The Teen Angels practising their dance moves.

Robbie Cunningham, Shane Fowley, Ruarí Sheridan, Thomas

Foley & Michael Conlon rehearsing in the Bee Park.

St. Clare’s Comprehensive

6th Annual

10K and 5K Run/Walk

Sponsored by

Rooney’s Supervalu, Manorhamilton.

Sunday 22nd March 2015 at 12.30 p.m.

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Special Thanks

We would like to thank the following

individuals and companies for helping to

make this production a success:

The management & staff of St. Clare’s Comprehensive School

David McEvoy (Director)

The staff of the Bee Park Community Centre

Seán Keaney

Thank you to our sponsors:

Allied Irish Bank

Caz Cards

Seamus Dolan Electrical Ltd.

Feme-Care

Format Computers Letterkenny

Gurns Milestone Pub

Seamus Keenan & Son Family Butchers

Kelly & Ryan Solicitors

Kerrigan Quarries

MacNean House

Memory Lane Photography Cavan

Mirror Controls International (Ireland) Ltd.

Sligo Supply Centre

Tangles Hairdressers

Ulster Bank Manorhamilton

& all local businesses who contributed to this production.

Welcome to our school production of ‘Grease’

We are following tradition by staging a musical every second year since the relatively recent introduction of Music as a subject in St. Clare’s Comprehensive. It is definitely a highlight in our calendar. This year it plays an important role in the theme for our school year. We in St. Clare’s Comprehensive, a health promoting school have developed a programme called ‘Bounce’ based on building resilience.

This year we are exploring the aspect of ‘taking responsibility’. We who study and work in St. Clare’s believe that we can and should contribute in a positive way to the environment in which we study and work; in short that each of us has an individual responsibility to that environment. Many contribute by partaking in after-school football and other sports, Young scientist/Sci-fest, Debating, Media events and Mini-company/entrepreneur activities.

Almost 100 students and many teachers are involved in this production. They are an amazing group to work with. They have taken responsibility by lifting the spirit of the entire school, by being proactively positive when it is easier to sit back and be negative. The atmosphere has been wonderful while not detracting from the learning and teaching that is on-going.

We are also delighted with the reaction received from parents and the wider local community reflected in the sponsorship, raffle prize donations and offers to help out each night received but in particular the good wishes received in abundance over the last few weeks.

Best of luck to all of the performers, and to you the audience, sit back,

relax and enjoy the show!

Mr John Irwin Ms Ceola McGowan

Principal Deputy Principal

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

The videotaping or audio recording of this performance is strictly prohibited

The Story of ‘Grease’ In 1959, Rydell High School's students are starting a new year. Sandy Dumbrowski, the new girl at school and Danny Zuko had a brief love affair over the summer. Sandy recounts her version of the fling to the 'Pink Ladies', while Danny tells the boys his version through his rendition of "Summer Nights". Sandy and Danny soon bump into each other at school, and while Sandy is happy to see him, he plays it cool. Danny sees Sandy again and tries to apologise for his behaviour, but she is feeling hurt. Head cheerleader Patty Simcox interrupts to prompt Sandy to join the squad and to tease Danny about his latest indiscretions. The kids take their newfangled portable radios for a rock and roll picnic in the park and plan how they will pair off at the upcoming school prom. Sandy realizes that Danny is putting her off to be cool and wishes she had never met him. Act I ends with a spirited pledge of friendship ("We Go Together"). At the High School Hop, everyone is dancing, except Sandy ("Shakin' At the High School Hop"). She is home feeling sorry for herself ("It's Raining on Prom Night"). Meanwhile, the popular radio D.J. Vince Fon-taine, is warming the kids up for the hand-jive dance contest. Kenickie dumps his blind date, Cha-Cha, and pairs up with Rizzo. Danny and Cha-Cha then proceed to win the dance contest ("Born to Hand Jive").

A few days later at the Burger Palace after school, a couple of the guys run into Frenchy, who flunked out of Rydell and has now dropped out of beauty school ("Beauty School Dropout"). Danny, who has taken up track in order to win back Sandy's affections, does not know that Cha-Cha's boyfriend's gang has challenged the guys to a rumble. He is more concerned about patching things up with Sandy at the Twi-Light Drive-In, but this doesn’t work out. ("All Alone at a Drive-In Movie"). Sandy wonders what she needs to do to fit in at Rydell ("Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee Reprise"). The next time we see Sandy she has transformed herself into a greaser's dream date ("All Choked Up"). All ends happily ("We Go Together-Reprise").

