#millstreet

aspen, colorado summer 1980

view of town from lift 1a

Ruth's back! This time with Vrede (Peace), the song that won the Nationaal Songfestival song selection and went to Eurovision in Millstreet. This song finished 6th, a creditable performance - although many think it should have done even better. It's a well-written, slightly humorous song celebrating a host of engineering achievements contrasted with the lack of effort and results in realm of world peace. Yes another peace song in 1993.

It has a a relatively contemporary if conventional club beat and some dramatic horns to start and a little interlude of scratching noises before the bridge. Ruth delivers her message wearing some astonishingly flare black trousers as well low cut jacket with an absolutely massive collar and lapel. She knows her camera angles and there's choreographed hand-ography. And boy can she belt. She's a stellar performer, perhaps only beaten by one other on the night in terms of song delivery.

Millstreet 2018 - CICO 3* / Nations Cup | © FEI

Drishane Castle, County Cork, Ireland

Drishane Castle is a tower house with rounded corners built sometime between 1436 to 1450 by Dermot McCarthy, Lord of Munster. It is located northeast of Millstreet near where the Finnow river joins the Blackwater.