Liet International, the final of the European minority languages song competition, will take place in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands on Saturday 31 October 2009.  In June of this year two acts from Ireland and Scotland won the Celtic & Scots languages final Nòs Ùr in Inverness, Scotland.  They were Fiach from Dublin who sang a song called “Sea Táim” in Irish Gaelic and Sunrise Not Secular from the Isle of Lewis who sang “Lasair na h-Oidhche” in Scottish Gaelic. 

Other acts performing will be singing in Asturian, Frisian, Friulian, Karelian, Latgalian, low German, Occitian, Sami and Sardinian.

There has been a lot of media interest in the final event with television, radio, internet and print media all covering this prestigious event.  CNN International will be travelling from London to Friesland to make a feature-report, that will be shown on the CNN-website, as well as on TV.

The Irish contestant Fiach, who is a promising newcomer in his home country, will be followed by a camera crew from the Irish language TV channel TG4.

Nòs Ùr Director Brian Ó hEadhra who will be working at the event commented: “We are very excited for Fiach and Sunrise Not Secular.  They are up against stiff competition but we are confident that they will do well and do the Celtic/Scots regions proud.  This competition is a spectacular event.  It also offers an amazing opportunity for each act to publicise their music and their own indigenous language.  It just gets better every year.”

Liet International has traditionally two prizes; a Jury award and a Public award. For the Public award there is a vote on Saturday 31 October after the show. Voting will happen live  on-line on the new website www.liet.nl.  Visit the website for more details on how to vote.  The band with most public votes wins €1,000 euro.

The Jury award will be judged by eleven jury members who represent each of the languages being sung at the competition.  The Jury prize winner will receive a beautiful trophy and an invitation to perform live at the annual Befrijdingsfestival (Liberation Festival) in the Frisian capital of Ljouwert/Leeuwarden on the 5 May 2010. The Liberation festival is a Dutch festival celebrating freedom and the end of World War 2.

If you wish to vote for Fiach, Sunrise Not Secular or any of the other acts partaking in the competition then please register you vote on-line on Saturday evening at www.liet.nl

Also visit: 
www.myspace.com/lietinternational
www.nos-ur.eu
 


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