| Charles Macklin Autumn School Events 2009 |
| Friday 9th October | |
| 7.00p.m. | Official opening with Special Guest Professor Anthony Roche UCD Venue: Mc Grory's of Culdaff |
| 8.30 pm | The Concert "Four Score, A Celebration in the Homeplace" |
| Saturday 10th October | |
| 10.00am | Creative Writers' Workshops Venue: St Boden's School, Culdaff Village, with the Culdaff writer's group. Contact Eileen Byrne 07493 70634 |
| 10.30am | The Great Macklin Walk "Townlands, Customs & Folklore" A 4k travelogue of the Culdaff area with guide Dessie Mc Callion. Walk leaves from Village Green. Contact No. 07493 74596 |
| 11.00am | Preview of Art Exhibition in the Wee Hall, an informal viewing. |
| 12.30pm | AIB Poetry Prizegiving Venue: Mc Grory's Restaurant |
| 1.00pm | Lunchtime with singer/ storyteller... Paddy McCartney (Inishowen) plus guests in the Restaurant at McGrorys. |
| 2.00pm | Opening of the Art Exhibition The Wee Hall. Level 1: "Two Decades of Vision" works by Ros Harvey, Tim Stampton, John Quigley, Mary Doherty and Deirdre Devine. Level 2: "Focus" Collection of work by guest artists. Maureen McGhee, Catriona Canning, Pascal Thomas Trabac, Joan Stephens and Elizabeth Mc Climmon. |
| 2.30pm | Rhymes and Readings, Family storytelling with Stephen Hall in St Boden's NS., Culdaff
Adm: €5.00 per family. Excellent, entertaining and exciting, these tales will encourage & stimulate self expressions in words and pictures. |
| 3.00pm | "Words from Near and Far" with the Culdaff Writers' Group and the Jane Ross Writers, Limavady. Venue: Mc Grory's Restaurant |
| 5.00pm | Programme: "My Life as a Chat Show Host", "poetry for everyone - hip, enteraining and accessible" Sunday Independent. Written and preformed by Gary Jermyn where the characters in his poems are all guests on his own Fantasy programme: Elvis, Napoleon, Kylie, the Statue of liberty. |
| 5.30pm | Bardic Wit and Wisdom with Patsy O'Hagan, The Bard of Armagh Venue: Caratra Bar, Culdaff Beach. |
| 8.00pm | The Moville Gospel Choir Venue: St Boden's Church, Culdaff Adm Tickets €5.00 |
| 8.30pm | "Dalltach" one of Irelands finest traditional groups. Tom Byrne (occordion & harmonica), Concert will be broadcast on Folk Club, BBC Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle on Saturday 17th October at 9pm Venue: The Backroom, Culdaff Adm €10.00 |
| 9.00pm | More Bardic Wit and Wisdom with Patsy O' Hagan Venue: Culdaff Arms. |
| Sunday 11th October | |
| 12.00pm | Art Exhibitions continue in The Wee Hall. |
| 12.30pm | Book and Record Sale from Universal Books, Letterkenny Venue: McGrorys |
| 1.00pm | Story telling Session with Patsy O' Hagan Venue: Mc Guinness Bar, Culdaff |
| 1.00pm | Antiquarian Book Exhibition and Sale from the Book Shop, Carndonagh Venue: The Wee Hall |
| Afternoon in the Backroom | |
| 2.30pm | "Brian Friel and the Opening up of Irish Drama" with Professor Anthony Roche, UCD School of English, Drama and Film. |
| 3.30pm | In assocciation with The McGlinchey Summer School, Clonmany. Readings from Charles Mc Glinchey's "The Last of the Name" by Caitriona Mc Laughlin Actress / Director, Introduced by Margaret Farren. |
| 5.30pm | Imagineering Creative Technologies: "Film, Drama and Music in the iPod Age" Professor Paul Mc Kevitt, B.Sc. Hons, MS. Ph.D, M.Ed. Chair in Intelligent MultiMedia, University of Ulster, Magee, Derry. |
| 6.00pm | "Mná na hÉireann" Launch of CD by Seoirse O Doherty |
| 8.00pm | "LOVERS: Winners and Losers" The Balor Reps Company returns with Brian Friel's masterpiece. The two one act plays "Winners and losers" is presented by a single play though they share neither characters nor story. The lovers of the first act are a young couple whilst in the second they are well beyond their prime. Togethe however, the plays complete each other, observing and commenting on two different types of love. Venue: The Bocan Hall Adm €10.00 |
Some venues and times may be subject to change WE HOPE THIS YEARS'S PROGRAMS OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF ARTS ANF ENTERAINMENT AIMED TO BE APPEALING TO VARIOUS AUDIENCES. |
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