NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Manx Music Festival Organisers have been quick in responding to a decision by a competitor to quit over sponsorship of this year?s event (see link): Mann: Consternation and Applause at Guild The Festival Chairman Graham Crowe was dismissive of the ?protester?. However, the decision to both reject and dismiss the stance of the man involved, Stewart Bennett, may yet come back to haunt the organisers. Bennett is a well respected Manxman, a citizen of Peel with a deep love of the Isle of Man, its language and culture he is well known by all involved in nationalism in all its facets linguistic, cultural and political. He is not an individual who neither takes a stance lightly nor is he one who flippantly seeks the limelight ? in short this was not a stunt and many with a similar perspective to Bennett will have been given food for thought (indeed this seems to have been illustrated immediately after his announcement). Also and shamefully in rejecting his stance organisers seem to wish to hide his commitment over the years to the Guild. Celtic League did ?a quick trawl? on the organisations own website and we found his commitment and record at the Guild is lengthy and distinguished (see below); ?Reading at Sight in Manx Gaelic 2014 Outstanding 2012 Distinction 2011 Distinction 2010 Distinction 2009 Outstanding? (Related link here.) J B Moffatt (Mr) Director of Information Celtic League 04/05/15 (Please note that replies to correspondence received by the League and posted on CL News are usually scanned hard copies. Obviously every effort is made to ensure the scanning process is accurate but sometimes errors do occur.) ISSUED BY THE CELTIC LEAGUE INFORMATION SERVICE. The Celtic League has branches in the six Celtic Countries. It works to promote cooperation between these countries and campaigns on a broad range of political, cultural and environmental matters. It highlights human rights abuse, monitors all military activity and focuses on socio-economic issues Internet site at: (voir le site) (voir le site) Share this!