CARTHAGE -- New England Celtic Arts in collaboration with the Maine Celtic Celebration will present Vishten Tuesday, July 9, at Phillips Area Community Center in Phillips; Wednesday, July 10, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in So. Carthage.; Thursday, July 11, at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison; and Friday, July 12, at Route 27 Arts in Stratton. Curtain is 7 p.m. at each venue.

Made up of seventh-generation Acadians living separate but parallel musical experiences, twin sisters Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc from Prince Edward Island, Canada have teamed up with Pascal Miousse from the nearby Magdelen Islands to create a sound that incorporates elements of the new ways while retaining and staying true to the essential Acadian spirit of their roots. The sound is essentially Celtic but with a difference.

The songs are French, sung by each band member, alone or in three-part harmony. The foot percussion drives the rhythm in a fiddle tune at times yet refrains itself in the gentler musical moments. The band members are accomplished multi-instrumentalists and step-dancers incorporating the fiddle, guitar, accordion, penny-whistle, banjo, mandolin, piano, jaw-harp and bodhran into each performance.

Vishten will be featured artists at the Maine Celtic Celebration on Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and 21, in Belfast, Maine.

Skye Theater is located three miles west of East Dixfield village at 2 Highland Drive. Deertrees Theatre is at 156 Deertrees Road. The Phillips Area Community Center is at 21 Depot Street. Route 27 Arts is at the Stratton Community Building, 88 Main St. For reservations, call Skye Theatre at 207-562-4445; for Deertrees at 207-583-6747; for Route 27 Arts call 207-264-2300; for Phillips tickets are at the door.