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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.
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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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contact form below and we will 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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