Activities: 2010 Irish Toast Contest

 
 

Congratulations to
Mike Owen
Our 2009 Irish Toast Contest winner!!

Times

See listing by pub below
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Contest Rules

·         Participants must be at least 21 years of age

·         Toast must be about an Irish subject such as love of Ireland,
Irish culture, literature, alcoholic beverage, humor or

           Irish lad or lass or other related recognizable Irish subject

           matter

·         Toast presentation may be from an original composition or a toast previously written

·         Toast must be no longer than 60 seconds

·         Toast can not be read (no notes allowed) at competitions

·         Profanity is prohibited (Judges discretion)

·         Illegal or inappropriate conduct is not be allowed and will be

        grounds for expulsion from the contest

·         Participant is responsible for his/her own volume of

        consumption of alcohol

·         Previous toast contest winners are not eligible

 

Participants will be judged on:

  • Toast subject matter
  • Creativity
  • Oration
  • Crowd applause

Example toast

Here's to the beer we love to drink, And the food we love to eat
Here's to our wives and sweethearts, May they never meet.
Here's champagne for our real friends, And real pain for our sham friends
And when this journey finally ends, May all of us find peace. Slainte!
 

2010 Contests (Check back often to see if dates/times have changed)

Date

Pub Host

Address/Phone

2009 Winners

 
Saturday
September 5
9
:00 p.m.
Brockway Pub

With Drew & Eric
12525 Old Meridian St
Indianapolis

(317) 669-8080
Eric Hunt

 

Saturday
September 5
10:00 p.m.
O’Bryan’s Nine Irish Brothers

With Second Fiddle
 

119 Howard Avenue
West Lafayette

(765) 746-4782

Jared Sweet

 

Friday
September 11
7
:30 p.m.
 
Pat Flynn's Public House
 
5198 Allisonville Rd


(317) 475-0181
Megan Lee

 

Friday
September 11
10:00 p.m.
 
Fionn MacCool's

With Hogeye Navvy

8211 E. 116th St.
Fishers

(317)863-2100
John Moor

 

Saturday
September 12
8
:30 p.m.
 
Claddagh Irish Pub - Northside

Halfway to St. Pat's Party

3835 E. 96th Street
Fishers

(317) 569-3663
Jeff Lovell

 

Saturday
September 12
8
:30 p.m.
 
Claddagh Irish Pub - Plainfield

Halfway to St. Pat's Party

2539 Futura Park Way
Plainfield

(317) 838-9917
Mike Owen

First Round Semi-Finals

Friday
September 18
 
Indy Irish Festival
8:15 p.m. WTTS Stage
Military Park Mike Owen
Jeff Lovell
John Moor

Finals

Saturday
September 19
 
Indy Irish Festival
8:45 p.m. WTTS Stage
Military Park Mike Owen

Previous final toast contest winners are not eligible.

Show your Irish pride and compete in the Indianapolis Irish Festival Toast Contest presented by Metromix.com. Pub champions are crowned the weeks before the festival.  Pub champs qualify for the semi finals Friday night at the Irish Fest.  The Irish Toast contest champion will be crowned Saturday night, September 19 and will win a 7 night B&B getaway in Ireland** from IrishGetaways.com. GOOD LUCK to all who compete!