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The Funky Little Groove a Thon 2022

We are going to have a big event this year to celebrate the main man Adzee’s 30th birthday and 5th anniversary on the 26th of November in the Wharf room of the Osprey Hotel in Naas. We really want a big turn out this year to celebrate his life and remember him all together for his 30th birthday. In very exciting news, Adzee was in a film that was released to cinema in very typical Adzee fashion! On the night, we will be showing clips from the film, and we will have a very special guest coming to the event!

Tickets for the event cost €25, and for those who cannot attend but would still like to make a donation can do so by selecting the ``Adzee Birthday Gift`` option which is a donation of €20. Tickets and donations are available at the link above.

Annual Fundraiser 2022

Our Charity partner - Unicef’s Ukraine and Refugee Appeal

For this year's event we are partnering with Unicef again, and we are proud to do so for a third year in a row. All monies raised from this year’s event will be donated to Unicef’s Ukraine and Refugee Appeal. Unicef is working to deliver lifesaving support to children in Ukraine. This includes providing medical, hygiene and emergency supplies as close as possible to communities near the line of contact and working with the Ukrainian government to ensure there is immediate help for families and children in need. Unicef mobile teams are also providing much-needed mental healthcare services to traumatize children.

If you are unable to attend the event on the night, you can also donate buying an ``Adzee Birthday Gift`` ticket at the Eventbrite link. Adzee did a lot of charity and education work with children. Supporting Unicef’s Ukraine and Refugee Appeal is a cause he would have been very passionate about.

Please support in whatever way you can, your help is hugely appreciated.

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Breda donated €1,800 on behalf of Adzee's Nation

Breda donated €1,800 on behalf of Adzee's Nation Charity to UNICEF's Ukraine appeal who were our charity partner for the 2022 Funky Little Groove a Thon.

In addition to the funds raised, we were able to increase the funding for the Adzee Dance Bursary to support children who are be unable to pay for dance lessons due to economic challenges in their family lives.

Thank you all for your support in making Adzee's 30th birthday a special event. The amazing support for the charity this year was a joyful and poignant reminder of the love and kindness that is Adzee’s legacy.

Thank you for your heart-warming support!

Wishing you all a safe, happy and healthy holiday season.

Always remember, LIFE IS EASIER WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY 💜💚

Breda and Adzee’s Nation Charity Team

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Continued from @eviepardoe My last message to Adz

Continued from @eviepardoe

My last message to Adzee was telling him how much I loved and appreciated him, and to have the best sleep of his life, not realising it actually would be. From there, I went to a lake nearby and meditated. It was a gratitude meditation, asking to bring someone to mind, and instantly his bright, beautiful face sprung into vision. I was so full of love, but sadly, I didn’t know that at that moment he was slipping away. When I was called back to the hospital, the nurse told me, who was also in tears, that in Adzee’s last few moments, he had the whole room laughing and smiling, just like Adzee so naturally did, wherever he was!

That day scarred me, but I’ll always remember our goodbye and be so grateful to have spent his last morning together, keeping that image of him cracking up with the surgeons and nurses, smiling as he drifted off to sleep. Each year is just as hard as the last, but I know that by coming together to celebrate all that Adzee represents will help us through, as well as using him as a reminder to live our best Adzee inspired lives! I miss our deep chats, ridiculous moments, dancing and givin it socks! especially miss our snuggles and waking up with your head nestled in my armpit. I feel like I've lost a big chunk of myself, but I'm so glad to be able to fill it with all of Adzees family and friends!

Sending so much love to everyone, especially to Adzee boy!!! xxxxx Happy Birthday to the most special human to have ever existed, thanks for being you! love you always xxxxxx

Please keep sending us in your best Adzee stories and memories!

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Continued from @eviepardoe Our last day together

Continued from @eviepardoe

Our last day together was his last morning, and it was the most beautiful morning. I went to collect him from his apartment to help him get to the hospital. As soon as I got to the top of the lift and saw his smile, I soaked up his energy and my mood instantly changed; I was full of love and appreciation. His last morning was full of laughs, Adzee was cracking jokes with the chemist, a big traditional German guy with a big round belly, who was telling him how to put his injections into the fatty part of his stomach or in his bottom, as he said Adzee didn't have much fat (i’m sure you can imagine the ridiculousness) and also some really lovely chats on our way, on the bus. We spoke about the progress we’d made in our lives and how he was excited about the plans he had for the future, especially going home to spend some time with his family to recover, as he always spoke so highly of them all!

