{"id":3610,"date":"2016-07-22T08:09:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T08:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnthebaptistcs.ie\/?page_id=3610"},"modified":"2021-12-13T17:44:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T17:44:04","slug":"school-musical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnthebaptistcs.ie\/school-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"School Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCHOOL MUSICAL<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Every year, the Transition Year students, guided by producers Ms. G. McNulty, Ms. N. Nevin and Ms. R. Hurley stage a spectacular piece of musical theatre to the delight of the huge audiences that gather from the locality. This is a core element of Transition Year and every student is offered the opportunity to showcase their talent and take part.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The Transition Year Musical 2020…<\/h2>\n

John the Baptist Community School presents “Sister Act”<\/em><\/b><\/h2>\n

This years musical is going to be “Sister Act” produced by Ms. McNulty, Ms. Nevin and choreographed by Ms. McInerney. “Sister Act” is an amazing Musical. “Sister Act” is about a lounge singer forced to join a convent after being placed in a witness protection programme.
\nThe “Sister Act” Musical will be on the 28th and 29th of February<\/p>\n

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Cast<\/h3>\n

Grace Slattery as ‘Deloris Van Cartier’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Kennedy as ‘Mother Superior’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ciara Nash as ‘Sister Mary Robert’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ruth Maher as ‘Sister Mary Patrick’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sinead McCarthy as ‘Sister Mary Lazarus’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barry Donovan as ‘Monsignor O Hara’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shane Whelan as ‘Curtis’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liam Kelly as ‘Officer Eddie Souther’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Michael Gammell as ‘TJ’<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Callinan as ‘Joey’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eoin O Loughlan as ‘Pablo’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sophie Naughton as ‘Sister Mary Martin’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chloe Naughton as ‘Sister Mary Theresa’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarah-Jane Cooke as ‘Michelle 1’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joanne Meany as ‘Michelle 2’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Caoimhe Real as ‘Tina 1’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Nelligan as ‘Tina 2’<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Dollery as ‘Ernie’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tickets will be sold in school and on our website here<\/a><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

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Tickets<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Previous Musicals are listed below<\/b><\/p>\n

2020 – Sister Act<\/em><\/p>\n

2019 – The Wedding Singer<\/em><\/p>\n

2018 – School of Rock<\/em><\/p>\n

2017 – The Adams Family<\/em><\/p>\n

2016 – All Shook Up<\/em><\/p>\n

2015 – Hairspray<\/em><\/p>\n

2014 – Disco Inferno<\/em><\/p>\n

2013 – Poptastic!<\/em><\/p>\n

2012 – Back to the 80’s<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here for all previous Musicals<\/a>
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Special Mentions:<\/strong>
\nMr. Larkin, Ms. Mortell, Ms. O Toole and Ms. Daly who helped the production.
\nKate Kennedy, Ellie Mallone, Emma Heavy, Samantha Musgrave, Shauna Tierney as the Dance Captains<\/p>\n

Music performed by the school orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n

Costume design by Ms. O’Toole.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set design created by Ms. Mortell and members of TY.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some Musical Memories…<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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The Addams Family<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0by T.Y. students Tara Daly, Emily Dollery and Rebecca Timmons<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This year the Transition Year Musical was \u201cThe Addams Family\u201d. The show tells the story of how Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family- a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn\u2019t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her dad and begs him not to tell her mother, thinking she\u2019ll go mad and wreck the whole thing. Now Gomez Addams must do something he\u2019s never done before-keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday\u2019s \u201cnormal\u201d boyfriend and his parents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At the beginning of the year, after the TY musical students learned that the show they would be performing was \u201cThe Addams Family\u201d, the first thing they did before any auditions was have a look at the Broadway version of the opening number \u201cWhen You\u2019re an Addams\u201d and learn that fully. Even during this, the talent was prominent and efforts were being made. When the auditioning process began, the bars and expectations had been set very high. A lot of brave, determined students auditioned for lead roles. During these, you could most definitely see the outstanding talent the 2016-2017 Transition Year students had to offer this school. After two, nerve racking, weeks of call backs and small scene performances in front of the class, the lead roles were cast to ten strong willed and remarkably talented individuals. We started by learning the opening song and dance number, \u201cWhen You\u2019re an Addams\u201d. It took a lot of hard work and determination to get this number perfect as well as the other big dance number, \u201cFull Disclosure\u201d. There was a lot to learn for lead roles and chorus alike, meaning a lot of hard work had to be put in after school, during lunches and over the February midterm break. After a long six months of preparation, all of the hard work of the lead cast, chorus and the teachers involved, paid off. So much time and effort went into making sure all the dances and songs were perfected, even taking time out of classes, lunch times and the February midterm break, to get it all stage worthy. At the end of it all, it turned out to be an absolutely fantastic and extraordinary performance by the Transition Year students of 2016-2017, one that was so well received by the audiences. It will most certainly not be forgotten anytime soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nothing would have been possible if it wasn\u2019t for the relentless work and effort of all the teachers and crews involved- Ms. McNulty, who along with teaching all the songs and made sure the cast knew their lines, single handedly organised the student orchestra, which played all the songs perfectly and really had a positive effect on the show, Ms. Healy, who organised all the props and made sure that everything was backstage and on stage when needed, Ms. Hurley, who helped with teaching all the songs and who was very much involved also with making sure the leads knew what they were supposed to do, Ms. Donovan, who helped the chorus learn all their singing lines and knew when to come in and helped backstage making sure all the props went on and off stage and that the singing was loud enough back there, and Ms. Nevin, who came back to the school to give great help to all the cast and chorus with the singing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Many thanks also go out to Ms. Ryan and Ms. Mortell\u2019s art and set design crew, who painted the entire set and spent countless hours making sure it looked perfect for the performance to really get that creepy Addams Family feeling, it\u2019s safe to say it was absolutely outstanding to look at, to the Coffee Brothers who came in during the midterm break and set up all the fabulous lights and sound systems that were seen and heard on the nights of the shows, all the microphones and speakers were provided by them. Thanks are also to be given to Ms. O\u2019 Toole, who took the time to find and give costumes for every single member of the lead cast and chorus, they really looked amazing on stage. A thank you to Mr. McCaffrey and Mr. McCarthy and their stage crew who were made backstage throughout the shows making sure that everything was in order, props were ready to come off and go on stage, panels of canvas being moved and such, it really was a huge help, Mr. Tim Hartnett and Mr. John Cleary who took time to set up and built the stage, \u00a0and thanks go out to the fabulous show choreographer, Pam McGlynn, who took the time and had the patience to teach all the dances, and go back over and over them until they were finally show ready, it all worked out brilliantly in the end. To say the students involved were extremely grateful would be a massive understatement!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Through the musical we learned quite a bit about collaborating and how if you work hard, you can achieve anything. Also, through the musical, we made and cemented new friends and got to know new people. The musical gave us a newfound confidence and we found ourselves performing in front of thousands of people over the course of the shows when some of us wouldn\u2019t have ever dreamed of singing or dancing for a crowd before. Before the musical, we had no idea of the amount of effort that goes in, between acting, lighting, sound, choreography, singing and costumes and to say that we\u2019re grateful is an understatement. \u00a0It was an amazing Transition Year experience for most, a definite highlight of the year. A performance such as this one really won\u2019t be forgotten easily or anytime soon. [\/toggle]\n<\/div>\n

