St. Patrick's Day was a bagpipe

During the last decade, Russia has already learned to celebrate Halloween, Christmas and Valentine's Day. Now in the spring calendar has another "Russian national" holiday - St. Patrick's Day - the patron saint of Ireland. But while this phenomenon is likely scale of Moscow, as nationwide. Once a year, on 17 March, when Russia usually comes Lent, the latter-day "Russian Celts", dressed in a green T-shirt with three-leafed clover - a symbol of the Irish foreign countries - march on New Arbat and organize evening uninhibited dance clubs in the capital to pay homage to St. Patrick. They drank a traditional Irish "green" beer, sing in the choir authentic motives Emerald Isle and soulfully to folk groups who listen to widely known in narrow circles. Something similar happened last Saturday and the club in Brest, where the festival was titled "The Celts non-stop." Billed in 19-hour music marathon started a bit late and ended shortly after midnight performance of the German duo Jamestown Ferry. In this case, due to a poorly constructed devices beginning concert was a little nervous. Explains the festival and then switch places, so that at the end of the names of many of the speakers, the teams will be able to identify even the most orthodox followers were of Irish folk music. Inexperienced observer could only intuitively refer to the announcements of those who appeared on the scene said. While most of this principle, it was not important. In the smoke-filled room stuffy people danced the traditional Irish "pa" and wanted to dance, not paying attention to what you're standing in front of him, Ukrainians under the funny name "Edge-Yo Hurt" or Moscow folk-rockers' Puck-n -Piper "(Puck and Piper). To get a "People" was important - to catch the courage. From the outside, like a scene from the famous Hollywood blockbuster saw "Titanic" where the poor sales, the Irish who lived away in the lower levels of the liner her spare vyplyasyvaya real dirty dancing distressed violin and banjo. True, the new small dance club in Brest, which had to do with the original inhabitants of Ireland. The majority of the Moscow students were regulars folk rock Runet Forum and members of the "Russian Celtic Society." Only occasionally in the crowd listening to real English. Meanwhile, performed on stage for the next band by the name of Applejack (Moscow), and in its place there was a group of Rostov Racoons. Following the mood of the audience, the musicians of the two teams do not depart from the general rule and played their set consisting exclusively of popular Irish songs placed on perky folk-rock. Meanwhile, on stage for the next band by the name of Applejack then to Moscow fans of St. Patrick, who performed at the club in Brest gathered, gave a 20-minute solo improvisation on the bagpipes Anatoly Isaev - one of the best pipers in Russia. Let more and more connected with the bagpipes in Scotland and Ireland, but the public did not see cultural trick and warmly greeted by "Russian Scots." Completed a measure of these things cosmopolitan Mike Walter and Doreen - Berlin duo called Jamestown Ferry, which, according to critics, is currently the best German band of Celtic .... It is noteworthy that before you go on stage, Mike and Doreen wore the night in the hall, talking to the fans and with undisguised curiosity particularly demanding photographed "Russian Celts." Probably, the same curiosity to try a Russian tourists suddenly invited to a national celebration of Maslenitsa, or somewhere in Madagascar, Mali ... Vadim VITOVTSEV, NEWSmusic.ru