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FINAL preparations are well under- way for Ennis Musical Society’s dou- ble whammy of entertainment.
Instead of performing one show, this year, Ennis Musical Society will present a double bill of shows run- ning over four nights in March.
Musical director Cormac McGuin- ness, chorus mistress Mary Curly and rehearsal pianist Dylan Walsh, are busy adding some last minute sheen to this year’s toe-taping num- bers.
Instead of performing one show, this year, Ennis Musical Society will present a double bill of musi- cal entertainment over four nights in March.
Shows on March 4, 6 and 8 will reunite performers past and present as they bring the audience on a trip down memory lane, singing hits from shows the society has produced over the past 50 years.
On March 5 and 7 there will a be a change of direction for the second half of this double bill, when Ennis Musical Society will pay tribute in
verse and song to the great Irish en- tertainer, Percy French.
Ennis Musical Society PRO Fr Feargus McEveney ofm explained, “Mary Curly, Dylan Walsh, under the direction of our musical director, Cormac McGuinness have everyone going full steam ahead to make sure a certain amount will be ready by the time last year’s producer, Alan Kin- sella, comes down to set some of the solos and choruses of the production due to open in Glor on March 4”.
Among those appearing are award winning singers Maretta O’Hehir
and Edel Heaney, society stalwarts, Anna Monahan, Emer O’Flaherty and Mary Heal.
They will be appearing alongside stars from the past such as Vincent de Placido, Tom Lillis and John Lil- lis, and a host of other great perform- ers backed by the chorus of the musi- cal society.
Songs from shows such as the ‘Mer- ry Widow’; ‘La Belle Heléne’; ‘Show Boat’; ‘Oklahoma and ‘My Fair Lady’ etc, will be enough to ensure a most enjoyable evening of musical jnatesssO)u leh