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51st Annual Detroit International Feis (DIF)
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Ultimate Soccer Complex
867 South Blvd, Pontiac, MI 48341
www.FeisDetroit.com
family oriented annual competition of Irish
dance, music, and arts
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Sean Gavin & Jesse Smith
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
5:30-9pm
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Andy Lee corner…
Lee has sights on WBC World Middleweight
Champion Chavez's title
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
vs
Andy Lee
(HBO)
June 16, 2012
10:00 PM EDT
Sun Bowl - El Paso,
TX
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WBC
Championship Fight
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Andy Lee
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
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Global ID
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344849
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214371
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sex
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male
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male
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birthdate
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1984-06-11 /
age 27
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1986-02-16 /
age 26
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division
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middleweight
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middleweight
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rating
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6 / 1260 1 / 8
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4 / 1260 1 / 101
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stance
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southpaw
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orthodox
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height
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6′
2″ / 188cm
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6′
0″ / 183cm
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reach
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78”/ 193cm
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73″ /
185cm
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US ID
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065796
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068222
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country
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Ireland
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Mexico
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residence
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Detroit, Michigan, United
States
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Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
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won 28 (KO 20) + lost 1 (KO 1) + drawn 0 = 29
rounds boxed 156 KO% 68.97
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won 45 (KO 31) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 1 = 47
rounds boxed 223 KO% 65.96
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Andy Lee speaks at fight presser in
El Paso, TX
UT
system moves fight from Sun Bowl, angers city leaders
April 26, 2012
In this photo taken Tuesday, Julio Cesar
Chavez Jr., left, and his opponent Andy Lee pose for pictures during a
news conference in the Sun Bowl stadium in El Paso. Chavez’s father, former
professional boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, is watching at right background.
~ Associated Press
By Jim Vertuno and Juan Carlos LLorca
Associated Press
EL
PASO — Angry El Paso leaders on Wednesday accused the University of
Texas system chancellor of fostering a “climate of fear” by canceling a
high-profile boxing event in a border city fighting to overcome
assumptions it has been overrun by spillover violence from the drug war
in Mexico.
City
leaders were stunned when UT system Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said
Tuesday the University of Texas-El Paso’s Sun Bowl stadium could not
host a June 16 fight between World Boxing Council world middleweight
champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. of Mexico
and Andy Lee of Ireland.
The UT system said Cigarroa made the decision based on a “higher than
normal” risk assessment, but released no details.
The
move prompted a wave of angry responses from El Paso officials who insist their
city is safe. Despite ranking among the safest cities in the nation in
terms of violent crime, El
Paso officials have long complained the city
gets falsely portrayed as a war zone.
“It
stems from this general climate of fear being created by some … that
the border is unsafe. This is the latest example of the kind of
decisions that are going to do incalculable harm to border
communities,” said state Sen. Jose Rodriguez, an El Paso Democrat.
Rodriguez
and others demanded to know the details behind Cigarroa’s decision.
El
Paso City Manager Joyce Wilson and El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen
insisted Cigarroa show them a risk assessment report for the fight, and
any others conducted for major events that have been held on system
property for the last five years.
Last
weekend, UT-El Paso’s Don Haskins Center
basketball arena hosted a Showtime boxing card, and the Frank Erwin
Center at the University of Texas
in Austin
is hosting ESPN’s Friday Night Fights this week.
The
51,500-seat Sun Bowl is home to the UT-El Paso Miners football team and
the annual Sun Bowl game. It also hosted a major fight in 1998 when
more than 40,000 watched Oscar De La Hoya.
The
UT system said “this decision should not be generalized to other events
at UT-El Paso or other UT institution facilities. If there was an
elevated risk determination associated with any event hosted by the
other 14 UT institutions, the same decision would have been made.”
A
UT system spokesman said he could not discuss the El Paso fight risk assessment and
that Cigarroa was not immediately available for comment.
Texas
Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Katherine Cessinger said the
DPS was not involved in developing the risk assessment. Ramiro Cordero,
a spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol, said the agency has received no
specific threats or intelligence indicating violence in El Paso related
to the fight.
All
of the state lawmakers who represent El Paso sent a letter to Cigarroa
calling the decision “ill-informed, baseless and destructive” and
urging him to reconsider.
Rodriguez
said he spoke with Cigarroa on Tuesday and pressed him for details on
the risk assessment, including whether law enforcement intelligence
suggested the fight would be a dangerous event for the university and
the city. Rodriguez said Cigarroa told him he had nothing specific.