Katie Snape

displaying the poster

she designed for the

musical.

Ms. McKeon painting the set with her team of

volunteers (Katie Snape, Edel Moffitt & Aoibhinn

Harkin). Lily Breeze, Mikhail Keaney, Linda

Dolan, Louise McGoldrick, Tara Fay Worrell &

Bebhinn Flynn also helped with the set design.

The Alma

Mater

Crowd at

rehearsals.

Some of

the Teen

Angels

preparing

for the

musical.

Chorus

Maeve Foley, Blathin Feely, Joanne O’Hagan, Caoimhe Feely,

Tara Fox, Marie Mc Manus, Aoife Clancy, Allannah Doherty,

Orla Flanagan, Romai Mc Morrow, Blanaid Clancy,

Eoghan Gilgunn, Megan Hannon, Aoife Feeny,

Niamh Mc Inerney, Matthew Mc Guire, Niall Mc Dermott,

Katie Mc Dermott, Emily Ward, Rachel Mc Dermott,

Owen Clancy, Tara Mc Donald, Jenifer Mc Gometry,

Caoimhe Hughes, Laura Foley, Shannon Kilkennny,

Aoife Mc Loughlin, Ella Sloane, Marcella Fee,

Elaine Mc Manus, Avril Carty, Karen Adamoklen,

Aoife Munday, Tegan Chandler, Eimear Keenan, Leesa Flynn,

Amy Robinson, Chynese Mc Tiernan, Lauren Farrell,

Aisha Clancy, Olivia Parkinson Coombs, Katie Mc Manus,

Emma Mc Loughlin, Ciara Lynch, Aine Mc Govern,

Aoife Mc Partland, Mairead Ferguson, Aoife Mawn,

Aimee O’Carroll, Shannon Mc Gloin, Aoife Mc Loughlin, Al-

va Sheridan, Stephan Loughlin, Eoin Kelly, Alfie Cavaliero,

Clare Dolan & Aoife Mc Morrow.

Cast

Danny: Robbie Cunningham

Sandy: Nuala Parkinson-Coombs

Betty Rizzo: Amy Mullin

Frenchy: Paula Slevin

Marty: Niamh Fox

Jan: Nicole Speers

Doody: Thomas Foley

Kenickie: Ruarí Sheridan

Cha Cha: Ava Murray

Sonny La Tierri: Shane Fowley

Roger: Michael Conlon

Vince Fontaine: Peter Poniard

Eugene Florczyk: Darragh McMorrow

Johnny Casino: James Johnston

Miss Lynch: Kerri McDonnell

Patty Simcox: Emer Clancy

Prom Singer (Soloist): Aoife Reynolds

Teen Angel (Soloist): Oisin Butler-Kearns

Teen Angels: Katie McDermott, Tegan Chandler, Tara McDonald, Caoimhe Feeley, Joanne O’Hagan, Maeve Foley, Niamh McIneney, Aoife Reynolds, Aoife Feeney, Tara Fox, Blaithin Feely & Niamh Mc Sharry. Alma Mater Scene Crowd (Act 1): Chynese McTiernan, Eimear Keenan, Karen Adamolekun, Megan Han-non, Emily Ward, Marie McManus, Eoghan GilGunn, Niall McDermott, Matthew Maguire & Owen Clancy Director: David McEvoy Choreography: Ava Murray Make-up/Costumes: Emma McGovern, Sian Smith, Sinead Foley, Laura Cullen, Louise Feely, Beibhinn Flynn, Aisha Clancy, Tara Fay-Worrell, Gosia Kosel & Emma McLoughlin. Lighting: Mr Mick Kilgannon, Mark Byrne & Mark Kananagh Sound: Stephen Clancy & Ciaran Kelly. Musicians: Aoibhinn McHugh (Guitar), Jennifer Montgomery (Guitar) & Chris Curran (Flute). Ticket Selling & Promotion: Linda Dolan, Amy McGovern, Sinead McGurrin, Niamh McDermott, Ciara McGloin, Aimee O’Carroll & Edel Moffit Programme Cover Artwork: Katie Snape Sound effects track: Ciaran Gordan Stage Construction: Keith O’Hagan, Mark Gilligan, Aaron Harkin & Ryan Gilligan. Back stage crew: Kyle Harte, Eoin Conlon, Conor McGurrin, Christopher Jenkins, Alan O’ Hagan, Noah Harte, Conor Nolan, Ian Harte, Adam Boylan, Michael Loughlin & Keith O’Hagan.