The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #109581 Message #2292845
Posted By: GUEST
19-Mar-08 - 02:53 PM
Thread Name: An Irish pub is...?
Subject: RE: An Irish pub is ............... ???
After the week-end playing in an Irish Pub I feel qualified to describe it. Saturday night was a jam session with guitar players, banjoists, fiddlers and a few women doing some ceili dancing. Nothing planned or arranged/ On Sunday after the parade we all ended up in the same pub with laughing, talking people, kids running around all over the place, lots of good food and another jam session. The kids all went home about 7.30 pm. The rest of the night was filled with jokes, music and some patrons getting up to do their party piece. Everything was impromptu and not all patrons or singers were Irish, but they are regulars because there is no where else in the vicinity where they can enjoy Ceol agus craic. The owners are Irish, there is no music or songs that are not allowed but we do try to not insult anybody if possible. And it like this on the 3rd Sunday of every month year round. The other Sundays are just as busy but the entertainers range from soft rockers, blue grass, crooners etc., but you can still feel the Irishness as soon as you walk through the door and anybody is welcome to get up and sing at any time, just like back home.