0:01:41 > 0:01:42JIG PLAYS
0:01:57 > 0:02:00The only one thing I'm going to suggest
0:02:00 > 0:02:03is when the fourth group joins in,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06we are all going to turn and face the same direction.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Is it facing the clock?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Face the clock?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Let's...
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Face the walls.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Face the walls?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- Back to the clock. - Back to the clock.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19THEY LAUGH
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Let's do that again.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Left leg in, go.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19MUSIC: "Genesis" by Grimes
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I've done it before with county Fleadhs
0:04:37 > 0:04:39and provincial Fleadhs.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I always find it's very stressful because
0:04:42 > 0:04:45you're running to a very tight deadline.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49It usually takes up to ten days for the books to be produced
0:04:49 > 0:04:50at the earliest
0:04:50 > 0:04:53once you submit it and once you've had it proofed
0:04:53 > 0:04:54and make sure nobody's left out
0:04:54 > 0:04:58and there will always be somebody left out as far as I can see.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Everything there?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Yep...hopefully.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44I'll not know until people start saying "where's this?"
0:06:44 > 0:06:47or "where's that?" but you can only do your best.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I think people are really positive about it,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14sending out a good message
0:08:14 > 0:08:16and I'm just happy it went so well
0:08:16 > 0:08:18and I'm really looking forward to the Fleadh
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and hopefully that positive message will filter out
0:08:21 > 0:08:24and people will come to Derry and support it.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27And I think they will. I think people
0:08:27 > 0:08:31will come, even if it's only for the curiosity factor
0:08:31 > 0:08:33of what it's going to be like in Derry,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35first time in the North and all that, but that's OK.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37That's great.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00MUSIC: "Sweet Disposition" by The Tender Trap
0:09:10 > 0:09:13APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:09:13 > 0:09:15I was just passing the Town Hall Square
0:09:15 > 0:09:17and came across it by accident, really.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21It was kind of a meshing of two different forms of dance.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I think it worked very well.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18We'll have a team of volunteers
0:10:18 > 0:10:20who are Irish speakers as well.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Because obviously they're local
0:10:22 > 0:10:24and there's people coming from West Clare, Cork,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Waterford, Limerick, who've never been to Derry before
0:10:27 > 0:10:31and it's great they meet people and they're Irish speakers as well.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25# In a few weeks I will get time... #
0:12:25 > 0:12:27My name is Marion Doherty.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I'm originally from Greysteel.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I emigrated to Australia 31 years ago.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I'm here specifically for the Fleadh,
0:12:34 > 0:12:35just arrived two days ago.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Everyone's asking questions
0:12:39 > 0:12:41and looking to know
0:12:41 > 0:12:45and the whole town's had a lick of paint.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48It's really, really good for Derry and the whole place has been uplifted, almost.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Looking forward to the Fleadh.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I live in Dublin, from the States originally.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I want to come and listen to some good trad,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59for the craic, as we say.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Looking forward to the Fleadh, yes. can't wait.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04I think it's great for the city that they have
0:13:04 > 0:13:06different types of music coming in
0:13:06 > 0:13:10and people from all over Ireland joining together.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41MUSIC: "Swim" by Surfer Blood
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I am excited to see the Colmcille.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11It is the largest currach in the world.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15It still looks great anyway, so I'm happy with it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33It feels really great to see all this hard work paid off
0:14:33 > 0:14:36and we can see the boats on the water now
0:14:36 > 0:14:40and everything's going to plan so I'm quite happy about that.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41There's a lot of hard work with them.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45It's a good sense of occasion. There's a lot of people here today.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47The weather's not the best
0:14:47 > 0:14:50but the people of Derry turned out in their crowds as usual.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02We're going to get a few of the currachs and lift them
0:15:02 > 0:15:05out of the water and the pageant will start at about a quarter-past four
0:15:05 > 0:15:08so we'll lift them out of the water, bring them over to
0:15:08 > 0:15:12go into the back of the pageant which will make its way up the Strand Road into the Guildhall,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14which is the second part of the opening ceremony
0:15:14 > 0:15:18before Michael D Higgins officially opens the Fleadh
0:15:18 > 0:15:20on the stage at around 5pm.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Would you have a cead mile failte for your Deputy first Minister, Martin McGuinness.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Enjoy the week. It's going to be absolutely
0:15:57 > 0:16:00fabulous, the weather's going to be unbelievably good...
