Hello
just wanna say happy Paddy’s day to everyone,
well its tmrw,but its madness already tonight, everybody is drunk and crazy including myself, aaaaaaahhhhhh
the streets are mess, and i cant imagine whats gonna be happenin tmrw, well i better drink a glass of water and go to bed…i will be at work the whole day making coffee wearing a hat and a fake ginger beard…
. cheers everybody!!! slainte
I had completely forgotten about Paddy’s day!! I was invited to a music band at the local Irish bar and the unusual level of green was initially puzzling. 
Sid!! If you have your blog camera with you, take some footage and show us!!
This was what we did last St. Paddy’s Day
After that gig, we all hit the bar for a few beers, then to the house to turn Deadwood into a drinking game. Anyone who knows Deadwood knows what the most commonly heard word is, and that was our ‘drinkword’. Needless to say, I puked before 9pm.
I overdrank on Nitta san’s first night (last week). Fortunately, he was sleeping off jet lag on the second day, so that gave me time to recover. Though I have no plans to repeat that twice in the same month, I did drink a Murphy’s at the gig tonight, so I can say I participated. 
Cheers!!
It is a wonderful timing!!! I am teaching English at a community English class. And tomorrow , Monday our textbook is mainly about Ireland!
I was just preparing for the class this morning and very happy to show my students what is going on in Ireland.
The textbook tells us about events and food(oyster is good), Irish folk music, Giant’s Causeway and Dublin Castle etc … But this forum is much more exciting and fun to show. Thank you.
Haha happy Paddy’s day! Just eat a lot of good fat food and drink water and you can have more beer 
I’ll jump on the bandwagon (paddy wagon?) and wish everyone a happy Saint Patrick’s day too! I’m away from home, but have my travelin’ kankara with me. This is a tune called “Banish Misfortune” that’s often played on the tenor banjo. I transcribed it from a penny whistle book years ago. One day I hope to be able to play it!
What a nice melody Gerry! Wouldn’t it be great to find a pennywhistle and fiddle player to play it on shamisen with!
Sid!! Any connections in Ireland for that?
Good to see you in ‘action’, Gerry. I may be in the Toronto area in July/August, so hopefully we can get together!
very cool yeah and I hope everyone survived the festivities too
Kyle, fiddle and penny whistle would be nice, and a bodhran while we’re asking. Or, we could go with the ryuuteki, kokyuu, and Odaiko for a proper Japanese Irish band. Maybe throw in a hichiriki in place of the uilleann pipes.
It would be great to see you in Toronto in the summer if you can make it. Maybe it’s time for a Toronto Bachido Summit - the numbers are getting there.
Gerry san, it is beautiful! I felt somewhat Okinawa tune in your play.
As I was watching this, my little sister pinched me in the arm because I wasn’t wearing green 
Maybe it’s time for a Toronto Bachido Summit - the numbers are getting there.
Gerry, Kyle and I actually discussed that a few months ago. (And I’m sure the two of you must have discussed it between yourselves before now, too.) C’mon, Kyle, you’ve got two suggestions for it now - get with the plan!!!
Linda: I’m all for it! We’ve just yet to decide on a time to go. With Papa’s ‘go with the flow’ attitude (as we’ve all seen in the blogcasts), it’d be hard to get him to commit on a time more than a month ahead. That said, when/if it happens, I am totally down for a Bachido summit! A workshop, meet-and-greet, and maybe a little busking? Definitely blogworthy!
Gerry san, it is beautiful! I felt somewhat Okinawa tune in your play.
Yes Kyoko-san! I can feel some of Okinawa’s music on this (-:
Kyle and Linda, keep me posted about any developments.
Steve, sounds like you were asking for that pinch, not wearing green and all.
Kyoko and Shinji, yes, that piece shares some notes with the Okinawan scale ( 0 - 2 - 3# - 4 on all the strings). Something about moving between the notes 3# and 4 really brings out the Okinawan feeling. “Banish Misfortune” also uses 3 on the middle string (in Niagari, a flat 7th) which gives it a distinctive Irish feeling.
Hallo, I survived the festivities. Sorry I dont have any footage. But i can do a short video about the city and its culture and music if you wish…