He said he was nervous as he’d never had an operation before, but I explained that all he was doing was nodding off to sleep, and he wouldn't feel a thing. That seemed to ease his fears and we were back to laughing and cracking jokes. As we arrived at the hospital we sat and read the children’s german fairytale books in ridiculous voices. He was eventually called in, so we walked over to the desk, told each other we loved each other, and had an amazing long hug, soaking up what would be our last seconds together. (i’d say it was our best hug, but one time after not seeing each other for 2 weeks, because of work, we somehow managed to turn a hug into an acrobatic move where I spun him around my body, we couldn't quite believe it haha) So we said goodbye and off he went chatting to the nurse, in his jolly Adzee way.

Please keep sending us in your best Adzee stories and memories!

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Continued from @eviepardoe Another night while s

Continued from @eviepardoe

Another night while sitting in the forest under the stars, dressed as ridiculous characters, with the pathway lit by candles, the children visited us to ask us (the fortune tellers) questions. Adzee was soo many different characters, from painting children's future in the wind to getting them to sing with him, dressed up as a clown or some strange magical creature. After confusing/scaring the children, we had to pack up all of the candles, and take all of our props back to base. But this one night we heard a dog in the distance, and we quickly packed away panicking as the barking got nearer. I was dressed as an alien with a blue face, head scarf, and dress, another friend, Loki, was in a full length wedding dress and Adzee as a clown, in a full clown suit and face. The dog was barking loudly and was getting closer and closer, so we had to hurry up as it was pitch black and we were prettyyy scared! The dog chased us out of the forest, while we screamed and struggled to run, eventually reaching the small German village (we couldn’t have stuck out anymore if we tried!). We were all running for our lives, while Adzee was running backward, shining his wind-up torch(which he had to wind the whole time) to see if the dog was there, dressed as the most ridiculous clown tripping up over his clown suit. We eventually got back to base safely and sat around the fire to catch our breath, and then a woman from the village ran in all panicked as she lost her dog, oops! I have so many ridiculous stories with Adzee(another including a funeral for a mouse which you can see in the video, with the funeral procession accompanied by Madonna, just like a prayer/or when he painted someone's face with beans), but also so many where he’s really helped me. Before he died I was going through some hard times with my mental health, and he was always there to help me through, asking me the questions I needed to ask myself.

Please keep sending us in your best Adzee stories and memories!

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Today is Adzee’s 30th birthday! To mark the day,

Today is Adzee’s 30th birthday! To mark the day, we have really excellent stories and memories from @eviepardoe split over four posts!

Adzee was the most beautiful, kind, open, accepting, hilarious, loving, and ridiculous human being I’ve ever met. Adzee helped me through some really hard times, and we had some of the most hilarious and ridiculous times too. We shared a room in Berlin for a while and worked together, doing customer service and teaching children english out in the beautiful forests of Germany, at the language farm. This job included a lot of fancy dress and ridiculousness, very up Adzee's strasse! Adzee was the kid's favourite at every camp, once he basically became famous and the children were in tears as they said goodbye. One night (first two photos), we sat underneath the milky way, sat around the campfire, having a few drinks and a smoke, chatting the biggest amount of shite, and having some amazing deep convos. There just so happened to be a hallway full of fancy dress, which was en route to the toilet. So while all of the children and the rest of the workers were asleep, we would go to the toilet and surprise each other with ridiculous fancy dress on our return, in fits of hysterics.

Please keep sending us in your best Adzee stories and memories!

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A great one from @megancleary_4 My story for Adz

A great one from @megancleary_4

My story for Adzee is the time we were all in Adzee’s and they put me in the suitcase and left me outside the house across the road 😂 they had to write an apology letter to the neighbours “sorry for the girl in the suitcase, from Dirty Mac and the boys” 😂😂

We will see everyone later today! Tickets are still available at the link in the bio. All are welcome.

Great stories from @_clofro_ Throughout our teen

Great stories from @_clofro_

Throughout our teenage years, especially during the summers, Adzee and I would
always walk home together after being out all day, most likely at the dip with everyone. We’d reach my house first and would always end up sitting on my wall for another hour or two after we had to be home, just chatting about life. Such a simple thing, but I cherish those memories with Adzee❤️

I’ll always remember the Adzee Special sandwich that he used to make for us, consisting of white bread, microwave chips, cheese, ketchup and mayo with crisps on the side.🤣

It was always just fun and laughter with Adzee,
The most genuine person who just wanted to make people happy. He was one of a kind & I wish he was here on his 30th birthday.

