Two Celtic Folksingers
In 2005 Tara's Thistle was voted into the CONNTours Directory of Performing Artists, funded by the State of Connecticut's Commission on Culture and Tourism. Click here to link to their CCT listing. Your non-profit organization may receive in one fiscal year a matching grant from the State of Connecticut to host a concert by Tara's Thistle and another of the 244 CONNTours musical, dance, or storytelling ensembles. Click here for CONNTours applications.
Since 1995 Bruce and Sandy Hedman have been performing as the Celtic folk duo Tara's Thistle. They sing traditional Irish, Scottish, and Maritime folksongs in close, two-part harmony with guitar, harmonica, and drum accompaniment. They also include toe-tapping Celtic jigs, reels, and hornpipes played on the Scottish bagpipes, and Irish flute and bodhran. They weave into their programs stories and bits of the history behind the folksongs they sing, as well as humorous anecdotes from the six-months they lived in Ireland and Scotland. They are much in demand by libraries and historical societies in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. To coffeehouses and art centers they offer a program of contemporary Celtic music.
To quote from their website:
"Arts Presentation grants offer funding to support Connecticut nonprofit organizations, schools, and units of state or local government which present events featuring members of the CONNTours Directory of Performing and Teaching Artists. Arts Presentation Grants are designed to bring the best of Connecticut's performing artists to a wide in-state audience."
contact us by e-mail, U.S. mail, or phone...
Tara's Thistle
18 Charter Oak Square
Mansfield, CT 06250
1-860-456-8733
