Friday, The Thirteenth

Friday the Thirteenth

Yesterday, Friday, was 13^th April.  I have always considered 13 to be a lucky number even though superstition says the opposite.  Superstitions have very little basis in fact I think.   Usually if I was trying to get something finalised it happened on the thirteenth of the month.  So I was happy to discover that in some ancient civilisations thirteen was a mystical number.

 Yesterday things started off as normal.  I spent about three hours writing on my computer until the printer started to make loud grinding noises.  Paper was clogging up the works.  I had often managed to pull out the paper but not this time.  So I rang the expert who agreed to call that afternoon. 

In the course of conversation We talked about the “Voice of Ireland”, and he mentioned that his daughter is a classical singer.  He went out to his car and brought in a DVD called “Whisper of Angels” by his daughter, Naoise Suart Kelly, and presented it to me.  I listened to it as I prepared dinner but when a friend, called unexpectedly later, we sat down and listened to the whole of the DVD.  

Breedge, for that was my friend’s name, presented me with a box of chocolates from the factory which her son owns.   That was two lovely presents on the one day.

We were both transported with joy at the melodious voice of Naoise singing some of our favourite songs like Roisin Dubh, Danny Boy, The Lark in the Clear Air, Nella Fantasia, Siuil A Ruin, and six other songs.   She sang with such clarity and sweetness flowing effortlessly from the lowest notes to the highest notes of Danny Boy.   

Her diction was perfectly clear in both Irish and English.  She truly has a beautiful voice, I would say she has “The voice of Ireland”.  She is a classically trained singer, having trained with Veronica Dunne and later in the Academy of Music in London and she sings worldwide. 

We had our concert at home, impromptu as well.  Only for the printer breaking down, I would never have had that experience and of course, it was Friday the thirteenth.