Local Irish Band Celebrates St. Patrick's Day with Military Men and Women Overseas
Two years agn, LS. Navy personnel and their familles used to the Atsugi Navy haww e of the USS. Kittyhawk, were treated in a tare experience when Toy Henning and is local Irlah/American bond, Innisfree, traveled to the base to entertain then on St. Patrick's Day. Fleming and the other live members of innisfree were delighted and be ored to be ahle to go to Japen and lift he spiriti, if only for a few hours, of the Navy personnel and their families,
For ihe thizd year in a ruw, Plening a local insurance broker in Rolling Hits by day and an entertainer by night-and the bend travel to enter tuin the Navy men, women and fami ies at various gases throughout Japan
Fleming, the leader of the band on accordion and harmonica, actually a the only member of the bed from Ireland. Other members included sing Julie Delaney, a civil engineer in Newport Beach Terry Dayle, gui tar, a news director with CBS news Denis Doyle, Celtic harpist, a profas sor at Glendale College Kevin Word keyboard and bagpipes, music
teacher and director of the Orange County Sypany and Milu Tiffany hess, computer en Tihe hand has been playing the length and breath of California for best 23 years. They have played et puhs, wakes, weddings, hirthdays and on occasions where there was like excuse for throwing a party.
Peming says it was a coincidence the band got the opportunity to travel el to lupan. Another hand was unable to travel at the lady and the and his hand we offered the oppar tunity to p in their place.
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