This article is from page 34 of the 2012-10-16 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 34 JPG
ON TUESDAY, October 9 and Wednesday, October 10 in The West County Hotel, Ennis, secondary schools from all over the county competed in the Clare heats of the All-Ireland Schools Talent Search Competition.
This year, the competition’s benefiting charities are the NSPCC/ISPCC/Childline.
The ISPCC/NSPCC rely on the generosity of the public and donations from schools and companies for 90 per cent of its funding. Proceeds from The All-Ireland Schools Talent Search will go directly towards maintaining the charities’ support services for children and teenagers all over Ireland.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights were huge successes, as schools from all over Clare performed for both the audience and the judges.
The All-Ireland Schools Talent Search is not based solely on the judge’s decisions; the audience were allowed to vote for their favourite act.
There was a lot of support over both nights for the various performers, which included singers, comedy acts, bands and even a gospel choir.
As this competition is only for secondary school students, the ages on the nights varied from 12 to 17 and there was something to suit everyone in the audience.
Twenty acts got through from the Clare Heats. There will be a provincial heat coming up on Friday, No- vember 9, and following that there will be a semi-final and next March the All-Ireland Schools Talent Search Final will be televised in The Helix in Dublin.
Full support will be needed by all acts on the night so come along to support them on November 9. The proposed venue for this will be The West County Hotel, Ennis, but see Facebook to confirm details coming up to the event.
For more information, visit The All-Ireland Schools Talent Search’s Facebook page or go to www.schoolstalentsearch.org.