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Happy belated St. Patrick's Day!

Believe it or not, I have never once been out on the town to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Until this one. But I was working actually, so maybe it doesn’t really count. Anyway, I have a new gig each week to photograph the Burlington night life for a new publication put out by the Free Press called B-Scene. It’s a weekly arts and entertainment guide for the Burlington area. It’s quite fun, actually. I’ve been to a bunch of shows and a few concerts and a new one for me…the bar scene.
But back to Monday night…it was my job to photograph revelers at an Irish Pub called Ri Ra. It was PACKED with very gregarious drinking people. A college student excitedly told me that his favorite band was chilling out in the back, so he dragged me over. I’m kind of old, so I didn’t recognize them, but it turns out that I do know a couple of their tunes, so that made me feel better.

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This is my favorite image of the night. As I was walking to Ri Ra this Irish pipe band was playing under the street lamp. It was a magical moment. Later they came into Ri Ra. very cool!

This spirited gal graced this week's B-Scene cover.
The Williston Fire Chief, 2nd from the right, was celebrating his birthday with some town firemen and his daughter. They forced me to sit down and drink a beer with them when I was finished working. They really had to twist my arm on that one! To top it off, they handed my camera off to a stranger to document the moment. ;-)

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