LEWISTON — “America’s Got Talent’s” 2007 second-place winners, Celtic Spring, will perform Tuesday, July 27, at the Franco-American Heritage Center.

The six siblings who play the fiddle and step dance, backed by their mom on the keyboard and their dad on percussion, will also perform Wednesday, July 28, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in Carthage; and Thursday, July 29, at Unity College Center for the Performing Arts in Unity.

Celtic Spring is all about driving music, riveting dancing, youthful exuberance and bursts of energy. The group’s music hails from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  While firmly grounded in the traditions of its ancestors, Celtic Spring has a style all its own.        

Each of the six Wood family siblings began learning the fiddle and Irish step dancing at age 4. They are also classically trained violinists and have studied under some of the finest fiddlers today, including Natalie MacMaster, Alasdair Fraser, Martin Hayes and Liz Carroll.

The siblings are champion Irish dancers, and they have been influenced by French-Canadian and Cape Breton step dancing styles. They are known for their tight choreography, powerful footwork, intricacy and precision in dancing — not to mention dancing and fiddling simultaneously.

While immersed in traditional music, the band has developed a repertoire that includes numerous original compositions. Depth of expression is evident in itsarrangements, from haunting airs to hard-driving dance tunes.  In recent years, Celtic Spring has added expressive vocals and the rhythmic octave mandolin.  

In 2002, Celtic Spring was named Grand Champion of the World at the World Championships of the Performing Arts in Hollywood. Besides its second-place showing on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” the band has been featured on “The Today Show,” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” PBS and Japan’s Nippon Television. The group has released two albums, “At the Source” and “Cornerstone.”

Curtain is at 7 p.m. at the FAHC and Skye Theatre, and 7:30 at UCCPA. Preshow jam sessions will begin 45 minutes prior to curtain at Skye and Unity.

Tickets are $12 at FAHC, and $10 at Skye and Unity. For reservations, call FAHC at 689-2000, Skye at 562-4445 or UCCPA at 948-7469. The FAHC is at 46 Cedar St.; Skye Theater is at 2 Highland Drive in Carthage; and UCCPA is at 42 Depot St., Unity.