Malahide Musical and Dramatic Society - Summer 2011 Update

Malahide Musical and Dramatic Society have had a wonderful past year. They would like to thank everyone in Malahide for their continued support and would like to provide this small update about their success over the past 12 months.

Last year, they unfortunately had to abandon their Spring musical The Music Man due to lack of funding and membership. As a result, they used these months to fundraise with the help of the local community and aimed to recruit new members.

Last August, they performed Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa under the direction of Lynda O'Neill to packed audiences every night in Portmarnock Leisure Centre.

This was followed by their annual Winter Concert in November 2011 in the 4* Grand Hotel, Malahide.

In February 2011, they took to the stage once again in the Irish Premiere of the Australian version of The Pirates of Penzance, directed by Lynda O'Neill, musically directed by Graham Walsh and choreographed by Denise Donohue. This show was a huge and wonderful success. Staged in Scoil Iosa Hall, Malahide, they performed for five nights and recieved a full standing ovation every night. They recently received word that, as a result of their performance, Malahide Musical Society have been nominated for three awards at the annual A.I.M.S. (Association of Irish Musical Societies) award ceremony this month. They have successfully been nominated for Best Overall Show, Best Choral Performance and Dave Latham (who played the Pirate King) has been nominated for Best Comedic Performance. They are absolutely thrilled to receive any nomination but to receive three is just fantastic! There is a strong contingent heading to the awards ceremony in Killarney at the end of June 2011, and they have their fingers crossed that they might take home a prize or two...

Malahide Musical and Dramatic Society would like to thank the local community for their continued support. To all that came to see their show, help with advertising and support them with sponsorship, they are extremely grateful. Without this support, it would have been impossible to stage a production of this scale.

Malahide Musical and Dramatic Society is a long running society and they hope that their sponsors and audiences shall continue to support them with their next endeavours - details of which will be announced shortly.

Should you wish to join the Malahide Musical and Dramatic Society, please contact Marissa Magner at macmagner@hotmail.com. Men and women of all ages are most welcome.

Sarah Ann McGrath