Begoshin' and begorrin', it is a St. Paddy's day I'll remember for a long time... First, the Kootenay Kilty Band strolling around town for nearly two hours with the bagpipes sounding and the drums thumping the background beat in familiar Irish tunes, up and down the streets of Nelson. They wound up at Jigsaws ,just standing on the corner and playing. What a lovely way to get into the Irish spirit! After work, I strolled over to Finley's, Nelson's only Irish pub. It was all decked out in Guiness flaggging and the bargirls were prettied up with green adornments in the way of beads or ribbons and one gal had a green wig! It was all very colourful and packed to the hilt. A young Irish band fiddled and sang Irish tunes, while the customers clapped and stomped their feet. I didn't know a soul sitting at any of the tables and every table was taken! Thank goodness that Gord came and in a few minutes, we were chatting it up with two fellows who had an entire table to themselves. The one fellow was from Banff and had a little Irish French, English background and was happy to be part of the festivities. Within minutes, Janice and Emil came in, after their ride from HArrop/Balfour on the bus! Yes, Emil took the bus into Nelson, and the two of them met us at Finleys, So now we had a table of six and the band was getting revved up with more Irish tunes. The Firefighters came with green t-shirts and took donations for Muscular Dystrophy... and here the first impression was that they were the SWAT team coming in to settle the Irish differences!
We ordered a Guiness and some dinner. Gord and Janice both had the Irish stew in a bread bowl... we went for the Natchos and the dry ribs...all very tasty indeed!
Half way through dinner and the first band packed it in and made way for the Kootenay Kilty Band. About 20 of the band members came marching into Finleys, playing the bagpipes and the drums... talk about LOUD! Whew! Janice brought earplugs, but us neophytes were blasted by the bagpipes and drums until we thought we were totally deafened.
Don't get me wrong,the music was great...just hard on the ears in a confined space. Emil and I left by 8:30 or so and called it a night.
Emil's back is still pretty sore from him pulling a muscle or twisting somethingand after sitting in a hard chair for several hours, he was ready for his beddy.
All in all it was a Great St. PAddies night and if I can ever get the pics off my phone, I'll be happy to post a few. We left just before the second band was about to begin... Heady Attire, I think they were called...
so now I am ready for my beddy. I hear Emil snoring already... good night all... I'll get back to the emails tomorrow...sorry bout that! Love all of you!
"The Creator"
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