbage, fish & chips, and of course plenty of Guinness and Irish whisky at the outdoor booths, not to mention in Murphy's and O'Tooles ! The party gets going at lunchtime with the downtown workers, and really gets moving after work.
Hamish and Jennifer (with friend Ming pictured) will be there with a Maui Celtic booth of Irish jewelry and other goodies and kool kelly green HAWAII CELTIC T-shirts, Hawaii Tartan (plaid) clothing, and All Ireland plaid noggin wraps (do-rags) too !! Green T-shirts are of course a hot item ! See you there - Mahalo for supporting your local Celtic business.
There will be great traditional Irish music in O'Toole's Pub (www.irishpubhawaii.com) with the Kaimana Ceili Band, wandering Irish minstrel Kieran Murphy, and the Doolin Rakes. For more information on the yearly event visit www.gomurphys.com
The Caledonian Society of Hawaii honored Hamish on Saturday January 23rd at their annual Robert Burns Night.
It was announced that Maui Celtic's own Hamish Douglas Burgess was named The Caledonian Society of Hawaii's 'Scot of the Year' for 2010, for services to the Scottish/Hawaiian community. "The Caledonian Society has presented this award each year since 1987 to an individual who is of Scottish descent or has embraced an interest in Scotland and Scottish culture, has supported the Scottish community in Hawai'i, and has made a contribution to the Hawaiian community in general. The Board members of the Caledonian Society believe that you meet these criteria and are a person who exemplifies the values upon which this award is based."
Hamish would like to humbly extend his gratitude to the Hawaiian Scots for this recognition - Mahalo.
Hamish's artwork features on the cover and inside booklet of the latest Irish Rovers CD, just released this month. The Irish singer George Millar commissioned Hamish after seeing his Celtic artwork whilst on Maui earlier this year. The Irish singer commissioned Hamish after seeing his Celtic artwork whilst on Maui earlier this year. The album cover is a piece of folk art entitled 'Gracehill Fair', that George thinks captured the spirit of the title track of the album. It features a traditional Celtic knotwork border and a fairground tent, with Irish musicians, dancers and spectators making merry, like you may see at an Irish country fair, any time in the last century or so.
'Gracehill Fair' by Hamish Douglas Burgess © 2009 - cover of the new Irish Rovers CD
The second piece 'The Irish Rovers Tree of Life' is for the liner notes booklet of the new 'Gracehill Fair' CD, and is a Celtic Tree of Life with the stalks and leaves representing the 45 years that the legendary band have been on the road. The Celtic Tree of Life comes out of a traditional cauldron, and entwined are the seven creations of the ancient Celtic world as they saw it - plants, humans, animals, birds, fish, reptiles and insects. The design contains a tribute to the band's landmark million selling single from 1967, 'The Unicorn', with a Celtic-style unicorn, and from a line in the song, "there were green alligators and long-necked geese....", the reptile on the 4 is a green alligator, with a long-necked goose amongst the 5.
'Irish Rovers Tree of Life' by Hamish Burgess © 2010 for the New Irish Rovers CD
The landmark album for The Irish Rovers' 45th year of touring, "Gracehill Fair" will be released on Feb 10th. It contains fine traditional songs and tunes, and great new original songs. Watch this page or our Gallery page for details on where to get it, and the Irish Rovers website.
Hamish and Jennifer of Maui Celtic just returned from cruising in the tropics with the Irish Music Cruise to the Southern Caribbean (presented by Debbie Casey www.irishmusiccruises.com ). They joined a host of talented singers and musicians - Archie Fisher, the Makem & Spain Brothers, Gabriel Donohue, Ciaran Sheehan, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Hanneke Cassel, and Kevin Evans & Brian Doherty. The craic was indeed mighty ! Details and photos of the trip at at our Blog/News Archive page.
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Events on Maui & Oahu
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ORIGINAL CELTIC ART BY HAMISH BURGESS, NEW LAST MONTH ...
'LINDISFARNE SPIRALS' © Hamish Burgess 2009
Traditional Celtic art by Hamish Burgess, hand painted with acrylics on ragpaper. This is a reproduction from the Lindisfarne Gospels and mixes spirals and shapes after the early Celtic La Tène style, and zoomorphic birds. MORE INFO & ART ON OUR GALLERY PAGE.
HAMISH IS BACK ON MAUI FROM AN EPIC TRIP TO SCOTLAND FOR THE 'THE GATHERING' IN EDINBURGH, THEN CORNWALL AND VANCOUVER, B.C.
Part of 'HOMECOMING SCOTLAND 2009', 'THE GATHERING' was a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of Scotland's culture, a 2 day festival and Highland Games in Holyrood Park, bringing together around 40,000 people from all over the world, with music, athletics, and the biggest clan gathering in memory. As Scottish Ambassador for The Princess Ka’iulani Project, Hamish also took the story of Hawaii’s most beloved Hawaii/Scot back to her father’s homeland, where he was a featured guest on Liz Clark’s show “Travels with My Auntie Liz” on Celtic Music Radio Scotland, and broadcasting icon Archie Fisher’s “Travelling Folk” show on BBC Radio Scotland, both in Glasgow.
