Manx Telecom is sponsoring three days of Yn Chruinnaght 2011. This is the fourth year the company has supported the event and the sponsorship this year covers the Friday, Saturday and Sunday (July 22 to 24) of the week long festival. Manx Telecom is also supplying organisers with mobile broadband and its Online SMS service which allows text messages to be sent in bulk. Voirrey Barron, Manx Telecom Marketing Communications Manager, said that the company’s support for the festival goes beyond financial and technical support. She commented: “In addition to providing sponsorship, and the SMS service, we also promote Yn Chruinnaght on the internet, in our shops, and with newspaper adverts. Yn Chruinnaght is one of the highlights of the Manx cultural calendar and Manx Telecom is very proud to support an event with such a rich heritage.” The Online SMS service is proving popular with event organisers, community groups and businesses because it saves a lot of time and effort in communicating with large numbers of individuals. The service allows messages to be sent out to individually targeted customers, suppliers and employees via their mobile handsets and mobile devices direct from a PC. Friday July 22 - the first night of Manx Telecom’s sponsorship - features a concert by Irish band Guidewires at the Centenary Centre in Peel with support from new Manx band ScammyIt. The following evening the festival moves to the Masonic Hall, Douglas, for a Giant Ceili featuring Cornish group Kemysk and Shoostring, a group of Appalachian clog dancers from Wales. The renowned Scottish singer Maeve MacKinnon tops the bill on the last night of the festival on Sunday July 24 at Peel’s Centenary Centre. She will be accompanied by Angus Lyon and Ross Martin with support from Manx band Staa. For more information - and to buy tickets - go to http://www.ynchruinnaght.com/ or call the ticket hotline 07624 425957. Alternatively, tickets can be purchased from the following outlets: Celtic Gold, 5 Michael St. Peel; Mostly Manx, Nelson Street, Douglas; Peter Norris Music, Finch Road, Douglas; Shakti Man, 68 Parliament Street, Ramsey; Thompson Travel, Station Road Port Erin. Tickets may also be purchased on the door at events which are not sold out. - ENDS -