The wild and crazy Mayo Association will celebrate again this weekend.
This is the weekend of the Mayo Ball and the Miss Mayo Pageant. If your folks hail from this pretty part of Ireland (oh, like there are loads of ugly parts), this is a good place to get to know your peeps. The Mayos are a lot of fun even when they’re not having a Ball, but the music and dancing just makes them more adorable. It’s this Saturday night.
Also on Saturday night, the Hooligans will be performing at the Feast of All Irish Saints (what’s wrong with this picture?) at Church of The Holy Family in Sewell, NJ. There will be Irish step dancers, bagpipers, dinner, a DJ, and an auction.
Also on Saturday night: Timlin and Kane are playing at the St. James Gate Pub in Bethlehem and the Shantys are in Lansdale at Molly Maguire’s.
There’s a set dance event at the Westville Square Zavier Hall in Westville, NJ on Sunday afternoon between 1:30 and 5:30 PM.
There are two places to take Irish ceili dance lessons—at the New Castle County Irish Society in Wilmington, DE, and at the Philadelphia Irish Center. There are also set dance lessons this week at the Wilmington location. These are ongoing events.
On Friday, Nov. 8, give it up for the Philadelphia Police and Fire Pipes and Drums, the only pipe band that I’ve ever heard play, “Do You Think I’m Sexy?”, as they raise money for band expenses. It’s being held at FOP Lodge 5 in Philadelphia. There will be a DJ to give the band a rest between sets.
All this week, Once, the charming musical that started life as a charming movie, is at the Academy of Music.
And next weekend, the Coyle School of Dance is hold a feis (that’s a competition to all you non-Irish speakers), the Philadelphia Freedom for All Ireland Committee (that’s an AOH program) for their Sunday Irish Jam Session for Irish Freedom with Luke Jardel, Bob Hurst, Jamison, The Celtic Connection, the Shanty’s and many more local performers at Finnigan’s Wake in Philadelphia. Next Sunday: The Delaware Valley Irish Hall of Fame Dinner.
