As a non-profit community organisation, we always donate the post-expenses income from our performance to a charitable cause nominated by the choir members. This year we chose to support medical aid for victims of conflict in Palestine.
On Tuesday Sept 30th, our Committee Officers handed over a cheque with our post-proms donation to Gráinne Dunne, representative of Trócaire, who facilitated our donation.
We are grateful as ever to our choir members, our volunteer helpers, our donors, and our audience members for the generosity of their support.
Pictured below, left to right:
Fidelma Sheridan (Chair), Dermot McMonagle (PRO), Gráinne Dunne (Trócaire), Bríd Brady (Treasurer), Paula O'Neill (Secretary).
It was a good way to start the 2025-2026 year ... being featured as the September community highlight for the Sing Ireland monthly newsletter. This was a nice surprise for us to see.
[the link referred to in the newsletter page is to our Arts+Health Case Study, here]
Our Musical Director Eileen Tackney has been busy over the summer planning our programme of songs for the year, the committee have been busy arranging our calendar. We are well into rehearsals already, and our Annual General Meeting takes place after next week's rehearsal.
It was our delight to be at the recent Summer Seminar of the Cavan Public Participation Network, which happened to be the first event for our new Arts Officer, Karina Charles. We wish her well in her new role; we have good memories of performing together at past events, and we look forward to working together in the future.
The Public Partcipation Netwrok is a nationwide organisation, in each county, whose remit is to be
"The collective voice for all community and voluntary, environmental and social inclusion organisations in Cavan, its purpose is to improve people’s well-being by involving the community in local decision-making"
As a community choir, we are delighted to be part of such a network in our county.
The website is at https://www.cavanppn.ie/
The latest newsletter is at https://www.cavanppn.ie/post/cavan-community-enews-20-6-25
Our 2025 summer concert, Sacred Songs & Sounds, took place in the Cathedral of SS. Patrick & Phelim, Cavan on May 13th at 8pm. We have to thank a lot of people who made this evening happen -
> Fr. Kevin Fay and the parish of Urney and Annagelliff for the wonderful venue;
> Cavan Gifts Main St., the Town Hall Theatre staff, and Trocaire for ticket sales;
> Anglo Celt, RTÉ Lyricfm, and Cavan Public Partcipation Partnership Network for PR;
> Panic Sound's wizard (and elves) for seemingly invisible setting up (and down);
> our patient Front of House and Backstage volunteers Terry, Mary, Seamus, Andrew, Pat, Raymond, and Colman
> our multi-tasking committee for logisitics all term and refreshments on the night;
> the inspiring duo Eileen & Sue who raise us up from start to finish;
> (and most importanly) those who bought our tickets and made donations ... we are *nothing* without the audience that supports us, and listens as we sing.
Trócaire is helping us to deliver our donation from the Sacred Songs & Sounds concert in Cavan Cathedral on May 13th 2025. We thank them for this. Our thanks to all who bought tickets or made donations. The donation page remains open ...
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