Cherished

[Tiger the Lion]

I couldn't play the video so had to go to YT.

Cherished

Blarney Girls Band
plays Thai Rock on Jamaica Bay:
long tables of New York Irish families, I would strike this first instance of families. Sounds tight without it and avoids the repetition.
aging Jewish schoolmate/FB pals,
Asian families trickling home late
to a shared meal.

Eating and drinking,
grinning, clapping, jigging, no fiddling?

fortified for the morning news. fortified is a great word choice

Thanks for the jig Ella.