--- In larkinandmoranbrothers@yahoogroups.com, "librarycatlady"
<librarycatlady@...> wrote: Unfortunately, I will not be attending
the GREAT Milwaukee Irish Fest
> this year. I am going to Ft. Worth TX, to surprise a friend on her
50th
> birthday! [:-&]

We had alot of rain but not in our covered tent....

>
>
>
> --- In larkinandmoranbrothers@yahoogroups.com, "larkinbros"
> <larkinbros@> wrote:
> >
> > Brother Mike's Musings... by Mike Larkin 'As the evening sky faded
> > from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I thought back to the
> > salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was, and how I named
> > him Flint.'
> >
> > Congratulations, Brother Mike!! I love salmon!! Did you just
catch
> "Flint", or more salmon?
>
> Helloo all...
> >
> > Vacations are over and while it is close to the start of the
school
> > year it is also the time of year that festival season goes into
full
> > force.
> >
> > This weekend we play at Irishfest-LaCrosse(Wi)
(www.irishfestlax.org)
> > on Saturday Aug 11 at 8:15 PM and Sunday Aug 12 at 3:30 PM at
Quillan
> > Main Stage. It's a great fest and a great town!
> >
> > Next weekend we appear at Milwaukee Irishfest (www.irishfest.com)
on
> > Saturday Aug 18 @ 8:45 PM at the Snug Stage. Milwaukee Irishfest
is
> > the biggest and right on Lake Michigan.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I will not be attending the GREAT Milwaukee Irish
Fest
> this year. I am going to Ft. Worth TX, to surprise a friend on her
50th
> birthday! [:-&]
>
> > Tommy Makem (1932-2007)
> >
> > Looking at the framed Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Tradition
> > Records LP on the wall of our Castlegregory Recording Studio (and
my
> > son Jimmy's toy room) signed by Tommy Makem, we are saddened by
his
> > passing last week.
> >
> > Tommy and the Clancys are the fathers of all Irish Folk Music.
There
> > isn't a band or artist (from Christy Moore, The Pogues, The Saw
> > Doctors and of course us) who doesn't recognise their influence on
> > what they do.
> >
> > He was a great guy to talk to at Festivals and without him most
may
> > not exist. Let's all have a pint to a real original.
> >
> > I was in love with Tommy Makem as a young lass, and in recent
years,
> got to talk and joke with him at fests. He will be sorely missed,
yet
> at least the Makem & Spain Bros. will carry on some traditions and
> music.
>
>

> Julie A. Roberts
> > That's all for this blog (cool web talk)...
> >
> >
> > Slainte
> >
> > Dan (the old man) Larkin
> >
>