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Buncrana children in rubbish
musical
10.06.11
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SCHOOLCHILDREN in
Buncrana are not embarrassed to say they've taken
part in a rubbish musical. That's because the show
is all about keeping their environment clean and
healthy for everyone in the community. The new
musical 'Environment - The Show' brought together a
cast of 34 young stars from fourth class in Scoil
Iosagain and fourth and fifth classes in St. Mura’s
National School, Buncrana. |
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The full cast of
Environment the Show. |
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Directed by Annette
McNelis and co-directed by Nicola McLaughlin of
Masquerade Stage School and Scoil Iosagain class
teacher, Grainne Kelly, the young group performed
four shows over two days, entertaining and educating
young and old alike. Musical direction was by Lorna
McLaughlin of the Henry Girls. Annette was
commissioned four years ago to write the songs for
the musical – a joint partnership project between
Donegal County Council's Cultural Services
department and Donegal VEC's Music Education
Partnership project. |
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L-R: Catriona Bradley,
artist; Nicola McLaughlin, director; Annette McNelis,
producer/director; Lorna McLaughlin, musical
director; Grainne Kelly, director. |
A CD of the songs was
launched as a classroom resource last year in the
Donegal Education Centre. The songs, together with
two new ones, deal with littering, recycling,
personal responsibility for caring for our
environment, dog fouling and volunteering for Tidy
Towns.
'Environment - The Show' is brought to life with a
new script introducing the audience to characters
from two fictional places - Messview Park and
Greenway. The set, created by Buncrana artist
Catriona Bradley, is made entirely from waste
material and recycled plastic and is adaptable to
suit any performance space so a stage is not
necessary for performances.
The aim of the project is to give a classroom of
children the opportunity to be part of a serious
production as singers, actors, dancers or stage
crew. Annette intends to take the show to as many
schools as possible in the future. Enquiries to
annettemcnelis@gmail.com . Tel 0879264448 or 074
9361424 |
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