Peace Proms

 

Peace Proms

On the 31st of January we went to the peace proms. I was sitting beside Hugo on the bus.  Firstly we got our seats and ate our lunch. Then we sang some songs. First we sang the ‘Matilda Medley’. Then we sang Imagine’ and the ‘Friends Medley’. Then we had another lunchbreak.  Then all the audience came. First the orchestra played the Mission Impossible soundtrack.

My favourite song was the Star Wars theme song. All the characters from Star Wars came into our section. I high-fived a storm trooper and a character called Darth Vader. I had fun!

Afterwards, we went to Scotty’s with our friends Clodagh, Ava and Grace. I had a hot dog and for dessert Ava and Clodagh shared a chocolate fudge cake. I had one all for myself! After I was over full for an hour and I wanted to be hungry again because I thought I would burst!

by Mark Bruen 2nd Class

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Peace Proms 2016

Peace Proms 2016

On Sunday, the 31st of January we went to the Kingfisher Hall in Galway to perform a lot of songs in front of our parents and a huge audience. We had been rehearsing them for months in our school. Now our big day had finally arrived!

In the morning, my mom drove me down to the school to get a bus to the Peace Proms. I sat beside my friend Edel on the bus. When we got to Kingfisher Hall we ate our lunch. After about 10-20 minutes the orchestra and conductor, Greg Beardsell were ready and we rehearsed our songs. Then we had another break.

Before the concert started we met some of the girls from the orchestra. They were musicians and played the clarinet and wearing green and gold dresses. They looked beautiful.

The first song that we sang was ‘Touch the Sky,’ second was ‘World in Union’ and the soloist was Sarah Richmond. Thirdly, we sang ‘Power of the Dream’ and the soloist for this song was Megan Ruby Walsh. We sang ‘Friends Medley’. Then there was a short interval.

In the second half the orchestra played the soundtrack of ‘Star Wars’. Afterwards we sang ‘Matilda Medley’. Then we sang ‘Imagine’, then ‘Pop Medley’. After we sang ‘You’re the Voice’. The finale was ‘Ireland’s Call’ with Emmet Cahill the soloist. Then the concert was over. Afterwards, we went for dinner in Raftery’s Rest in Kilcolgan, the perfect end to a perfect day!

by Tara Keane

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All Ireland Community Games Camogie u14 Champions

All Ireland Community Games Camogie u14 Champions

On Wednesday 17 February the All Ireland Community Games Camogie u14 Champions, Ardrahan, came to visit our school. They beat Glanmire from Cork in the All-Ireland Final with a score line of 1-7 to 1-6. We are very proud of our 6th class pupils Abbie Callanan and Chloe Glynn and past pupils Chloe Fahy and Alannah Glynn(captain) who are on the team!

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Peace Proms 2016

                            Peace Proms 2016

I woke up jumping out of bed with exhilaration. “I can’t believe it is here! The day of Peace Proms 2016!!!,” I said nearly bursting out of my pyjamas. I ran down stairs and got dressed straight away into my white top and black jeans. I scoffed up my breakfast and hopped into the car. We were meeting a bus at school, that was going to bring us to the Kingfisher Hall in Galway. On the bus, I sat beside Erin. When we got there we lined up. I was jumping up and down because I had never been involved in a concert this big before. I charged into the hall exclaiming “Wow!” The practice started at around half eleven. We began with the ‘Friends Medley’ followed by ‘Imagine’ written by John Lennon. Thirdly we practiced the ‘Matilda Medley’ and then we sang ‘You’re the Voice’. We ended the practice with an hours long lunch break and a stretch of our legs. The concert began at two o clock. The orchestra played a piece from the movie ‘Mission Impossible’. The flashing lights beamed at us as we sang our songs. We brought sunglasses for the song ‘Uptown Funk in the ‘Pop Medley’. We sang a song that conductor Greg Beardsell said was the symbol of bravery. It was called ‘Touch the Sky’ from the movie ‘Brave’. I think I might have over exaggerated a little bit when Star Wars came into our section of our bleacher stand. I added a few more moves to the ‘Matilda Medley’ when there were only moves to ‘Revolting Children’. I smiled with pride as the audience clapped for us doing our outstanding singing. My favourite song I performed was ‘Power of the Dream’ which we sang with a soprano soloist. There was also a Scottish Pipe Band and some Scottish dancers from Belfast. A little bit more into the show there was Irish dancers from the Hessian School of Dance. The final song of the day was Irelands Call and everyone joined in with the singing. After the concert I had a chat with my friends. It was a brilliant day and concert. I had the best time ever!!!

 

By Orlaith Mannion

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