Milwaukee Irish Fest
Tom is delighted to have written the theme song for the 25th anniversary of the world famous Milwaukee Irish Fest. Considered to be the biggest Irish music festival in the world, the 2005 festival saw upwards of 135,000 people over the third weekend of August. The president of Ireland, Mary Mc Aleese opened the event this year and Tom was honoured to perform the song, called “Milwaukee 25″ at both the opening and the closing of the Irish musical extravaganza. At the closing, which is known as the ‘Scattering’, Tom sand the song onstage with a veritable who’s who of the Irish folk music world to an audience of 10,000! They all left with the chorus of “Milwaukee, the word makes you smile, You’d think you were in Erin’s Isle…” on their lips and hearts! The song is also included in the Milwaukee Irish Fest’s 25th anniversary CD, “Silver”, a compilation of the many performers who have graced the stages of Irish Fest for a quarter of a century.
“It was a class feeling to hear thousands of people singing the chorus, not to mention all the musical friends onstage!” says Tom, “It was magical!”
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