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Music Matters
Inclusive Community Choir
Newsletter October 2013
Musical Director:Grinne OGrady
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Rehearsal Venue: MACRO Building, 1 Green St, Dublin 7 (Every
Wednesday 7.00 9.00 PM)
September was a busy and exciting month for Music Matters
Inclusive Community Choir!
We are learning some new songs, including Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dahfrom
Disneys Song of theSouth, The Spanish Lady by The Dubliners, The
Bare Necessitiesfrom The JungleBook, Ride On by Christy Moore and
Angels by Robbie Williams
The Secret Millionaire Party at The Church
Music Matters Inclusive Community Choir, along with 3 other
wonderful causes calledAoibheanns Pink Tie, Carman Hall Community
Centre and Fathers Against Addicts were allselected to participate
in an episode ofThe Secret Millionaire. This programme wasbroadcast
on RTE1 on Monday 16th September. Margaret Farrelly, who is
Managing Director ofClonarn Clover in Co Cavan, Irelands largest
free-range eggs supplier, visited and made asubstantial donation to
all of these groups.Our choir received a very welcome cheque worth
7,500!!
On the night of the screening, we partied with family and
friends at The Church Bar &Restaurant, Mary St, Dublin 1. We
would especially like to thank Joyanne, for baking not justone but
TWO deliciously moist chocolate cakes for the special occasion! We
would alsolike to thank Rima Malukaite for taking these photographs
as they show, everyone had afabulous time!
We are looking for Choir Members and their Families to join our
Steering Committee!This committee will have meetings in our new
office (which will be up and running soon) and helpwith planning of
rehearsals and eventsIf you are interested or would like more
information, please ask Grinne
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Musical Memories Choirs for Older PeopleDun Laoghaire/ Rathdown
County Council, HSE Arts and Health Partnership and the LivingWell
with Dementia Stillorgan-Blackrock Project are piloting "Musical
Memories", a new choralproject aimed at older people, especially
people with dementia, their family members, friendsand carers.Both
choirs, one in Deansgrange Library (Thursdays: 11.00 am- 12.30pm)
and St RaphaelasConvent, Stillorgan (Saturdays: 11.00am 12.30pm)
have been a resounding success so far!
We need volunteers to help out with the project as support
workers and other roles. If you are
interested in volunteering, please
email:[email protected]
Grinne O'Grady, Musical Director of Music Matters is Choral
Director of this project.You can also follow the choirs
blog:www.musicalmemorieschoir.blogspot.ie
Canal Clean-Up Day
Once a month, the Dublin City NorthVolunteer Centre organises a
day forvolunteers to come along and clean-up anarea of the Royal
Canal
On Saturday 12th October, there will be acanal-clean up near
Phibsborough
Afterwards, (from around 12.30 PMonwards), there will be a Thank
You andCelebration event at Hedigans Pub (TheBrian Boru) which is
located nearby onProspect Road.
Music Matters has been invited to sing at thisceremony and we
will sing from 1.15 PMonwards. We are looking forward tosinging at
this event and special thankyou to Dublin City North Volunteer
Centrefor inviting us!
Something Inside so Strong Concertwith Music Matters and Special
Guests
We are excited to announce details of ourupcoming Fundraiser
Concert, which takesplace on Saturday 16th November in the
AxisTheatre, Ballymun at 8.00 PM
Our line-up includes: Mark Geary, Minnie &The Illywhackers,
Ashley Tubridy, A FistFull ofOranges, Ossia Youth Choir and Jimi
Cullen
There will also be two rehearsals for peopleliving in the
Ballymun area on Sunday 3rdNovember (adults only) and Sunday
10thNovember (children only)
Tickets are 18 (adults) and 15 (children) andavailable from the
Axis website (www.axis-ballymun.ie), Axis Box Office (Phone:
01-8832100) or from Grinne OGrady
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