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Concert Information, AJC Newspaper Preview, Program
 GREEN DAY
St. Patrick's is a time of lively goings-on --- and the luck of the Irish will surely attend you as you
sample local events celebrating the spirit of Eire
Wendell Brock - Staff
Friday, March 17, 2000
How about a bowl of green grits? Or a glow-in-the-dark-green bagel? Or a pitcher of green suds to go with your shamrock-shaped spuds? In the melting pot that is America, almost anything can happen on St. Patrick's
Day. And usually does.
But to celebrate Irish culture, it isn't necessary to own a Kelly green blazer, soak in your cups or sprinkle your talk with quaint little words like
"wee." It's possible to find the spirit of Eire in some unexpected places. Though we're happy to report that the fountain at Centennial Olympic
Park won't run green today, James Joyce's Dublin is just keystrokes --- or a bookstore --- away.
MICHAEL O'NEAL SINGERS
In anticipation of their July tour of the Emerald Isle, the Michael O'Neal Singers will premiere Irish composer Mary McAuliffe's "Return to Old Ireland
." The 15-minute work, which ends in a lively jig, is a setting of the Walt Whitman poem of the same name, with additional lyrics by McAuliffe. The
150-member choral ensemble will also perform a number of traditional Irish songs (" 'Tis Pretty to Be in Balinderry," "Has Sorrow Thy Young Days
Shaded," "The Minstrel Boy"), and the Mulligan Irish Step Dancers of Marietta will perform traditional dances.
8 tonight. $12-$15. Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Drive,
Roswell. 770-594-7974.
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