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The Sound of M u s i c
Ever since 1953 t h e P a t rician M u s i c a l Society have been p r o d u c i n g sounds of m u s i c in G a l w a y , b u t t h i s year they are really going to give u s " T h e S o u n d of M u s i c ' b y Rogers and H a m m e r s t e i n . Te show itself needs little h introduction having been m a d e famous on t h e screen, starring Julie A n d r e w s . H o w ever, it is amazing h o w few people realise t h a t it is t h e t r u e story o h o w a naval f officer C a p t a i n Von T r a p p ad n his family are b r o u g h t into contact with t h e y o u n g ad n beautiful M a r i a R a i n e r and eventually, because of t h e war with G e r m a n y , are forced to leave their native Austria. S o m e of u s older citizens will remember the three-part G e r m a n film entitled " T h e T r a p p F a m i l y " which al t h o u g h only sub-titled, still captured t h e hearts of the English speaking world. T h e star on t h a t occasion was R u t h Leverik who later came t o Galway a n d filmed " T h e D a y T h a t Never E n d s . " P . M . S . and T a i b h d h e a r c n a Gaillimhe. H e received rave notices from t h e national critics for his part in " W a i t i n g for G o d o t " at t h e A b b e y Theatre, Dublin. Together, Roisin and Michael have performed at D u n G u a i r e Mediaeval B a n q u e t , and in " T h e C u r i o u s Savage," Woyzeck," "Annie G e t Y o u r G u n " and " S h o w b o a t " which was p r o d u c e d b y t h e late F r a n k J. Bailey, Michael also played opposite A n n W a t s o n in " T h e M e r r y W i d o w " in 1966. T h e part of t h e R e v e r e n d M o t h e r is t o be played by T e s s a B r o w n e w h o , because of her recent marriage, will n o w b e k n o w n as T e s s a T i e r n a n . H o w e v e r , let's face it, it is not her n a m e we a r e interested in, b u t her b e a u t i ful voice. T h i s , we h o p e , will b e shown at its best in t h a t very forceful n u m b e r " C l i m b Every M o u n t a i n . " Tessa will b e s t b e r e m e m b e r e d for h e r role in " T h e D a m a s k R o s e , " as well as those in " S h o w b o a t " and " T h e W h i t e H o r s e T h i s same story has n o w I n n . " S h e is also a n active given eternal glory, in m e m b e r of T a i b h d h e a r c na t e h a n d s o Richard Rogers Gaillimhe. h f ad Oscar H a m m e r s t e i n I I , n T h e cast also includes wo h adapted it into " T h e Whclan, Stephen Sound o f Music." Their Norecn Agatha Hanley, genius hs a also given u Cassidy, s " S o u t h Pacific," " T h e K i n g Valerie Broderick and M a r y ad n I , " " C a r o u s e l , " and C o r b e t t . A special treat in " O k l a h o m a " w h i c h t h e S o c this p r o d u c t i o n will be t h e seven Von T r a p p children, iety p r o d u c e d in 1968. w h o have been carefully F o r their stage manager, chosen for their singing/ M a r y Cooke, the staging acting ability. o f this show has endless T h e Musical Director, M r . difficulties. T h e size of t h e p r o b l e m can only be glimpsed F r e d Hanley, is b y n o w a w h e n we realise t h a t t h e p e r m a n e n t fixture with t h e script lists nineteen scene society and one of its m a i n changes. H o w e v e r , with t h e guiding lights. U n d e r his t r e m e n d o u s facilities which baton we can rest assured of o u r n e w Leisureland T h e a t r e a first class musical evening. T h e director, Scots-born has to offer and with the aid of artist Hilary G i l m o r e , Charles Gillespie, has b e e n b r o u g h t from L o n d o n just t o M a r y is confident that all will guarantee t h a t t h e p r o d u c r u n smoothly. tion will equal t h e abilities of T h e cast for t h i s p r o d u c t h e cast. M r . Gillespie is well tion is considered to be the k n o w n in t h e W e s t of Ireland best assembled by the society for his successful p r o d u c t i o n s in years. T h e y are delighted in L o u g h r e a . to announce the r e t u r n of t h e N o w t h e stage is set, all are ever popular Roisin M o y l a n , who has recently performed ready, special buses are being t h e lead in " C a m e l o t " i n a r r a n g e d for t h e public's L o u g h r e a , where over t h e convenience and soon t h e years she has d o n e " M y F a i r show will b e , proverbially, o n L a d y , " and " T h e S o u n d of t h e road. T h e opening on M u s i c . " Roisin is well known F e b r u a r y 11 th will be a big to Galway audiences and has night for the P . M . S . , L e i s u r e successfully toured E u r o p e l a n d , b u t most of all for t h e s o u n d of music in Galway. and t h e U . S . T h e show will continue Playing opposite Roisin until the 16th F e b r u a r y with will be Michael H a n n o n w h o a performance every evening is well known both i n t h e at 8 p . m .

