Galway Races - Band Galway racegoers are famously irrepressible. At the Galway Summer Racing Festival in 1988, the rain which had ushered in the opening event continued unabated for two whole days. Suddenly on the third day, just as Captain Luke Mullins was about to release the scriptural dove, the sun broke triumphantly through the clouds.
Right on cue, a cymbal crashed and the resident jazz band burst into a spirited rendition of Chris Barber's ‘Everybody Loves Ice-Cream’. Trumpet, clarinet and trombone banished the blues instantaneously. Coats were discarded; and umbrellas became parasols. The very bookmakers began jitterbugging, while one well-known bookie’s-runner launched into an impressive jive routine with an attractive lady passer-by.
Right on cue, a cymbal crashed and the resident jazz band burst into a spirited rendition of Chris Barber's ‘Everybody Loves Ice-Cream’. Trumpet, clarinet and trombone banished the blues instantaneously. Coats were discarded; and umbrellas became parasols. The very bookmakers began jitterbugging, while one well-known bookie’s-runner launched into an impressive jive routine with an attractive lady passer-by.
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