Day of the Dead Community Event 2018

Sarah Perry at Day of the Dead Community Event.  

This October 20th 2018

Sarah plays traditional Irish music and sings in English and French. She is also classically trained on violin. 

Sarah began playing the violin at age five and then took up the fiddle when she was seven. She's won numerous awards for her fiddle, tin whistle, and mandolin playing, for her singing and for her composition of new tunes. She has qualified 5 times for the Fleadh Cheoil in Ireland, and competed 4 times in the past 5 years.  This is the highest level of competition for Irish Traditional music. Sarah competed in Derry (2013), Sligo (2014 and 2015), and Ennis (2017). She has attended master classes at Scoil Eigse, and studied with Martin Hayes.  In addition, Sarah studied at the Gaelic College in Cape Breton in 2016 with Natalie MacMaster.

Day of the Dead Community Event 2018

Maya Mougey will be performing at Day of the Dead Community Event 2018 on October 20th, please check the program for times.

 Maya Mougey. Is 16 year old singer/songwriter from Dublin, Ohio.  She started writing music when she was 9 years old.  She plays guitar and piano. 

Some of her accomplishments have been:

-2nd place in the 2017 Columbus Songwriters Association Finale Showcase at Skully's Music Diner, Columbus, Ohio.
-Participant in the 2016 Columbus Songwriters Association Finale Showcase at Notes, Columbus, Ohio
-Winner of the 2015 Columbus Songwriters Association Finale Showcase at Notes, Columbus, Ohio
-Featured artist in the Columbus Makes Art campaign (2015/16)
 -Member of Columbus Songwriters Association, finishing in the top 3 at three events, Columbus, Ohio (2014)
-Finalist in Voice of the City competition, Columbus, Ohio (2014)

Honoring:Mother Earth "lift her up"

About the celebration of death

These days The Day of the Dead holiday blends the cultures of the Aztec and Spanish Conquistadors.

When the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, they encountered two-month celebrations honoring death, For thousands of years, the goddess Mictlantecuhtli (Lady of the Dead) presided over Aztec harvest rituals using fires and incense, images of their dead, and offerings of ceramics, personal goods, flowers and foods, drink, and flowers.

The church attempted to transform the joyous celebration to a suitably tragic image of death and a serious day of prayer reflecting on the saints and martyrs. The people of Mexico did not fully adopt the early priests' ideas, and by keeping their familiar ceremonies, All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day evolved into the celebrations we know today.