“It
is very difficult for me to accept,” Rodriguez said, noting that former
President Bill Clinton visited El
Paso on Tuesday without incident. “You just
don’t make decisions based on ‘higher than normal’ risk without
details.”
Cigarroa
informed UT-El Paso officials of his decision one hour before a news
conference to promote the fight. Bob Arum, president of the boxing
promotions company Top Rank, said he’s ready to move the fight to San Antonio or Houston,
but promised El Paso
officials to wait another day to see if he and others can’t get
Cigarroa to change his mind.
El Paso is a natural
place to host a fight with a popular Mexican fighter like Chavez, Jr.,
Arum said.
“It’s
a hot boxing town,” Arum said. “I’m totally befuddled. If there is a
high security problem, tell us what it is.”
Arum
said fights in Las Vegas at the MGM
Grand and Mandalay
casino resorts require spectators to go through metal detectors.
Sending
50,000 people at the Sun Bowl through metal detectors would be
inconvenient and expensive, but “it’s doable,” Arum said.
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Boxer Andy Lee on Newstalk Sport - Nice interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgcJzcJq3dg&feature=player_embedded
Andy Lee Kos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcwrwy96nlo&feature=related
Sergio Martinez to Sign Contract to Face
Chavez vs Lee Winner This Fall
by Scott
Christ on Apr 4,
2012 6:42 PM EDT in Boxing News Analysis
Sergio Martinez may get
his shot at the WBC middleweight title this fall. (Photo by Ed
Mulholland-US PRESSWIRE)
Julio
Cesar Chavez Jr is set to defend his WBC middleweight title against
Andy Lee on June 16, and now an agreement is expected to be
signed shortly that will have the winner obligated to face real
middleweight champion Sergio Martinez. BoxingScene.com
reports that September 15 is the tentative date for the
fight.
Martinez's adviser Sampson Lewkowicz says that he is in Los
Angeles waiting for Martinez
to sign the deal, and that all other involved parties are expected to
sign as well. If Chavez or promoter Bob Arum don't sign, then the WBC
title will, Lewkowicz says, be vacated and Chavez vs Lee will be a
non-title fight in El Paso.
Martinez vs Chavez has been building since last summer, when Chavez won the
title the WBC stripped from Martinez
by defeating
Sebastian Zbik. The sanctioning body, the promoters, and HBO
have all had a hand in making this entire mess possible. It was HBO who
turned down Martinez vs Zbik, which was Martinez's mandatory fight, leading Martinez to give
up the belt and face Serhiy Dzinziruk in February 2011.
Shortly after, HBO raised eyebrows by accepting
Zbik vs Chavez for the same title belt, having never featured either
fighter on their network in the past, outside of Chavez's rare
appearances on HBO pay-per-view undercards.
The WBC has done the hokey-pokey with the fight
since then, constantly guaranteeing Martinez that he would get a shot
to reclaim the belt, but instead allowing Chavez to make voluntary
defenses against Peter
Manfredo Jr in November and Marco
Antonio Rubio in February of this year.
Lee is also a voluntary defense, but one agreed
to by the promoters. Lee, like Martinez,
is promoted by Lou DiBella, and this will be his first world title
shot. If he wins, DiBella will obviously have no trouble making a Martinez vs Lee
fight. If Chavez wins, well, let's put it this way: Signed agreement or
not, anything could still happen.
September 15 falls on the weekend of Mexican
Independence Day, which is always a big fight weekend. Golden Boy's
Richard Schaefer recently noted that Canelo Alvarez, whether he wins or
loses on May 5 against Shane Mosley, will be fighting on the same date,
so that could get interesting. If HBO wants both fights (and surely
they would), would Top Rank and Golden Boy agree to work around one
another and let the network essentially co-promote two of their cash
cows, or would someone go to PPV and split a vital audience?
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Knights
of Equity - Court Six National Convention
Court 6 will be hosting the K of E’s
2012 National Convention, Oct 4,
5 & 6 – Greektown Casino Hotel
Reservations; call
877-424-5554 Code: DEKE012
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Oct.
5th, Friday night Convention party will be held at the
Gaelic League
featuring “The Codgers” a well known Metro Detroit Irish band
Court 6 co- chairmen John Murrin & John Carey, Mary Sheehy
& Kathy Nelson co- chair persons for the Daughters.
More details to follow.
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ONGOING
EVENTS at the Gaelic League:
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Do you like to read?
The Gaelic
League Cultural Committee has created a Library of over 100 books of
Irish Titles or by Irish Authors. The Library is located in the
Gaelic League Lounge on bookshelves on either side of the fireplace.
