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More of the weekend

Today’s big event was a big change from yesterday’s: I helped staff a table for Gaeltacht Minnesota at St. Paul’s Day of Irish dance (An opportunity to help out and yet avoid Tuesday’s drunken mob scene). I don’t think I contributed much beyond moral support: MR and SH were both present most of the time, and being extroverts jumped in long before I could think of something to say whenever some visitor came by. However, I enjoyed it anyway.

A follow-up from yesterday: At the museum we saw another family from church. I talked to one of them after today’s service. His company does some work for the museum, which apparently was overwhelmed by the public response to Make: Day there. Also, they had many more requests for exhibits than they could accomodate. There may be another Make Day soon.

Irish Class–Monday Night, March 2, 2009

Irish Class, March 2, 2009

Rang Gaeilge, 2ú lá mí Márta 2009

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Am coigilte sholas na lae an 8ú lá Márta.
Daylight Savings Time on March 8.

Am time m3
coigilt saving f2 /keg’il’tə/ (Wes), /kog’əl’t’/ (FP)
solas light m1

Wes suggested that we look at Raidió Rí-Rá. The site
has some Irish text with sound files of it being read aloud by native speakers.

The plan to have our March 16 class at Merlins Rest is still
on. Wes and Mary are thinking about some exercise involving numbers. Open Mic there starts at 8PM.
This could be either a challenge or an opportunity :-)>

Listening exercise

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