Vic Burns who recently turned 90 was honored at the recent meeting for such an achievement but also supposedly being Irish (with the impishness of leprechaun) provided a wonderful reason for a few of our members and potential glee club members to join him in a Irish sing-a-long ("Cockles & Mussels" ).  

With our meeting being immediately one day after St. Patricks Day  it was hard to deny them and the accompanying mood or Irish flavor which purveyed the meeting.   Sergeant David Corrigan kicked it off with his green hat as did Vic, and even President Gordon Cheyne talked in  a confused Irish-Scottish brogue. 

For those innocents one can read :-

On St Patrick's Day it is customary to wear shamrocks and/or green clothing or accessories (the "wearing of the green").Image

St Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish.[13][14] This story first appears in writing in 1726, though it may be older. In pagan Ireland, three was a significant number and the Irish had many triple deities.[15] The triple spiral symbol appears at many ancient megalithic sites in Ireland.

The Irish glee-club in action below.   At left O'Devereux (evidently Irish-French) acting as leader, Katrina Flinn,  Walshe, O'Beirne, O'Donoghue and Rush with Vic seated.

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