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Ballymacoda Ladysbridge 2016 Annual Launches
by LEAH RING The Ballymacoda Ladys-
bridge 2016 Annual is now on sale in businesses across East Cork. Any profits made from
the sales of the annual will go towards the work done across the locality by the Ballymacoda
Ladysbridge
Community Council. Sandra Burfield, Bally- macoda Ladysbridge Com- munity Council said: “Every year we produce an annual that covers from December to November.
It is a nice
round up of the year and of all the activities that have happened around the par- ish.” The parish this year had
a lot to celebrate and the annual is jam-packed with photos and memories from their successes. Mrs Burfield said: “We had a big event this year to welcome Orla Barry back the Paralympics in Rio and congratulate
her on her win, which was fantastic. Fr
O’Neill’s also won the coun- ty title and the Tidy Towns came second this year in the Anti-Litter Challenge so we had a lot of big events.” The 44 colour page edi-
tion this year has a special pull out containing the de- tails of all 1916 commemo- ration events held through- out the year in the parish. “We had a lot of activi-
ties throughout the year for the 19116 commemorations and so we produced the col- our pull-out of the events with the help of a grant from Cork County Coun- cil. It a beautiful pictorial record of different events,” Mrs Burfield said. She explained: “In April
we had a Céilí Mór with music, songs and dancing. A huge amount of planning was put in and it was held in Ladysbridge hall. In Bally- macoda we had the unveil- ing of a stone plague in the ball alley. There was already a monument to commemo- rate the 1978 rebellion so it seemed fitting to include a
Thursday, 8th
December 2016
1916 plague. And the third event was the unveiling of the monument in Ladys- bridge for the Manchester Martyrs.” The
Ballymacoda La-
dysbridge Annual is also a popular gift to send to fam- ily abroad, according to the group. Mrs Burfield said: “Peo-
ple from here living abroad really enjoy it. It is lovely to send away as people get to catch up on everything that
is happening.” The
group
thanked
everyone for their involve- ment in this year’s bumper 2016 annual. “It is printed locally and
comes from a community effort. Two ladies in par- ticular worked very hard on it, Mary Colbert and Kate Cullen, compiling the information and getting the sports clubs to send us all the material. They were fan- tastic,” Mrs Burfield added.
Midleton Male Voice Choir ‘Keeping Christ in Christmas’
• Rachel Healy pictured with the Midleton Male Voice Choir.
by LEAH RING and ALAN SHEEHAN
MIDLETON Male
Voice Choir hold their Christmas
presenta-
tion ‘Keeping Christ in Christmas’ in St John the Baptist Church Midleton on Thurs- day, 15 December at 7.30pm. The choir will also per-
form the presentation at Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in Midleton Hos-
pital on Wednesday, 21 De- cember at 7.30pm. ‘Keeping Christ
in
Christmas’ both retells the story of the nativity and remembers the loss of the Irish men who lost their lives in World War I. The
choir decided to
commemorate those who lost their lives in World War I following an event held last year that honoured the death of a Midleton man in the Battle of the Somme. Kevin Whelan, Midle-
ton Male Voice Choir said: “83 people from the parish lost
their lives in World
War I. It is a huge loss to the community.” The choir’s event is not simply a recital of hymns but an interactive experi- ence for audience mem- bers.
memoration of the First World War, the
Along with the com- nativity
story is told using hymns and participants from the audience.
A narrator leads the sto-
ry and up to twelve people from the congregation join in the dialogue. As the
story is told
hymns appropriate to the scene are recited by the choir.
Last year the presenta-
tion was held in Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in Mid- leton Hospital and it was a fantastic success. The
group recognised
the contribution made by so many men from the par-
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ish of Midleton, who were amongst the 50,000 Irish- men who served during the war.
Mr Whelan said: “The
names of the 83 men were projected on the screen and as the details rolled we sang ‘1915 on Christmas Day’.” The choir presented the
men’s names, details of where they died and where they were from on the walls as they sang.
‘1915 on Christmas Day’ tells the story of the
Christmas Truce of World War I on Christmas Day 1915 when an unofficial ceasefire was held along the Western Front between British and German forces. Last year celebrated the anniversary of the
100th
ceasefire and the presenta- tion had a profound effect on the audience. “It was the first time we
had performed the pres- entation. We had been planning and preparing the event but when we saw the
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reaction we knew we were on the right track. We saw people in the audience shed tears as the names rolled,” Mr Whelan explained. He added: “It was a
beautiful night. The setting was fantastic. The room was lit only by candle light as we sang.” The
Midleton Male
Voice Choir has been ac- tive for over 30 years and Rachel Healy now acts as musical director for the group.
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