I have decided to create a little online TV Channel called “Music of What Happens”. The name I explain on this first offering. But it’s not only me you will be seeing, (you’ll be relieved to hear) but many great people I have the honour of knowing and admiring, musically, poetically, neighbourly, craicfully and all sorts of other ways. They will be making appearances also. We’ll let you know as we feel our way along. Let me know what you think and a Happy Halloween. More to come later today or maybe tomorrow.
Tommy Sands (late October) 2020.
Killyleagh and Shrigley: People, Potential & Prosperity – Part 2
This is Part 2 of “Killyleagh and Shirley” (People, Potential and Prosperity) a project supported by European PEACE IV… as part of “Growing Relations” series documentary filmed by Tommy Sands and Musicofwhathappenstv.com Participants includes Alfie Murray, Bertie Murphy, Orla Cairns, Leo Casement, Elizabeth Crilly, Nathaniel Crawford and Kath Dougherty.
Killyleagh and Shrigley: People, Potential & Prosperity – Part 1
Place names and architecture give an indication of a place with rich diversity. An area of wild beauty that has attracted much coming and going down the centuries … and coming back as well. Names like Killowen (Cill Abhainn), the church by the river… flowing a long time. The Vikings came in their ‘lang’ boats and gave us the word ‘strang’ for the strong currents in the ‘fiord’. There’s Plantation Street and historic links with Scotland. There’s a sense of many places and people from all over…some came for adventure long ago, some fleeing persecution, some seeking work, some creating work. Their people are still here and I am looking forward to meeting them. Part 1 includes Shirely Lennon, Elizabeth Crilly, Jim Lindsay, Joanna Martin, Conal Montgomery, Tracy Longmans, Clive Scoular and Leo Casement.
Walking The Talk with Kilbroney Ramblers
Tommy Sands ‘walks the talk’ with Kilbroney Ramblers and writes the song as they break down the barriers, build up the bridges and doing what they love to do anyway…walking and talking together.” Make sure your foot has the right kind of boot, But what foot you dig with, we could not give a hoot, Diversity is precious, so much to learnJust walking and talking together”. Kilbroney Ramblers.
Rostrevor Literary Festival Part 1
Good Friends and Relations…a song and story of it. Covid19 has twenty twentied us, so far away from each other at a time when we needed and were needed by each other. As nature longed for the warm embrace and human touch it was social distancing that would become the only available gesture of reachable love and nearness. A time of sadness when truth was too often used as a plaything by empty needy leaderships demanding 24/7 attention as a reward for sowing division amongst ordinary people. We missed the wandering poet too, calling with a story of truth or a song of hope to exchange the lifting of hearts. And so, with this in mind we return to The Rostrevor Literary festival where art is seen to be, not a luxury but a necessary helping eye to view life in a way that is lesser seen and handier to navigate. This is the third episode in the “Growing Relations” series of animations supported by the European PEACE V project managed by the SEUPP and managed by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.
The Freeing of Eugene Reavey
Fermanagh growing and the Priesting of Fr Ted
Fr Brian Darcy, poetic, profound and with a great sense of humour, is probably one of the best known and respected priests in all of Ireland.
During his lifetime he has created a whole new clerical constituency by taking down the light from the high altar to the dimly lit dance halls and dressing rooms inspiring many lives forever and even influencing the creation of one Fr Ted.
In “Fermanagh Growing and the priesting of Fr Ted”, due to be aired at 6pm on Saturday December 14th Fr Brian will be in conversation with Folk Singer Tommy Sands on the new “Music of what happens TV” channel.
BORDER STORIES: Episode 1
Border Crossings
A deceptively simple stand jump,
In the broad daylight or
A simply deceptive journey in the dead dark of night.
Comparisons and companionships…
The stars at night were the only roadmap available to East European poet Csilla Toldy, when she sought to cross a cold war, iron hard border on her way to County Down. When she meets singer Fil Cambell, Co Fermanagh, who had a softer border in her back garden to negotiate, (a disputed sheugh), there would be much to think, sing, speak and laugh about.
