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Irish Cultural Performance

  • 22-10-2013 7:06pm
    #1
    Podgerz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭


    Hey Guys,

    I am heading to the good old Republic of China (Taiwan) for a week tour and talk for young people aged 18-24, thats all grand apart from one thing; I need to perform an "Irish Cultural Performance" as will everybody else who are from 20 countries around the world,

    What in the nae of God will I do, I can play a wee bit of guitar - but then what song? Maybe a bitta poetry; the likes of Seamas Heaney or Yeats, but thats not really my ting; Id probably pick a ****e verse.

    The best thing I can think of is to skull a rake of pints and then sing the Wild Rover


Comments

  • #2
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Just get up on stage and begrudge people their success through the medium of Oirish dance.


    You could call it the Ah-shure-that-could-have-been-me-if-I'd-been-given-the-chances-he-had-growing-up Jig


  • #3
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    Ragalan Road! Easy to sing!


  • #4
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Show them an episode of 'Mrs Brown's Boys' and tell them that it's very typical of the average Dublin family.


  • #5
    Lumbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭Lumbo




  • #6
    MadsL
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    Ring in sick.


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  • #7
    Jarrod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 500 ✭✭✭Jarrod


    Fox_In_Socks wrote: »
    Ragalan Road! Easy to sing!

    But tricky to spell ;)

    I do second this recommendation though.


  • #8
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    Jarrod wrote: »
    But tricky to spell ;)

    I do second this recommendation though.

    Sorry, Jarrod.

    My mistake, that should be Ragalan Street.

    :D


  • #9
    Jarrod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 500 ✭✭✭Jarrod


    Fox_In_Socks wrote: »
    Sorry, Jarrod.

    My mistake, that should be Ragalan Street.

    :D

    Spot on! Auld Peter Kavanagh's poetry always did it for me.


  • #10
    Podgerz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭Podgerz


    What do ye think of oro se do bheatha bhaile


  • #11
    up for anything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭up for anything


    You have loads of time to learn Three Blind Mice on the tin whistle.


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  • #12
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    The Hoor Among the Nettles Roaring


  • #13
    TheBegotten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 541 ✭✭✭TheBegotten


    Just don't do anything and blame the English.


  • #14
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Drink a bag o cans.


  • #15
    131spanner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭131spanner


    Jumbo Breakfast roll.

    Twoeggstwosausagetworasherstwobacontwopudding, ONE BLACK, ONE WHITE!


  • #16
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,239 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Give em a bit of this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1tIYSi7Oec

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #17
    entropi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭entropi


    Bag of cans in a field?

    Failing that, Wild Rover, Black Velvet Band or something tamer like a bit of Richie Kavanagh :D


  • #18
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,772 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Write a poem telling them they're all a grand bunch of lads


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Serious suggestion, find the Waterboys version of The stolen child and learn it, it is more spoken that sung and would be easy to strum along to. I bet they would be impressed with that a Yeates poem.


  • #20
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    Riverdance


  • #21
    joe swanson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭joe swanson


    Get three other lads, dress in white suits, sit on stools and sing really badly. Seems to work for others.


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  • #22
    MRnotlob606
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭MRnotlob606


    sure shtick on a war of the buttons


  • #23
    sparesandwich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭sparesandwich


    Nnnnngggngngeheheenhnngngenh have ye got a spare euro bud nngnnggnghhgngnnghngh for a hostel nnnggheegnenhhnnghhgnghh


  • #24
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    I've listened to a lot of Irish music and I believe the best choice here is a fairly modern piece called, 'Irish Celebration'.

    I'm not normally big into music, but the lyrics rang true and the melody is quite catchy. It's not as traditional as some others....but all in all, quite nice.

    Just put together a small introduction to read, play the song, wipe a tear from your eye, and ask if there are any questions.


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