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WHILE there’s no shortage of fes- tivals in Clare in summer, the lat- ter part of the year tends to have a CleVade me) msslotee
Which is why an imaginative east Clare couple have got together with some other creative people to stage a festival with family friendly events for the October bank holiday week- end in Killaloe.
Called An Féile Eile – The other festival – the weekend of events is being organised by Diane Daly and Boris Hunker of the Music in the Glenn music school.
“We named it because there is the Féile Brian Boru and the St Patrick’s
Day festival, but nothing at this time of year. And because it’s the Octo- ber, we won’t have any misplaced optimism that it could be sunny, so most of the events will be indoors’, said Boris.
The organisers hope that after this first festival, the event will grow and expand and for this year, they will concentrate on the musical aspect.
Most of the events are happening in the Kincora Hotel and on Friday, children from east Clare schools will come together for singing sessions and that night there will be a family event, with a gig by the band Hunka Burning Love followed by a disco.
On Saturday, there will be screen- ings of Laurel and Hardy’s early si-
lent movies and a quartet will play live to recreate the old silent movie cinema atmosphere.
There will be workshops for young- sters to compose scores for films. “These are designed for any child aged six to 12 to take part. They don’t have to be able to play a musi- cal instrument,” said Boris.
The Music in the Glen school is this year starting a choir and small orchestra and the children who have enrolled will perform in St Flannan’s OTM LONNCE RY
Monday is the shadow puppet thea- tre workshop where kids will have fun learning how to create shadow puppets and then write and perform a shadow puppet play.
There will also be a day of visual arts in collaboration with the Art- farm facility.
“We want to give our own classes something to work for and to start up a festival that will have something for children and parents as well,’ said Boris.
Boris and Diane are now work- ing on a grand finale for the three day festival, details of which will be available shortly.
“There will be a very nominal charge for the workshops and people can equire now and booking will be available shortly’, said Boris.
Full; details of the September mu- sic classes are available by emailing musicintheglen @ftml.net