What do you get when you bring a brother and sister together to plan a birthday party? A fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society with a few hundred Red Heads together for Lots of whacky red madness.
Its called The Irish RedHead Convention and it is entering its 4th year in 2013. It takes place in August each year in the beautiful Cork village of Crosshaven. For the first time we are making it a weekend event to cater for the level of interest and to make sure we fit in all of the events we have planned.
What can you expect if you come along? Firstly, red heads, lots of them. Once you get over the initial realisation that you are sharing a space with so many of a minority who become the majority for the weekend, you can settle in to some live music in one of the bars, take part in the Crossroads Ceili or take to the Red Soap box to share your ginger musings. There will be air & sea rescue demonstrations by the appropriately Orange coloured RNLI lifeboat 'Miss Betty' and a movie screening in 'The Big House'. You can take part in Orange Lawn bowling or Carrot Tossing competitions and of course, enter one or more of our FoxyFest categories such as Best Red beard, most freckles per square inch, the best red dog, the youngest redhead and the Best Red Family among many more.
Being Ginger, Red, Carrot top or whatever you say is not only something that makes you unique but it is also a brand that a country and culture has sold itself on for generations. It is an attribute that people aspire to, wish they had and you could even say people are 'Dyeing' to be like us when you see how many shades of red are on sale in a bottle in your local pharmacy.
If you want to join in the fun and be a part of a World Record Attempt to bake the most gingerbread men in one go, you need to be in Crosshaven, County Cork between 23-25 August 2013.
We ARE The Gathering 2013 and this is the homecoming of the RedHeads. Be Part of it.
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Twitter: @IrishRedHeads
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