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Spokane’s Bridal Whistle leads sing‑along and promotes CD at Missoula Celtic Festival; website address differs from band name
Summary
Bridal Whistle, introduced as a band from Spokane, encouraged audience participation during its Missoula Celtic Festival set and said a full‑length CD was available for sale; the band gave a Facebook reference and a website URL that differs from the band name as spoken on stage.
Bridal Whistle, introduced on stage as a band from Spokane, played a set at the Missoula Celtic Festival that included audience participation, solos and a dancer. Chris Reichert, identified as lead vocalist and guitar player, introduced band members and prompted the crowd to join a call‑and‑response chorus.
David McGuire, identified on stage as the band leader and whistle player, and Chris Reichert asked the audience to “yell really, really loud” as part of a chorus the band rehearsed aloud. The group led the crowd through practice lines including “Never or never or never again,” and asked for loud participation to make the arrangement work while a singer in the band was “losing his voice.”
Band members named in the introduction included David McGuire (band leader and whistle player), Ella Wilkinson (fiddle and upright bass), Justice Morgan (bodhrán and cajón) and Kelsey Hansen (fiddle). The group also acknowledged a dancer, Madison McGuire.
The band said a full‑length CD was available at a sales table at the festival and gave social media and web references: they said they have “a very active Facebook page” and provided a web address that the transcript records as www.brokenwhistle.us, which does not match the spoken band name on stage. The transcript records the spoken band name as “Bridal Whistle”; the website and the spoken name differ in the record.
On stage the band thanked festival volunteers and the sound crew, credited several instrumental solos and closed by encouraging continued festival attendance. The performance included traditional and drinking‑song repertoire; the band described one song’s traditional purpose as to see “who in the band would mess up first,” a detail given during the set.
Details available from the performance: band self‑identification as “Bridal Whistle” from Spokane; lineup introductions for David McGuire, Chris Reichert, Ella Wilkinson, Justice Morgan, Kelsey Hansen and Madison McGuire; a statement that a “full length CD” was available at the event; and the web address cited on stage as www.brokenwhistle.us. The transcript also records the band asking for loud audience participation to support a chorus.
