Yesterday marked the end of Irish Week in Seattle, which culminated in a St. Patrick’s Day Parade and an Irish Week Festival at Seattle Center. I spent the week attending many of the events organized by the Irish Heritage Club and the hardworking Honorary Consul of Ireland, John Keane. The week started out with a soda bread competition at TS McHugh’s in Queen Anne with live music and Irish dancing to keep the crowd entertained while the judges chose the winners. My sister-in-law entered and took home an award for her brown soda bread. I took home the award-winning loaf and ate it!
Judging soda bread is a serious business
This is what award-winning brown soda bread looks like
The entries for ‘glorified’ soda bread – these loaves didn’t qualify as true soda bread which contains only 4 ingredients – flour, buttermilk, salt & baking soda
Having a bit of a dance while the judges choose a winner
On Friday I joined in the Seattle tradition of the Laying O’ The Green Stripe and then popped down to check out the parade on Saturday. Here are a few images from the day.
West Seattle High School get the crowd going – this band only formed last year but they rocked the parade
William Patrick Kiley marches as St Patrick in his 44th parade
The man behind Irish Week, John Keane, watches as the parade draws to a close
Hope you did something fun for St. Patrick’s Day.
xxx Ailsa
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