The Irish band

Well, I've said it once, I'll say it again.  Everything is an adventure.  I decided that I would go check out the "Irish" band that my fellow choir mates are in.  They were playing at the Border house - or so I thought.  I asked around at school, and apparently they said it was called the Bordeaux house - because of the color of it - but in Hungary, it's actually the BorDo house.  So - whatever.  I walk by this building every day, and I didn't know it was a place that held performances- it's very unassuming.  Anyhow, I was told that the performance started at 6... so I didn't want to walk in late and awkward, so I arrived just a few minutes before 6.  However, there weren't any people going into the place I thought was the "Border" house.  And, I heard no music.  So I went across the street and sat on a bench and watched... and waited... and watched.  When a guy with instruments walked in through the front green gate, I decided this must be the place - but why no other people?  Who knows.  It doesn't matter.  I waited a few minutes and then followed him through the door - which led to an open courtyard.  Shoot.  Now what?  I waited some more, and finally I heard the tuning of instruments- so I went in.  Upon entering, I saw the band members and two wives.  Oh boy.  What have I gotten myself into here.  Seriously.  So I was introduced to the band members, and took a seat.  There were lots of open seats, were there more people coming?  I just had to giggle to myself.  What was happening????  As per Hungarian standards, the performance actually began at 6:45.  To the credit of the band though, they were scheuled to start at 6:30 - I don't know why he told me 6... but whatever.  I'm a groupie I guess.  They started with an introduction in Hungarian and apparently at some point, asked how many people in the audience (yes, other people showed up) would understand the English music.  They all looked at me and told me to raise my hand - but let's think this through - they asked me in HUNGARIAN if I would understand the ENGLISH words of the songs.  Had they asked me in English, of course I would have raised my hand... any way - thinking about the whole thing just makes me laugh.  

So they started singing, and they are actually quite talented.  There is a feisty younger girl who can play the violin really well - and she brought a lot of energy to the group.  The funny thing was listening to the words of their songs, because bless their hearts - "SVeet Molly Malone" is not a song I was familiar with prior to this experience :)

Hopefully I can post some video of them performing.