-Kenton
Today was the last day of level one. We did a lot of review but more importantly we got ready for the talent show tonight. Andrew(our teacher) decided we should sing an easy Irish song. It was called .......? It was pretty good but definitely not the hit of the night. The best was Professor Gleason's group (fashon show). I have links to all the video I took below. Wait till the end of the fashon show video to see professor gleason bust out the moves.
After the talent show we all went out to biddy's to listen to music and say farewell to the students that were leaving. It was agreat night. I even did a little singing myself durring the session. The lead of the duet was Joe. He had a girl playing tin whistle with him while he played guitar and sang. he songs ranged anywere from traditional irish music to Johnny Cash and some southern Rock. All the locals were there too. It was really a great time. Most of the crew headed to Julie and Sarah's cabin to continue the party, including Joe the musician and the whistle player. I stayed behind to continue my talks with Martin and Paddy. But on their way out the door I was handed two full untouched glasses of whisky. I was not planing on drinking heavily tonight....but man did those whiskies take me out. Around 2 o'clock the gharda (police) came in and busted up the fun at Biddy's the he went to the other two bars in town and did the same. I guess this only happens about once a year but everyone took it very seriously. But it didn't stop Mark(actor), Paddy(farmer), and Martin(lobsterman) from heading to the girls cottage with me.
We carried on the party till 4:30 in the morning when we had to start kicing everybody out. It was really a good time. I met people from australia, I mean I don't remeber much about them and I havn't seen them since but I remember meeting them. There was dancing and singing, all kinds of good fun. Of course with good fun comes payment and I have a feeling I'll be paying for it in the morning...
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The song that Andrew had us sing at the Friday talent show was "Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile" or "Oro, You Are Welcome Home." I found this song particularly interesting because it talks about a woman warrior coming home. The fact that everyone in the audience joined in with singing the song shows how popular and important it is to Irish culture. Personally, I find it refreshing to see a song about strong women being celebrated as part of a culture's heritage. Not many cultures would be as appreciative of their women's contributions.
After the show, we had some farewells at Biddy's and Roarty's. Again, people showed up at our cottage afterwards. It was fun, but NI Julie was a bit worried because there were quite a few people there that she didn't recognize. For that reason, she told everyone to finish their drinks and leave. I was surprised at how fast people responded to her. At an American party I think people would have trickled out of the party, but everyone basically ran for the door. It was kind of a relief to have a quiet evening at the cottage and get some rest because tomorrow we were going to Donegal.
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