GALLERY:" Curtain Call" for Naas Musical Society as 2018 production is announced at their AGM

GALLERY:" Curtain Call" for Naas Musical Society as 2018 production is announced at their AGM   Naas Musical Society held its Annual General Meeting to an eager audience awaiting news of the coming season! A new committee was elected and is as follows: President, Val Brennan, Chairperson: Rosemarie O’Dowd: Vice Chair: Trish Gill-O’Grady, Secretary:  Tina O’Kelly, Treasurer: Karen Wade, Asst. Treasurer: Miriam Fagan, PRO: Claire O’Reilly^, Committee Members: Brian Patrick Gallagher, Paul Dicker & Victoria Guthrie. The female trio for Curtains will be MD Sarah Lynch, Director Philippa Alford and Choreographer, Trisha McDermott will make her debut with Naas Once the officialdom was dispensed with the new Production team was announced to great applause! It’s a year of Girl Power.  For NMS’ annual Concert “A Celebration of Song,  the committee have chosen to work in house in choosing members, Claire Regan as Director and Sue Kelly as Choreographer and they welcome back MD Sarah Lynch whom the society worked with many moons ago. The Concert will move venue this year too, A Celebration of Song will be held in The Moat Theatre on 15^th & 16^th of November. This too was met with great enthusiasm.  On to the big announcement that everyone was waiting for… The 2018 Production… The announcement was one with a bit of a difference this year! The members were asked to check under their seats for letters and they had to guess for themselves standing in a line with their anagram of letters until they correctly formed the words CURTAINS THE MUSICAL. There was great excitement  as it is not performed very often. The brave committee chose it for its hilarious content and involvement of every one of all ages. It is a Murder mystery who dunnit musical complete with a Colombo type of investigator who is very much into shows and show people bringing with him much hilarity, rousing songs and lively dance numbers! Everyone is very much looking forward to it.  There will need to be lots of fundraising done to produce the show and lots of ideas were forthcoming so hopefully they will get the support in the coming season.  Watch this space. The final item of the night was the announcement of the recipient of The Eileen Corcoran Unsung Hero Memorial Trophy.  Eileen was one of Naas Musical Society’s stalwart members since their inception; she looked after the men’s wardrobe for many years until she took over managing the Front of House Team. A great woman for a cup of tea so it was very fitting that this year’s winner was a gent who had shared many, many cups of tea with Eileen over the years. John Dooley, everyone agreed was definitely a deserving recipient of The Unsung Hero award. “John is always on hand to help out be it back stage or on stage, he boosts morale and brings fun to rehearsals, assembles our concert stage every year and whatever pernickety item is needed for a production, I John hasn’t got it he usually knows a man who does!” said Secretary Tina O’Kelly. We presented the award to him with rapturous applause and on this happy note the meeting closed she added . PHOTOS BY AISHLING CONWAY [caption id="attachment_167504" align="alignnone" width="3384"] Rachel Kearns, Niamh Irwin, Gemma Lehane and Roisin Fay[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167505" align="alignnone" width="2676"] Tom and Mairin Dowling[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167506" align="alignnone" width="3660"] Caoimhe Dowling, Dearbhail Downey, Sue Kelly and Claire Regan[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167509" align="alignnone" width="3024"] Robyn Dunne and Stephen Fagan[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167510" align="alignnone" width="3312"] Karen Wade and Miriam Fagan[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167511" align="alignnone" width="3036"] Incoming Committee 2018/19 - Brian Patrick Gallagher, Trish Gill O'Grady (Vice Chairperson), Miriam Fagan (Vice Treasurer), Victoria Guthrie, Tina O'Kelly (Secretary), Rosemarie O'Dowd (Chairperson) and Karen Wade (Treasurer) - MISSING FROM PHOTO - Paul Dicker, Claire O'Reilly (PRO), Val Brennan (President)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167512" align="alignnone" width="3048"] John Dooley and Mary O'Reilly[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167513" align="alignnone" width="3840"] Winner of the Eileen Corcoran Memorial Trophy John Dooley[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167515" align="alignnone" width="3840"] Tina O'Kelly and Rosemarie O'Dowd[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167516" align="alignnone" width="2988"] Chairperson of Naas Musical Society Tina O'Kelly presents John Dooley with the Eileen Corcoran Memorial Trophy
John Dooley is this years winner of the Eileen Corcoran Unsung Hero Award.
John is always there to lend a helping hand for the society. From building sets, working backstage, playing at open mic night, performing on stage and always making us laugh! He brings fun wherever he goes and we would be lost without him.
Pictured: John Dooley receiving his award from outgoing Chairperson Tina O'Kelly[/caption] [caption id="attachment_167517" align="alignnone" width="3432"] Victoria Guthrie, Eugenie Hopkins and Peter Nolan[/caption]