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Greencastle music legacy lives on
30.09.10
by Linda McGrory
THE musical legacy of the late founder of
Greencastle Accordian Band, Kathleen Duffy, will
live on in a new music school being set up in the
area.
Ceolan School of Music has been formed by Inishowen
traditional musicians, Clodagh Warnock and Roisin
McGrory. Thanks to a donation of €1200 that had lain
dormant since the local accordian band was wound up,
the new music school has been able to purchase nine
fiddles that will be loaned out to aspiring
musicians.
Clodagh Warnock said the money was very welcome to
the fledgling school.
"We have been trying to raise a bit of money that
could be used to buy instruments for the Ceolan
School of Music so that instead of the parents being
out the additional cost of having to buy an
instrument, we would have been able to loan or rent
the instrument out," said Clodagh. |
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Clodagh Warnock from the new Ceolan
School of Music in Moville receives a donation of
€1200 in memory of the late Kathleen Duffy from
Kathleen's daughter Anne Marie. Also pictured are on
left, Mary Anne Sona, former treasurer of
Greencastle Accordion Band and Mary Gillen, former
secretary. Clodagh's daughters, Oonagh, 2, and
Aoibhin McIvor, 4, are also in photo. |
"I was approached by a
committee member of the Greencastle Accordion Band,
which had been a successful venture that had wound
up a few years previously. "Unfortunately their
founding member and chairperson, Kathleen Duffy, had
died, and money that the committee had gathered over
the years had lain unused in a bank account.
"It had always been their intention to donate this
money to a music-based organisation in Kathleen's
name. We were very grateful to receive the money and
already we have purchased and received nine new
fiddles that will be available to pupils for rent."
Ceolan School of Music will teach music to children
aged 6-18 years and will be based at Moville
Community College. Its main focus will be
traditional music and tuition will be offered in
whistle, fiddle, button accordion, piano accordion
and traditional singing. Tuition in other
instruments such as harp, flute and mandolin will be
offered depending on demand. It will be €10 to enrol
for the year and a weekly lesson will be €6 per
hour. Registration day is this Sunday, October 3,
from 3pm-4pm at Moville Community College. Classes
will be on Tuesday evenings starting October 5. For
more information please call 086 1522322. |
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