minstrel: RE: "Celtic" music

[Ellen Rawson]

--- Melissa Frolli <ahlaisha at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am going to have to happily disagree with you.
> After several years of 
> studying classical Latin, and a vast interest in
> Celto-Romanic Britain, the 
> pronunciation "Sell-tic" wouldn't have been used by

Over here in actual Celtic land, only certain Scottish
football enthusiasts tend to use the Sell-tic
pronunciation nowadays. ;)

Btw, anyone who thinks he or she might be in the UK
this summer might check out this site. 
http://maddy-stonesbarn.com

Maddy Prior has organised a series of workshops over
long weekends, some of which deal with ballads.  She's
leading three voice workshops. I'm already signed up
for the ballad workshop led by Martin Carthy.

Ariel

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