0:16:00 > 0:16:03CHEERING
0:16:03 > 0:16:06But most of all, thank yourselves
0:16:06 > 0:16:08because none of this would have been possible
0:16:08 > 0:16:10without your support,
0:16:10 > 0:16:12your support for the peace process
0:16:12 > 0:16:16and your support for the ending of division
0:16:16 > 0:16:17in this city.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:16:37 > 0:16:39THEY PLAY AN IRISH REEL
0:17:07 > 0:17:09APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:17:18 > 0:17:20The issues were resolved because the dance
0:17:20 > 0:17:22was important
0:17:22 > 0:17:25and all issues can be resolved because culture is important.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26BELLS PEAL
0:17:26 > 0:17:29And because music is important.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32And you must always have respect for the bells.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34LAUGHTER
0:18:01 > 0:18:04APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:18:46 > 0:18:49We've got the best tent!
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Tent number one!
0:18:50 > 0:18:52THEY CHEER
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Tent number one!
0:19:07 > 0:19:12IRISH REEL PLAYS
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Derry's done a great job,
0:19:31 > 0:19:32absolutely beautiful!
0:19:34 > 0:19:36CROWD SINGS
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Fantastic! It's the best event of the City of Culture year so far.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44IRISH REEL PLAYS
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I'd love to see it coming back again.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I think it's fantastic for this city.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:20:11 > 0:20:13The Pride of the Orange and Blue.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15FLUTE MUSIC PLAYS
0:20:38 > 0:20:40The Pride of the Orange and Blue are my local band
0:20:40 > 0:20:43so I decided I would go down and see them, and we've made connections
0:20:43 > 0:20:45with them over the years,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and asked them if they'd let me write a play
0:20:47 > 0:20:50about them, so they're happy to be represented.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52We've done a lot of outreach work
0:20:52 > 0:20:55and the Fleadh picked up the phone and said,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58"Can we have this?" The Fleadh's all about traditional music
0:20:58 > 0:20:59and this is a very big movement
0:20:59 > 0:21:01of traditional music in Northern Ireland
0:21:01 > 0:21:03so that seemed to be a natural progression.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17It's very pleasing to see this number of people
0:21:17 > 0:21:19actually wants to see what goes on.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Everybody thinks it's a closed shop but it's not.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24No, it's open
0:21:24 > 0:21:28and I hope they'll all come away with a different attitude
0:21:28 > 0:21:31towards the bands.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34So this is a first for us
0:21:34 > 0:21:37with the Fleadh, and hopefully
0:21:37 > 0:21:38everybody will enjoy it.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- Just a wee bit like Dad says. - That'll be great.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48This city is leading the way as an example to many others
0:21:48 > 0:21:51and the proof of that is the way in which the people of the city
0:21:51 > 0:21:53came together to make the argument for the Fleadh
0:21:53 > 0:21:57and I think here tonight we have people from every part of the city
0:21:57 > 0:21:59and it's great to see at the play
0:21:59 > 0:22:03a huge number of people from the Unionist
0:22:03 > 0:22:05part of the city sitting very comfortably alongside
0:22:05 > 0:22:07the rest of us. It's tremendous!
0:22:13 > 0:22:16THEY PLAY IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC
0:22:34 > 0:22:38First of all, welcome to Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann in Derry.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41We had a great opening ceremony yesterday.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55If you're interested in Irish language,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58there's an Irish language walking tour tomorrow morning
0:22:58 > 0:23:01and there's intensive Irish language classes
0:23:01 > 0:23:04at Culturlann Ui Chanain, the Irish language venue for Derry.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07THEY PLAY IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC
0:23:54 > 0:23:57All fiddle, fourth floor, up in the Tower Building.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Parents information at 11am if you want to come.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I think the main thing was that I had a really strong
0:24:02 > 0:24:05volunteer team to help me with that.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06They were in their places,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08they've been more than good in doing anything
0:24:08 > 0:24:10and everything I've asked them,
0:24:10 > 0:24:12so I can't thank my volunteer team enough
0:24:12 > 0:24:16for the support they gave me today.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32HE PLAYS BLUES
0:25:35 > 0:25:38THEY PLAY AN IRISH REEL
0:26:50 > 0:26:53..We're taking it and it's coming back home
0:26:53 > 0:26:56to roost here
0:26:56 > 0:26:59in Derry, stroke London...stroke Derry.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57It would be great if you were a bit higher up and I was shorter
0:27:57 > 0:28:00cos there's about four foot of difference between us...
0:28:00 > 0:28:03It's like I'm saying, "Don't stand up," but you ARE standing up.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Look, I can jump.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Have you ever thought about why Limavady's called Limavady?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10"Lim" is the leg of the dog.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14No, it's the jump of the dog. You need legs to jump, you're close.
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