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Performers:
Vallely, Fintan, Armagh, introduction in English
Welch, Bob, Dean of Arts, University of Ulster, welcome to delegates
Bohlman, Philip, Chicago, lecture in English
MacAoidh, Caoimhín, Donegal, lecture in English

Running Order:
1. Conference Opening
2. Welcome to Delegates
3. Address: Top-Down, Inside-Out, In-Between... Global Directions to the Crossraods
4. Address: The Blood Red Tear and The Hidden Note
5. Questions and Comments from the Audience

Performers:
Vallely, Eithne, Donegal/Armagh, chair
Coyne, Mick, Clare, lecture in English
Farr, Lucy, lecture in English (delivering Janet Harbison's lecture)
Cranitch, Matt, Cork, lecture in English, fiddle solo
O Rochain, Muiris, Kerry/Clare, lecture in English

Running Order:
1. Lecture: Teaching the Uilleann Pipes: The Efficacy of Specialist Teaching in the Climate of Revival
2. Lecture: Ancient, Diverse and Still Evolving: the Irish Harp Today
3. Lecture: Learning and Teaching `Outside the Tradition'
4. Lecture: Appealing to the National and International - Summer Schools as Popular Method
5. Questions and Comments from the Audience

Performers: Cherry, Rab, speech in English, tracks 1, 13 ; Mick, Brown, speech in English throughout ; Meehan, Danny, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo, tracks 3-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12

Running Order:
Speech: Introduction of the performer and background information
Speech: Introduction of the performer and background information about Danny Meehan, his local area, stone cutters, John Mhosai McGinley, local musicians around Mountcharles, music in the family, McGroarty family, house dances, quarantines, Thomas Doherty, Charlie McCahill, Peter Quinn, Paddy McDyer, John Doherty
Speech/Jig: Background speech, Money in both Pockets
Speech/Reel/Speech: Talk about the tune, The Maid that Dare Not Tell, further talk about the tune
Speech: Talk about fidlers Eddie Monahan, John James Cunningham, bowing technique
Speech/Reel: Introduction of the tune, Erwin's Roar ? (Erwin Rourke's ?)
Speech: Talk about the local musicians in Danny's youth, James Byrne, music in London in the 1960's, Le Cheile
Speech/Jig: Introduction of the tune, Untitled (Neilidh Boyle's)
Speech/Reel: Introduction of the tune, The Graf Spey
Speech: Talk about the fiddle player 'McGonagle'
Speech/Jig: Introduction of the tune, The Wren Jig
Speech/Jig: Talk about the tune, The Irish Washerwoman
Speech: Talk about working in London, family, music, moving back to Donegal, different tunings for the fiddle, musicians in London, advice for young fiddle players, background speech [END OF DAT]