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International Recording Artist to Perform at Adams County Irish Festival

Ireland�s Derek Warfield, Leader of the Legendary Wolfe Tones, Headlines Adams County Irish Festival Entertainment Card

WHO:

Recording Artist, Songwriter and Historian Derek Warfield from County Kildare, Ireland and his Sons of Erin band headline a full day of Irish Music.� Warfield is a major player in the Irish music scene having written and recorded over 60 ballads and having led the legendary Irish musical group, The Wolfe Tones.� Warfield�s repertoire includes A Nation Once Again of which The Wolfe Tones version was voted the world�s most popular song in a 2002 BBC Network World Service poll beating selections by bands such as The Beatles.� Warfield�s Irish �rebel� songs were recently banned from in-flight entertainment on Aer Lingus trans-Atlantic flights this year after a complaint by a unionist politician.�

WHAT:

Held rain or shine, the 4^th Annual Adams County Irish Festival features a full day of traditional Irish music and dance along with a Civil War Living History Encampment.� A keen student of Irish-American history, this is Warfield�s first-ever appearance in the area of the Civil War�s most famous battle.� Several other local and regional performers will be appearing also.�

WHEN:

Saturday July 19, 2003; Festival runs from 10:30 AM � 8:00 PM

Derek Warfield will lecture on the history of Irish music in the Civil War from 10:30-11:30 AM;� Derek Warfield & The Sons of Erin will perform from 4-6 PM.

WHERE:

The festival is held at the Gettysburg Moose Park, 100 Moose Road in Straban Township east of Gettysburg, PA.� Moose Road is off of US 30 about 1.6 miles east of the US 15 interchange.

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