Pres and St Pat’s fill St John’s for annual talent show

PRESENTATION and St. Patrick’s Secondary school students hosted their annual talent show in a packed St. John’s Presentation School Hall.

Many students made their debut as singers, dancers, actors, poets and musicians on stage and are already talking about next year’s show.

Presenters, Kate O’Connor and Darragh Kelly, both TY students, introduced all the acts with professionalism and panache and all the painstaking practice certainly paid off for all concerned.

The show opened with a traditional Rambling House Scene which is going from strength to strength every year.

Talented students from both schools put in a lot of practice to put together a great production of traditional music, song and dance, entertaining the ‘Bean agus Fear an Tí’ as the enthusiastic audience clapped along.

The students promised variety in abundance and they didn’t disappoint; with stellar performances from solo singers, Hannah Herlihy, Cillian Butler, Micheál Nix, April O’Connor, Alannah O’Leary and Siobhan Brosnan and 1st year’s rendition of the ‘Cup Song.’

Accompanied by our accomplished musicians, Eibhlís Brosnan and Kelly Ann Nix on keyboard, Alannah O’Leary, Micheál Nix, Padraig Heffernan and Jack McCrohan on guitar and Ciarán Crowley on accordion and spoons!

Antonella Vidakovic also delighted us with a Croatian Majorette number while Sophie Walsh captivated us with her graceful ballet ‘Cinderella,’

Featuring strongly this year across all year groups from first to sixth year, were our talented local Irish dancers performing the brush dance, polkas and an originally choreographed finale dance that put Riverdance in the shade, all expertly choreographed by Mary Philpot.

There was story-telling in many forms including Katelyn Curtin recounting a very amusing story about an amadáin and his hat, poetry renditions of ‘ The Chewing Gum and Playground Blues’ from the first year boys and Ian O’Neill`s moving tribute to Leonard Cohen.

While showing off their acting skills, third year and TY students from both schools, filled the hall with laughter performing comical sketches based on the popular TV shows: Dancing with the Stars; Family Fortunes and Brooklyn 99.

The show came to a close with all students returning to the stage to sing out Jason Mraz`s ‘Have it all.’

Principals Katherina Broderick and Denis O’Donovan thanked all students and teachers involved for making the sellout show a resounding success.