For additional information on any event or to volunteer, contact events@tucscommon.org
Be sure to check this page often. We're always adding new activities to help the community explore our sister city relationship, as well as Irish culture in general.
Family Arts Festival - Sunday, January 13, 2008: Tucson-Roscommon Sister Cities supported the Family Arts Festival and made annoucements regarding the upcoming World Premier, and a summer trip to Ireland.
WORLD PREMIER EVENT! "El Capitan Colorado" will hit the stage on February 29, 2008 at the Berger Center. Tickets are available at www.inconcerttucson.com. Two other showings will be held in Tucson as well.
Tucson-Roscommon Sister Cities is proud to announce it is sponsoring a cultural exchange in the form of a theatrical production written and produced in Ireland about the founding of Tucson.
Not surprisingly the O’Conor story recounts the history of the Spanish Colonial period, with its missionaries, conquistadors, and Native tribes, in what is today southern Arizona. This adaptation will be the creation of a piece of literature on a most interesting character, for the historical canon of both Tucson and Ireland.
The play will come to Tucson with a cast of Irish actors for a run in early 2008. Performances are scheduled as follows:
For information and tickets, please contact: In Concert Tucson or Winnie Ryan Nanna at 520-747-0059
Tucson's St. Patricks Day Parade and Festival - Saturday, March 15, 2008: Tucson-Roscommon Sister Cities will enter a float in the parade for the first time and will please the hungry crowds by selling our sought after corned beef sandwiches. An information booth will also be set up some come on by and say hello!
Annual Mayors Luncheon - Monday, March 17, 2008: The Annual Mayors Lunceon will be held at the Historic Manning House in Downtown Tucson at 12:00 noon, no host bar opens at 11:30. Keynote Speakers and Special Guests will be announced soon.
"Rainbows End" Tour or Ireland. - June 8 - June 20, 2008:
From June 8 - June 20, 2008, We will be traveling to some of the most beautiful areas of Ireland. Of course, once you visit you will understand that this can be said for EVERY area of Ireland. Be that as it may, we will be visiting Galway and the Connemara, the Midland County of Roscommon, the great city of Dublin, the Gourmet Capitol of Ireland, Kinsale and the ever breathtaking beauty of Killarney.
We will spend a relaxing two days in each of the following cities: Galway, Roscommon Town, Dublin, Kinsale and Killarney. We will round out our tour in Bunratty, just a short drive from the Shannon Airport.
In each of these cities, We will be staying in 3 and 4 star Hotels, as well as Family-owned and operated 3 star Guesthouses.
LAND FARE**: $2285.00, (Single Supplement add $519.00), Travel Protection Plan: $149.00
AIRFARE: $1050.00 (Flying Delta Airlines from Tucson to Shannon.)
LAND FARE INCLUDES:
Transport by luxury motorcoach with a driver/guide (one man) for 12 days.
Hotel accommodation based on twin bedded rooms with private bath as listed opposite for 11 nights.
Full breakfasts (11).
Table d’hôte dinners (7).
Traditional Irish ceili at Kate Kearney's Cottage (Dinner/Show)
Traditional Irish ceili at Bunratty Corn Barn(Dinner/Show)
Guided tour of Dublin.
Guided walking tour of Kinsale.
‘Titanic Trail’ walking tour of Cobh.
Cruise on Kinsale Harbour.
Horse-drawn jaunting car ride in Killarney
Visits and admission fees to:
Cliffs of Moher
Connemara National Park
Strokestown House & Famine Museum
Guinness Storehouse
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Glendalough
Blarney Castle & Woollen Mills
Bantry House & Gardens
Muckross House & Gardens
Skellig Experience
Blasket Centre
Hotel porterage, service charges and government taxes. Flight bags, ticket wallets, baggage tags and identifying strap.
** If you choose to set-up your own flight, please make sure that you coordinate your arrival time so that you arrive in Shannon at approximately the same time as the Delta Flight.
For More Information, email us at: cowboycraic@aol.com or call us at 520-548-3191
Family Arts Festival - Sunday January 14, 2007: "The Best Corned Beef sandwiches in Tucson" were sold to benefit Tucson-Roscommon Sister Cities. If you didn't get yours at the Family Arts Festival they are sold at several events throughout the year. Catch us at the St. Patrick's Day Parade/Festival, Oktoberfest, and the Celtic Festival too.
Annual Mayors Luncheon - Friday March 16, 2007: Tuscon-Roscommon Sister Cities hosts the Mayors Luncheon with Guest Speaker, Ray Carroll. A silent auction and raffle were also held. Sponsored by the ABA and SW Gas.
Tucson Sister Cities and the Pima County Public Libraries have teamed up to showcase all seven, yes seven, Tucson Sister Cities. Information, recipes, artifacts and photos will be on display for the period of one month at these library branch locations:
Additionally, one Saturday each month, at the local library branch, Tucson Sister Cities will host an open-house event where you can come and visit with members of the various cities and find out how you can get involved.
• Sister Cities International Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Tucson is looking to host a Sports Exchange in the near future. Ideas are still circulating, but we are considering Gaelic football or Hurling workshops and scrimages. If you are interested in seeing something like this come to Tucson, or would like to volunteer in the planning of a sports event please contact us!
A play about the life of Hugo O'Connor, Tucson's Founder, will open in County Roscommon, Ireland and in the early months of 2008 will come to Tucson and Phoenix. Please check back for more details.
Participated in the Annual Family Arts Festival; sold delicious corned beef sandwiches and had an information booth near the Sister Cities Stage in El Presidio Plaza.
Hosted the Annual Mayors Luncheon with guest speaker, Ray Carroll and Irish Step Dancing with students of the McGuire Dance Academy. This event was sponsored by the Arizona Builders Alliance and SW Gas.
In 2005, Tucson-Roscommon Sister Cities launched an energetic campaign to revitalize the relationship with our sister community in Ireland. TRSC is now a membership based community organization, and we are mining the talents and interests of our members to bring information about contemporary Ireland to Tucson as well as exporting some of our local culture to Roscommon.
Throughout 2005 TRSC has participated in many activities including the Family Arts Festival in Tucson and the St. Patrick's Day luncheon, and Tucson’s Celtic Festival and Highland Games. We’ve also hosted a photographic and poetry exhibition from Roscommon, and a “Meet the Author” luncheon with Irish Author Jude Collins.
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