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May. 4th, 2010 11:59 am
May. 4th, 2010
May. 4th, 2010 08:59 pm
Cad é an diabhal tá ort, a Shiocágo?
The sweet month of May! Time for May wine, Michigan strawberries, and...Celtic Fest? Glad someone gave me a head's up this year or I probably would've missed it entirely. Unfortunately, that someone was the Reader and the occasion was an article on how a mediocre pipe band gained a slot on the main stage due solely to--surprise! their political connexions. Ah, well; at least the City of Chicago Pipe Band are scheduled to play the Bean at that hour, so if you want to hear some real piping you know where to be.
Now what I'd like to see in the local press is an article explaining what happened to the Heavy Athletics. There's no mention of it anywhere on the (admittedly half-assed) Celtic Fest site and the website of the organisers, the Illinois St Andrew Society's Scottish Heavy Athletics, links to the main ISAS website which has...nothing on Heavy Athletics. It's a real letdown, and not just for those (e.g.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
monshu) who are more interested in men hurling things than music. After all, we've got hours upon hours of recorded Scottish songs at home (and that's without even figuring in YouTube) but nothing in the way of caber tossing on video.
Oh, well; think of it as an excuse to sleep in, I guess. I still plan on attending both days, but the only headliner I'm excited about is La Bottine Souriante. Yes, I know what you're all thinking: a Frenchie Canuck band at Celtic Fest? But I don't care; they won me over with their high-spirited virtuoso performance a few years back and I can't wait to dance my ass to them again. Listen for yourselves:
Now what I'd like to see in the local press is an article explaining what happened to the Heavy Athletics. There's no mention of it anywhere on the (admittedly half-assed) Celtic Fest site and the website of the organisers, the Illinois St Andrew Society's Scottish Heavy Athletics, links to the main ISAS website which has...nothing on Heavy Athletics. It's a real letdown, and not just for those (e.g.
monshu) who are more interested in men hurling things than music. After all, we've got hours upon hours of recorded Scottish songs at home (and that's without even figuring in YouTube) but nothing in the way of caber tossing on video.Oh, well; think of it as an excuse to sleep in, I guess. I still plan on attending both days, but the only headliner I'm excited about is La Bottine Souriante. Yes, I know what you're all thinking: a Frenchie Canuck band at Celtic Fest? But I don't care; they won me over with their high-spirited virtuoso performance a few years back and I can't wait to dance my ass to them again. Listen for yourselves: