I started Celt Events, when I had broken my back, falling 1000ft, paragliding at the world championships, when I was 17. I organised my 18th birthday party, only able to move one arm, from my hospital bed - that was back in 1998 :). The first party was multi genre - starting with acoustic blues, then gradually winding up to get everyone dancing. It was a great party! I hobbled around, feeling miraculous - as I could just about walk & went on to create many more events - many of which I don't still have flyers for. I have organised countless events through the years, mostly in rural Wales, in deprived areas - where people don't have much access to cultural, community events. I've created countless parties - which have all featured many genres of music - so as to include all sorts of people, from many walks of life & many age ranges. I went through intense, repetitive trauma & suffered with ptsd quite harrowingly & humiliatingly & somehow always managed to keep the events going, at times when I was really struggling, very isolated & lonely, feeling very alone, misunderstood, in pain & misdiagnosed. The music has always helped me so much - as my Therapy, it's helped me get out there & be around people, helped me with my confidence, at times when I found it difficult to even talk at all (apart from with the trees) & made me feel part of something wonderful, made me feel capable - like I could do something well & has always given me such a heartwarming feeling to see people come together. I went through having entity attachments & sought Shamanic Healing - which really helped me recover, gradually, step by step & then I trained extensively as a Shamanic Practitioner & now I offer a range of Therapies (just I need to get that out there more - which this event would help do). I'm currently living on a small income & people have been asking me about parties & I'd absolutely love to create this party, it'd make me feel like I've really achieved something amazing, after having been through so much. Thankfully I have my amazing partner & we work together every day, so I have the love around me now which massively helps. I just would love to live this dream & show to people, that you can have been through mental health issues & recover fully & make a success of yourself. It's about taking away the stigma & looking instead to a hollistic, nurturing strength based approach to well-being & that's what we're all about. The aim is to raise funds from the event to promote Templetree (Great Oak Records) online & really get the music & hollistic, spiritual, sustainable culture out there more, globally, investing in promotion to grow a huge online presence (which is currently growing at a rate of 100 more subscribers to Templetree updates per month), forging links with promoters around the world (which we already have several), enabling us to do a Templetree (Great Oak Records), Celt Events world tour, where we would play in many new & exciting places around the globe & also take the studio, so that I could create more music abroad & record people in remote places playing their music & get their music out there & learn from these people & document our journey - which we can upload in vdieos, along our way. If you would like to subscribe to Templetree, please go to www.numberonemusic.com/templetree & subscribe to our newsfeed there :). There's also a growing number of reviews on Templetree there. & if you would like to hear Templetree's music, please come to www.templetreemusic.co.uk - there's loads of music there & tonnes of info about Templetree. & we'd love it if you could possibly click 'like' on the Great Oak Records facebook page - which is at www.facebook.com/greatoakrecords to receive updates there too :). The genres that have featured at Celt Events parties are (always showcasing Templetree at some point at each event): Acoustically: Stoner Folk & Blues Rock, Psychedelic Soul, Psychedelic Rock, Funk, Reggae & Blues. Electronically: Dubstep, Hiphop, Drum&Bass, Jungle, Minimal Techno, Deep House, Psychedelic Trance, Acid Techno & Hard House. I have promoted so much local UK talent through the years, including: Templetree (Great Oak Records) & Cabbagecaz (both myself) Smiler, Tom Ellis (Trimsound Records), Leif, Joe Ellis, Nicky Ruffcut, Craig, Maxtrax, Golden Ears, Dean J, Bill Sutton, Rob Jones, Dave Kirk, Pamela Evans & Karl, Woody, DjScottR, Kirk Holland, Les Earthdoctor, Gerry Aum, Mick Trauma, Grubby, Psionic Entity, Wayne Psybase, Controlfreaks, Distortion Orchestra, Hidden Element, Lorraine, Disco Badger, Matty, Rish, Dj Vek, Acid Bearstrangler, Ash, Jonny, Chris Bubbles, Danz Muzik Terrarizt (432 Hz Records), Shpangled (432 Hz Records), Faeryn, Tut Tut Tut (Sacred Media), Spandex Steve, Moody Mother Moo & Vixen, amongst many others. & I'm always researching new talent