AOIFE awards for Blood Mountain Band and Sabrina
Wednesday March 03 2010
THE WICKLOW ARTS FESTIVAL team were delighted to welcome The Blood Red Mountain Band back to Wicklow town to receive their Rocket Pyrotechnics Supplier Award from the Association of Irish Festival Events (AOIFE) for Best Musical Group 2009.
The Blood Red Mountain Band has a strong Wicklow link with front man, Mark Flynn, hailing from Blessington and guitarist Ian Devlin residing in Rathdrum.
On presenting the award, Arts Festival Chairperson Geoff Kane stated, 'Their performance at the festival last year was certainly one of the highlights and it came as no surprise to us that they won this national award.'
Formed in 2005, they have garnered a large following of fans for their upbeat live peraformances. The band was thrilled with their award and afterwards went on to play an impromptu session in a local hostelry to the delight of everyone there.
Another Wicklow Arts Festival act to receive accolades from AOIFE was Sabrina Piggott who won the award for Best Musical Individual 2009. Limerick native Sabrina is currently pursuing her musical career in England but was hugely impressed by her visit to Wicklow town.
She said, 'Wicklow is a special place to me. It's a beautiful location by the sea that brings out the lyric poet in us all. This award means so much to me. To be recognised by AOIFE and the organisers of such a prestigious festival is indeed an honour.'
The Wicklow Arts Festival committee have been busy recently with both fundraising and organising events for 2010.
This year the festival takes place from Thursday May 27 to Sunday May 30.
