Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, Its off to Liverpool we go ..

 
The violas get the bubble-wrap treatment
 
The cellos are rarin to go
 
What's this? Golf clubs? Never ......

CSO packing the van for Liverpool

 
Altonen Removals provided an excellent service ... wonder if they go as far as Perth?
  The Timpani need lots of space
 

Paraic oversees the packing of the music stands in their red cases

The Tuesday Competition ..

Once the
club-house of Monkstown Golf-club, this castle was built by Anastasia Archdeacon, nee Gould, about 1636. She built it while her husband was away at sea, and having deducted the cost of the mason's board and lodgings from the total cost, she found she had only paid 4d for the whole castle.

It consists of a square central block flanked at the corners by four massive square towers, and it has gables at the top . It was used as a barracks in the 18th century.
It is presently undergoing renovation.
But anyway .. check out this week's results .....Tuesday 13th ..

Irish Pubs continued ...

 
Of course we found an Irish pub in Liverpool too ...

Wedding Cake Extraordinaire

 
 
 
 
There was a wedding in our hotel the Radisson SAS. Check out the detail of the wedding cake ...

The Culture Monitors

 
 
 
were searching the city for appropriate activity. Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture for this year. Cork was the ECC in 2005.

Our conductor ...

 
Keith Pascoe, himself a son of Liverpool, seeks inspiration from a higher source!

Liverpool John Lennon Airport

 
dedicated to its famous son ...

Beatles Museum

 
 
There is an excellent museum of Beatle memorabilia, depicting the story of the band, the growth and fame and excitement of it all.

Beatle following

 
 
 
 
The most famous Liverpudlians of the modern era are, of course, the Fab4, the Beatles. We went on a Beatle hunt ...

Meeting up in Liverpool

 
 
 
 
Cork Symphony Orchestra went to Liverpool for the weekend. We played in The Philharmonic Hall on Saturday night. We played the Thievish Magpie Overture (Mozart) Violin Concerto in D (Mozart, soloist Keith Pascoe, our conductor), a new work -world premiere- The Song of Caer by David Wallace, the Hochthief Composer in Residence to the Cork School of Music, The Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and the Piano Concerto No 1 by Tchaikowsky with Ciara Moroney, Cork as soloist. It was a great concert. Magz and Hugh played too. And the good news is that the RLPChoir have accepted our invitation to come to Cork, along with the Harlow Chorus, to open the Cork Choral Festivel in May 2009. We will perform the huge Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams.

Monkstown Golf Club

Monkstown Golf Club has a flashy new website. Have a look at the members area and competition results to see who is doing well! Check out May 6th!