St Patrick's Day - Senior's Moment Lunch
Seniors gathered in the parish hall of St. Agnes’ Anglican Church located in North Vancouver’s Grand Boulevard neighbourhood for the St. Patrick’s day installment of the ongoing food outreach program the “Senior’s Moment” lunch for the community on March 16. On this absolutely beautiful sunny Friday, Bette Geddes, Deacon Lizz Lindsay and the Sharing Abundance food ministry team put on an Irish feast of: Beef and Guinness stew, boxty (Irish style potato pancakes), Irish style boiled cabbage and the always delicious Lazy Dasey Cake (although I’m not sure Lazy Dasey cake is Irish or traditional).
The festivities were begun with bagpipes. The piper, 12 year old Cameron O’Reilly son of St. Agnes’s parish administrator Laura O’Reilly made his solo piping debut.
Cameron was followed by the afternoon’s featured entertainer, John Cronin, who performed a set list of favourites: Sweet Rosie O’Grady, Galway Bay, The Unicorn (with choreography), When Irish Eyes are Smiling, If Your Irish (come into the parlour), Whiskey in the Jar, The Orange and the Green and many more. The captivating Mr. Cronin motivated the folks to join in which they were happy to do. John Cronin is one of the founding members of the legendary Vancouver based Irish Show Band, Killarney. John, his family and bandmates emigrated to Canada in 1991. This was the third time that he has performed at the annual luncheon and the Venerable Stephen Muir, rector of St. Agnes’ assured the audience that he will back as a highlight of the 2019 Senior’s Moment Lunch for St. Patrick’s Day.
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- John Cronin sings and leads the singing
- Young piper, Cameron O'Reilly
- Singing Along
- Bette cuts the cake.