Phil Coulter Playing For Downpatrick Listowel Linkage

Topxa0Composer,xa0Producer and Performerxa0Phil Coulterxa0headlinesxa0north-south musical concert Axa0major musical concert is being staged at the Ulster Hall in Belfast on Saturday 26^th November 2011, featuring Phil Coulter and special guests the Cross Border Youth Orchestra of Ireland, Una Hunt, Kintra and Liam O’Connor.xa0This special musicalxa0concert is to markxa0over thirty years of north southxa0co-operation by the Downpatrick and Listowel Linkage Group. John Noble, Group Chairman said, “Composer, producer and performer Phil Coulter was the reigning king of contemporary Celtic music, becoming the best-selling Irish artist of his generation. Born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1942, Coulter began his career while studying music at Belfast’s Queens University, writing the Capitol Showband’s 1963 hit “Foolin’ Time” and later penning the ensemble’s 1965 Eurovision Song Contest entry “Walking the Streets in the Rain. [caption id="attachment_30542" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="Phil Coulter will be playing in the Ulster Hall to mark the 30th aniversary of the Downpatrick Listowel Linkage Group."][/caption] “Other notable compositions of the era include Twinkle’s 1964 smash “Terry” and Them’s oft-covered garage-rock classic “I Can Only Give You Everything.” Still, Coulter enjoyed his greatest success as a writer after teaming up with collaborator Bill Martin; together they authored some of the biggest pop hits of the period, including Sandie Shaw’s Eurovision-winning “Puppet on a String” and Cliff Richard’s “Congratulations. “Since 1982xa0 the Downpatrick and Listowel Linkage Group has engaged many thousands of people of all ages and from many walks of life in cross-community/cross-border exchanges, promoting social, cultural, educational and economic links. It encourages participants and the wider community to identify areas of common interest and uses these as a means of addressing the barriers that exist between North and South. xa0Today the group is the longest running and most successful north south co-operation body in existence and its work continues to be of relevance as it was in 1982.” he added. Tickets for this event are available from the Ulster Hall Box Office – Telephone 028 9033 4455 or Online: www.ulsterhall.co.uk. ]]>