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All Shook Up<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hairspray<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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The halls of John the Baptist C.S. have once again come alive with the sound of musicals! TY students took the stage on the 28th of February and 1st of March for their outstanding production of “Hairspray!”. Based on\u00a0John Walters’ iconic film, the story follows Tracy Turnblad (Maeve\u00a0O’Mahony), a \u201clarger than life\u201d teenager with all the right moves.\u00a0She\u00a0is obsessed with \u201cThe Corny Collins Show\u201d in 1950\u2019s Baltimore. Every day after school, she and her best friend Penny (Gr\u00e1inne Kennedy), run home to watch the show and drool over hunky Link Larkin (Jamie Dumas), much to Tracy’s mother Edna’s dismay (played by Dylan Reeves Wasik). After one of the stars of the show leaves, Corny Collins (Michael Whelan)\u00a0holds auditions to a replacement. With the guidance of new friend Seaweed (Thomas Breen) and the support of her father Wilbur (David Moloney), Tracy makes it on the show, angering the dance queen Amber Von Tussle (Rachel O’Connor) and her scheming mother Velma (Meabh McCarthy). Tracy then decides that it’s not fair that the black kids can only dance on “The Corny Collins Show” once a month, and with the help of family and friends such as\u00a0DJ Motormouth Maybelle (Grace Garvey), she’s tries to integrate the show, all without denting her impressive ‘do!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was a hugely lively and colourful affair, with sixty seven students wowing sell out audiences each night. Audiences were thrilled by the spectacle of colour, dance and singing, awarding the cast with standing ovations each night. Many thanks to the dedicated producers Ms. Geraldine McNulty, Ms. Richelle Hurley, Ms. Rachel Hayes and Ms. Naomi Nevin, who worked tirelessly to bring the show to fruition. Also, while many schools have to hire professionals to perform the music, the school provides its own orchestra, made up of very talented students from across the years, under the direction of Ms. McNulty (Drums:\u00a0Michael Hickey 5th<\/sup>Year,\u00a0Flute:\u00a0Rachel Flynn 3rd<\/sup> Year,\u00a0Bass Guitar:\u00a0Conor Bogue 5th<\/sup> Year,\u00a0Violin:\u00a0Rois\u00edn Kelly 2nd<\/sup> Year,\u00a0Guitar:\u00a0Tara Sheehy 6th<\/sup>Year,\u00a0Saxophone:\u00a0Jessica Shorten 2nd<\/sup> Year,\u00a0Keyboard:\u00a0Mary Rose Walsh 5th<\/sup> Year and\u00a0Charlotte O\u2019 Donoghue 6th<\/sup>\u00a0Year,\u00a0Percussion: Emma O\u2019 Neill 5th<\/sup> Year,\u00a0Piano Ms. Geraldine McNulty). The show was beautifully choreographed by Ms. Pam McGlynn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was a whole school affair, with many other staff members helping out: Ms. Caoimh Ryan, Ms. Suzanne Mortell and a team of students designed and painting the beautiful set, Mr. John \u00a0McCarthy, Mr. Michael\u00a0John English, Mr. Tim Hartnett and Mr. John Cleary and their team erected the impressive stage, while Ms. Deirdre Brennan, Ms. Elaine O’Donnell and another impressive team worked on costumes. Mrs. Rafferty, Mr. Martin and team also sold tickets, while Ms. Helen Clifford led another band of volunteers in the make-up department.\u00a0Special thanks to the following: Ann Copeland for creating the body suit for Edna, Laura Henebry for providing wigs, Emma Rodahan for helping with make-up, Laurel Hill Secondary School for the stage, Shannon Musical Society for use of the large hairspray can and protest signs, the caretakers of the school (Tim Hartnett, John Cleary & John Welsh) for all their help and time, local hairdressers for empty hairspray cans (sourced by Geraldine O\u2019Donoghue & Catherine Wood) and to all those who contributed props and costumes of any kind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Congratulations to all involved on an excellent show.<\/p>\n

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Disco Inferno<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Grab your platforms and throw on your flairs, the 70s has once again hit Hospital!<\/p>\n