[Loch-Ruadh] Eighth Annual Padraig Ruad OMaolagain Wake and Bardic Beerfest!

[Jacklyn Crisp]

Would it be possible to get directions for the wake? I
noticed that it was not listed on the Loch Ruadh
calendar.
Rose


--- Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin
<padraig_ruad at irishbard.org> wrote:

> Oh, the wailing, the mourning, the gnashing of
> teeth!  Sackcloth and
> ashes! A dark, dire day of danger, death and
> destruction, a dreary dearth
> of delight, deadly to dozens of doleful denizens
> doomed to dwell in
> dimness, dullness, despair and dementia!
> 
> And a great reason to hold one heck of a party!
> 
> Yes, it’s the Eighth Annual Padraig Ruad O’Maolagain
> Wake and Bardic
> Beerfest!
> 
> Date:  Saturday, 13 May
> Time:  4:00PM to Whenever
> Place:  Polydore Pike’s Primary Place of Palatial
> Permanence
> 	660 Springfield Road, Springtown
> 
> PLEASE NOTE that the date has changed from 6 May,
> due to the gathering of
> the Ansteorran Royal Navy at Beltaine on that
> weekend.  If you show up at
> Polydore's on the 6th, he'll put you to work on
> lawnmowing or some other
> task.
> 
> Potluck Feast: Please bring something to share for
> the feast.  Polydore
>                and I usually char some dead animals
> on the grill, but other
>                meats are welcome as well.
> Other feast items to consider bringing:
> 	Bread
> 	Cheese
> 	Raw vegetables and dip
> 	Cooked vegetables
>         Baked Beans (hint hint, Dunstan)
> 	Pickles
> 	Chips
>         Fruit
> 	Desserts
>         Bread Pudding (hint hint, Janie)
>         Or whatever recipe you want to show off/try
> out on your friends
>         (or enemies)
> 
> Things to bring:  Snacks, whatever you like to
> drink, mugs, chairs,
> personal tables, coolers, musical instruments,
> songbooks, etcetera.
> 
> Food!  Drink!  Dancing!  Singing!  A dead Irishman
> in a coffin!  What more
> could you ask for?
> 
> The Dead Bard Competition – Not the most prestigious
> Bardic mantle a bard
> might ever wear, but perhaps one of the most
> interesting.  Bring your best
> songs, poetry and prose about Death, Destruction,
> Gloom and Doom (and no,
> it’s not just a typical Irish bardic circle). 
> Compete for the honor (?)
> of being the Dead Bard.
> 
> Garb is optional, clothing is not - we do TRY to be
> family friendly.
> 
> Come help us celebrate Life with our annual spoof on
> Death.
> 
> Padraig
> -- 
> Nunc est bibendum.
> ******************
> ******************
> Politicians prefer unarmed peasants.
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