I’ll also never forget how late he was for everything🤣 at one point in time we worked together in newbridge and I’d always give him a lift, I started telling him we were leaving an hour earlier just in the hopes we’d make it on time🤣 but that was just Adzee❤️

I remember being so excited that he had gotten into Waterford for college, we both sat down at my computer in my house and were searching for somewhere on daft for them to live. We ended up finding in the infamous templers house and Adzee went to view it and got the house!

We had so much fun during the summers, I’ll never forget Adzee begging me for a curry chip roll as he had already spent all of his money for the day on cans of Dutch gold🤣 but we
Always looked out for each other he always had my back and I always had his!

or how he used to always say “the sun makes people ratty” 🤣

We can’t wait to see everyone tonight to celebrate Adzee’s 30th birthday from 8 pm at the Osprey hotel. Please buy tickets or donate at the link in the bio!

Thanks to @an_nas_zu_berlin for sending in a coupl

Thanks to @an_nas_zu_berlin for sending in a couple of brilliant Adzee stories. Part 2

One day, in the peek of the summer, perhaps 30+° we had a day off. Adzee had access to the roof at his place.

I went over to him and he cooked breakfast. Lovely scrambled egg with spring onions. We went on to the roof under the scorching sun looking out at the city.

" I know you and Norma are only together over a year, but you are marrying her, you'll be the first out of us all to get married, and we'll be there, I'll be there, and we will have an amazing night'. Adzee made everything better. He spoke so softly and jolly, it was hard to no believe him...but also...I knew already I wanted to marry Norma.

Well Adzee, what can I say. You called it. We were the first to get married, it was "great craic" as you said, but never in a million years would I have thought you wouldn't be there. All the memories...so many. Living in our apartment, Norma doing your German paper work, staff parties, going to clubs and skipping queues. Making friends with everyone we met within seconds. How could someone not adore you ? The last time I saw you was just days before the operation. Saying goodbye that night you gave me and Norma a massive hug...like really big, bigger than any other hug I got from you, almost if faith knew.

The moral of the story is that I would not be the man I am today of Adzee didn't move to Berlin. He changed my life and such an impact on so many other people. My last memory is getting that big hug off you, massive smile, and just after performing in a play on crutches, you absolutely smashed it....you were the star of the show.

Thank you Adzee for everything you done. I am so happy to have had all this time in Berlin with you because you shined man. You were so happy. You were destined to live in Berlin and anyone who met you there or visited knew that within seconds.

You are truly a legend!

We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow night to celebrate Adzee’s 30th birthday from 8 pm at the Osprey hotel. Please buy tickets or donate at the link in the bio!

Thanks to @an_nas_zu_berlin for sending in a coupl

Thanks to @an_nas_zu_berlin for sending in a couple of brilliant Adzee stories. Part 1

When I moved to Berlin it wasn't easy at first. Trying to get a job was tough and at one stage I considered going back to Italy.

Tom moved back over and it made such a difference to have a great Naas friend here, who was also in the same boat.

Adzee was coming to visit us in April 2015. Myself and Tom both said to each other that as soon as gets here he's going to want to move here.

We said that to him. "No no I have my job in Diesel, I'm happy in Naas, I'm just coming for a visit"

The day he arrived, not more than an hour in the city myself and Tom met him.

"Lads, I'm going back home, handing in my notice and moving over" I knew it. Berlin is Adzee, Adzee is Berlin. He was meant to live here because he was such a happy person. He found himself, and he helped me find myself.

I finally found a job, and Adzee was starting with me. My first job in Germany and im in training with one of the greatest friends and lovely soul Adzee. I was nervous that morning, but as soon as I seen Adzee I wasn't nervous, we walked into the office with our heads held high. We sat beside each other for all of training. Funnily enough, when we started working we were on the same team, so we had the same shifts.

We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow night to celebrate Adzee’s 30th birthday from 8 pm at the Osprey hotel. Please buy tickets or donate at the link in the bio!

Great stories from @breathewithaoife Adzee memor

Great stories from @breathewithaoife

Adzee memory:
Every time we saw each other he would give me a big 'Alrihhh Barbie' (old nickname) and I'd give him 'Alrihhh Adzee' in our best deep dublin accents. It was just our little thing and I loved it. But one day after school on a Friday when Gastro was McDonald's, Adzee jumps from behind and scared my little sister with his 'Alrihhh Barbie', an innocent mistaken identity. She laughed about it after and always asked after him 💛

Another one was so stupid, you know when you're hungover with your mates and anything and everything is just hilarious. Adzee, Rachel Naughton and Roisin Mellett were all out the night before and in Rachel's I believe.
This was the day before WhatsApp and My Mam was out shopping for a new couch. For some reason she needed a photo of our old one, and the only way to get that was if I posted a photo of our couch on my Facebook page... cue the social suicide.... Rachel Adzee and Mellett happened to be online when I did so and thought this was absolutely hilarious. They all started taking photos of their couches and posting them to Facebook the absolute pass out of me 🤣 they even started rating the couches. Every year this came in as a FB memory the piss taking would start again. So stupid but so hilarious at the time. 🤣 Easily amused.

