Spraoi’s 21st festivities last weekend were marked with music, laughter, a riot of colour, the unflagging energy of 1,000 volunteers – and not a drop of rain. “We’ve celebrated the company’s growing up in Waterford with a fantastic three days of street theatre and music and the crowd that turned out tonight is proof that Spraoi continues to grow in the hearts of the people of Waterford”, enthused Spraoi Director TV Honan on Sunday night in the wake of the Flotsam and Jetsam parade which attracted up to 50,000 spectators in the city centre.
Testament to the company’s coming of age, this year’s Spraoi parade featured many second generation ‘Spraoi-ers’: Mae Leahy, daughter of Artistic Director Mike Leahy and Séana Quinn, daughter of designer Dermot Quinn, were amongst the large cast who performed in Sunday night’s parade
