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Nimble of knee and fleet of foot, loose-limbed Irish dancers kicked up a joyful time Sunday afternoon at Lincoln-Way North High School's Performing Arts Center during the featured performance of Cherish the Ladies, the famed Irish folk music troupe. They performed as part of the school district's "Spotlight Series" before a crowd of more than 600.
Whether mournful or mirthful, to my ear Irish folk tunes have always borne the tone and tenor of the brogue itself.
There was plenty of mirth from band leader Joanie Madden throughout the show. Telling the audience one of her dancers was a Chicagoan, the young lady revealed her true roots grew from Northwest Indiana soil.
"But I live in Lincoln Park now," she added, to chuckles from the audience.
"They don't seem to be impressed by that," Madden replied.
The South Side Irish, they're a hard lot they are!
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