Waterford 1100 - how will you celebrate?

debit2credit

Well lads,

Ireland's oldest city has a big birthday and how are you going to celebrate it?

Going to the fireworks on saturday? Invite family and friends to see the viking triangle and a delicious meal? Or maybe just a blaa with sparklers!

There's plenty of events on waterford1100.com up to june and I think there's plenty of time to plan events for the second half of the year... bake your own blaa, brian boru reinactments and a viking vinterville concert to finish the year on a high are just a few ideas.

Waterford deserves a lift and what's more this can be done even now. In the article below it says that Limerick only received their 6m of state funding for their city of culture in the october budget and look at the impressive programme planned in such a short time scale.

There's no reason why waterford 1100 can't end on a national high. What small contribution can you make? A sticky thread on boards with everyone's ideas and events could be a simple starting point - lets share what the city has to offer!


www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/parades-and-processions-as-dublin-and-limerick-count-down-to-2014-1.1639985

MRnotlob606

il have a few blass and il be grand

0rt

its not the best advertised at all is it... or is it just me?

saintchrisburg

0rt wrote: »

its not the best advertised at all is it... or is it just me?

Personally I feel like I've seen too many ads for it, but it could just be due to the groups I follow on FB and the like. Have seen it in print a bit and on the radio as well. In terms of advertising with posters in the city or what have you, might agree with you there.

wellboytoo

0rt wrote: »

its not the best advertised at all is it... or is it just me?

How do you know about it?

Sully

Saw a fair few references on Facebook and since looking it up, I can now see adverts on Boards.ie. Targeting because I googled it.

00833827

Sully wrote: »

Saw a fair few references on Facebook and since looking it up, I can now see adverts on Boards.ie. Targeting because I googled it.

i can also see that advert - website built by a Cork Web Development Company? Hhhhhmm...

wellboytoo

00833827 wrote: »

i can also see that advert - website built by a Cork Web Development Company? Hhhhhmm...

FFS to follow this logic through we would have to duplicate every service/business in every ****hole in Ireland and only employ our own,essentially run every village as a Canton!
idiotic in the extreme and a moronic thought pattern that is unfortunately prevalent from quite a few posters on here!

00833827

wellboytoo wrote: »

FFS to follow this logic through we would have to duplicate every service/business in every ****hole in Ireland and only employ our own,essentially run every village as a Canton!
idiotic in the extreme and a moronic thought pattern that is unfortunately prevalent from quite a few posters on here!

I bet all the local web development companies, of which there are many, will be questioning why a job such as this, which they would all be well capable of, was not awarded to someone locally.

wellboytoo

00833827 wrote: »

I bet all the local web development companies, of which there are many, will be questioning why a job such as this, which they would all be well capable of, was not awarded to someone locally.

I get a bit tetchy when people ask or allude to the same thing ad nauseam .cranky little bollix I suppose but it still doesn't make what I wrote wrong.
P's by your logic the local web development companies would not get work in Cork, I'd say they be pissed over that.

Waterford blah

All of the design work for Waterford 1100 has been done by a Waterford company, including the website. A simple 'off the shelf' website was selected by the event organisers and the designers then outsourced it to their own contract web developer.

mojor

Sideways

Psychedelic

Vadrarfjordr is previewed in SIX national papers today, including this piece in the Irish Daily Mail

Tune in to Morning Ireland RTE radio 1 tomorrow morning when Eamonn McEneaney, Museum Director, Waterford Treasures will be talking about Waterford1100 and Vadrarfjordr !

https://www.facebook.com/Waterford1100

The Irish Independent:


Also in The Star:


A nice piece in the Irish Times...


etc

saintchrisburg

How many of ye are planning to go? Going to head in with the missus, probably go quite a bit earlier to (hopefully) make sure to get a parking spot and make a day out of it so to speak. Have heard estimates of upwards of 10,000 people are expected to be there, is that right?

I doubt the Vikings sailed up the Suir in January, might have been nicer to do this in early summer both in terms of history and comfort weather-wise. Understandable that they want to start off the year with something very 'Viking' nonetheless.

KevIRL

Excellent fireworks

old gregg

KevIRL wrote: »

Excellent fireworks

Dunno man, stepped out the back door up in grange heights in between cans and they were not even visible. I feel so cheated and marginalised

Glad they were great, just couldn't get in due too kids runs in the car.

7upfree

KevIRL wrote: »

Excellent fireworks

+1. A great show and a truly monumental fireworks display. Happy birthday to the oldest - and best - City in Ireland. The narration was also excellent. The voice - whoever it was - completed the show.

