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Alan Beck, Jamie MacDougall, and Ivan Sharpe with Musical Director Michael Barnett.
 14th January 2008 Caledon
– ‘Scotland’s Tenors’ + Pianist at
Clacton & North East Essex Arts & Literary Society
Caledon is equally at home whether inspiring the 55,000 soccer crowd at Hampden Park with a stirring new version of Flower of
Scotland, or on the stage of the world-famous Sydney Opera House, singing to a packed auditorium of music lovers. The group had a
sensational first year which included highlights such as performing in front of Her Majesty The Queen at the opening of the
Scottish Parliament and for His Excellency, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at the inaugural Robert Burns Memorial Lecture at the
United Nations Headquarters in New York as well as closing Scotland's largest rock and pop festival, T - in the Park
 Having recently completed sell-out tours of North America, Australia and New Zealand, Scotland 's “three divine
voices” (Edinburgh Evening News) returned to Scotland to perform a famous concert at the Edinburgh Festival. Accompanied by
the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, "On A Beautiful Scottish Evening" was filmed beneath the magnificent backdrop of a floodlit
Edinburgh Castle. The recording, containing Caledon's wonderful arrangements of great Scottish classics like Loch Lomond; My
Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose; Will Ye Go Lassie, Go; Highland Cathedral and Auld Lang Syne, was released by REL Records on
DVD, Video and CD.
The tenors kicked off the Scottish leg of their 2005 tour at a packed Theatre Royal, Glasgow accompanied by the Scottish Fiddle
Orchestra, and 2005 also saw them return to tour in the U.S., record a St. Patrick's Day special for Ulster Television in
Ireland, and front an international showcase in New York for the Scottish Government during the Tartan Day celebrations.
2006 saw the group return to the US to publicise the P.B.S. broadcasting of "On A Beautiful Scottish Evening" (which was shown on
over 150 channels in North America), accept invitations to make its debut in Japan and Malaysia and take up a two month residency
in Berlin at the Tipi-das-Zelt theatre.
"The Power And The Passion": Caledon 's exciting album of powerfully emotive Scots Songs, recorded with a full symphony orchestra
and containing such classics as Will Ye No' Come Back Again; Speed Bonnie Boat and Sailing, was released in October 2005. The
group's followed this with: Live 'n' Kickin', a live recording of their Berlin show, which was released at the end of 2006. 2007
saw Caledon officially open the first ever Tartan Day in Toronto.
Despite 2 return visits to Berlin, more Scottish, US and Canadian Tours and even the occasional sojourn to sing in the Dominican
Republic, Caledon still managed to record a new album - "Always To Be Here" - land a kilt sponsorship deal with Lochcarron of
Scotland, (who have designed the new Caledon Tartan exclusively for the group) and sign with agent David Foster (All-Electric
Productions) to take the Live n' Kickin' show on tour in the rest of the UK - an invasion of England is imminent !
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endeavour to get back to you as soon as we can.
Representation in Scotland:
Fiona Brownlee
Tel: 07900 493948
fiona@caledonmusic.com
Representation in England and Wales:
David Foster
All-Electric Productions
Tel: 01264 771726
Email: info@allelectricproductions.co.uk
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