MÒD
NAN LOCHAN MÒRA 2010
Mòd nan Lochan Mòra 2010, our eighth Ohio Mòd, will take place at the Ohio Scottish Games, Friday, June 25th to Sunday, June 27th, 2010.
We will have two judges this year: Sine Anna MacKay and Angus MacDonald.
Sine Anna is a Mòd Gold Medalist from Scotland and as such, she attended the ACGA Mòd in 2008. She has sung in many Mòds in Scotland and has been very involved in the Mòd scene for many years; she is currently organizing the Inverness Mòd in between choir and fiddle practice and performances. She has had much experience adjudicating at Mòds and will be our music adjudicator.
Angus MacDonald has sung in many Mòds and is a member of the prestigious Largs Gaelic Choir. He has had experience as a Mòd Co-adjudicator in Scotland and will be our Gaelic language adjudicator.
Both Sine Anna and Angus will teach the workshop on Sunday morning. Angus will judge the poetry competition and Sine Anna will judge the Storytelling.
The Competitions
Poetry and Storytelling
There will be a change in the timing of events on Friday, June 25th. We will start our poetry and storytelling at 4:00 pm on Friday afternoon and have dinner together at Alexandri's restaurant at 6:00 pm.
The poem selected for this year is "Cor na tìr" and can be found in An tuil. E-mail frances.acar@gmail.com if you need a copy of the words.
Storytelling is self-select and will follow the poetry competition.
After dinner we will go to the Friday night Games concert in Wellington, to be followed by the ceilidh afterward. These are two events that are an integral part of the Games and the ceiligh in particular gives us an opportunity to showcase Gaelic song. This year Alasdair Fraser will be playing at the concert.
The song competitions will take place on Saturday at the Games, starting about 9:30 am. We will have a waulking demonstration in the afternoon; this year the location of the waulking demo will be predetermined so we won't be wandering around like the lost tribe looking for suitable space! We will have lunch catered by the Mòd Committee for those who want it. Most participants select this option; the food is healthier and you don't have to wait in a long line in the host sun to get it. The cost this year will be $8.00.
Saturday Song Competition Starting at 9:30am.
Who sings what:
Advanced Singers will sing four songs altogether. For the sake of ease of reference they are divided into prescribed and combined. The prescribed songs are the songs that are prescribed specifically for men and women, the combined songs are a combination of the song that is common to men and women and their self-select song.
Advanced Women: The two prescribed songs are Gad ionndrainn and Horo tha mi smaointinn. The two combined songs are Coille an fhàsaich and one self-select.
Advanced Men: The two prescribed songs are An cluinn thu mi mo nighean donn and Leis a' bhriogais ualach. The two combined songs are Coille an fhàsaich and one self-select.
Beginners will sing two songs, one prescribed and one self-select.
Beginning Women: Hiuraibh ò ghraidh an tig thu and a self-select.
Beginning Men: Air an traigh and one self-select.
NOTE: THIS APPLIES TO ALL COMPETITORS: for advanced competitors the self-select song should be different in type from Coille an fhàsaich and for beginners it should be different from their prescribed song. This requirement ensures that the competitior demonstrates an ability to sing songs of different rhythms, speeds, and characters.
There is still time for you to enter. All materials are available by e-mail, just contact me at frances.acar@gmail.com.
Registration materials will follow shortly. We will be staying at the Rodeway Inn in Medina.
Address:
The Rodeway Inn
2875 Medina Road,
Medina, OH 44256
Phone: (330) 725-4571
You can Google the inn by name for more information. It is visible from the I-77, on SR 18, and is half an hour away from both Cleveland and Akron-Canton airports. There are no motels in Wellington where the games are being held and with thousands attending the demand for accommodation in the surrounding area is high. We have found Alexandri's restaurant next door to be a welcoming place with good home cooking. They are always willing to accommodate our party for the meals we share together.
The rates for rooms are very reasonable. Make your reservation on your credit card and let them know you are with the Ohio Mòd or Frances's group. I am currently working out a group rate. Most rooms will cost about $100.00 for both nights, double or single.
We will be having our banquet and ceilidh at the Oberlin Inn, in Oberlin, about half an hour north of the games. The cost this year will be the same as last, $27.00.
For any questions or more information, please contact Frances Acar, Mòd Chair, at the e-mail address above, or write to:
Frances Acar
234 Lowell Drive
Kent, OH 44240
(330) 673-6514
