NEWS: 'New Horizons' in the Rose Parade
Hello All!
We're just off the road from the Celtic Christmas tour, which was just fantastic this year. With stops in Portland, Edmonds, Sandpoint and Leavenworth it was super memorable and fun to share magical Christmas-y moments with all of you in person. So THANK YOU so much if you came to a Christmas show this year!
As we went along, Willow and Solana put together several short video wrap-ups of some of the locations, which you can watch here:
📸 Photo Credit: Norm Eder
Now On to the Latest News...
1. "New Horizons" Featured in California Rose Parade!
We have some exciting news to share -- our song, New Horizons, is going to be featured on a float in the 136th annual Tournament of Roses in California! For those who don't know what that is, it's a nationally televised event on January 1st ( New Year's Day) associated with one of six major games (the Rose Bowl) in American college football, but equally famous for the ingenious televised parade floats decorated in real flower petals created by different universities.
Cal-Poly University students from both the San Luis Obispo and and Pomona campuses have selected our song, "New Horizons" from nearly 50 contenders to accompany their float this year, which has a Scottish Highland theme, featuring Nessie (the Loch Ness Monster) and friends having the "Best Day Ever." We're honored to be chosen by the student team and can't wait to tune in and watch Nessie float along to New Horizons on Colorado Boulevard!
Watch the early stages of testing the float (before putting the flowers on) in this video right here.
2. Spring Celtic Tour Tickets On Sale!
All the dates are now up for our upcoming Celtic Celebration tour, during which we're excited to help welcome the coming of Spring along with celebrating St. Patrick's Day, Gothard Sisters-style. So even though there is still a lot of Winter left to get through, get your tickets early as an end-of-winter treat for your future self. Plus, concert tickets are a fantastic last-minute Christmas gift for friends and family!
Mar 1 | The Panida Theater | Sandpoint, ID | Tickets
Mar 6 | Spanish Ballroom | Tacoma, WA | Tickets
Mar 13 | Grand Historic Theatre | Salem, OR | Tickets
Mar 14 | The Old Church Concert Hall | Portland, OR | Tickets
Mar 15 | Edmonds Center for the Arts | Edmonds, WA | Tickets
That's all the news for now, but there is a lot in store for 2025 that we've been working on for months now. We'll be headed back into the studio to continue working on the next chapter. But before that, we'd like to wish you a festive and restful holiday season and a very Merry Christmas.
See you in the new year,
Greta, Willow and Solana
The Gothard Sisters
P.S. this blog post is an excerpt from the Gothard Sisters’ monthly newsletter, the Story Times. If you’d like to receive these updates, sign up here.
