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The Beaver Island Celtic Festival combines athletics, music, and crafts, 2009

Also Beaver Island Celtic Games September 2009 report · Celtic Festival 2009 outcome

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TypeEvent
Dates2009-09-18 – 2009-09-19
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2009-09-18 – 2009-09-19
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Music festival
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Modern era
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Summary

The October 2009 Beaver Beacon reported on the September Celtic Festival, which combined Celtic athletics, Grand Traverse Pipes and Drums, artisans’ booths, food, and children’s activities. The article also notes the organizer’s planned handoff after five years of contests.

Evidence limits

This is a retrospective newspaper report and does not provide a complete event program, attendance count, or results table.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2009, "The Beaver Island Celtic Festival" and "Kilts in the Wind."
    Reports favorable weather, Grand Traverse Pipes and Drums, Celtic athletic events, artisans, food, and the handoff of Games organization from Jeremy to a successor. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the festival report and photographs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Island Celtic Festival combines athletics, music, and crafts, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-celtic-festival-2009-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2009, "The Beaver Island Celtic Festival" and "Kilts in the Wind." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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