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15th March 2011 What a terrible pity that all parents could not attend our St Patricks Festival Concert as it proved to be a great concert. It was a celebration of some of the talent that’s in the school, from R1 to R6 to the teaching staff – and what talent! It was a celebration of our culture and heritage and it was absolutely great. R1, R2 & R5 showed their dramatic qualities with some really lovely dramas/musicals while R3, R4 & R5 displayed their versatility with a cross section of traditional songs, poems and instrumental music. The school’s ‘ banna ceoil’, current Feis Átha Cliath champions, took to the stage. They presented a musical arrangement of stunning variety on multiple instruments. The choir from R 5 & R 6 took to the stage and sang 2 songs from the National Children’s Choir Repertoire beautifully accompanied on piano by an Múinteoir Sadhbh Ní Fhloinn. And then, the x-factor moment – The Taobh na Coille Ensemble, also known as the Teachers’ Group, took to the stage for the first time! They started off with the beautiful slow air ‘Gleanntán Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair’ arranged by an Múinteoir Sadhbh Ní Fhloinn for 8 different instruments! (Louis is on the phone lads!) After that they played a blast of reels, and finished playing the 8 hand reel for rinceoirí from R6! What an amazing celebration of our school, traditions and culture. A special word of thanks to all the múinteoirí who worked so hard to make seachtain na Gaeilge a success. They displayed massive commitment support and good will in the preparations, and we were all delighted with the result. Go raibh maith agaibh.
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Ba mhór an trua nach raibh sé ar chumas tuismitheoirí uile na scoile a bheith i láthair ag Ceolchoirm na Féile Pádraig mar go raibh an-cheolchoirm go deo againn. Ó R1 go R6 go foireann múinteoirí na scoile léiríodh tallann den scoth – bhí sé do-chreidthe. Ba chéiliúradh é ar ár gcultúr agus ar ár ndúchas agus nár mhór an méid é sin! Léirigh R1, R2 & R5 drámaí/ceoldrámaí gleoite agus chuir R3, R4 & R6 idir dhánta, amhráin agus ceol feadóige ós ár gcomhair. Ghlac banna ceoil na scoile, curaidh Fheis Átha Cliath, an stáitse agus chuir siad meascán ceoil os ár gcomhair ar réimse fhairsing uirlisí a léirigh caighdeán agus cumas ceoil na ndaltaí. Chan cór R5 agus R6 dhá amhrán ó chlár amhráin Cór Náisiúnta na nÓg agus an-tionlacan ceoil ar an bpiano dár ndóigh ón Múinteoir Sadhbh Ní Fhloinn. Ansin a bhuail an nóiméad ‘x –factor’ – banna ceoil na múinteoirí; Ensemble Thaobh na Coille, don chéad uair ariamh! Níl aon dabht ach go bhfuil cumas ar leith ceoil i measc foireann múinteoirí Ghaelscoil Thaobh na Coille. Sheinn siad Gleanntán Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair; a bhí cóirithe ag an Múinteoir Ní Fhloinn ar 8 n-uirlisí difriúla! ! (Tá Louis ar an bhfón!) Ina dhiaidh sin chas na múinteoirí buithrín ríleanna agus chríochnaigh an ceolchoirm le rinceoirí rang a 6 ag tabhairt faoin gCor Ochtar. A léithéid de cheolchoirm ní fhacthas riamh in aon scoil, tá mé cinnte de. Buíochas ar leith do na múinteoirí ar fad a d’oibrigh go han-dian le seachtain na Gaeilge a chéiliúradh. Is liosta le háireamh an comhoibriú, tacaíocht agus dea-thoil a léirigh siad san ullmhúchán.