The Edmonton Issue 30 Volume 4 OfficialBlarney Newsletter of the Irish Sports & Social Society July - August 2017 Canada Day 150 Years Saturday Snow Cones July 1, 2017 Club opens at 1:00 pm Family BBQ starts at 5:00 pm Face painting for the kids - 5:00 - 7:00 pm Country singer “Ryan Snow” will be here at the Irish Centre for the first time to entertain us with his fabulous music for the remainder of the evening! Come celebrate Canada Day here at the Irish Centre! EXECUTIVE Club Facilities for Rent Are you looking for a location to hold a party - birthday, Contact Numbers anniversary, wedding or any other special celebration? Facility bookings President Why not have it here? Melanie - 780-233-7558 We are available to both members (discounted price) and Martin Doyle non-members and can accommodate up to 150 people. Catering 780-419-2951 Janet Wilde - 780-476-0215 [email protected] Need catering? No problem, our kitchen caters parties Vice President large and small at very reasonable costs. Blarney (Submissions, advertising, pictures) Janet Wilde Your function can also be booked on evenings Siobhan MacQueen - [email protected] 780-476-0215 when entertainment has been scheduled. [email protected] Secretary For availability contact Melanie at 780-233-7558 Kimberly Budd 780-919-7689 [email protected] Treasurer Rory Brady 780-720-3010 [email protected] Cultural Director Vacant Social Director Melanie Regan 780-233-7558 [email protected] Sports Director Paul Hawthorn 780-757-3554 [email protected] Member-at-Large The Dark Hedges is a unique stretch of the Bregagh Road near Armoy, in Ireland. Over the past 300 years or so, the Beech trees guarding either side of the lane have reached up and across to each other, becoming heavily Anita Nixon 780-457-1605 intertwined to create a natural arched tunnel where shadow and light plays through entwined branches. [email protected] This beautiful avenue of beech trees was planted by the Stuart family in the eighteenth century. It was intended Trustees as a compelling landscape feature to impress visitors as they approached the entrance to their Georgian mansion, Gracehill House, which is now a golf club. Two centuries later, the trees remain a magnificent sight and have Seamus Donaghy become one of the most photographed natural phenomena in Northern Ireland. 780-489-7402 [email protected] Legend tells that a supernatural ‘Grey Lady’ haunts the thin ribbon of road that winds beneath the ancient Bill McGuire beech trees. She silently glides along the roadside and vanishes as she passes the last beech tree. Some say the 780-451-1721 spectre is the ghost of a maid from the nearby house who died in mysterious circumstances centuries ago. [email protected] Others believe that she is a lost spirit from an abandoned graveyard that is thought to lie hidden in the fields nearby. On Halloween night, the forgotten graves are said to open and the Grey Lady is joined on her walk by Ted Nesdole the tormented souls of those who were buried beside her. 780-232-7645 [email protected] Past President Stephen McElhatton 780-919-8241 2017 MEMBERSHIPS [email protected] TASTE 2017 Membership applications are now available. OF HOME Our membership year is from Jan. 1st - Dec. 31st Boxes of frozen pork available Irish Club Hours Don’t forget to renew … fill in your form and Each box 40-50 lbs @ $6/lb Kitchen Hours return it, along with payment to the Irish Centre. Includes ham, chops, boiling bacon, Wed. 4 pm - 11 pm Wed. 4 pm - 9 pm (Please do not send cash in the mail) Irish rashers, pork sausage and Thurs. 4 pm - 11 pm Thurs. 4 pm - 11 pm ham sausage Fri. 4 pm - 1 am Fri. 4 pm - 11 pm If you have any questions or concerns Sat. 12 pm - 2 am Delivery to the Irish club for pick-up Sat. 4 pm - 11 pm please contact Kimberly Budd Sun. 1 pm - 9 pm Sun. 3 pm - 7 pm Contact Mick & Erin O’Toole Closed on Holidays 780-919-7689 or [email protected] [email protected] Closed on Holidays Irish Centre 12546-126 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5L 0X3 Tel: (780) 453-2249 Fax: (780) 451-5969 Email: [email protected] www.edmontonirishclub.ca www.twitter.com/EdmontonISSS Entertainment Social Director: Melanie Regan Phone: 780-233-7558 Email: [email protected] JULY Ryan Snow Sat. 1 Ryan Snow Saturday Sat. 8 Semi-private function July 1st 7:00 pm Sat. 15 Semi-private function First time at the Irish Centre! Sat. 22 Open Dust off those cowboy boots and drop in to listen and dance to this young AUGUST country singer. (No Cover) Sat. 5 Heritage Days weekend Sat. 12 Four Men & A Dog in Concert (ticket holders only} Four Men & A Dog in Concert Sat. 19 Open Saturday Sat. 26 Open August 12th Doors: 6:00 pm SEPTEMBER Concert: 8:00 pm Sat. 2 Labour Day weekend Tickets: $30.00 Semi-private function : The Irish Centre is "If you can imagine Elvis Presley’s