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THE Shannon Musical Society has once again achieved national recog- nition, through two Association of Irish Musical Society (AIMS) awards in Killarney last week.
The awards were for their most re- cent production of “Seussical”’.
Aodan Fox won best comedian for his role as “Cat in the Hat’. Aodan 1s no stranger to the AIMS stage, hav-
ing taken this award twice before.
Dave Halliday received runner-up for best house management. Dave has been part of the front of house team for many years and has been front of house manager for the last two.
Shannon Musical Society has re- ceived this award several times in the past.
As the society’s members celebrate the prestigious accolades, prepara- tions are underway for next season’s
production “All Shook up” which will take to the stage next February.
This Broadway musical is written by Joe Di Pietro and is based on the music by Elvis Presley.
For the fourth consecutive year, the society has retained the services of Oliver Hurley as director and chore- Oyaeese
The committee for the coming year has been elected as follows: Dara Gough (chairperson), Kevin He-
hir (vice-chairperson), Maria Kelly (secretary), Richard Stapleton (treas- urer), Deirdre McNelis (patrons and sponsors) Mary O’Loughlin (PRO), Siobhan Linton (membership) and David Halliday.
Anyone interested in joining the Shannon Musical Society should browse through the website on www. shannonmusical.com or telephone Siobhan on 086 2142554 for details on membership.