Irish Italian Festival

[XC9]

The Irish Italian Festival at St. Thomas Church will be this Saturday March 15th at 5:00. There will be food, beer and a silent auction. The silent auction is great with many items to bid on. There will also be music and an art show. The weather should be nice for the week end too. :clap:

[brianinms]

Beer at a Church? Must be a catholic church.

[Conveyor Belt]

What if I'm just Irish...

hell, I'm not even Irish...

[Mike'sGirl]

Yes, St. Thomas is a Catholic Church.
Yes, you can have beer......and you don't have to be Irish or Catholic. This is a great event for anyone in the community.
Unfortunately I won't be able to make it this year but I would definitely go if I didn't already have plans.

[OLDLADY]

I will be there with bells on and working at the "coffee" booth........yep..Irish coffee with Irish whiskey and a scoop of whipped cream.... and Italian coffee with amaredo (sp?) and a scoop of chocolate ice cream.........come by and get a cup.......

[brianinms]

I smell an HPD road block in the making.

[OLDLADY]

You don't have to "over-indulge"?

[wilebill]

I smell an HPD road block in the making.They'll go to hell if they do.

[Hermione]

BrianinMs must not be native to the region if he's never heard of an Italian-Irish Festival. Check out St. Joseph's Day in New Orleans! Big deal. This part of Mississippi gets a lot of culture overflow from south Louisiana. I wish I had some of the coffee/ice-cream stuff this very moment.

[brianinms]

BrianinMs must not be native to the region if he's never heard of an Italian-Irish Festival. Check out St. Joseph's Day in New Orleans! Big deal. This part of Mississippi gets a lot of culture overflow from south Louisiana. I wish I had some of the coffee/ice-cream stuff this very moment.

I was born and raised in Upstate Ny and am Italian and Irish so you are correct. Southerns always seem to come up with a reason to party. However, I do find it a little odd that it is during Lent.

[Hermione]

Not Southerners, New Orleanians! They get bored going so long from Mardi Gras to Easter, so they have to do a big shindig for St. Joseph's Day and St. Patrick's Day. Lots and lots of Irish down there, btw. (And apparently there is a kerfuffel in some cities because of St. Paddy's Day falling during Holy Week for the first time in 140 years; that's why a lot of the parades were moved to the 15th.)

[fusil de asalto]

How long does it usually last? Also, I can't remember where St. Thomas is. That on 4th st?

[Mike'sGirl]

Yes, on 4th St. across from the campus. I'm sure there are signs up directing you to the festivities.

[ComputerDude]

How much Italian is at this Italian/Irish festival?

[IBB]

what time does it end?

[Hermione]

How much Italian is at this Italian/Irish festival?

That's a good question! Have you ever met their priest, Father Tommy Conway?

[onlyme]

I will be there with bells on and working at the "coffee" booth........yep..Irish coffee with Irish whiskey and a scoop of whipped cream.... and Italian coffee with amaredo (sp?) and a scoop of chocolate ice cream.........come by and get a cup.......

I have to wait another day?? I looooove good Irish coffee, yummie! :cup:

[ComputerDude]

That's a good question! Have you ever met their priest, Father Tommy Conway?No.

[OLDLADY]

Come by Saturday and have a good time and good food and I'm pretty sure you will be able to pick out Fr. Tommy and get to meet him.........

[Pirate_129]

I'm thinking about getting up and running the 5k. I forgot to pre-register though so I don't get a guaranteed T-Shirt. :cry:

[XC9]

My hubby will be in the 5K walk. I will be there after the 4:00 mass. I wonder how many times I will get :smack: smacked upside the head when I say "Hey OLDLADY":bowrofl: :bowrofl: I will come by to see if I can find you and introduce myself.

[Pirate_129]

I'm up and about getting ready to head over for the 5k. I wonder if their gonna let me wear these "Wheelie" running shoes? :laugh:

[jojobeans1120]

I've thought about going, and taking the kids, but I just don't want to fight my way through crowds so they can see everything. Not to mention the fact that we've got some MAJOR packing to do today! :(

[Ted]

I was born and raised in Upstate Ny and am Italian and Irish so you are correct. Southerns always seem to come up with a reason to party. However, I do find it a little odd that it is during Lent.

(Notice: The following is a joke.)

We don't care how ya do it Up North.


:laugh:

[brianinms]

I've thought about going, and taking the kids, but I just don't want to fight my way through crowds so they can see everything. Not to mention the fact that we've got some MAJOR packing to do today! :(

Jojo always has some excuse.

[pinkytuscadero]

Took 2 of the kiddies to the parade! Awesome fun. We got some good throws and I got the firetruck to honk at me!!!! (It's the little things that make me happy.):smt105

Pinky

[Pirate_129]

It was a nice 5k. Pretty good turnout and the tennis shoes painted gold trophies were cool.

[kevin]

I can't wait the food is great! The people are always realy nice and I always get a shirt and some food to take home!

[kevin]

I've thought about going, and taking the kids, but I just don't want to fight my way through crowds so they can see everything. Not to mention the fact that we've got some MAJOR packing to do today! :(

Let me just say:cry::cry::cry:

[dollfus46]

I was born and raised in Upstate Ny and am Italian and Irish so you are correct. Southerns always seem to come up with a reason to party. However, I do find it a little odd that it is during Lent.
I wondered what was different about you.......Yank.:laugh:

[dollfus46]

I've thought about going, and taking the kids, but I just don't want to fight my way through crowds so they can see everything. Not to mention the fact that we've got some MAJOR packing to do today! :(

You going somewhere...AGAIN?

[dollfus46]

Took 2 of the kiddies to the parade! Awesome fun. We got some good throws and I got the firetruck to honk at me!!!! (It's the little things that make me happy.):smt105

Pinky

I'm so proud of you Pinky!:clap:

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Rhett just left to go and check out the bands!

[SoMissTV]

We had a good time.

[pinkytuscadero]

We had a good time.


Did you have any of the coffee? It sounded like it was going to be good.

Pinky

[SoMissTV]

Missed it, though I did run into OldLady.

[luvnlife]

Rode by there on the way to the mall. Looked like attendance was good!

[Engelbert Humperdinck]

It was a nice 5k. Pretty good turnout and the tennis shoes painted gold trophies were cool.

He wont admit it, but the Pirate came in the top 30 of over 300 racers and the top 6 (I think) in his age group. My old friend did good.

:clap:

[XC9]

Everything was great! We had a wonderful turnout-starting in the early morning for the RCIA group retreat all the way through the everning, I was /am drunk and met OLDlady and I knew from her post that bI would love her and did. There were many, many people there at the Irish Italian Festival and I had a blast. So much of a blast that they refused to give me any more wine-I was on the cut-off list-ha ha! Oh well, I had a great time. Met saw lot of old friends and met some new of new ones-Hey OldLady glad to meet you finally, I had a drunk great time.

[OLDLADY]

Had a blast and enjoyed it all.....xc9 it was so nice to meet you...and somiss and his lovey wife was there too...coffee was flowing....along with other beverages...

[XC9]

We had a good time.SoMissTV, sorry I missed you. I was there too. You may not have wanted to see me if it was after 8, I had embibed quite a bit for someone who doesn't drink :laugh: I had a good time and hope you did too. I met OldLady, I already knew I would like her from her post. :smt023 Had a great time and now need to go to bed so I can go to church tomorrow morning. Sorry I missed you.

[jojobeans1120]

I hope everyone had a great time. Someone post pics if you have them.

[OLDLADY]

Sorry I didn't take any pictures...but it was a grand time.....

[jojobeans1120]

I'm glad you guys had a good time!!!