(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, March 09, 2015 ) Shadow Hills, CA -- St. Patrick's Day is coming up fast and there will be celebrations around the world - and even out of this world. In 2011, Astronaut and Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, who has an Irish heritage and plays the flute, played a 100-year-old Irish flute while in orbit around the earth in the International Space Station. She had borrowed instruments from the renowned Irish band, The Chieftains and took them on board with her. She said, "And I'd like to reassure them that their treasures are just fine. They're never far from home because we fly over Ireland several times a day."
St. Patrick’s Day originally began as a religious feast honoring St. Patrick as Ireland's patron saint. Although he wasn't born in Ireland, he lived there for several years after being kidnapped as a young man. He eventually escaped, returned to his home country and began studying for the priesthood. As a Bishop, he returned to Ireland and began preaching the Bible, converting many to Christianity.
On March 17th, everyone is Irish. In the United States, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated with corned beef and cabbage, green beer, and Irish whiskey, the traditional accoutrements to this holiday, often consumed in large quantities in any number of venues; bars, hotels, halls, homes, community centers. A step and repeat banner featuring shamrocks and leprechauns can add color and pizazz to the festivities, placed behind the band at the local pub, or in the community hall for party-goers to have their photos taken, or even in a backyard.
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