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Whistle Down The Wind - Adjudication Crit

17/12/2015

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Hey all,
 This is the review of last year's show Whistle Down the Wind written by adjudicator Greg Currid. We would like to thank Greg for his review and for taking the time to visit us in Galway. We are delighted to hear that he enjoyed the show!

9 ARCH CLAREGALWAY MUSICAL SOCIETY – WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND

Whistle Down The Wind is another musical by the impresario himself, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Originally set in England he, and lyricist Jim Steinman relocated the show to Louisiana. The tale of a teenage girl who finds an escaped convict in the barn but because of all the fire and damnation they have been preached, she thinks that she has found Jesus. 
Louis Brennan (The Man) gave a most assured performance with good clean diction, a clear lyrical voice with a nice high falsetto.  There was a tendency to drop the accent in quieter moments, which led to inaudible enunciation. 
He played opposite Kate O’Mahoney (Swallow). She performed with a great display of emotion but at all times kept the accent correct, crisp and with a good delivery. A little bit more control of her natural vibrato will help with intonation. Swallow had two siblings, Sarah McGuire (Brat) sang most perfectly in tune and gave a marvelous performance and she was ably assisted by Jack McManus (Poor Baby) who spoke clearly and loudly, sang in tune and never missed a cue or a mark.
Michael Conway (Boone) was father to the three and he gave a good performance of a man struggling within himself to provide for his family and yet still reminiscing about his wife. 
Sarah Hession (Candy) played the cameo role of the frustrated girl trying to escape the town and she put all her energy into her performance of “Tire Tracks”.
Playing opposite her was Declan J Gardiner (Amos) who was her love interest. Declan moved gracefully around the stage and delivered his lines with good diction and a perfect accent.  Declan also doubled up as choreographer for the show. His duet with Candy included a terrific dance routine that they performed expertly. Unfortunately some of the chorus dancing was a little bit too intricate for some of the chorus and there was hesitancy at times.
Peter Kennedy (Director) had the dialogue moving at a good pace but the pace was hampered by the slow scene changes of the large cumbersome sets.  Lighting was too one dimensional and there were a number of late sound cues. 
Shane Farrell (Musical Director) decided to play in the pit himself which meant that whilst he had a good rapport with the musicians, who gave us some beautiful melodic accompaniment, particularly the reeds, he was not able to ensure that every entrance and finish of the choral singing was as precise as we would have expected.
We were treated to a wonderful rendition of “When Children Rule the World” by the children’s chorus, whereby their singing and dancing was absolutely spot on and was a highlight for me. I had the pleasure of meeting the AIMS adjudicator from 2000, Sten Pears, and he regaled me with stories of his travels around the country. Overall, a very enjoyable evening’s entertainment in Galway.

Greg Currid

 
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Wizard of Oz Auditions 6th July 2014

23/6/2014

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Hello all, 

Hope everyone has been enjoying the fine glorious weather that we have been getting. Well done to all the nominees and winners at the Aims awards in Killarney. What a brilliant weekend it was. We in the society cannot wait until next year which will be Aims 50th Anniversary. 

On the 6th of July in Claregalway College, we will be having our auditions for our show this year which celebrates the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz. 9arch society would like to welcome both new and existing members to come, join us and take part in what will be a great and fun show for all the family.

After auditions, future updates will be available on our facebook page and the website for information on casting and rehearsal schedules. Please feel free to contact myself on 9archmusical@gmail.com


See you at auditions,
David L.




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9 Arch AGM

30/1/2014

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Hey everyone, 

Hope the New Year has started well for everyone, and all those taking part in productions coming up in the next few weeks and months, looking forward to seeing them. 

The reason for this months blog is to follow up on the post on the facebook page to inform people that the society AGM is on this Sunday @3pm in the parish halls in Lackagh. 

We in the committee would like all that can to attend and to anyone interested in joining the society for the coming year.
Please contact myself or Fergal on the 9archmusical@gmail.com email address or on the contact form on the site here.

Talk to you soon,
David Lane.
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Happy New Year from 9 Arch Musical Society

30/12/2013

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Would just like to wish A Happy New Year and all the best for 2014 to all of our friends and their families and to thank everyone of you who took part on stage, backstage, front of house, sets, and everything else involved with Annie this year. Was a brilliant show, give yourselves a great pat on the back. Good luck to any of our friends taking part in other productions; be it the panto which is always fun and other productions taking place in 2014. And next year we at 9 Arch will have another great production which we will keep you all posted. So take care, enjoy the New Year Celebrations and see you in 2014.
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Opening Night! Wow!!!!

21/11/2013

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Hey folks, 

Wow! That's all i can say about last night. The children were excellent and the adult chorus were brilliant. The reaction from the audience was really something. Looks we will have a great few nights. 

Talk to you all soon.
David Lane.
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Less than two weeks! Annie Props

7/11/2013

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Hey there guys and girls, it's now less than two weeks to show time for Annie and the rest of the society. Rehearsals have been brilliant and it looks like it is going to be a great show. 

We need some props for the show, the list of which is up on the 9 Arch facebook page and I'm going to attach it to this post. Please contact myself or Fergal as soon as possible if you can acqurie the items we are missing. 

Talk to you all soon
David Lane.

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Rehearsals

24/9/2013

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Hey there,

Hope everyone is keeping well. Been a while since I've been on this so here goes! Well rehearsals have begun for Annie and they are going great the children sound brilliant, wait until you see them in November they will be even better it will be a sight to see ( the adults are very good as well) and we still have to improve but there is a lot of motivation and spirit being put into this our 10th production. 

We are still taking members if people would like to take part both children and adults. We could use a few more and a few men as well if its possible so we have a greater sound to the already good chorus.

Will be adding new posts over the next few weeks so until then, take care all.

David L.
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Auditions

26/6/2013

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Hey there all,

As you have no doubt seen on Facebook and adverts in newspapers and will hear on Galway Bay Fm, the auditions for our Musical this year "Annie" are going to take place in the Parish Hall in Lackagh on Sunday the 7th of July starting at 13.30 for Childrens Auditions and 15.45 for Adults. We in the society hope for Big numbers for what should be a great show for the whole family. Come along and bring an adult 

Talk to you soon.
Hope everyone enjoying the good weather.
David L.
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Auditions and Workshop and more pictures

26/4/2013

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Hey folks, David L here. It has been confirmed that we will be having a workshop with director Sarah Griffin on the 23rd of June which will be held for children to learn a few songs and dance numbers. It will be on in the Parish Centre in Lackagh.
The society has also confirmed that we will be having auditions for children and adult parts on the 7th of July 2013 in the Parish Centre in Lackagh.
I have also put up more pictures including those from King and I in 2010, Oliver in 2009, Guys and Dolls in 2003 and our first show South Pacific. So please feel free to have a look at them. Should anyone want to take part in the auditions or any children would like to go for the workshop, drop us a comment on the facebook page or contact me on the gmail page by submitting a comment form.

Talk soon,
David L.
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New Website for 9 Arch Mus.Soc

4/4/2013

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Hey musical lovers, David L here with this new blog on the new 9 Arch website, it's up after a bit of work (hope it looks good). Hopefully will do a weekly blog and keep people informed on preparations for our production of Annie in the Town Hall in November. Exciting times for 9ArchMs.

Blogback soon,
Dave L.
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    Hi all, David L here just doing this blog giving people info on the 9arch society should ye be interested. Feel free to comment on any issue.

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