Forms for joining the Kilcullen Garda District Text Alert scheme are available from The Grocery in Calverstown, Kilcullen Garda Station, Kilcullen Credit Union, and scheme committee members. Please encourage neighbours and friends to join.
The Fourth Year students at Cross and Passion College are presenting 'Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' from 23-25 October in the college's Assembly Hall.
Mona Conroy is directing the show, which features Bryan Coyne in the lead role. Other key parts are being performed by Conor Short, Charles Aniagyei, Eoin Clifford and Idris Afolabi.
The vocal coach is Phionagh Gibson. Tickets can be booked from the school at 481524.
Brian Byrne.
Here are some more pictures from the reception held for Patrons of 'Disco Inferno', the CPC Fourth Year Musical performed last week.
(Click on pictures for larger sizes and captions.)
Brian Byrne.
The organisers of the CPC Fourth Year musical, 'Disco Inferno' held a special pre-show reception for Patrons on the opening night. Here are a few of those present.
(As with all photos on the Diary you can click on a picture to get more info and larger sizes.)
With some 130 names on the programme of 'Disco Inferno', the Cross & Passion College Fourth Year Musical which began last night is very much an all-involvement piece for the Transition Year students.
OK, maybe not all of them are on stage, but sometimes it seemed that they were, such was the energy in the opening scenes.
But the enthusiasm, and displays of several individual and collective talents is a complete antithesis of the conventional wisdom that young people are selfish, unthinking and not interested in anything except each other, cigarettes, booze and internet chatrooms.
As CPC principal Paul Tyrrell puts it in his programme introduction, the annual musical presentation is one of the highlights of the school year. And more.
"Through their involvement they come to realise the importance of teamwork and they establish new friendships which help them to create a stronger bond within the year," he says.
Though the cast are all students, as are the front-of-house and back-stage crews, the success of the annual productions is also in no small measure due to the dedication and experience of those who are affectionately known as 'The Producers'.
Production Managers for this presentation are Amy Phibbs, Alison Brady and Celine O'Brien.
Key characters are played by Joe Junker, Tammy Moran, Eoin Moore, Rachel Neary, James Sheen, Elaine Hanlon, Liz Kilgannon, Colleen Curran, John Brown and Lorcan Delaney.
The whole operation couldn't have been managed without the aid, financial and in kind, of a number of patrons, most of them parents of students in the college.
And nobody would have known what was going on without the work of a number of students in editing and producing the Programme.
Take a bow Laura Doyle, Gillian Murphy, Lyndsey Swaine, Georgina Ward and Clair Farley.
Brian Byrne.
[ED NOTE: We'll be featuring pictures from the Reception for Patrons tomorrow.]
These pictures courtesy of Noel Clare show students from Transition Year in Cross & Passion College rehearsing their production of 'Disco Inferno'.
The musical will be performed this week, Tuesday through Thursday at 8pm.
Brian Byrne.
'Disco Inferno' will be performed by students of Transition Year and is being directed by Phionagh Gibson.
The show is a relatively unknown one, and this is a change for the CPC, as they have traditionally relied on well-known standards such as 'Grease'.
Brian Byrne.