Hamish also attended the first ever Clan Convention, at the Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) building, where over 100 Scottish Clan Chiefs and clan dignitaries from around the world discussed the role of the Clans in the modern world.
While representing Scots of Hawaii, he reported on events and interviewed traditional musicians for his Celtic music radio show on Mana’o Radio 91.5fm, 8-10am Sundays (online at www.manaoradio.com).
For the full story with photographs, please visit our Blog/News Archive page.
HAWAII TARTAN PAGE
is online ! Hamish of Maui Celtic together with the Hawaii Tartan's designer Douglas Herring, have made the history and information about this beautiful tartan, or plaid, easily available to the public on our 'Hawaii Tartan' page.
New cool Hawaii Tartan Apparel is available !
Sashes, Mini-sashes, Shawls, Fly Plaids, Head Wraps, as well as the previously available made-to-measure Scottish wool Kilts. Give a gift of Hawaii Tartan to your friends and family - you can find these new items in our "Online Store" now !
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE NOW OFFER A GREAT KILT RENTAL PROGRAM.
Perfect for Scottish, Irish, Welsh or other Celtic Weddings, Robert Burns Night, Proms, or any black tie event. There are 6 Tartans (plaids) and styles of Kilt Outfits to choose from. Please visit our Kilt Rental page for more details.
For ongoing adventures of Hamish and Jennifer see the "Maui Celtic Blog" and for older happenings, please visit our News Archive page
A RED CELTIC DRAGON HAS BEEN SEEN LURKING AROUND MAUI.... PLEASE CONTACT MAUI CELTIC WITH SIGHTINGS OF THIS RARE AND ELUSIVE BEAST.
Ongoing - Maui's best kept secret - for the best real chips (French fries that is) this side of the Altantic head on down to Wow-Wee Maui's Kava Bar & Grill at 333 Dairy Rd # 101 Kahului. They have some great food and a killer Sushi Bar with reasonable prices, but of Celtic note - the chips are like my granny used to make ! Not to mention their Maui made chocolate bars. Tell them Hamish at Maui Celtic sent you......(808) 871-1414 www.wowweemaui.com
ONLINE SHOPPING
YOU CAN NOW ORDER COOL CELTIC GIFTS ON THE 'MAUI CELTIC ONLINE STORE'. We invite you to check it out by clicking the 'Storefront' button.
MAUI CELTIC IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE NOW HAVE A NEW RANGE OF TEMPORARY CELTIC TATTOOS AVAILABLE IN OUR 'MAUI CELTIC ONLINE STORE'. TATTOO AND PACKACKING DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY HAMISH RIGHT HERE ON MAUI. So far we have two triscele designs and an armband. More to follow soon. Shipping is only a dollar each. Easy to put on with water - last up to a week. Fun and safe. Great for kids. Full instructions on the tattoo.
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'OLD, WISE, WARRIOR' by Hamish Burgess - full image on our GALLERY page
ANCIENT CULTURES
The ancient culture of the Celts , although geographically far from these Islands, did in fact have many similarities to the ancient Hawaiian culture.
Both cultures had their own mythology, legends of 'little people' and famous heros, and a belief that animate and inanimate things could posess spiritual power. They both revered the natural forces of their world, with gods and goddesses relevant to that. They both understood their place in their land, the natural way of things inherently entwined with their daily life, and so lived in harmony with nature.
Both cultures ended a seasonal war period every year when the Pleiades stars rose in the night sky, around the end of October. The Hawaiian war god Ku ended his reign, and a season of festivities called Makahiki, began under the god Lono. In the Celtic world, the war goddess The Morrigan ended her reign, and mated with The Good God Dagda, heralding the festival of Samhain.
Both cultures lived in tribes or clans, often in conflict to expand their territories, with an area of land traditionally associated with the clan. Each clan had their own chief or king, who ruled the land for the communual use of his people.
Neither culture had a system of writing, therefore had an oral tradition, stretching back many hundreds of years. The wise men, Druids in the Celtic world, and Kahunas in Hawaii, were keepers of knowledge, genaeology, history, and were healers and experts in certain fields. Both cultures were practised in the art of tattooing, and had a reputation as fierce warriors.
Both cultures at some time were taken over by outsiders, and a new religion, and were stopped from using their language, music, and traditional way of dress. Both later overcame that adversity with a revival of culture.
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'GUARDIAN OF THE GODDESS' by Hamish Douglas Burgess 2009
MORE ORIGINAL CELTIC ART BY HAMISH ON OUR GALLERY PAGE.
MAUI CELTIC IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR WEBSITE RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE 'NEW WORLD CELTS' ORGANIZATION, a charitable organization dedicated to promoting Celtic History and supporting Celtic Culture in the New World. Their new chapter is a Hawai'i Branch based over on Oahu.