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Here are some fun events happening for June 2012 in the Irish community, via the people at Saint Brigid's:
Summer is here a great time to get out and do something different, if you have not had the opportunity to attended one of our events, now is the time.
SUNDAY 10th
BREAKFAST – IRISH MUSIC - LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
IF YOU ENJOY IRISH MUSIC THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE!
Real toe-tapping, knee slapping, singing and dancing. Featuring musical entertainment by our very talented and dedicated volunteer musicians from the Irish community.
Pancakes, Ham, Home Fries, Juice, Fruit, Tea/Coffee
COST: Adults: $5, Children $3. TIME: 10 am – NOON
Live music, good food, good company at affordable price.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!!!
Info: 613-225-1830. Entrance to Kildare Room on Cumberland Street
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FRIDAY 15th
4th ANNUAL – St.Patrick's Parade Golf Tournament
TIME: 12:00 pm
Split Tee start-Best Ball
Mount Cascade Golf Course
915 Chemin du Mont Cascades, Cantley, Quebec 819-459-20980
Dinner and prizes immediately following – Tickets- $125 per person
Dinner only - $50
To reserve your foursome now please contact:
Sean Kealey sean.kealey@forefrontcable.ca 613-220-4706
Brennan Thomson brennant@hotmail.ca 613-227-8179
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SATURDAY 16th
Celebrating "Bloomsday Ottawa 2012" - Bloom and other Characters about Dublin on 16 June 1904. Produced for Tara Players Theatre of Ottawa, scripted and directed by Pádraig Finlay. With and at Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts, 310 St.Patrick St. Fundraising Benefits for: Saint Brigid's Historical Centre and Tara Players Margit Tauchner Scholarship in Irish Theatre, University of Ottawa. Donations ... appreciated …. Cash Bar. Edwardian Dublin 1904 style dress encouraged…for a Costume Competition!
13.00 Bloomsday Reception at The Well
14.00 Bloomsday Explict ...BDX, Performance in the Kildare Room
16.30 Bloomsday Ottawa 2012 Procession through the ByWard Market to The Aulde Dubliner Upstairs, 62 William St.
17.00 "ReJoyce Dubliners" with "Bloom's Bites" menu, pints, wines and high spirits
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THURSDAY 21st to SUNDAY 24th
OUR ROOTS ART EXHIBITION
This art exhibition is a fundraiser for the Gaeltacht. (An area in which the Irish language is spoken as a community language and its culture and traditions are very much alive and thriving). Vernissage is Thursday 21st June and will be opened by:
Irish Ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Dr. Ray Bassett.
Thursday 5:00 – 7:30 pm
Friday 11:00 – 7:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 – 7:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 – 4:30 pm
Entrance to Kildare Room on Cumberland Street
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FRIDAY 22nd
The Canadian Association of Irish Studies is proud to present:
The Life & Times of Thomas D'Arcy McGee in Words & Music
The McGee Band is James Stephens (fiddle, octave mandolin, and vocals) and Frank Cassidy (tin whistles and tenor guitar), multi-instrumentalist Greg T. Brown (concertina, accordion, fiddle, tenor banjo and vocals), bodhran player extraordinaire Ken Harper, and piano and melodeon player Jeff McClintock. Together, David A. Wilson and the McGee Band put on a show that combines the speeches, letters and poems of McGee with original music by The McGee Band, that is fresh, and innovative and respectful of its traditional roots.
TICKETS: $25:00 (students $15:00) Online from Evenbrite
TIME: 8:00 pm
Please refer to the website for these and other events on offer:
Saint Brigid's for the Centre Arts
Home of the National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre
310 St. Patrick Street,
Ottawa, K1N 5K5
613-244-7373
www.saintbrigidscentre.ca
14.00 Bloomsday Explict ...BDX, Performance in the Kildare Room
16.30 Bloomsday Ottawa 2012 Procession through the ByWard Market to The Aulde Dubliner Upstairs, 62 William St.
17.00 "ReJoyce Dubliners" with "Bloom's Bites" menu, pints, wines and high spirits
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THURSDAY 21st to SUNDAY 24th
OUR ROOTS ART EXHIBITION
This art exhibition is a fundraiser for the Gaeltacht. (An area in which the Irish language is spoken as a community language and its culture and traditions are very much alive and thriving). Vernissage is Thursday 21st June and will be opened by:
Irish Ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Dr. Ray Bassett.
Thursday 5:00 – 7:30 pm
Friday 11:00 – 7:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 – 7:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 – 4:30 pm
Entrance to Kildare Room on Cumberland Street
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FRIDAY 22nd
The Canadian Association of Irish Studies is proud to present:
The Life & Times of Thomas D'Arcy McGee in Words & Music
The McGee Band is James Stephens (fiddle, octave mandolin, and vocals) and Frank Cassidy (tin whistles and tenor guitar), multi-instrumentalist Greg T. Brown (concertina, accordion, fiddle, tenor banjo and vocals), bodhran player extraordinaire Ken Harper, and piano and melodeon player Jeff McClintock. Together, David A. Wilson and the McGee Band put on a show that combines the speeches, letters and poems of McGee with original music by The McGee Band, that is fresh, and innovative and respectful of its traditional roots.
TICKETS: $25:00 (students $15:00) Online from Evenbrite
TIME: 8:00 pm
Please refer to the website for these and other events on offer:
Saint Brigid's for the Centre Arts
Home of the National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre
310 St. Patrick Street,
Ottawa, K1N 5K5
613-244-7373
www.saintbrigidscentre.ca
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