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"Taps" world premiere a stunning success!
This new show, written by Peter
Prendergast, a teacher at The High School, opened here last Thursday
evening to a rapturous welcome. A well rehearsed and beautifully
choreographed cast did more than justice to what is an exceptional show.
As the show opens, the audience is hit with the unexpected device that
one of the lead roles is dead (James, played expertly by Jack Hickey)
having been run down by a bus. He appears to his sister Jessie (a great
performance from Laura Oliver) who is struggling to gain a place on the
school dance team. He espouses in song and spoken word the principles
which led him to become a rugby legend and the show unfolds with plenty
of "West Side Story" style punks (Romano Fusciardi, Daniel Alkin, Conall
Walsh) threatening a betting scam to ensure Jessie doesn't make it.
Throughout the show, there is expert singing and dancing from an
enthusiastic cast clad in excellent costumes on a varied and colourful
set, backed by a fantastic band masterfully led by Rowan Lacey, and
supported by an efficient and slick stage and sound crew. The
narcissistic song "I'm beautiful" from Jessie's main rival played by
Sohpie Higgs and the unexpected "Footloose" from the hilariously played
goofy boyfriend Alan (Fionan Keenan) stand out in one's memory, along
with the dancers' superb classroom scene and the tense "All that jazz"
leading to the final showdown.
Entertainment is essential in a combined spoken and musical show and
attention never wanders for a second here. But this show is so much more
than entertainment. There is a philosophy being espoused throughout and
the eerie discussion between James and Jessie of what it is like to be
dead, along with the pathos invoked by the study of James's parents'
reaction to his death, leave the audience celebrating life itself. Some
of the audience remarked that they could feel the lump in the throat and
the tears rising at more than one point in the show - a credit to the
realism and the all emcompassing nature of the show - a credit to
producers Ms M. Milne and Ms M. McKevitt as well as to the author.
Well done to everybody involved - a superb show! The newsletter feels
pretty sure that we will see more of this show. It has all the
ingredients for big time success.
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Fair Trade Fair on Saturday
The annual fair run by Transition Year
will take place on Saturday December 2 from 10.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. With
goods ranging from jewellery to Christmas decorations, toys to Christmas
cards, household items to chocolate, this is an excellent chance to get
some Christmas shopping done. There will be a coffee shop open at the
fair selling fair trade tea, coffee and homemade biscuits! Among other
things, the Fair Trade mark guarantees that craftsmen and producers have
been paid a fair price for their goods and that they have worked in
conditions that are safe. For more information on Fair Trade, see
www.fairtrade.ie
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Leinster selection
Congratulations to Alison Meeke who was
selected for the Under 16 Leinster girls hockey team which played in the
inter-provincial tournament in Belfast last weekend. |
Calling all Form Groups!
The Habitat for Humanity group is selling
"bricks" on their Habitat House which is on display in the Reynolds
Hall, as advertising space. Each brick costs €100. They are asking that
each form buy a brick (€4 per student) to help raise money to build a
house for a disadvantaged family in Romania. Thanks to all in Form 1R
who have already purchased a brick! See Ms Carson for more details. |
Young Scientist
Congratulations to our
entrants this year for their project which
has been selected for the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition at
the RDS in January 2007. They are investigating the cause of house fires
due to the buildup of static electricity in laundry. 500 projects were
chosen from a record entry of 1278 this year and the judges commented
that the selection was very difficult due to the high quality of the
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Fixtures and training this week
Girls hockey
Jun C (L) John Scottus Wed 29 Pembroke 3.00
Min C (L) Dalkey Wed 29 Home 2.00
Sen II Dalkey Wed 29 Home 3.00
1st Yr B St Columba's Wed 29 Home 2.00
Jun B, Min B St Columba's Wed 29 Home 3.00
Sen III St Columba's Wed 29 Away 2.00
Jun A and Sen I to be arranged
1st Yr A L. Beaufort Fri 1 Home 3.30
Min A (L) Alexandra Sat 2 Alexandra 9.00
Jun C (L) HC Killiney Sat 2 Home 10.00
Jun A (L) OL Terenure Sat 2 Home 11.00
Other matches to be arranged vs OL Terenure
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Rugby
1st, 2nd Marian Wed 29 Lansdowne Rd 2.30
JCT Wesley Wed 29 Ballinteer 2.30
U 14 A,B Kilkenny Wed 29 Home 2.30
U 13 A,B CBC Wed 29 Monkstown 2.30
1st, 2nd CBC Sat 2 Home 11.00
JCT Templeogue Sat 2 Templeogue 11.00
Girls basketball
U 16 Beaufort Thurs 30 Beaufort 4.30
Minor Holy Child Sat 2 Mt Anville 1.40
Minor Mt Anville Sat 2 Mt Anville 2.20
Minor St Columba's Sat 2 Mt Anville 4.20
Minor Beaufort Mon 4 Home 4.00
Junior Beaufort Mon 4 Home 5.00
Results - well done!
In girls hockey the Senior III beat Newbridge 5-0, the Junior B beat
Mullingar 1-0, the Minor B drew with Newpark 1-1 and with Holy Faith
Clontarf 0-0, the Senior III beat Holy Faith Clontarf 3-1, the Minor A
beat Mt Sackville 5-4, the Junior B beat Mt Sackville 1-0 and the 1st Yr
A drew 0-0 with Notre Dame. In boys hockey, the Senior beat St Andrew's
5-1 and the Under 13 drew 2-2 with St Andrew's. In girls basketball the
Under 19 beat Colaiste Chiaran, Leixlip, 28-23. |
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