Also another time Me and Tara and Adzee stayed over in Eadstown in Ciara Dempseys after a bbq and drinks. We all shared the same room. A moth flew into the room so we drunkenly took a selfie with the moth with the caption 'Adzee and his Moths' so stupid 🤣🤣

Please buy tickets or donate to our event celebrating Adzee’s 30th birthday on tomorrow, the 26th of November in the Osprey hotel in Naas starting at 8 pm.

Some great ones from @campionbarry @rex.diamond.

Some great ones from @campionbarry

@rex.diamond.16

Some great memories with Adzee but I’m not sure some are suitable to re post ha.

Some great nights down in Waterford(scag city)

Also when we were younger having a few cans in Adzee’s gaf were great sessions.

Great stories and memories of Adzee from @ian11kel

Great stories and memories of Adzee from @ian11kelly

Picture 1:
It wasn’t a proper festival if Adzee wasn’t there. Always leading the party! Like that year at Knockanstockan he created “Knockanstick” and carried him around all weekend. The whole campsite knew who he was. Ultimate Adzee!

Picture 2:
He was always up for an adventure and road trip. I miss summer days like this.

Please keep sending in the stories and memories of Adzee! Each story only has to be a few sentences long. You can DM your story directly to this page or email Dan at dankelleher92@gmail.com or WhatsApp Dan at +353852574629. Please participate in this and share your best stories of Adzee.

Please consider buying tickets or donating at the link in the bio for our event this Saturday, the 26th of November to celebrate Adzee’s 30th birthday while raising money on behalf of the @unicef Ukraine migrant appeal.

The third story from @gammylegend The Naas crowd

The third story from @gammylegend

The Naas crowd from college came down to my 21st birthday in Wexford and it was a highly messy affair. Adzee went missing through the night like he always did and a few hours Iater I get a phone call off the Garda (police) saying we have your friend. My mam went in anyway and got Adzee out and he was told he had to stick around in Enniscorthy and come back to the station tomorrow to discuss what had happened. The Gards explained that outside the nightclub this guy (Adzee) had tried to kiss a woman and when her boyfriend had intervened he had also tried to kiss the boyfriend. Now obviously this didn't make sense at the time because none of us knew Adzee liked both sexes. The best part, however, is when they went back to the station the next morning and they had got cctv footage it was a case of completely mistaken identity and they had to apologise to him profusely. The irony of it all.

Please keep sending us in your stories!!

Please buy tickets or donate at the link in the bio for our event this Saturday, the 26th of November.

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Three great stories from @gammylegend split over 2

Three great stories from @gammylegend split over 2 posts.

Our first day of college in Waterford. Everyone is obviously sitting around nervous. Very few men in our class compared to the women. I'm looking around and spot the foreign-looking lad with the pure Naas accent, I thought no more of it. The first night out was that night in Harveys. Just standing by myself looking around and up comes the foreign looking guy. "I know you from marketing" he says. Before I even had replied he already wrapped his arms around me and was saying “not alot of lads in this class we're obviously going to be best friends”. To be fair he wasn't wrong.

My Favourite:
It was Rag Week (for those not from Ireland, Rag Week is a wild week of drinking and partying). Maybe a couple of days in. I was at a house party down the road and someone came to say Adzee was looking for me outside to tell me something serious. I went and joined him on the wall. He said "I've something really important to tell you, I don't know how to say it". He started to cry and just came out with "I like lads aswell". I just looked at him. "You stupid bagel" I said "is that it, I thought there was something seriously wrong with you". We both just burst out laughing and hugged. "You've got all the good looking girls and now you're after the lads, pure greed" I said laughing.

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This story is from Dan. In summer 2007, Adzee a

This story is from Dan.

In summer 2007, Adzee and I were 14, and we went on holiday with my parents to Galway. One of the days, Adzee and I went into the city to meet @_clofro_ and @ciara_mcl21 at the Salthill fun park who were there for a day trip with their Gaeltacht (for those not from Ireland, the Gaeltacht is Irish college where you go for three weeks, and you are only allowed to speak Irish and not English).

