The Martin Family Band will
visit the Newtown campus for an
evening of Celtic music, song and
dance on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7
p.m. in the Gateway Auditorium.
Tickets for this event are $15
for adults, seniors, faculty and
staff. A limited number of free
tickets are available at the Student
Life Information Center for Bucks
students. These free tickets are
available on a first-come, firstserved
basis.
This event is a co-production
from the Office of Cultural and
Community Programming and a
local organization called CCC
Celt. Thanks to a special arrangement
with CCC Celt, a non-profit
association dedicated to building
a Celtic library, children 12 and
under will be admitted for no
charge.
The CCC Celt’s primary mission
is the “care and feeding” of
the Celtic Library, which was
started in 1990, and is more like a
collection then a library. It consists
of books, CDs, DVDs, video
and audio books housed primarily
in the Bucks library.
All the proceeds from this event
will go directly to benefit the library
and the students.
Jonathan Lee, the director of the
Cultural and Community Programs
at Bucks and the CCC Celt
are working together on this
unique event.
Lee said, “Tom Slattery, the director
of CCC Celt, has been my
partner in crime for almost 15
years now as we bring this wonderful
show to the Gateway
Stage.”
The CCC Celt supports all aspects
of the Celtic culture and has
donated several trophies to Irish
Feis and Scottish dance champions.
They have also helped a Bucks
student attend an international
writing class in Galway, and in
May 2009 awarded their sixth
scholarship to the college.
The audience will be invited
back after the show to meet the
performers and have a complementary
spread of Celtic food and
beverages.
When asked if about the upcoming
event, many Bucks students
hadn’t heard of it at all.
Anthony Spina, 21, a liberal arts
student from Levittown said, “To
be honest, that does not really
sound like my thing, but I bet
some people would be really into
stuff like that!”
Spina also said, “I feel like it
was not advertised enough…”
Perhaps the lack of publicity will
affect the number of attendees at
the event.
Teshaun Glenn, 19, a computer
science major from Yardley said,
“It sounds very interesting. I have
always found dancing fun, it
would be something I would consider
going to with some friends.”
Lee is looking for volunteers to
work this event. Lee is looking
for people to work as ushers,
helpers in the box office, customer
service personnel, backstage
catering assistants and more.
Volunteers are invited to attend
the performance after show duties
are completed and will receive an
additional free ticket for a friend.