Many things happen at Irish Fest in all the different areas, and one that was particularly fun this year was the Heritage Area. The feature was the Year of the Irish Woman. (I actually had a picture in there with my Mom, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother!) But, the important part of this is that Barbara Scanlon was the Woman of the Year at this year's Irish Fest. There are so many things that can be said about Barbara, but it is enought to know that she has been working at the Fest before the Fest as we know it; when it was at Brookside. She is the Children's Area resident Fairy Village expert, and she helps us when we venture into the old Irish Fables, and that doesn't begin to touch her expertise in Genealogy. We have the pleasure of having two of Barbara's Grandchildren in the Kid's Club. The first one I want to introduce is Kelsey. Kelsey is like her Grandma, she danced this year at the Feis, and worked as much as she could doing anything and everything in the Main Children's Area. So, Barbara's legacy this year was three generations working at Irish Fest together, and there were many smiles, not to diminish the one that Barbara had when Eileen Ivers presented her award!
Thank you Barbara and all of the lovely Scanlon Family.
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