Adzee and I went around with the girls at the fun park for the day pretending we were in the Gaeltacht by blending in with the massive group of teenagers all at the Gaeltacht who were all speaking Irish. Adzee and I would then spot the teachers from the Gaeltacht and go up to them speaking English pretending we were in the Gaeltacht. This resulted in the teachers going mental at us for speaking English and not Irish. We would burst out laughing and say we weren’t in the Gaeltacht and run off dying laughing!

Another story from that day, we were going on the Music Trip ride at the fun park. I am sure many of you remember this ride from Naas Fair Green or Punchestown, but you sit down in a line of seats, and the ride spins you around clockwise and anti-clockwise. Adzee and I were on the Music trip at the fun park, as the ride was spinning us around and getting faster and faster, I pretended to faint. I let my body go completely limp, and I then was being violently thrown about place. Adzee was then pretending to act frantically concerned about me trying to get the attention of the person working there for help. People could see me passed out and were pointing at me. Adzee was frantically waving, trying to get them the stop the ride. They stopped the ride, and we jumped off and legged it again, dying laughing!

They were such simple things to do but so funny. That was Adzee though. He was always trying to have the best laugh possible, no matter the situation. The picture above is from that day!

We can’t wait to read people’s stories, and thank you to those who have already sent some in. Please send us your stories/memories of Adzee.

Please buy tickets or donate at the link in the bio for our event this Saturday, the 26th of November.

Life is short and memories are shorter. Before w

Life is short and memories are shorter.

Before we all get old and forget our best Adzee stories and memories, it would be great to get as many as possible penned down for us all to enjoy.

We want to collect as many stories and memories as possible of Adzee to share on Instagram, and if we get enough, we will make a little booklet with pictures and potential illustrations for us all to have a copy of and keep Adzee’s side of stories and laugher alive forever.

If you are interested, please send us your best story/memory of you and Adzee or just of Adzee alone. It would be brilliant if as many people as possible from the various stages of Adzee’s life can send in at least one story/memory of you and Adzee and an accompanying picture of you both. We will post the pictures and stories on Instagram and hopefully make
the booklet, too.

Each story only has to be a few sentences long. You can DM your story directly to this page
or email Dan at dankelleher92@gmail.com or WhatsApp Dan at +353852574629.

Please participate in this and share your best stories of Adzee.

We can’t to read people’s stories and thank you to those who have already sent some in.

Please buy tickets or donate at the link in the bio for our event Saturday the 26th of November.

We can’t wait to see everyone next week on the 2

We can’t wait to see everyone next week on the 26th of November in the Osprey hotel and to see the clips of Adzee in the film!

Please do your best to come and celebrate Adzee’s 30th birthday while supporting a great cause! All are welcome!!

Buy tickets or donate at the link in the bio. It will be a great night!

We are two weeks away from our 2022 event! We wil

We are two weeks away from our 2022 event!

We will be showing clips from the film Adzee was in with the director of the film! This will be so cool to see and to see Adzee in action!

Please buy tickets for the event at the link in the bio. If you can’t make the event and still want to donate, please buy a ‘birthday gift ticket’.

The event is taking place on the 26th of November in the Osprey hotel in Naas. All are welcome!

We can’t wait for it and to see everyone!

Today is Adzee's 5th anniversary. He is deeply mi

Today is Adzee's 5th anniversary.

He is deeply missed by all of us, but today we will all certainly be remembering the great man he was and the laughter and memories he gave us.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone on the 26th of November to celebrate Adzee's life and 30th birthday.

As we will be together again for the Funky-Little-

As we will be together again for the Funky-Little-Grooveaton 2022, a mass has been arranged for Adzee’s anniversary. The mass will be in The Church of Our Lady & St David on the Sallins Road in Naas at 6 pm Saturday the 26th of November.

All are welcome,

Breda

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Tomorrow is our fourth year remembering Adzee. We would really appreciate all of the support we can get this year. So, if you can come to the event for any length ... See more

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As we put together the final touches for Saturday's Funky Little Groove-a-thon we wanted to share the amazing raffle prizes we have lined up.

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**Event update**

Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to change the venue for this year's Funky Little Groove-a-thon. Don't worry, the event will still go ahead on Saturday November 27 at ... See more

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For this year's event our charity partner is UNICEF. All money raised from the event will be donated to their "Give Covid the jab this Christmas" campaign. Since early 2021, UNICEF’s team have been ... See more

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Remembering Adzee – Share your favourite photos!

It's that time of year again! Time to remember and celebrate the life and birthday of Adzee! Get posting folks!!

Funky Little Groover Video & Music Song

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