Martin_D

7upfree wrote: »

+1. A great show and a truly monumental fireworks display. Happy birthday to the oldest - and best - City in Ireland. The narration was also excellent. The voice - whoever it was - completed the show.

Yes was excellent - voice of Padraig O Griofa I'd say - good choice, loves the theatre, all things Waterford and a great booming Waaaaterford voice.

CuriousG

What an amazing show. Really thought it was great, loved it.

Happy birthday to a great city.

Aquos76

Some footage of the fireworks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbUp2IID9CE

smokeyjoe123

Great night, fantastic firework display, couldn't believe the amount of people there.

saintchrisburg

I was down there with the missus, just a few meters away (and in a spot slightly elevated) but couldn't see squat of the show really, just the bit when they were up on the boats, but once they got off all we saw were the licks of the flames surrounding. Was there more happening down on the ground?

I usually don't give a ... about fireworks, but I have to admit that the fireworks were great and really impressive.

Saw that the estimates were 12,000 attended - I think that's quite a bit of an exaggeration (again because I was slightly elevated and could see the entire crowd, but I wasn't doing a headcount either).

spookwoman

saintchrisburg wrote: »

I was down there with the missus, just a few meters away (and in a spot slightly elevated) but couldn't see squat of the show really, just the bit when they were up on the boats, but once they got off all we saw were the licks of the flames surrounding. Was there more happening down on the ground?

I usually don't give a ... about fireworks, but I have to admit that the fireworks were great and really impressive.

Saw that the estimates were 12,000 attended - I think that's quite a bit of an exaggeration (again because I was slightly elevated and could see the entire crowd, but I wasn't doing a headcount either).

Agreed 10k is an exaggeration. would have been the the area to the left and heard kids complaining they couldnt see anything either and saw quite a few people head off because of this. TBH when you see 2 stands so god knows who can see the event and not have to mingle with the great unwashed its not very fair esp when it has been put on for the people of waterford and they cant see.
You hear people saying waterford keeps getting forgotten etc, it cant be good when event organizers do it as well.

7upfree

Martin_D wrote: »

Yes was excellent - voice of Padraig O Griofa I'd say - good choice, loves the theatre, all things Waterford and a great booming Waaaaterford voice.

Absolutely amazing voice. I loved the way he retained his Waterford accent, even though his diction was perfect.

Max Powers

7upfree wrote: »

Absolutely amazing voice. I loved the way he retained his Waterford accent, even though his diction was perfect.

cant say i noticed a Waterford accent but he and it was very good all the same. pity it didnt make news (maybe it did, i may have missed it), hopefully nationwide will do a bit on it or something. We put on a good show here in Waterford with Spraoi and other organisers.

7upfree

Max Powers wrote: »

cant say i noticed a Waterford accent but he and it was very good all the same. pity it didnt make news (maybe it did, i may have missed it), hopefully nationwide will do a bit on it or something. We put on a good show here in Waterford with Spraoi and other organisers.

Ah, it was there Max. Not the classic "well boi" as all of us use. But it was noticeable. Thankfully.

Psychedelic

Max Powers wrote: »

cant say i noticed a Waterford accent but he and it was very good all the same. pity it didnt make news (maybe it did, i may have missed it), hopefully nationwide will do a bit on it or something. We put on a good show here in Waterford with Spraoi and other organisers.

It made the RTE News:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0104/495951-waterford-1100/

Also covered in today's Irish Times, Irish Daily Star and Irish Examiner.

LiamD1977

excellent show, great fireworks and effort by Spraoi.

Only detraction would be viewing stand "VIP's" this is Waterford not New York.

wellboytoo

LiamD1977 wrote: »

excellent show, great fireworks and effort by Spraoi.

Only detraction would be viewing stand "VIP's" this is Waterford not New York.

Thought that was ott myself and could be seen as devisive in the times we live in.

Dicky Pride

wellboytoo wrote: »

Thought that was ott myself and could be seen as devisive in the times we live in.

Exactly. Is there a PR department at work there at all? A VIP area is a great idea, but why not have special needs people on it instead of councillors and people from the 1100 committee?

Nypd

Dicky Pride wrote: »

Exactly. Is there a PR department at work there at all? A VIP area is a great idea, but why not have special needs people on it instead of councillors and people from the 1100 committee?

Hardly a lavish leather bound champaign pit, there was a large special needs platform beside it.