Wallys

Posted on June 22, 2011 by declan

Last Saturday was the Street Performance World Championships in Merrion Square. As part of the weekend the organizers arranged to hold an world record attempt to get the most people dresses as Wally from Wheres Wally. It worked and they got the record. Before the attempt on Saturday I was watching one of the performers, The Might Gareth, and he spotted my camera so pointed me out to the crowd as part of his act. This made a young girl dressed as a Wally turn around and look straight at my camera, making the shot.

Summer Buskers

Posted on June 5, 2011 by declan

Saturday was a the first day of the June Bank Holiday in Dublin and it started off as a lovely warm sunny day. The city was packed with people walking around enjoying the sun and the long weekend. A band had set up and was busking just opposite St Stephens Green, they were pretty good and had a fair crowd gathered around them. The Green itself had an orchestra playing in the band stand and a group putting on a play in the Yeats memorial. I could easily have spent the day just taking photos but I had a list of wedding chores to do so I just managed to snap a few around the day.

Street Performer

Posted on February 25, 2011 by declan

I got delayed posting this with my travels at the start of the week. I could hold it over to next week but I figured I’d just post it today. Last weekend a street performer on Grafton St entertained the crowds on what was one of the first really spring like weekends of the year. He put on a pretty good act and got lots of interaction from the crowd, especially when he cycled his giraffe unicycle through them. I’d guess this was deliberate but the crowd definitely didn’t expect it.

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