Come and check it out! The books are available to Gaelic League or
Irish American Club members in good standing, and can be checked out
for up to 30 days at no charge. Just complete the checkout card in
the pocket of the books available, and turn the card into the
bartender on duty. Books can be returned to the bartender when due.
The Library is available during normal Gaelic League operating hours.
The Cultural Committee welcomes books of Irish topics, or written by
Irish authors, which you may wish to donate to the Library.
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Many of the ongoing events in the Metro Detroit
Irish Community take place September thru May with a break in December.
Most resume in January. Please send news and announcements to this site
for posting. Many classes and lessons are conducted at the Gaelic
League. The Gaelic League provides the venue but does not receive any
remuneration in return. The instructors set and collect the class and
lesson fees. The Gaelic League promotes many fine Irish cultural and
tradition activities and encourages you to support and participate in
them, as well as the events and activities sponsored by the Gaelic
League.
MONDAY
Anne McCallum Set Dance
classes at the Gaelic League on Monday, 7:30-9:30 pm
WEDNESDAY
Yoga Classes - 6-7pm. Improve your physical well-being
outlook. Explore flexibility,
strength and relaxation. Classes taught by certified fitness
instructor, Veronica Callan.
Bring a yoga mat, blanket, or towel to class. Donation of $5-10 suggested.
Irish Language Class – 7-8:00 pm. Have you ever wanted to learn basic Irish
language? Barb Murdock will lead a group weekly to learn
"Conversational Irish". Bring any books from previous
language classes.
FRIDAY
Friday Night Kitty Heinzman Ceili Classes 8-10 pm at the Gaelic League.
Gaelic League features LIVE entertainment
every Friday night starting at
8 pm until 1:00 am. Larry Larson entertains on Friday.
Various artists are featured each Saturday
night. There is no admission fee
for the Friday and Saturday regular entertainers.
SATURDAY
Irish Genealogy Society of MI usual meets the 3rd
Saturday of the month at the Gaelic
League 1:30 pm (Library at Noon for Members)
Gaelic League Saturday night LIVE entertainment 8 pm until 1:00 am.
Various artists are featured each Saturday night.
There is no admission fee for the Friday and
Saturday regular entertainers.
SUNDAY
IRISH RADIO SHOW live broadcast every Sunday from
1:30-3 pm on WNZK – 690 AM. The live show can also be heard on this
site
by clicking the link above. Past shows are also
available by clicking the date of show.
The Celtic Harpers of Detroit lessons 1:00 to 3:00
pm. Lynne Reid is the Instructor and can be reached at lmreid@cogeco.ca for
more information.
3rd Sunday of each month - Book Club 2pm
3rd Sunday of the month, Pub Quiz for just $5.
Registration is at 3:30 pm with the game starting at 4. But wait!
There's more! The quiz
is followed by a tasty meal the main course is
included in your admission fee. Feel free to bring a dish to pass. All
proceeds directly benefit
YOUR Club, The Gaelic League.
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Gaelic League Items available for purchase
For yourself or as gifts
(memberships, tickets to events, logo items)
Check out the display and purchase yours
the next time you’re at the League.
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Irish
Cookbook is a winner!
 The local Irish Community Cookbook is now at
the Gaelic League. This recipe guide to many mouth watering creations
will make a memorable and useful gift. Cost is $10 can be shipped for
$2.50 each. Thanks to all who submitted recipes. To order your copy,
call 313-964-7474 or email GLIAWeb@aol.com. Proceeds will benefit
the Irish Radio Show. Order your copy while the supply lasts. A very nice feature is the index
which helps locate recipes submitted by individuals. Check for yours…
Tried a recipe? Let us know what you think.
Please submit your review to GLIAWeb@aol.com.
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AIMS
AND OBJECTIVES OF THE GAELIC LEAGUE
· To promote the common welfare and culture
of the Irish race in Detroit
and elsewhere.
· To promote and maintain a social club and
conduct other social activities.
· To establish a building fund whereby we
may own and maintain our own hall and for other purposes.
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To promote and preserve Irish Language, dance, music, literature, and
all Irish Culture for the benefit and entertainment of the members and
their friends.
· To maintain American ideals of liberty and
uphold the principles on which America was founded.
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To stimulate a just pride in Irish ideals and achievements by diffusing
among its friends and associates a more intimate knowledge of Irish
history and the history of the Irish race in America.
· To carry on in the work of helping to
establish a complete and wholly independent form of government for all
of Ireland.
· To make a commitment to protect and to
keep The Gaelic League/Irish American Club of Detroit financially
solvent.
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