Field Stone
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Located in the mountains of northcentral Pennsylvania, the trio mixes Appalachian and Celtic styles and gives them a contemporary twist. Fieldstone features the fiddle playing of Tara Sansom, Bekki Titchner on vocals, whistle and flute, and Mark Titchner on 6- and 12-string guitars and bouzouki.
Blending styles is easy for Tara, who picked up her first fiddle at age four and cut her teeth on Appalachian and Old Time fiddle styles. She� studied with both Celtic and Old Time fiddle greats and holds five Pennsylvania State Championships. Tara was the 1999 junior state fiddle champion, 2002 and 2003 teen state champion, and in 2005 and 2006, she won the state title in the Championship division. In 2003 she also participated in nationals. She is currently a senior at Grove City College where she is majoring in music education. When not in school, Tara teaches fiddle in her hometown of Brookville.
Mark began his musical career with a focus on acoustic music and then gravitated to rock and roll for a number of years. He returned to his roots about a dozen years ago when he and Bekki began a musical course that would take them from 18th and 19th Century American folk back to its Celtic origins. Mark is an avid songwriter and uses his various influences -from the Beatles to Daithi Sproule - to forge his own musical path.
Bekki has been singing since she was five, and counts traditional folk music as her earliest influence. She has sung everything from rock to Broadway to jazz and classical, and studied voice for five years in the 1990s. However, her first love is traditional Celtic music and its rich history.
In their travels Mark and Bekki have performed at the Central New York Scottish Games, the Cumberland Celtic Festival, the Celtic Fling, Highlands of Ohio, the PA Renaissance Faire, the Ligioner Highland Games, the Dayton Celtic Festival, the McHenry Highland Festival and numerous festivals, gatherings, and pubs throughout the region.
Fieldstone is currently working on the finishing touches for their second recording. This new CD should be released sometime in October.
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The Johnston School of Irish DanceThe Johnston School of Irish Dance has performed at the Central New York Scottish Games and Celtic festival for the last six years. The dancers young and “older” are wonderful, full of talent and have that trademark, beautiful smiles. The Johnston School of Irish dance provides dance instruction in the cities of Syracuse, Auburn Watertown Utica and Manlius. So be sure to join everyone at the games with a warm welcome for our lovely ladies and don’t forget the lads as they dance the afternoon away at the games.
Groups from Binghamton, Ithaca and Rochester will be dressed in period military dress and demonstrating Scottish warcraft throughout the day. Included are:
A Binghamton group representing Scots during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.
The uniforms displayed will include:
A Scottish emigrant
fighting for America during our Revolutionary War.
A Highland officer for
the 42nd Blackwatch during the French and Indian War.
A member of Roger's
Rangers from the French and Indian War.
Sir William Johnson, An
Irishmen who was one of the most powerful forces in N.Y. colonial
history
as a chief for the Indians in this region.
A Pict warrior from
ancient
(first century) Scotland who fought the Romans .
A Scottish Knight who
fought for Wallace in 1300 ( in Armor).
A Scottish Knight who fought
for Robert the Bruce in 1315 (in armor).
Saturday night Celidh (party) may include a
combination
of some of the above performers.
It follows the games at Long Branch Park.
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