4 Day Weekend Properly Spent

EDITED TO ADD: I'll continue adding Youtube videos to this post as i get them uploaded, but for the time being they are all here

Well, I spent this weekend (+Friday night) at the 2007 Minnesota Irish Fair and it was a blast! I managed to get a few friends to join me and I think I can say we all had a great time despite sunburns, T storms, and lack of sleep!



I met up with my KC friend, a fellow SD state employee (DENR), and a friend from Lakeville, MN at the Comfort Inn in Lakeville, MN. Google Maps did lie to us though... the directions to the motel from I35 were incorrect! And the motel sign was hidden by another building but we did find it.

Friday night we enjoyed performances by The Mahones, The Young Dubliners, and the end of a Wild Colonial Bhoys set.

The next morning I got up early and headed up to the fair (at Harriet island) to compete in the Run With The Celts 5k. I did well, 23:40 (16sec longer than my Oahe Days time) but I did manage to finish on a sprint!

On Saturday, we wandered around catching various music and dance sets (also rugby and boxing) culminating in The Fuschia Band, Gaelic Storm, and The Young Dubs (Dubliners). The GS show was prematurely ended due to a wicked lightening show. After the main stage shows were over, we wandered over to the Ceili tent and enjoyed a set by the Wild Colonial Bhoys.

Sunday allowed us to sleep a LITTLE longer and I was able to enjoy the waffles at the motel (I don't eat before a run). We managed to get a game of Settlers of Catan in before we headed up to the fair for the day.

Sunday was cooler and, in general, nicer than Saturday. Again we watched various performances. Including Alicia Corbett, The Doon Ceili Band, more dancers, some pipers, The Fuschia Band,

If you can't do this, you can't be a janitor ;)




the Wild Colonial Bhoys, culminating in a full (and then some) Gaelic Storm set


The second sexiest instrument:


and a scattering set.

I will let my KC friend tell of the breakfast excitement on Monday morn in Rochester, MN ;)