Irish Phrase Of The Day "Cad atá ar súil agat ?" - What are you doing?
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 Thurles Club for Dancing Our congratulations to the Club for Dancing here in Thurles who will celebrate their 40th Anniversary on Saturday February 12th next. The Club will mark the occasion with an event in their usual stomping ground, The Premier Ballroom in Thurles.
All current and former members of the Club are automatically invited to attend this celebratory event and if you are a non member and feel you would like to join in their celebrations “there is a welcome on the mat“.
Two bands will be installed on the night and celebrations begin with dancing to ‘Checkers‘, starting at 8.30pm sharp and continuing until 10.30pm.
Following a short break, dancing will continue from 10.40pm to 12.30 to the music of ‘Tony Stevens and The Rusty Roosters‘.
Admission price: €10.
Note: The club has also just launched their new website with details of their dance calender for the year. You can view this website by clicking here.
The club have been running dance classes for beginners, in social dancing, since 1994. The six-week’s course, from 8.30pm to 10pm each Tuesday night, costs a total of just €20 and teaches the basic steps of the foxtrot, old time waltz and quickstep. They hold one set of classes in the Springtime and one set again in the Autumn. These have proved to be a great success and are normally attended by approximately 70/100 helpers, teachers and beginners. Great for the fitness and an ideal opportunity for young couples getting married this year to prepare for that first solo dance on their wedding day.
Why not join them for their next set of dance classes, beginning on 1st February 2011 and commencing at 8.30pm sharp.
Firstly, we would like to apologise and warn our readers in advance that the video hereunder contains some foul language, so if you are easily offended, please refrain from hitting the play button.
Foul language or not, Newport, Co.Tipperary born musician, investment banker and businessman Denis Ryan, through this video, possibly best expresses the thoughts and feelings of many of our Irish residents, unemployed or on the mimimum wage, sitting in their homes tonight.
“If the government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away everything you have.” President Gerald Ford.
Who is Denis Ryan?
Denis emigrated from Tipperary to Canada in the 1960s. In 1971, with Fergus O’Byrne and Dermot O’Reilly he formed the folk band Ryan’s Fancy. In 1983 the group disbanded and Denis moved to Halifax, Canada where he became an investment banker.
However, he still remained in music, releasing two solo albums and hosting the CBC Television show “Up on the Roof”
In 1994 he received an Honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, from St. Mary’s University in Halifax.
Over the years he has given a lot of his time acting as emcee for many charitable functions. And he continues to help create awareness and fund raising for organisations such as the D’Arcy McGee Chair of Irish Studies at St. Mary’s University.
His latest recording was “Newport Town” with his first cousin Denis Carey.
Oh and by the way, Michael Flatley was born Michael Ryan Flatley and his parents Michael and Eilish Flatley left Furteen, County Sligo, in 1947 to make a new life for themselves in America, so he is Irish.
We were first to warn the public of an IMF bailout, we were first to predict Spring Awakening would win the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera, now permit us to introduce you to Tipperary’s newest ‘Rock Band’ sensation, which are quickly taking Ireland by storm, meet Autonomous i.
Autonomous i are:- Frah Butler – Guitar and Vocals, Daragh Kennedy – Guitar and Vocals, Jamie Kelly – Bass and Vocals, Eddie Dwan – Violin, Synth and Damien Murphy – Drums.
Since first forming in a dark damp community hall here in Thurles, Co.Tipperary, Autonomous i have been honing their songwriting and performance skills to the point where their music is influenced equally as much from within the group as it is externally. These five lads fuse sounds together from a breathtakingly broad sonic palette and have produced a range of original tracks, for which a well stocked duke box would happily surrender it’s last dime.
The band’s live shows are varied in the extreme and the band seamlessly navigates through rock, funk and dance inspired grooves, with an infectious confidence and cheeky grins. Fronted by one of the most powerful set of lungs on the Irish indie rock scene today, Frah Butler, this band have gigged throughout the country in venues such as Whelan’s, HQ the Sugar Club and the more recently in the RDS Toys for Big Boys Expo in Dublin. The Crane Lane in Cork and are being overwhelmed with positive criticism from the likes of Duke Special who described their music as being ‘intriguing and wonderful’.
