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Friday, March 7
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Proclamation of Irish Week 2008
St. Patrick’s Home, 2865 Riverside Dr.
11:30 am
Join us as we launch Irish Week 2008 with the reading of the official proclamation at the annual Erin Luncheon.
Erin Luncheon & Silent Auction
St. Patrick’s Home, 2865 Riverside Dr.
11:30 am - 3:00 pm
Tickets $35 available until March 5
Contact Bill Tobin,
Tel: 613-224-7113, or pp@irishsocietyncr.com.
Enjoy good food, music and laughter with MCs Michael O’Byrne and Max Keeping (CTV Ottawa) and entertainment from “Gail Gavan and the Shades of Green”. Bid on wonderful items in our Silent Auction or enter the big St. Pat’s Draw ($27,000).
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Saturday, March 8
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Irish Kitchen Party
St. Patrick’s Home, 2865 Riverside Drive.
6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Tickets: $25 in advance only
Contact Kay O’Hegarty at 613-224-7113 kohegearty@sympatico.ca or
Eileen 613-226-5527 or Joan 613-825-5820.
Music, fun and non-stop entertainment. Enjoy a splendid Irish Buffet Dinner with old and new friends alike.
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Wednesday, March 12
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Irish Wake Honouring David Guilfoyle
Irish Village, Mother McGintey’s (67 Clarence St.)
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tickets $30 in advance
Contact Stu Cameron: stucam@sympatico.ca, or
Bill Tobin 613-224-7113 pp@irishsocietyncr.com
Join us for an evening of music, laughter and fun as we bid farewell (figuratively) to last year’s 2007 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Marshall, David Guilfoyle. Get ready for some keening and wailing as mourners leave the Irish Village at 4:30 pm, following a horse-drawn hearse through the Byward Market. Following the procession, it's back to the pub for an 'amusing' reading of the Last Will (written by Elizabeth Loague) as well as music and entertainment from "The 2 Paddies".
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Saturday, March 15
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St. Patrick's Day Parade
Leaving Ottawa City Hall at 11:00 am
Arriving Lansdowne Park at 1:00 pm,
Come out and don your green, white and orange as Ottawa celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with its annual parade. Join Honourary Parade Marshall, Austin Comerton (host of the Gaelic Hour on Chin97.9FM) a host of floats, merrymakers and St. Patrick himself as they travel through Ottawa’s downtown core from Laurier Avenue West and down Bank Street.
In support of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Host Charity, volunteers from the Ottawa Food Bank will be collecting
non-perishable food items and donations along the parade route and at the Grand Irish Party. Please give generously!
Grand Irish Party
Lansdowne Park Civic Centre
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Adults: $7, Free ages 13 and under (available at door)
Following the Parade, join us in Ottawa’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day Party. Food, music, Irish dance and more. Bring the family and make some memories! Featuring MC Art Jamieson and entertainment from Mountain Tay, Gail Gavan, Lauren Hall, Robin Averill, Roddy McCann as well as performances from the Sue Fay Healy Irish Dancers and the Ottawa Fiddle and Step Association
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Monday, March 17 |
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Award of Distinction (Event Update)
Please note that the Award of Distinction Luncheon, previously scheduled at City Hall for 11:30 a.m. has been cancelled. The Award Ceremony honouring founders of the National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre will now take place as part of the "Justabitofcraic" evening at the new National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre. See below for details:
"Justabitofcraic"
Presented by the National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre and Sue Fay Healy Dancers
National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre (former St. Brigid's)
310 St. Patrick St.
Doors - 6:00p.m., Show - 7:00 p.m., Award Presentation - 9:00 p.m.
Performers include Alexis MacIsaac & Jennifer Healy (Riverdance), Ottawa Valley Dancers, highland dancers, jazz, and musicians.
Special presentation of "Award of Distinction" honouring founding members of the National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre.
Tickets $25, $20, $10.
Contacts: phone 613-225-2106, or 613-244-7319
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The following is a list of other events coinciding with Irish Week. These events are organized by other organizations and not the Irish Society NCR:
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Friday, March 7
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Paddy Kennan & John Walsh in Conert
Presented by Irish Music Ottawa
First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Avenue
Doors Open: 7:00 p m – Music: 8:00 pm
Free Parking available
$18 Advance Tickets, $25 at the Door
Available at the following retailers:
The Scottish and Irish Store, Tel: 613-829-2251
Ottawa Folklore Centre, Tel: 613-730-2887
Domenic’s Academy of Music, Tel: 613-837-0124
Glebe: Compact Music, Tel: 613-233-8922
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Saturday March 15
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St. Patricks’s Day Ceili
Presented by Comhaltas Ceili Eireann
Blessed Sacrament Church Hall, 194 Fourth Ave.
8:00 pm
Featuring the Ottawa Ceili Band, the Suzanne Taylor dancers, and more.
Tickets: CCE members $20 before March 10, $25 after
Non – members $25.
Contacts: Sean O’Carroll 824-0284, or ocarroll@rogers.com;
Bonnie Preston 761-8618, or
bytowne_bonnie@yahoo.com
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