Kilbeggan Players highlight talent in their community
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The Kilbeggan Players performed a sketch of The Night Before Christmas. Thomas GibbonsImage 2 of 17
Kitty Fennell, Robin Fennell, Mary Gardiner, Boh Fennell and Millie Fennell from Kilbeggan. Thomas GibbonsImage 3 of 17
Breda Bellew, Eileen O'Neill and Mary Farrell were on door duty. Thomas GibbonsImage 4 of 17
Jackson and Sabrina Nannery from Horseleap. Thomas GibbonsImage 5 of 17
Trevor Marshall and Robert Gogan before the show. Thomas GibbonsImage 6 of 17
Seoidín Rochford (director) and James McHugh (producer). Thomas GibbonsImage 7 of 17
Oisin Marshall and Darragh Carton from the local session group. Thomas GibbonsImage 8 of 17
Edel Cunningham, Gertrude Fitzgerald, Karen McCormack and Orlaigh Buckley Moran from the choir. Thomas GibbonsImage 9 of 17
Geraldine Fennell on piano and Ryan Maloney on clarinet. Thomas GibbonsImage 10 of 17
Patricia Colton, Mary Sexton and Sarah Fox at the concert. Thomas GibbonsImage 11 of 17
Martha and Aideen McMahon at St James’s Hall. Thomas GibbonsImage 12 of 17
Mona Kelly and Breda Marshall in Kilbeggan. Thomas GibbonsImage 13 of 17
Aibhinn Kilmurray, Aoife Finn and Tadhg Kilmurray at the Christmas concert. Thomas GibbonsImage 14 of 17
Michael Dillon, Leanne Kelly, Iris Kelly and Sean Kelly from Kilbeggan. Thomas GibbonsImage 15 of 17
Anne Dixon, Michael Commiskey and Abbie Commiskey on Sunday evening. Thomas GibbonsImage 16 of 17
Eileen and Noel O'Neill from Rahugh. Thomas GibbonsImage 17 of 17
Margaret Marshall from Ballinagore and Eimear Marshall from Streamstown. Thomas GibbonsThe Kilbeggan Players Drama Society decided this year that they “wanted to take on a project that promoted arts and talent in the community and the best way that we could do that is a concert”, Seoidín Rochford, director of the production told the Westmeath Examiner.
Speaking at the Charity Christmas Concert in St James’s Hall on Sunday, December 21, Seoidín said they further decided to hold their event at this time of the year, and to make it a charity fundraiser, “a way of doing good around Christmastime”.
The charity is the St Vincent de Paul North East and Midlands.
“So blending the two things together, so we have an array of talent, from country to pop to musicals, performing, all local and taking part for a good cause.
“We wanted to do this because we wanted to do something that was festive and that would bring all the community together.
“We thought that was really important, we wanted more of that, to see more of that in the community and we wanted to do something that helped the homeless and people who are struggling this Christmas.”
James McHugh, who produced and hosted the concert along with Seoidín, thanked the other members of Kilbeggan Players Drama Society who were working on the floor on the night, behind the stage and on the stage performing. “It’s a real community sourced event and everyone involved has a part to play whether performing or backstage.”
Both Seoidín and James thanked “everyone who has put in their time to come up on the stage and perform tonight. It’s important that we had all the acts or the show couldn’t be what it is tonight – and a thank you to all the audience who turned up tonight.”
Credits
Stage design and management: Edwina Maloney, Orlaigh Buckley Moran, Seoidín Rochford, James McHugh. Choir director Geraldine Fennell. Advertisement, Katie Colton, Edwina Maloney, James McHugh. Sound, Chris Guilfoyle. Front of House, Eileen O’Neill, Breda Bellew, Mary Farrell.
ACT 1: Kilbeggan Players ‘The Night Before Christmas’ Sketch (Orlaigh Buckley Moran, Edwina Maloney, Jamie Bolger, Nicola Finn, Katie Colton, Pauline Nannery) – Michael Buckley Moran and Hannah Moran; Neil Moran; Concert Choir; (Ailsa and Gertrude Fitzgerald, Blaithín Kelly, Karen Lowry, Edel Cunningham, Katie Colton, Edwina Maloney, Nicola Finn, Pauline Nannery, Orlaigh Buckley Moran) – accompanied By Geraldine Fennell, Eve and Ryan Maloney; Dylan Newman; Sophia May Marshall; Local Session Group (Trevor Marshall, Oisin Marshall, Dolores Kelly, Robert Gogan, Eileen O’Neill, Chris Guilfoyle and Darragh Carton); Laura McHugh Harrington, accompanied By Donncha Harrington.
ACT 2: James McHugh, accompanied By Concert Choir; Laurence and Seamus Bohan; SR Drama Class Kids; Blaithín Kelly Accompanied By Geraldine Fennell; Concert Choir (Reprise); James McHugh and Seoidín Rochford (duet).