Special Notice
Patrons attending next Tuesday's Dance at Flannery's Hotel, are reminded that the doors will be open at 10 p.m. Music is being supplied by The Memories. Be early for a great nights dancing as admission is strictly reserved. GALWAY G E R M A N S O C I E T Y and G E R M A N D E P A R T M E N T U.C.G.
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TURN OF THE CENTURY SALTHILL
F R I D A Y 8th FEB. PRESENT IN CONCERT

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in LARGE THEATRE O F N E W S C I E N C E B L O C K U.C.G. a t 8.15 p.m. T u e s d a y , 12th F e b r u a r y : D E R F R E I S C H U T Z by C a r l M a r i a V o n T u e s d a y , 26th F e b r u a r y : ZAR U N D Z I M M E R M A N N by A l b e r t L o r t z i n g . Weber.

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H o w in t h e world are ye at all ? A r e ye surviving t h e icy blast. I h o p e ye have yeer winter woolies on ye. G o d k n o w s , this weather is one of t h e best e n c o u r a g m e n t s for t h e auld L o n g J o h n s a n y o n e could ask for. I n fact, 'tis ideal bed weather, make no mistake about it. W o u l d n ' t it b e great to h i b e r n a t e like t h e bears d o . J u s t roll over in t h e sack and wait for t h e fine weather to come, if it ever did. Of course, in o u r climate, a fella could b e left h i b e r n a t i n g for twelve m o n t h s of t h e year easy, and not a sign of it ending. A h well, I suppose it's just as well w e have n o bears in this country. T e l l us something, did a n y of ye walk the line lately ? N o , not like J o h n n y Cash m a d a m , t h e 'line' in this case is t h e sort of a footpath from t h e station u p to R e n m o r e Bar racks. N o w , w h e n I was fighting for m e country in the 50th Battalion F . C . A . myself and a lot of other d e t e r m i n e d part time boys in green used .to dash u p t h e r e once a week o n our bicycles. ' T w a s very h a n d y and it saved us from m a k i n g a two mile d e t o u r a r o u n d t h e world for s p o r t , t o get to t h e Barracks. W e were always u n d e r t h e impression

t h a t it was a military footpath dating back t o t h e days of t h e Connacht Rangers. M y own grandfather, G o d b e good t o him, marched u p and down t h a t r o u t e regularly. I m a g i n e o u r surprise t h e n one day to discover it locked a n d a fella from C L E . t h e r e telling u s t h a t w e ' d have t o h u m p off, t h a t they were closing it once a year to prevent it b e c o m i n g a right of way. " S o ! " sez w e , " i t ' s n o t a military r o a d at all at all, only a railway p a t h . " Well all of this h a p p e n e d m a n y ' s t h e year ago, w h e n t h e r e was only a handful of families living in R e n m o r e . Since t h e n it has b e c o m e one of t h e m o s t densely p o p u l a t e d areas of o u r t o w n a n d t h e aforementioned p a t h has b e come a very busy r o u t e indeed mostly for pedestrians, w i t h t h e o d d hooligan o n a H o n d a . N o w , if ye could see t h e surface of t h e p a t h ; it's m u c k y , dirty, u n k e p t , w i t h holes in it t h a t w o u l d m a k e t h e road diggers green w i t h envy. G o d k n o w s , some of t h e m m u s t be going very close t o M e l b o u r n e . O f course t h e A r m y w o n ' t fix it a n d t h e Corporation have enough t r o u b l e fixing p u b l i c roads a n d footpaths, w i t h o u t start ing o n private ones. " A n d C L E . ?" sez you, m e auld flowers at C L E . will tell you that it's a private road and t o u g h luck o n t h e m u c k y pedestrians. S u r e can't t h e y get t h e R e n m o r e b u s , w h e n it comes and w h e n there's r o o m . Wellingtons yiz w a n t , if yeer waiting for that lot to fix it. See ye, m e auld flowers. DICK BYRNE t h e Galway M o t o r Club steward for b o t h events. T h e following are the classes: Class 1: F r o n t wheel d r i v e Saloons u p to 1,000 cc. Class 2 : F r o n t wheel drive Saloons over 1,000 cc. Class 3 : All other Saloons. Class 4 : Sports cars a n d specials. T h e results a n d a w a r d s will b e a n n o u n c e d in t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l H o t e l after t h e event.

