Although Patrick's Cove consists of 71 people, it is not
unusual to hear the stories of long ago when the everybody
would get together and have a old fashion house party. I can
just imagine Mr. Patrick McGrath, now deceased, playing the
accordian and singing until dawn, while people like
Mr. Patrick McGrath entertained everybody by doing
the traditional Newfoundland step dance. While Mr. Patrick
(Mr.Patsy) Judge played the tin whislte in the background.
Now as years has passed, we no longer have the
traditional tin whistle,
or the step dance,
but I assure you
that the people from Patrick's Cove always
has a good time.
We still have the house parties, but now
we have the acoustic
guitar normally played by Tracy
McGrath, the accordian played by Mrs. Nellie McGrath and
the spoons played by
Derek McGrath. There are also
Newfoundland songs sang through out the night,
with a dance
or two to follow. Not only do the people in
Patrick's Cove
have house parties they also have darts and
cards. On
Monday nights people from all over
the shore go to Patrick's
Cove to have a good game of darts to pass away time. On
the weekends a crowd gets together to have a fun
game of
cards.
As you can see the entertainment still lives in the small
community of Patrick's Cove.