More Numbers For Yiz

At our wrap up meeting last night we shared some of our 2010 facts and figures with the Irish Fest staff. Fun stuff such as:

• Attendance: approx. 100,000
• Volunteers: 1100+ and we love every one.
• Bands and dance schools on 7 stages: 32
• Countries from which those performers hailed: 5
• Kegs emptied: 507
• Bottles of wine uncorked: 1,126
• Bottles of O'Mara's Irish Cream: 96
• 40lb. bags of ice used: 1,074
• Lbs. of plastic recycled: 3,240
• Cubic feet of cardboard recycled: 75
• Lbs. of glass recycled: 768
• Friends/fans on MySpace, Facebook and Twitter: 6,531
• Music, language and cultural workshops offered: 21
• People who watched our live steaming video: 25,000
• Mass attendees: 4000
• Mass collection for the Little Sisters of the Poor: $7,300

All in all...what a weekend.