This diverse group of five very talented musicians, which include a classical violinist and dreadlocked ‘Reggae Inspired’ drummer, are no ‘Three Cord Trick Chancer’ band pushing their luck, here are music makers who have served their apprenticeship and qualified with first class honours.
Produced by Ken McHugh, this merger of intelligent lyrics together with indie rock music, 80′s style synth, soaring violin with a touch of funk and dance inspired grooves, manufacture some seriously inspired gems, like -Stand Up and Take It, Car Activate and Start Again. These three very different tracks demonstrate why Autonomous i are not being ignored or pigeonholed by the music world!
Autonomous i can really do it live too, rapidly building a reputation for inspired, exciting, electrifying performances, seamlessly navigating through a rainbow of sounds and rhythms, which you have to experienced in the flesh, to totally appreciate.
Check out the songs, check out the website, with more dates to be added, watch out for Autonomous i at a venue near you, remembering you heard it first from www.thurles.info.
 The Source - Saturday Next - November 20th Phoenix Productions in association with North Tipperary Hospice will take to the stage of The Source in Thurles this weekend for two unique performances of ‘Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman’.
Directed by Gerard O’Brien and accompanied by Internationally renowned musical director David Wray, (Latter founder member of Music Theatre Ireland) ‘Listen to My Heart’ sees this company stripped down to just five voices familiar to Thurles audiences from Phoenix Productions and Thurles Musical Society; Michelle O’Connell, Maria Griffin, Deirdre Ryan, Tomas Flanagan and Shane Willoughby.
‘Listen To My Heart’ is a musical written from the heart, addressing universal issues that chronicle all the lives, loves and losses of our modern world.
The first performance of its kind here in Thurles, ‘Listen to My Heart’ takes you on a musical journey that will lift your spirits and soothe your soul.
There will be two performances this Saturday November 20th, an early bird performance at 6.00pm for €10 and a traditional 8.00pm performance costing €20. Proceeds will go directly to North Tipperary Hospice. This promises to be something you will not want to miss.
Booking: Contact The Source direct by clicking here or email boxoffice@sourcearts.ie
After what can only be described as a sensational 10 night run in The Helix Theatre in Dublin last September, it was a foregone conclusion that the cast of NYMT‘s Spring Awakening would be invited to compete in this year’s Waterford International Festival of Light Opera 2010, latter celebrating their 50th anniversary this year.
This unbelievably talented cast, under the direction of John Donnelly and which included top Tipperary performers Chris Britton, Ed Leamy and Shane Willoughby, latter playing the role of ‘Georg’, like Julius Caesar, came, performed and conquered.
Amongst the awards at last night’s banquet in Waterford the cast of Spring Awakening walked off with awards for; Best Lighting, Best Costumes, Best Set, The Special Adjudicators Award, Best Musical Direction and the much coveted Best Overall Show Award for this year’s Waterford International Festival of Light Opera.
Adjudicator for this year’s Waterford International Festival of Light Opera was Tony Finnegan, holder of many comedy, acting, singing and directing awards to his own credit, including directing the World Premier of ‘Requiem for Julie ‘ in the Rupert Guinness Theatre, Dublin and author of the children’s musical, ‘Once Upon a Nursery Rhyme ‘, which was premiered in Northern Ireland in 2000.
Running from November 2nd – 13th and showcasing productions from award winning amateur musical societies at home and abroad, this festival takes place each year in the very stylish and newly refurbished Theatre Royal in Waterford city.
Affectionately known as the “mother of all festivals,” the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera is the premier event of its kind in these islands.
The line-up this year included Seussical The Musical, Nunsense, Pirates of Penzance and Jekyll & Hyde. There was also homage to the 80’s with The Wedding Singer, the afore mentioned Irish premiere of Spring Awakening and the Festival closed yesterday with Sweeney Todd.
All in all, it was one of the most adventurous line ups in years and worthy of their 50th anniversary celebration.
Here’s to the next 50 years.
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