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You naturally think of Hynes, where one can browse around -- Enjoy a cup of coffee and inspect our fabulous selection of furniture. D o drop in and have a chat -- It could save you Pounds ! ! " F U R N I T U R E OF D I S T I N C T I O N F O R L I V I N G W I T H "

MOTOR TRIALS AT WEEKEND T h e Galway M o t o r C l u b is organising two O p e n T e s t T r i a l s this weekend, one o n Saturday at 1 p . m . and t h e other on S u n d a y at 1.30 p . m . , b o t h starting from t h e G a l way International H o t e l . T h e events will be held u n d e r t h e International S p o r t i n g C o d e of t h e F . I . A . a n d u n d e r p e r m i t N o . 7 from the R . I . A . C . D a v e Dillon will b e

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Next Musical Evening
T h e n e x t recital in t h e very p o p u l a r series organised b y A . P . M . E . (Galway) will be given by t h e H e s k e t h Q u a r t e t . T h e Q u a r t e t came t o g e t h e r t h r o u g h t h e activities of t h e N e w Irish C h a m b e r O r c h e s tra and comprises T h e r e s e T i m o n e y , R u t h D a v i d , Betty Sullivan and Gillian S m i t h . T h e r e s e T i m o n e y was a pupil of M r . Vanecek at t h e College of M u s i c . She is n o w d e p u t y leader of N . I . C O . and has given n u m e r o u s recitals a n d broadcasts in I r e l a n d . She made her London debut with J o h n O ' C o n n o r at t h e W i g n o r e Hall o n N o v . 28th, 1973. R u t h D a v i d is a n e w c o m e r t o Ireland. She held a voilin scholarship at t h e Royal A c a d e m y in L o n d o n and later studied with M a x Rostal. S h e h a s w o r k e d in several of t h e L o n d o n orchestras i n c l u d i n g

Roisin M o y l a n , w h o plays M a r i a in " T h e S o u n d of Music."

Children in t h e " S o u n d of M u s i c . " Back row, from left: E m e r F o r d e , N i a m h Kissane, Hilary Molloy. F r o n t r o w : Maeve O'Dea, Ronan M c Mahon, June Tobin.

M e n u h i n ' s Festival C h a m b a Orchestra, the London Moa art Players and M u s i c a Rq servata. S h e n o w plays f N . I . C O . and teaches at th R.I.A.M. Betty Sullivan studied witj A n t h o n y Pini a n d is k n o w n here for her work as 1 c o n t i n u o player o n t h e v i o l da g a m b a as well as 'celH player a n d leader of N . I . C O j 'cellos. All t h e string players ar] m e m b e r s of t h e recentlj f o r m e d H e n r y Purcell Con sort. Gillian S m i t h , t h e pianid in t h e Q u a r t e t , w o n a scholas ship t o t h e Royal A c a d e m y a M u s i c in L o n d o n w h e r e sh studied w i t h R o b i n Wood Since her r e t u r n h o m e shfl has played with h e r h u s b a n a Lindsay Armstrong, ^_ oboeist, with t h e S t r i n g Q u a r t e t and recently at Castletown, with th| Allegri Q u a r t e t . T h e Q u a r t e t will play U| L e i s u r e l a n d on M o n d a y , 18tl F e b r u a r y , at 8 p . m .
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