Meet And Greet (Page One)
(February 20th 2015) Last Updated: 09/11/2019 10:38:AM
Did You Know? - Spring is here... It occurred at 3:45 this afternoon! We have 92 days of Spring remaining!
The tables were magnificent thanks to the Petroleum Club and Nita Woolston
Seems we had a lot of green today!
Catching up on things...
Greeters greeting and wine flowing... A great way to celebrate
Larry, Gigi,
Carolyn and Roy (Lucky)
"Hey... See my new tooth! It's gold! The little leprechaun hid it there!"
"Yes I did! But it's now time for a nap!"
Speaking of
leprechauns
... We have our own!
Did You Know? - A leprechaun (Irish: leipreachán) is a type of fairy in Irish folklore. It is usually depicted as a little old man, wearing a coat and hat, who partakes in mischief. They are solitary creatures who spend their time making and mending shoes and have a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If captured by a human, the leprechaun has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for their freedom.
"
I am about to leap!"
Did You Know? - If a leprechaun is leaping, what is he likely to be doing?
Dancing a jig. A jig is a traditional Irish dance. According to legend leprechauns are cobblers because they do so much dancing that they are constantly wearing out their shoes!
Donnis, Neal,
Mickey and Bernie
"I am getting the directions to the gold!"
Kathy now knows the location of the gold
Did You Know? - According to legend, how can you obtain the leprechaun's pot of gold?
By capturing him and not taking your eyes off him until you get your gold. This may be the origin of the leprechaun's trickery. Fairy law requires the leprechaun to be honest with you if captured, but only for as long as you look him in the eye. It does not forbid tricks, only lying, but as soon as you look away the leprechaun can vanish, lie to you, or anything else he can dream up.
Freda is ready to go... Complete with dancing shoes made by a cobbler!
Serious greeting underway
Come on in and be greeted!
Richard gets properly greeted by Sandy
Visiting is essential prior to the start of the dance
...and directly from Baja La Mirada... Craig and Linda O'Colby
Larry, Lucky, Kathy, and Tom
Kathy and Tom O'Berg
"So... Tell us know... Where is the gold?"
Did You Know? - According to legend, how can you obtain the leprechaun's pot of gold?
By capturing him and not taking your eyes off him until you get your gold. This may be the origin of the leprechaun's trickery. Fairy law requires the leprechaun to be honest with you if captured, but only for as long as you look him in the eye. It does not forbid tricks, only lying, but as soon as you look away the leprechaun can vanish, lie to you, or anything else he can dream up.
"Oh... Hi there!"
The band is warming up
"We are ready to go!"
The table trees were quite interesting!
Everybody is sitting... Must be that salads are on their way?
"Stop... Don't go any farther... This is a wild Leprechaun running loose on the dance floor!"
Kathy, Paul, Nita, Neal, and Sandy (Courtesy of Ed Roberts)
The music begins and Toppers hit the floor running
Gigi and Larry
The floor is already busy
Lucky and Carolyn demonstrate the proper way to cavort
Did You Know? - We normally picture leprechauns in green suits today, but what color did they wear according to Gaelic tradition?
Red. The color shift seems to have happened around the turn of the 20th century, probably due to a growing association with Irish people and the color green, but older works of poetry and story always depict the leprechaun as wearing a red waistcoat. Some believe that solitary leprechauns wear red coats, while leprechauns who live in colonies wear green.
One last dance before dinner arrives...
Nice to be old... We can have dessert first
Sound: Oh Danny Boy
Initially written to a tune other than "Londonderry Air", the words to "Danny Boy" were penned by English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly in Bath, Somerset in 1910. After his Irish-born sister-in-law Margaret (known as Jess) in the United States sent him a copy of "Londonderry Air" in 1913 (an alternative version has her singing the air to him in 1912 with different lyrics), Weatherly modified the lyrics of "Danny Boy" to fit the rhyme and meter of "Londonderry Air".
Weatherly gave the song to the vocalist Elsie Griffin, who made it one of the most popular songs in the new century; and, in 1915, Ernestine Schumann-Heink produced the first recording of "Danny Boy".
Jane Ross of Limavady is credited with collecting the melody of "Londonderry Air" in the mid-19th century from a musician she encountered.