Folklorama 2013 - Celtic Ireland Pavilion

Continuing on with my Winnipeg pictures - after the Ukrainian pavilion, we went to the Spirit of Ireland pavilion. This one was hosted by an Irish dancing school - all of the students perform at Folklorama as part of their course. The production standards were quite high, and very pleasing to the eye. And the dancing was supreme. ...

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Moon

Moon, a photo by angelamermaid on Flickr.Via Flickr:When I was younger, I asked my parents for a telescope. I envisioned a really cool telescope that I could closely examine the moon with, maybe spot a few planets. They got me a foldable telescope that you might see on a sailing ship.So in 2013, it boggles my mind a bit that I can see the moon like this, with the telephoto lens on my came...

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Ukrainian pavillion - Folklorama 2013

Sir Paul McCartney was the reason I decided to go to Winnipeg. But he was far from being the only entertainer. Every year, Winnipeg hosts Folklorama. Different pavillions are staged throughout the city for two weeks, highlighting some of the different cultures of the residents. Basically, there's food, entertainment and information. I happened to arrive right in the middle. My brother and sister-in-law go every year, and it was really fun and rewarding. The...

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Paul McCartney Concert

When it came to purchase a seat, I decided to go with ergonomics. I chose a seat directly facing the stage, on the other side of the stadium. I figured there would be huge video screens and I was right. So it didn't matter that Paul was actually two inches tall. The video and audio were superb. By the way, I had no idea that the concert would be in an outdoors stadium until a couple of days before. I'm not from Winnipeg, I flew in for the concert....

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Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney, a photo by angelamermaid on Flickr. Via Flickr:When I first heard the rendition of "Hey Jude" on the "Good Evening New York" album, I got goosebumps as he got the audience to sing for him. I thought, "how incredible it would be to sing "Hey Jude" to Paul McCartney. Tonight, I know what that feels like. It was a joyful thi...

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