early rock and roll years set to bodhrán & fiddle, then booked for a special event but we are still open you have a pretty good idea of 4 Men & A Dog" Hot Press Magazine, Ireland's biggest to our members. music magazine. Gino Lupari - one of the best (bodhrán) players in the world. Sponsored in part by Cathal Hayden (fiddle and banjo) "as fast as greased lightning" Irish Music Magazine Kevin Doherty (guitar, vocals) "just keeps getting better and better" Irish Times Donal Murphy - multiple (accordion) All-Ireland Champion. Stephen Hayden (fiddle) comes from a family steeped in traditional fiddle music in Co. Tyrone. Junior Ambassador Needed ISSS Family BBQ & Sports Day The Irish Centre is looking for young people (male & female) between the ages of 14 - 17 to represent the Irish Pavilion at Sunday the 2017 Heritage Days Festival. August 27 The primary responsibilities include: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm - must wear cultural clothing (dance costumes/kilts); Coronation Park, Site #2 - must be available during the festival (Aug. 3 - 7); 11425-142 Street - Thurs. Aug. 3 - President's Reception parade; Summer always flies by too quickly. So, to take advantage of - Sat. Aug. 5 - Opening singing of O Canada (you will not the green grass and warm sun we are organizing our annual be required to actually sing); and members’ summer family fun day! - other items over the course of the weekend (Heritage Join us for burgers/hot dogs (with all the fixings), chips and a Days committee will send out further information). drink. There will be games for all ages - or just come and watch and enjoy a day out with good food, family and friends. If you know of anyone who would be interested and are able to meet the primary responsibilities, please have them sign up using the link below... For more info contact Melanie Regan @ 780-233-7558 https://marcatoapp.com/forms/ehfa/juniorambassador/new Thanking you in advance Anita Nixon (On behalf of the ISSS Executive) Issue 30 Volume 4 Official Newsletter of the Irish Sports & Social Society July -August 2017 Announcements, Events & Notices BEREAVEMENTS Edmonton Irish Sports & Social Society Our deepest sympathy to the family, friends and loved ones of our members who have Mike McDonnell recently passed away. Scholarship Fund The Mike McDonnell Scholarship Fund was established in memory of May the road rise up to meet you, Michael McDonnell and the significant contribution he made, in his may the wind always be at your , ck. short life, to the Irish Sports and Social Society. May the sun shine warm upon your face and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, The fund was established to provide financial assistance to members may God hold you in the palm of His hand. or the dependents of members in good standing of the Society who We would also like to extend our well-wishes and have been accepted to a post secondary educational facility (i.e. prayers to any member who is feeling under the weather. University, College, or Technology Institute). Get well soon ... you are in our thoughts. A scholarship may also be awarded to those who are making an extraordinary contribution in the field of Irish Culture or in the field of sports. Steve Conneely Memorial The 2017 Scholarship will be awarded to the successful Golf Tournament candidate/candidates on Saturday November 18th, 2017. Applications are now available at the Bar. We will be accepting applications until July 16, 2017 the deadline of October 7, 2017. Hunter’s Green Golf Course The McDonnell Scholarship Committee for 2017 are as follows: Isobel Texas Scramble - shotgun start at 10:00 am Nesdole, representing the McDonnell family; Anita Nixon, Four (4) players/team. Sign up at the bar with team representing the Executive of the Irish Sports & Social Society and members names and fees (cash). No pay, no play! Bonnie McGuire, representing the membership of the Irish Sports & Deadline July 9th Social Society. Cost: $80.00/player (includes steak dinner at the Irish For further information please contact Isobel Nesdole Centre) $22.00 Steak Dinner only. 780-916-9691. If you have anything you would like to donate as prizes or to raffle with proceeds going to the Heart & Stroke Foundation in Steve’s name please contact: Scholarship criteria on following page. Paul Hawthorn @ [email protected] or Denise Howie @ [email protected] Summer Events JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER Jun 20 - Freewill Shakespeare Festival Aug 4-6 Blueberry Bluegrass Festival Aug 31 - Symphony under (Stony Plain, AB) July 16 (Hawrelak Park) Sept 3 the Sky (Hawrelak Park) Aug 5-7 Heritage Days July 1 Canada Day 150 (Hawrelak Park) Sept 15-17 Kaleido Family Arts July 7-16 Street Performers Festival Aug 8-12 Rock'n August Festival (Churchill Square) (St.