Tommy Sands joins them both behind a hedge, where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea on the edge of another border, Carlingford Lough.
The Music of What happens, it happens every day,
Every beat of a heart is a part that we play.
Every love that is found that is lost for a word
There’s the sweetest music in the world,
The most beautiful music in the world.
Growing Relations Promo Trailer
Peace comes dropping slow,
Said the poet,
And though, a quiet nights snow
Can quickly light the dawn
with a white flag,
Unfurled,
We know, that
Old ice takes long to melt.
And great wheels of the world
Are spoked, by small hands,
Unspoken of,
While the eyes of the great are
Sometimes, someplace else.
Then suddenly, in a lifetime,
All is well.
“Growing Relations” looks behind the present day headrigs and headlines to some so called ordinary people in small communities who build bridges and break down barriers in a most interesting and uplifting way. And they do it by doing just what they love to do anyway, neighbourly and naturally.
The Special European Fund have recognized the importance of this work and initiated and sponsored a whole variety of colourful animations created in villages, cities and high hills and valleys all around the land.
We are honoured, to bring you some of the animated workings of these local groupings in the Newry, Mourne and Down Council area and grateful to Peace 4 funding, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body and Newry Mourne and Down Council, for making it all possible.
Look out in the coming weeks for Border Stories, THE kilbroney Ramblers and The Rostrevor Literary Festival
Halloween…
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Welcome to the Music of What Happens…
By admin
I have decided to create a little online TV Channel called “Music of What Happens”. The name I explain on this first offering. But it’s not only me you will be seeing, (you’ll be relieved to hear) but many great people I have the honour of knowing and admiring, musically, poetically, neighbourly, craicfully and all […]
Killyleagh and Shrigley: People, Potential & Prosperity – Part 2
By admin
This is Part 2 of “Killyleagh and Shirley” (People, Potential and Prosperity) a project supported by European PEACE IV… as part of “Growing Relations” series documentary filmed by Tommy Sands and Musicofwhathappenstv.com Participants includes Alfie Murray, Bertie Murphy, Orla Cairns, Leo Casement, Elizabeth Crilly, Nathaniel Crawford and Kath Dougherty.
Killyleagh and Shrigley: People, Potential & Prosperity – Part 1
By admin
Place names and architecture give an indication of a place with rich diversity. An area of wild beauty that has attracted much coming and going down the centuries … and coming back as well. Names like Killowen (Cill Abhainn), the church by the river… flowing a long time. The Vikings came in their ‘lang’ boats […]
Tommy Sands ‘walks the talk’ with Kilbroney Ramblers and writes the song as they break down the barriers, build up the bridges and doing what they love to do anyway…walking and talking together.” Make sure your foot has the right kind of boot, But what foot you dig with, we could not give a hoot, […]
Good Friends and Relations…a song and story of it. Covid19 has twenty twentied us, so far away from each other at a time when we needed and were needed by each other. As nature longed for the warm embrace and human touch it was social distancing that would become the only available gesture of reachable […]
Fr Brian Darcy, poetic, profound and with a great sense of humour, is probably one of the best known and respected priests in all of Ireland. During his lifetime he has created a whole new clerical constituency by taking down the light from the high altar to the dimly lit dance halls and dressing rooms inspiring […]
Border Crossings A deceptively simple stand jump, In the broad daylight or A simply deceptive journey in the dead dark of night. Comparisons and companionships… The stars at night were the only roadmap available to East European poet Csilla Toldy, when she sought to cross a cold war, iron hard border on her way to […]
Peace comes dropping slow, Said the poet, And though, a quiet nights snow Can quickly light the dawn with a white flag, Unfurled, We know, that Old ice takes long to melt. And great wheels of the world Are spoked, by small hands, Unspoken of, While the eyes of the great are Sometimes, someplace else. […]
