The Fanzini Brothers
Kerry's favourite Italians Ronaldo & Guido
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Tousist above and below.
Up the Healy Pass.
So this time we are on the road and we are local enough this time having traveled this way earlier on the way back from skib we are here on the road to south Kerry this time to the village of Tousist in the wilds of south Kerry. It is about a quarter of an hour outside of the picturesque and terribly fashionable town of Kenmare on the road to the Healy Pass. Tousist by contrast is a crossroads with post office and a church. We arrived starving so we adjourned to the local post office which from the outside appeared to be closed. We later found out that if you were to knock on the door then the lady postmistress would come and open up the shop. Beautiful part of the country quiet country roads tranquil surroundings. Worth checking out.
We were puzzled by this and therefore we went back to the venue which is the local church/community hall.
So we pitched up outside the hall and practiced our soccer skills outside the hall as we were pretty early and had a bit of time to kill. The conditions were difficult as there was a hill and gravel and the goals/gates were at an akward angle. Still at least one golden goal was scored both with boot and noggin.
The people in the area have a lovely take on the kerry accent musical and soft with a lot of yeras thrown in "yera sure tis an awful long way" etc. The way that these people try to look after you is immense i found myself constantly fending off offers of tea when i refused tea we went through the rest of the list, do you want coffee? no i actually have water thanks, do you want a coke or a mineral? no, milk? no thanks ! and biscuits more biscuits than a man could ever want.
The organisation is all local voluntary effort and they really make us feel special and like film stars. This is a small widely dispersed community and they come together for this event and so the warmth exuded by the audience more than makes up for the small amount of people present and we did our best in the show to wind the audience up to a fever pitch. But first we had to negotiate the fancy dress peagent. All the parents comprise the majority of the audience which is great as they clap enthusiastically for their own kids.
Scooby the interview.
Things are going well
This is just before he pounced on his little sister.
Another highlight was the girl who came up with sandals and a straw basket and when i asked her who she was dressed up as she said that she was an eco tourist. I was taken aback by this so i felt that i had to ask what that entailed. She camly explained that that meant she did not go to visit a place for a weekend but rather a few months and that when visiting a country to make sure and walk cycle or travel on public transport whenever possible. Great stuff and very well though out. The other thing that i really like about the fancy dress is that there are prizes for everyone so there are no winners and losers cos everyone is a winner.
So that was the fancy dress, we split our show into two sections. We did our first section and after the fancy dress and then announced an intermission during which we had the raffle and then our second section of show.Also we were consious of the fact that we had been here last year. So we mixed it up as much as we could the fact that it was in two parts also meant that we gave them a monster show almost too long but they were loving it so we went on for ages.
We were puzzled by this and therefore we went back to the venue which is the local church/community hall.
So we pitched up outside the hall and practiced our soccer skills outside the hall as we were pretty early and had a bit of time to kill. The conditions were difficult as there was a hill and gravel and the goals/gates were at an akward angle. Still at least one golden goal was scored both with boot and noggin.
The people in the area have a lovely take on the kerry accent musical and soft with a lot of yeras thrown in "yera sure tis an awful long way" etc. The way that these people try to look after you is immense i found myself constantly fending off offers of tea when i refused tea we went through the rest of the list, do you want coffee? no i actually have water thanks, do you want a coke or a mineral? no, milk? no thanks ! and biscuits more biscuits than a man could ever want.
The organisation is all local voluntary effort and they really make us feel special and like film stars. This is a small widely dispersed community and they come together for this event and so the warmth exuded by the audience more than makes up for the small amount of people present and we did our best in the show to wind the audience up to a fever pitch. But first we had to negotiate the fancy dress peagent. All the parents comprise the majority of the audience which is great as they clap enthusiastically for their own kids.
The whole gig and the atmosphere the area is all a bit "Father Ted" but the fancy dress takes the cake altogether. The kids are lined up off stage while i Guido wait on stage in proper rose of tralee style and conduct a little interview with each child where we engage in witty repartee about all manner of subjects. Some kids take it in their stride others seem shell shocked by the experience. This is my second year now acting as compere for this event, all part of the Fanzini service. My abiding memory of this year though was when one of the first few kids to come on was dressed as Scooby Doo so i began the interview "so i see that you are dressed as scooby great" no answer, so i figured ok cool this kid is really getting into the character so i got down on the floor with the kid and we barked an interview between us, then he lifted his leg and did a few more dog tricks. So i asked the audience to give the kid a round of applause and directed the kid off the stage. Thing was though he wasnt going and he continued to lap the stage in character, ok i figured he is not doing any harm so i went on as the orgainsers tried to get the kids attention to get him off the stage. So its on with the show soon after a little girl about 5 or 6 came up on to the stage dressed as a skeleton and for some reason the dog went for one of the bones in her leg no bones about it he attacked her, she in fairness was backing away and fighting her own corner. I thought that i had better step in before someone got mauled so i tried to call him to heel. Someone from the audience piped up that scooby was the skeletons brother and that he was attacking her in a friendly way.
Guido in Gay Byrne mode.
Guido in Gay Byrne mode.
Scooby the interview.
Things are going well
This is just before he pounced on his little sister.
Another highlight was the girl who came up with sandals and a straw basket and when i asked her who she was dressed up as she said that she was an eco tourist. I was taken aback by this so i felt that i had to ask what that entailed. She camly explained that that meant she did not go to visit a place for a weekend but rather a few months and that when visiting a country to make sure and walk cycle or travel on public transport whenever possible. Great stuff and very well though out. The other thing that i really like about the fancy dress is that there are prizes for everyone so there are no winners and losers cos everyone is a winner.
So that was the fancy dress, we split our show into two sections. We did our first section and after the fancy dress and then announced an intermission during which we had the raffle and then our second section of show.Also we were consious of the fact that we had been here last year. So we mixed it up as much as we could the fact that it was in two parts also meant that we gave them a monster show almost too long but they were loving it so we went on for ages.
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