What are you doing this St. Patrick's?

Turner · Post by **Turner** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:18 am

Aaron could you explain to me how you make the flag move like that please?

thurlowe · Post by **thurlowe** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:26 am

Good luck, Chattie Kathy! You can't miss with this music.

All the best on your tour, Dierdre! And be sure to tell me when your next tour comes to Michigan.

Keep us posted on the world tour when that happens, too.

Weekenders, it falls upon my lot to sing "Danny Boy" as well. Your post made me laugh.

Sam, play your heart out! I love the idea of giving the frat house a taste of the whistle.

Cara

AnnaDMartinez · Post by **AnnaDMartinez** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:44 am

I'm lending my house to the St. Andrew's Society of the Black Hills so we can stay warm before we line up for the St. Patrick's Day Parade here in Deadwood, and I'm baking a billion pounds of short bread! Once I get the flour off my hands, I just might go and busk on the porch of the Franklin Hotel and play Hector the Hero for the Highland pipe band Deadwood hires from Montana on my B-Flat Generation, or maybe not, there's gonna be a street fulla college kids barfing up green beer! Sigh! :roll:

chattiekathy · Post by **chattiekathy** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:57 am

Thanks Cara,

I figured they could cover up my mistakes,

Now if I can just cover up theirs!

We all decided as long as we have fun and none of the residents die while we are playing that we will have done well!

I will post a report when I get home on Monday. Oh yeah, we are also doing "Danny Boy" :roll: but with my side kicks being the gospel jammers, I don't know how Irish it will sound. Especially since the guy singing is a Polish/redneck/Dairy farmer! I think we will be presenting a new spin on Irish music!

Cheers,
Kathy

Roger O'Keeffe · Post by **Roger O'Keeffe** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:18 am

Starting the festivities at lunchtime by playing background music at the open day in the Irish Club of Belgium. Onwards later in the afternoon to a reception given by Irish Army personnel attached to various international bodies here. Then to the Embassy to enjoy the hospitality of our extremely popular ambassador and wet the shamrock at the taxpayer's expense. Unfortunately, as I'll have to bring my pipes with me to the latter two venues, I'll probably have to go easy on the jar in case they're spotted and I'm asked to play.

On the 18th, singing in the choir and playing a pipes solo at the annual Mass in the historic Irish Franciscan College in Louvain - we do the O Riada Mass, and the acoustics in the College chapel are so wonderful that we even think we sound good ourselves, no matter how bad we've been during rehearsals elsewhere. Then a bunch of us will play more background music for a reception in the adjoining Irish Institute. Will also probably get the usual last-minute call to rustle up a few musicians to add atmosphere in the bar of the sportsground where an exhibition match of Gaelic football is played on the Sunday before or after St Patrick's Day. All in all a quiet week, compared with the way things used to be when I came here first.

McHaffie · Post by **McHaffie** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:27 am

Saturday is the parade in Springfield, MO. Parade starts around 2.00 so there's entertainment from like 9.00 till then. I'll be playing on stage w/ a local group (I'm not worthy!!! they are really good) and then I'll be playing at the local Celtic Society's setup. Sunday I play at my Grandmothers church.
THEN, Monday night I play at a local Coffeehouse downtown.

(btw, the first hoolie was this last Monday night and it turned out really good. something like 8 musicians showed up to play, several others to scope it out, and looks like we'll have upwards of 10 or 12 for next time!!! COOL!!

)

Take care,
John

Blarney Pilgrim · Post by **Blarney Pilgrim** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:30 am

Kicking off the weekend with a gig at the local community college coffee house.

Steve

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:45 am

Let's see: I'll be playing in two parades, at a retirement community and the local psych hospital (I got invited back after playing there last year). Then I have an evening class with Bill Ochs, and at 10 pm the Black 47 concert. Tuesday I'll sleep all day.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 1:36 pm

No gigs this year; the fellow I usually do the St. Paddy's debacle thing with is recovering from a sprung back. Darn...good money, too. Sooo...maybe the Sunday session at Keegan's, Monday at Molly Quinn's. Depends on how unruly the party animals get, you know? :roll:

Otherwise I usually avoid Irish pubs during this time.

Nanohedron MacGrinch

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 1:49 pm

Saturday I'll watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 1:50 pm

Some other folks and I had a nice easy gig lined up for the Friday the 14th. Something happened and it fell though. So nuthin.

Steve

Wizzer · Post by **Wizzer** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:04 pm

Good seats for my first time seeing them live Monday night.

hank123 · Post by **hank123** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:09 pm

Four Irish pubs on 1 block within walking distance of home
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1 whistle and a collection of memorized tunes
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a limited amount of $
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free pints once $=0 for every tune played

= tripping happily home only stopping to piss in the harbor...

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:12 pm

Friday our pipe band does the St. Anne's church community St. Patrick's party/ concert then Friday the Roanoke St. Patrick's Day parade. I'll be flinging those tenor mallets at these (but I'm taking the good old laughing whistle , it'll fit in the sporran.

Isilwen · Post by **Isilwen** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:23 pm

As far as I'm aware, I have no plans for St. Patrick's Day... Unless I get called by one of the churches to play for one of their annual dinners or something...

I'll probably watch Irish/St. Patrick's Day TV specials and all, as well as play my whistle and wear green.

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