HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

A WEE BIT OF IRELAND

CLOSE TO HOME.

ELISE AND SOME OF HER IRISH DANCING GROUP TRAVELED AROUND THE CITY DANCING AT VARIOUS PLACES.  THEY DANCED IN GROUPS,

 THEY DANCED HARD SHOE,

AND THEY DANCED SOFT SHOE.

DANCE, ELISE, DANCE!

THE STUDENTS AT THIS SCHOOL ENJOYED WATCHING.

 NEXT THEY DANCED AT A TINY LITTLE SCHOOL OUT IN THE COUNTRY.  IT WAS FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, AND I BET THE WHOLE SCHOOL DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE THAN SEVENTY FIVE STUDENTS.

THEY DANCED OUT IN THE PLAY YARD,
IN THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE.

THEY DANCED ALONE, AND IN GROUPS.
I THINK THIS WAS THE REEL?
AM I RIGHT ELISE?

 NEXT STOP WAS DOWN TOWN AT A CUTE LITTLE BOUTIQUE.

THEY DANCED RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF IT. 

THEY PROBABLY WORE THEIR SOFT SHOES OUT
DANCING ON THE SIDEWALK.

NOT SO WITH THE HARD SHOES.
YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT STOMPING!

NEXT STOP,
JOHNNY'S BAR AND GRILL.

IT WAS A BIT OF NOSTALGIA SINCE THE OWNER OF THE DANCE COMPANY REMEMBERS IRISH DANCING HERE ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY WHEN SHE WAS A KID.

 

GORDAN CAUGHT UP WITH US, AND YOU COULD PROBABLY GUESS WHERE WE WENT FOR LUNCH,.  THAT'S RIGHT, OUR FAVORITE, THE RUNNING ROOSTER.

THEY WANDERED DOWN THE MAIN STREET

DANCING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTED TO WATCH.
THIS WAS IN FRONT OF THE BANK.

 THIS WAS AT A FAVORITE BAKERY/CAFE IN TOWN.

DANA AND I HAD LUNCH THERE YEARS AGO, AND THE GLASS ON THEIR TABLES IS WHAT PROMPTED ME TO PUT THE GLASS ON OUR DINING ROOM TABLE.

SOME OF OUR DANCERS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE TIRED.
NOT ELISE.,

SHE DANCES ON!

JUST LOOK AT THOSE PASTRIES BEHIND HER.
NOTE TO SELF---
COME BACK AGAIN WHEN I HAVE TIME
TO SIT AND ENJOY SOME OF THEM.

 ONE LAST STOP FOR THE DAY,

TO ENTERTAIN AT THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE.

THIS GROUP OF DANCERS
DANCED THEIR HEART OUT,
AND THEIR FEET OFF TODAY,
AND THEY STILL HAVE ANOTHER PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR THE FUN DAY ELISE.
IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.