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Manx Folk Awards to start next week

Sat, 05 Apr 2014

The Manx Folk Awards is seeing in its third year in 2014.

The event will take place from the 7th to the 9th of April and is hosted by the Department of Education and Children, Culture Vannin and Manx National Heritage.

It celebrates the Island’s music, dance, poetry and song heritage in 41 categories - each with either a Manx theme or in a Manx dialect.

This year, secondary competitions will all be held online, with entrants posting video entries via email.

Jo Callister is an organiser of the event, she says its becoming much more technologically savvy:

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