Ansonia Library to hold shamrock button art craft night for adults

 

The Jolly Beggars to perform Celtic music tonight on Derby Green

The Jolly Beggars

DERBY - The Jolly Beggars will perform Irish folk music from 6:30-8:30 p.m. today at the Gazebo on the Green.

The free event is part of the city's End of Summer Concert Series.

Check out the band's website here: https://thejollybeggarsmusic.com/

This is shared from a Facebook event page.

Seymour VFW Post to host Irish Dinner at Colonial Tavern

SEYMOUR - VFW Post 12084 will host its sixth annual Irish Dinner at 3 p.m. March 11 at Colonial Tavern, 24 Hawley Road, Oxford.

 

The all-you-can-eat dinner includes corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, pasta with broccoli, dessert, and beverages. 

Tickets are $20 per person and they must be reserved by Feb. 27.

 

The event will feature dancing and entertainment provided by Tony Castle, along with door prizes.

The public is invited and all proceeds will benefit VFW programs.

 

For tickets and reservations call Post Commander Al Yagovane, 203-736-7981.

Webster Hose once held Irish festival at Nolan Field in Ansonia

This is an interesting piece of Ansonia history seen in the Ansonia Fire Museum. It's an advertisement for an excursion train from NYC to Ansonia to attend an Irish festival at Nolan Field presented by Webster Hose Company. 
The Derby Historical Society held its annual meeting Sunday at the museum on Howard Avenue, and this is one of the artifacts on display.


Please stay tuned for more photos in an upcoming issue of The Valley Voice newsletter.

Knights of Columbus to host dinner at Assumption Church hall in Ansonia

Ansonia celebrates Irish heritage Saturday in rain

Ansonia Mayor David S. Cassetti recognized lifelong Ansonia resident Horace Behrle, above, by naming him Mayor for the Day on Saturday. 
Behrle, who was born 79 years ago in a tenement on Main Street, said he was honored to have the opportunity. He joked, "Everybody gets a raise."  
Over the years Behrle has served on several city boards and commissions, and volunteers as an ambassador at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital in Derby. 

Behrle had the honor of raising the Irish flag with Cassetti. The Irish flag will fly for a week at City Hall.

After raising the flag in the pouring rain, Behrle shares a laugh with, from left, Alderman Lorie Vaccaro, Economic Development Director Sheila O'Malley, and Mayor David S. Cassetti.

The Rev. Jeff Gubbiotti, pastor, Church of the Assumption in Ansonia, waits under cover for the ceremony to start. He offered an invocation and a blessing. 

Ansonia High School music teacher Maria Tangredi, right, and senior Jennifer Godfrey, chorus co-president, sing the Star Spangled Banner at the flag-raising ceremony. 

Rain doesn't stop the dancers from Kathleen Mulkerin School of Irish Dance in West Haven from strutting their stuff. 

Great job! Their teacher, Kathy Carew, said the dancers are scheduled to give 30 performances Tuesday, St. Patrick's Day. 

Mayor David S. Cassetti, at podium, listens to Irish music performed by Take Four, a Trumbull-based a cappella quartet. The members are from left, David Hunter, Scott Parch, Jordan Kugler, Victor Lembo.


State Rep. Linda M. Gentile, an Ansonia resident, was on hand for the festivities, and DJ Phyllis Kaplan played Irish music. Gentile said it was all about "tradition."

The event was hosted by the city's Cultural Commission.  

Rain doesn't dampen spirit at Irish flag raising in Ansonia

The show must go on

The talented dancers from the Kathleen Mulkerin School of Irish Dance in West Haven perform in Saturday morning's rain on Main Street in Ansonia.


Stay tuned for more about the Ansonia Cultural Commission's 4th St. Patrick's Day Irish flag raising ceremony held in front of City Hall.

Ansonia to mark St. Patrick's Day with Irish Flag Raising

Full disclosure: This program was created by my husband, Ralph, chairman of the Ansonia Cultural Commission.