Our monthly dinner night fell on St Patricks Day so naturally the theme for our dinner was St Patrick's Day. Residents were encouraged to wear green and they did. We usually have an Irish Dance group come to dance for us. This year we couldn't get them due to problems they incurred due to Covid Lockdowns in the past. However, we solved the problem when Our Line Dancing Group offered to entertain us by dancing to Irish music. We normally have a distinguished visiting guest speaker but this year we had one of our residents from the History Group give us a talk on St Patrick. We also had a resident sing Danny Boy for us.
Bill says, "Top 'o' the mornin'" to Fergus our mascot.
We sat with a lovely group of neighbours.
Many guests wore green and fun head wear.
Nanette makes great cocktails. The bar is manned by village volunteers.
John gave an interesting talk.
The line dancers entertained us and had fun themselves dancing to Irish music.
Stewart sang 'Danny Boy'
The Rochedale High School Catering students served us well.
What fun you all seemed to have. The girls and their dancing, they look good! Totally forgot about St. Patrick's Day till late in the afternoon..
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fun dinner and St. Patrick's Day celebration! Take care, enjoy your weekend!
Glad to see you all having fun together! This celebration is unknown in our country. It comes from the anglo saxon countries I suppose.
ReplyDeleteFetching topper, Bill!
ReplyDeleteYou have such fun there with all the residents.
ReplyDeleteYou always have such fun at those dinners. Are you both fully recovered?
ReplyDeleteYes we have , thank you.
DeleteAll in all it sounds like you had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day! enjoy the weekend.
ReplyDeleteOh I'd take THAT cocktail in a heart beat. As always so happy you get to share such fun events with your neighbors and with us. --Sherry in MT
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see the high school students back! You guys really do have the best get togethers, you couldn't possibly not smile at those line dancers!
ReplyDeleteYet another fun party. You sure landed in a wonderful retirement place. I think the Irish dancing by the line dancers was even better than the Irish dancers
ReplyDeleteIt looks as if you celebrated the day in style. Such fun!
ReplyDeleteIf I hadn't read about St. Patrick's day I wouldn't have known. It's not celebrated here at all and anyway as we are still in our lockdown prison all amusements have been cancelled. To avoid that too many people go to the sea they have invented now a new system, to reduce the number of tourists, only the window seats can be used ! You all look very cheerful, evenings like that are always a joy !
ReplyDeleteYou have very talented neighbors! Except Fergus. I think he’s a little scary. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWe used to have amazing St Patrick's day dinners in South Africa, wonderful memories. Now we have not been out for a meal for over a year thanks to COVID!! We are still very restricted and still have curfew. Cheers t'other Diane
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to celebrate St Patrick's Day! Everything looks very festive the entertainment was fun, and the dinner looked so delicious!
ReplyDeleteI made Irish Soda Bread and our traditional corned beef and cabbage with potatoes and carrots--it was all delicious. No desert as St Joseph's day ia a couple days afterward and Italians celebrate that with a delicious sweet pastry.
Now that my family has all had the covid vaccine we plans on gathering again for Easter this year. That was the first holiday we could bot celebrate together last year and it will be exciting to be able to be together again as a family without worries!
What a great fun green day. The food looks so good too.
ReplyDeleteWow sounds like a fun time was had
ReplyDeleteYour St Patrick's dinner sounds wonderful. I think I might have to rethink living here and take out citizenship up there! Those lovely dinners would be worth the move, but I would have to convince my husband!
ReplyDeleteThis was another great celebration dinner right after the Chinese New Year festivities and it was great to see you and Bill looking fully recovered and enjoying the events, Diane.
ReplyDeleteYou guys have way too much fun Diane 😉 Good to see you are both feeling fit and well 💙
ReplyDeleteAnd here it passed by in France without a peep. Then again, all the pubs are still closed!
ReplyDeleteWe were just the three of us. We live in lockdown. We made a curried spinach with brown rice. Had a salad too. Dessert was a small bit of chocolate bark, the dark kind.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks such fun.
All the best Jan
You have the greatest parties in your community. I thoroughly enjoyed your photos, so much fun!
ReplyDeleteSo good to see you guys back to normal. Must admit I’m slightly “green” with envy ... but I think we’ll get there eventually. At least there is hope now.
ReplyDeleteYou always have such fun events.
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