A night at Downey's

Tonight we went to Downy's for a special event, walking into it, we had no idea what we were in for, but sitting down and watching the performers set up, we were pleasantly surprised with music!  I sat at the bar with Kevin and Emily, and we were treated with ciders, Guinness, and Coors to enjoy while people performed. There were a bunch of different instruments that were being played, like the harp, the Irish drum, the fiddle, and the uilleann pipes. I believe that's what they were called, and a couple of others that I can't quite recall. But it was really a lovely night, the singing, the dancing, and the music were all amazing, and I had a lot of fun chatting and enjoying everything with everyone there. I think my favorite song was when they played Greensleeves, mostly because this is one of my favorite orchestral pieces that I've played multiple times in high school, as well as doing a choir-inspired piece in my senior year. They gave it a very upbeat and fun twist when the fiddlers played it, which I really enjoyed. Sometimes they played it slow, and sometimes they would switch it back to the more upbeat style, but overall it was really gorgeous. I looked up a couple of Yeat's poems to try and relate back to this experience since I seem to be running out, but I found The Fiddler of Dooney, which I'll admit drew my attention because I saw fiddler and thought of the two that played, and until I read the whole poem I was able to relate it back to tonight. The line "When I play on my fiddle in Dooney, Folk dance like a wave of the sea", which brought me back to when one of the younger girls was Irish dancing while the musicians played a reel tune, and while I wouldn't necessarily describe Irish dancing similar to the waves in the sea, I still think that the line gave a good image of people just sitting and enjoying music and dancing.