Boyle

BAF BOOKING OFFICE

Bookings for all events can be made by phone or in person at the Festival Office, Bridge Street, Boyle and online where indicated in the programme. Please note that there is limited seating at most of the venues and advanced booking is recommended. Tickets must be paid for at time of booking and are non-refundable. For more information, call 071 9663085 between the hours of 11 a.m. till 5 p.m.

OPEN ART EXHIBITION

Showing the diverse and exciting styles and mediums of art, Sculpture Submission. Exhibitions standard continually grows to attract entries from all over Ireland. The extremely popular and well attended Art Exhibition aims to provide a forum for artist to display their talent. The work is selected on merit and entries selected from part-time and fulltime and occasional artists giving a unique blend and standard of excellence. Open night will be Thursday, July 19, at 9 p.m. and will open daily from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. till July 27.

PRESENCE

‘Presence’, an exhibition by Fotofit Photography Group will be taking place in the Boyle Resource Centre (Basement Entrance). Exihibition opens daily from 20th until the July 27 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.

ST JOSEPHS CHURCH CHOIR

The choir will be performing as part of the Sunday morning Mass on Sunday, July 22, at 11.30. Formed in 2016, the choir sing on the fourth Sunday of each month at 11.30 Mass and at other church ceremonies. The four-part choir has over 50 members, a number of whom share the teaching and programming together with Choir Director Anne Kielty.

POTTERY CAMP

Hullabaloo Pottery Camp will take place this July in Ardcarne Garden Centre. The dates are July 30 till August 2 from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. Learn lots of different skills and techniques when you are painting and decorating your pottery. You will have your very own designer kiln-fired pot stand, mug, plate, bowl and piggy bank. Make fabulous personalised presents for family and friends, if you can bear to give them away. For booking and more information please email fun@hullabaloo. ie or call 086 4094164. Camp is suitable for children from six years upwards.

ROCK THE CLOCK

The organisers of August’s ‘Rock the Clock’ festival in Boyle have had to cancel the planned ‘Lip Sync Battle’ due to insufficient entries. Work is continuing weekly on organising a great line up for the much anticipated August bank Holiday weekend festival. Among those performing will be the Legends, who will play live outside the Moylurg from 9.30 p.m. on Friday, August 3. The organisers would like to thank those who did sign up for the Lip Sync and ‘who knows, we might do it again later in the year’.

BAF WORKSHOP

Once again, an exciting range of children’s and adults workshops has been organised for Boyle Arts Festival which will run from July 19 to July 28. First up, a five-day workshop for children aged 5-8, ‘ Fantastic Creatures’ with Kate Wilson.

This workshop will run from July 23 to July 27. Participants will create movement sequences, masks and costumes for performance exploring their own imagined beasts, as well as creating environments, nests and habitats etc. in the space using natural materials and fabricating with paper and paint. This will include both individual and group work and there will be an informal sharing of the work on the last day.

The Singskool summer camp is an extremely popular early childhood music programme, designed to put the FUN back into the fundamentals of music. Interactive classes will have your little one singing, playing instruments, conducting, composing, dancing and exploring early music literacy and performing. At the end of the week your mini stars will start in a show for family and friends. There are three Singskool workshops for different age groups, over five days. ‘Mini Melodies’ for ages three to four, ‘Treble Makers summer Beats’ for ages five to eight and ‘Beat Buddy Babies’, a two-day workshop for children aged 6months to three years.

For booking and more information please visit singskool. com Enquiries 086 3956389 All Children’s workshops will take place in Abbey Community College.

JUNIOR GOLF IN BOYLE

Junior golf continues on Wednesdays at Boyle Golf Club and will commence at 6 p.m. All children eight years of age or older and interested in learning the basics of the game are welcome. All equipment will be provided.

PUBLIC ART PROJECT

A new public art project titled ‘The Hotel’ is currently under way. The project aims to capture conversations about the significant role the former Royal Hotel, Boyle played in the lives of the local people. It will investigate the importance of everyday practices of hospitality and welcoming others.

The project organisers would appreciate any photographs or objects that may illustrate your story on the Royal Hotel. Conducted interviews will form part of an installation piece in response to this historic building.

If you have a story to tell, interviews and meetings will take place on Tuesday, July 24, and Wednesday, July 25, from 11 a.m. 5 p.m. in the Spool Factory in Boyle during Arts Week. For more information please contact Greer MacKeogh at greermackeogh@ gmail.com or Carol MacKeogh at 086 8601121.

CURLEW WALKERS CLUB

The next meeting of the Curlew Walkers will be Sunday, September 9, meeting on Crescent, Boyle at 10 a.m. and will leave for Leean and Doons. This will be Climb Grade B the leader for the day will be David Brett, who can be contacted at 086 8841763. Please confirm times with lead- er or website prior to each walk walkingboyle.com.

BOYLE ATHLETIC CLUB

At a well-attended meeting it was decided to form Boyle AC (Boyle Athletic Club) to cater for the growing number of people of all ages interested in the various athletic disciplines. It was decided the club follow established guidelines and seek approval from the county board as well as membership of the national governing body. Decisions were made on a working committee, club colours and a club logo.

COURTYARD MARKET

The Market takes place every Saturday in the grounds of King House, Boyle from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. If you would like to enjoy the best locally grown fresh and organic produce, then a trip to the Courtyard Market should be on your agenda. There is a wide range of seasonal produce, oxmountaincamp@gmail.com, or 071 9181920 087 1362703.

CARD GAME

Cloonacool Card Game will take place at 8.30 p.m. in Cloonacool Community Centre every Monday.

YOUR NEWS

Please send in your notes to Emma Gallagher by Thursday to cloonacoolnotes@gmail.com.