Artists | Instructors

Instructor List & Bios-this year

Hall of Fame

CeltFest Vancouver Island is deeply grateful and greatly enriched by having had the following professionals perform and instruct at CeltFest and in support of CeltFest Scholarship fund over the past decade and counting....

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  • Aaron Jones, Scotland
  • Alan Walters, BC
  • Ali Hutton, Scotland
  • Alison Vardy, BC
  • Allan MacDonald, Scotland
  • Anne Reid Dancers
  • Arlene Bain-Pederson, Alberta
  • Back Of The Moon, Scotland
  • The Ballagh Bunch, Ontario
  • The Barra MacNeils, Cape Breton 
  • Beòlach, Cape Breton
  • Betty Lawrence, Scotland
  • Betty Sutherland, Scotland
  • Blake Schmidt, BC
  • Buddy MacDonald, Cape Breton
  • Calum MacCrimmon, Scotland
  • Calvin Cairns, BC
  • Cara Butler, NY, USA
  • Carol-Anne Mackay, Scotland
  • Carolyn Olsen, Ontario
  • Carolyn Phillips Cusson, BC
  • Carolyn Watts, Idaho, USA
  • Carrie Flynn, BC
  • CeltFest Dancers
  • Celtic Chaos, BC
  • Chris Ellis, California, USA
  • Courtney Thomas, BC
  • The Cottars, Cape Breton
  • Daniel Bist, Ontario
  • David K, BC
  • David Wilton, Scotland 
  • Delma Wilson, Scotland
  • Devon Ballagh, Ontario
  • Dick Hensold, Minnesota, USA
  • Diena Parussini School of Highland Dance
  • Dochas, Scotland
  • Donal Brown, Scotland
  • Donald Perkins, BC
  • Eilidh MacLeod, Scotland
  • Eileen McGann, BC
  • Findlay Napier, Scotland
  • Fraser Stone, Scotland
  • Fred MacLeod, BC
  • Gillian Frame, Scotland
  • Glengarry School of Celtic Dance
  • Griogair Labhruidh (Gregor Lawrie), Scotland
  • Gwyneth Evans, BC
  • Hal Senyk, BC
  • Iain MacCrimmon, Scotland
  • Jacqueline Smith, Ontario
  • Jaime Rokeby-Thomas, BC
  • James P.Troy, BC
  • James W. Troy, BC
  • Janice Ballagh, Ontario
  • Jenna Reid, Scotland
  • Jennifer Stephenson, Quebec
  • Jocelyn Pettit Band
  • Joel Hanna, BC
  • John Cairns, Ontario
  • John Fisher, BC
  • Jonny Hardie, Scotland
  • Judy Clark, New Zealand
  • Judy Hogg's Celtic Rhythm Dancers
  • Julie M Fowlis, Scotland
  • Kathleen Boyle, Scotland
  • Kathy Irvine, Ontario
  • Kathy Stacey, BC
  • Kendra MacGillivray, NS
  • Ken Eller, Ontario
  • Linda Napier, Scotland
  • Loren Macklin, Ontario
  • Mac Morin, Cape Breton
  • Mairead O'Brien, BC
  • Mairi Campbell, Scotland
  • Mairi Rankin, Cape Breton
  • Marjorie Ivernia Koers, BC
  • Mark Ryan, Alaska, USA
  • Martin Nolan, Ireland
  • Martin O'Neill, Scotland
  • Mary Jane Lamond, Cape Breton
  • Mary Munro, BC
  • Mary Ross, BC
  • Maya Wilkinson, BC
  • Megan Phillips, BC
  • Michelle Stewart, Scotland
  • Morgan Bamford, New Zealand
  • Muriel Johnstone & Bill Zobel, Scotland/BC
  • Natasha Nolin, Alberta
  • The North Shore Celtic Ensemble
  • Old Blind Dogs, Scotland
  • Owen Barrington, Alaska, USA
  • Patrick Gillis, Cape Breton
  • Patrick Napper, Alberta
  • Paul O'Brien, Great Britain/BC
  • Pierre Schryer, Ontario
  • O'Brien School of Irish Dance
  • Qristina & Quinn Bachand
  • René Cusson, BC
  • Robert Rife, Washington, USA
  • Robert Worrall, Ontario
  • Rose Fearon, Ontario
  • Ross Armour, Great Britain
  • Ruth Sutherland, Ontario
  • Sandra Acton, BC
  • Sandy Jasper, BC
  • Scantily Plaid, Ontario
  • Seph Peters, NS
  • Sheila Milne, Ontario
  • Simon McKerrell, Scotland
  • Steafan Hannigan,  Great Britain/Ontario
  • Su-Yin MacDonell, BC
  • Terri Heckmann, BC
  • Tom Creegan, Seattle USA
  • Tony Comerford, California, USA
  • Trent Freeman, BC
  • Trish Clair-Peck, BC
  • Troy MacGillivray, NS
  • Wenda Crawford, Ontario
  • Wendy Humphreys Tebbutt, BC
  • Wendy MacIsaac, Cape Breton

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