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Music Matters

Inclusive Community Choir

NewsletterJanuary 2014

Musical Director:Grinne OGrady www.facebook.com/inclusivechoir

e:inclusivechoir@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/musicmatters2012

M:087-9803020

www.musicmatters.ie www.twitter.com/InclusiveChoir

www.musicmatterschoir.blogspot.ie

www.meetup.com/Music-Matters-Inclusive-Choir-Dublin

Rehearsal Venue:MACRO Building, 1 Green St, Dublin 7 (Every Wednesday 7.009.00 PM)

2013 was the most exciting and successful year to date forMusic Matters Inclusive Community Choir!!

Some of our highlights include:

Visit from Kathleen Lynch TD, Minister for Disability, Equality, Older People and MentalHealth in February

Performance at LiFT Youth Arts Festival at The Helix, DCU in March

Moving to the MACRO Building and celebrating our First Birthday in April

Recording our rehearsal and flash mob for RTE Television in July Sponsored singing eventaka Sing-a-thon at The Beerhouse in August

Screening of The Secret Millionaire, in which Margaret Farrelly, Managing Director ofClonarn Clover Eggs in Co. Cavan, presented us with a wonderful cheque worth 7,500.We also had a party to celebrate at The Church Bar and Restaurant in September

Decorating our new office in Smithfield and singing at Royal Canal Clean-Up Day inOctober

Singing for Amanda Brunker, runner-up in TV3s Celebrity Apprentice, as she presenteda cheque to St Michaels House and performing at our Something Inside So StrongConcert at Axis Ballymun in November

Various Carol Singing events in December

All at Music Matters would like to thank each and every individual andorganisation which supported us during 2013.

This has most certainly been an unforgettable year!!

We wish you every happiness, health and success over the next year andmany years to come!

Five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes, Five hundred,

twenty-five thousand moments so dear. Five hundred, twenty-five thousand,six hundred minutes, How do you measure, measure a year?

From Seasons of Love ~ RENT the musical

Elaine has created a video slideshow (almost 20 minutes long!) of photographs and videofootage of some of our most memorable events over the past year!

You can watch it at this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjcKLSmnOBM

Or search for Music Matters Events Showcaseon YouTube

As the video contains copyrighted music, the direct YouTube link may not work on mobile or

tablet devices, but you can still watch the video on these devices by playing the video at our

blog:http://www.musicmatterschoir.blogspot.ie/2013/12/video-2013-events-showcase.html

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These are photographs from some of our events which took place in December 2013

Christmas Party at St Michaels House (Tuesday 3rdDecember)

Joyannes Leaving Party (Wednesday 11thDecember)All at Music Matters said "Goodbye" to Joyanne Rudiak, who has been our AssistantConductor over the past eight months. Joyanne is returning home to Edmonton, Alberta inCanada and all at Music Matters are sorry to see her go.Joyanne is very warm, friendly and enthusiastic and really brought out the best in everyone.She never ceases to amaze us with her talents, as every special occasion was marked with a

delicious cake! Wishing the very best of luck to Joyanne, in everything she does in the future -to quote her own words: "One things for sure: Im taking my ukulele with me. Nothing cantear us apart ! Onward to b igger and better things!"

Stars, Choirs and Carols in Croke Park (Thursday 19thDecember)Stars, Choirs and Carolswas an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the mostpeople singing Christmas Carols together in one place. Unfortunately, this record was notbroken in Croke Park in 2013, but it did not stop some members of Music Matters who bravedthe bitter cold, from having a wonderful evening!

Other performances:

Dublin City Council Head Office, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 (Lunchtime, Tuesday 10thDecember)

Superquinn, Sutton (Carol Singing fundraiser for Music Matters and St Michaels House,Saturday 14thDecember)

MACRO Community Resource Centre (Christmas lunch for staff and local community, Friday20thDecember)