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THE world famous Artane Band for- ever linked in the GAA psyche with All-Ireland Sundays will now bring its marching music to Kilkee.
As part of a series of concerts or- ganised by the Kilkee Civic Trust to bring entertainment to the seaside town during the peak summer season while also helping local voluntary or- ganisations. The band, in it’s red and blue uniform, will play Kilkee Parish
Church on Thursday next at 8pm in aid of the local GAA club.
St Senan’s GAA Club is one of the best-known senior football clubs in the county.
With 150 members and numerous players, the funds raised will go to- wards general funds for the club.
The Artane band under the musi- cal direction of Ronan O’Reilly will be joined for part of the programme by the Kilkee Parish Choir under the direction of Choir Mistress, Peggy
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O’Reilly said, “’We are delighted to be playing for the first time in the wonderful resort town of Kilkee and to bring a little of the Croke Park at- mosphere to help raise funds for the local GAA club, St Senan’s.”
The programme will feature some well-known pieces from the light classical, the musicals and a newly arranged Irish medley.
Continuing with the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Richard Har-
ris’s 1968 hit MacArthur Park, the band will play its own rendition of this classic in a special arrangement by the director.
The concert which is part of the Kilkee Civic Trust summer series 1s presented in association with Sum- mer Music on the Shannon, another County Clare based initiative, cur- rently underway in UCH, Limerick.
Tickets can be purchased from Wil- liams Pharmacy and Nolan’s Delica- tessen Kilkee and on the door.