to get into the events, so we can make the most enjoyable, fully immersive, therapeutically sensory experiences for people, that include: the best sound systems - with pristine audio quality, beautiful lights & projections, lazers, smoke machines & UV psychedelic decor, the most beautiful journeys of cutting edge music - through the genres - to take people on journeys into sound, resulting in satisfying dancing frenzies, in the most nurturing, safe environment that could be. Generally, the events have brought in in between 150-300 people at a time, depending on which venue we have used - which have been in numerous locations: The Eagle in New Radnor, The Farm near Lampeter, Nant y Moch, Llyn Brianne, Mid Wales woodland, The Bay in Aberystwyth, The Golden Lion in Todmorden, The Angel in Aberystwyth, The Theatre in Hay on Wye, The Druid Inn in Goginan, The Monty Club in Newtown, The Venue - Llandrindod Wells, The Greek Restaurant in Newtown, JD's - Cardiff, Strawberry Fields - Leeds, Headingley - Leeds, The Rugby Club - Lampeter, The Bridges Inn in Ratlinghope, the north coast of Scotland & Mid Wales Music, amongst many other visiting gigs at festivals & events nationwide (including Conscious Tribal Gathering - North Wales, Tynepsyde - Newcastle, Tribal Sphere, The Workhouse Festival - Llanfyllin, OTG, Mirrens - Newtown, The Red Lion - Llani, Soundbites - Llani, The Old Mill - Llani, Bad People In The Woods - Stockport, Micky's - Preston, Fron Dolfor - Newtown, The Grapes - Newtown, V Festival, The White Lion - Birmingham, Iconic Artists - London, Key West - Florida, Montana, Amsterdam, Baedhoevendorp, Stack4 Rugby Club Party - Llani, The Mabinogion Translation Launch Party - Aberystwyth, Rummers - Aberystwyth, The Gallery - Ross of Wye, Beulah Farm Party, Shpangle - Swansea, Solfest, Shamania, Scholars - Aberystwyth, The Art Gallery - Aberystwyth, The Skinner's Arms - Aberystwyth, The Tabernacle - Machynlleth, Chickenshack - Rhoslefein, Llanrhayader, The Prince's Visit & All Wales Business Conference - Portmeirion, Cardiff Castle, The Village Hall - Abbey Cwm-hir, Soma-Sonic - Liverpool, Psilocybe Tribe, Prospect Farm, The George Hotel - Brecon, The Felin Fach Griffin, Shrewsbury, York & Cardiff.) My Artist name is Templetree ( www.templetreemusic.co.uk ) & my label is Great Oak Records (which I set up in 2007). I have produced & released 8 albums (one of which is with my partner Martin - together we are Templetree Psychedelic Soul), which are on my website - which I'd love to showcase at the Celt Events 20th Anniversary Party. I'm passionate about the music & write in many genres & doing this party will enable me to really get the music out there & also bring so many people together, to celebrate so many happy times & nurture a positive sense of community in Mid Wales. It'll also be a celebratory 'Templetree round-the-world-tour leaving party' launching us to go live our dreams, of travelling the world together, after a lot of years' hard work. So, this Celt Events 20th Anniversary Party is going to have to be something really special!! So I'm trying to raise enough funds to make it possible to hire: (hopefully) Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Live Artists, Sound Systems, Sound Engineers, Projection Artists, Lights, Lazers, UV Psychedelic Decor, Djs, Bands, Door Staff, Bouncers, Graphic Design, Promotions, Online Social media Promotions, Flyers, Flyers Distribution, Filming, Media Coverage & Travel expenses. So, that amounts to a lot of overheads - to get 3-4 rooms of music in one venue & all that's involved with that. Plus we'd like to promote our cause there too. So, there's a lot to be done, but thankfully I have 20 years' experience, so that stands us in really good stead :). People coming to work at Celt Events parties have made comments like, "setting up is such a laugh with you" & "your parties are the most stress-free party set-ups that I've ever worked at" So, please invest in Celt Events & try to make it to the celebrations, we'd love to see you there! & if you'd like to stay in touch, please like us at www.facebook.com/greatoakrecords ) also you can sign up at www.templetreemusic.co.uk for more info :) Here's the pricings budget for an extraordinary event: Aberystwyth Arts Centre Hire: £500 Sound Systems Hire x 3: £1500 Live Artists: £3000 Djs: £1000 Live Projections Artists: £400 UV Psychedelic Decor Artists: £500 Graphic Design: £200 Flyers & Posters: £100 Flyers Distribution: £100 Online Promotion: £200 TOTAL = £7,500 So, please come to https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/celt-events-20th-anniversary-party & pledge & share!!!! :) Help us make the dream come true <3.... Thankyou so much, All the very best, Caroline Mulcahy Managing Director Celt Events. 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