Saint o'Paddy's Day?

[nemo7]

to listen to and What to Drink on St. Pats?

Edited March 11, 2005 by nemo7

[Guest che]

Just come back from a week in Dublin, and perparations are in full swing for the four-day celebration. Meantime the Irish have something else on their mind today, a big rugby game against the French.

Che.

[brownie]

The French 15 celebrated Saint-Patrick by defeating the Irish rugby team 26-19 at Dublin's Lansdowne Road this afternoon. The Irish team fought gallantly but the French were best! It was Ireland's first loss in the Six-Nation tournament this year!

Feel sure this will not prevent the Irish to celebrate!

[rostasi]

to listen to and What to Drink on St. Pats?

24 hour rodcast of:

Every year for the past 25 years I've played Roaratorio all day on St. Patrick's Day.

I'll drink whatever's handy - from hot Chai tea to cold Cherry China Cola

[Guest che]

The French 15 celebrated Saint-Patrick by defeating the Irish rugby team 26-19 at Dublin's Lansdowne Road this afternoon. The Irish team fought gallantly but the French were best! It was Ireland's first loss in the Six-Nation tournament this year!

Feel sure this will not prevent the Irish to celebrate!

This will be pretty hard to deal with, high expectations etc and yes they will celebrate.

I have not seen the match yet, but all I can do is hope the Scots beat the Welsh tomorrow.

Che.

[Jazz Kat]

I gotta march 3 and a half miles in the parade with a snare drum on my shoulder.

[Dmitry]

Ahh, the fond memories of St. Patrick's Day are streaming back..being on call, trying to restrain the mildly inebriated gentleman with a broken jaw, word "Timberland" clearly and firmly imprinted on his technicolored face. Good times....

[A Lark Ascending]

Saw wonderful UK pianist Nikki Iles tonight with her trio. She started the second set off with an exquisite 'Danny Boy'.

This is clearly now an official part of the Great American Songbook.

[Guest che]

Saw wonderful UK pianist Nikki Iles tonight with her trio. She started the second set off with an exquisite 'Danny Boy'.

This is clearly now an official part of the Great American Songbook.

You are very fortunate.

I have long admired the talents of Nikki Iles.

Che.

[Guest che]

Saw wonderful UK pianist Nikki Iles tonight with her trio. She started the second set off with an exquisite 'Danny Boy'.

This is clearly now an official part of the Great American Songbook.

That and perhaps the 'Irish Rover'?

Maybe this presents a particular image of what it is to be Irish?

B-)

Che.

[Chuck Nessa]

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

We fix about 6 hunks of corn beef, a huge pot of potatos and another pot of cabbage. We eat this stuff for about 10 days (if we are lucky).

As far as listening and drinking goes, Cecil Taylor, Coleman Hawkins, beer, whiskey, whatever.

ENJOY!

Edited March 13, 2005 by Chuck Nessa

[Jazz Kat]

I'll never forget what my dad said, about bag pipes.

We were talking about annoying instruments, (annoying to him) and saxophones came up. yada yada yada, it was St pats day, so I said dad, hey what about those bag pipes, he was like, (rather surprising) "Oh, let them have their day."

[A Lark Ascending]

The odd thing is that these things are more associated with Scotland (and, perhaps, Northern Ireland) than Eire:

When talking pipes in the south we're thinking:

Not exactly easy to carry along the street.

St. Patrick's day is a very low key affair in England, celebrated by some people of Irish descent and a few pubs on the make. The only way I ever remember it being different from any other day was when my grandfather used to send me a postcard of Athlone (where he lived) and some shamrock.

It's never been a good idea for the Irish to flaunt their Irishness here.

[sidewinder]

Liam O'Flynn on your lower photo, Bev. Great memories of a performance of 'The Brendan Voyage' that he did with chamber orchestra at RFH about 20 years ago. Those were the days when you could actually park your car for free in the evening right next to the RFH ! B-)

Edited March 13, 2005 by sidewinder

[A Lark Ascending]

I saw Liam a few weeks back at the Barbican with the reformed (occasionally) Planxty. Still doing the business - I spent most of the concert close to tears!

I've never seen the live Brendan performance but have had the LP since the early 80s (recently got the CD). Glorious music.

Liam O'Flynn doing a lament on the uilleann pipes is one of those things guaranteed to reduce me to a quivering wreck. Must be some genetic folk memory!!!!

Edited March 13, 2005 by Bev Stapleton

[Guest che]

As Bev suggest St Pat's Day is not that big over in the UK.

Some large cities do some things, and my local rugby club is planning something this year ( we have a number of Irish rugby players), but it is not such a big thing.

Perhaps I will watch the Ireland Vs England Six Nations Rugby Match from a few weeks ago ( Ireland won)

Che.