New Rehearsal Venue

For our new winter of rehearsal we have a new venue. After many many years rehearsing at the Golf Club in Drumelis, we have moved to the Hotel Kilmore. It nice nice to see Mr Paul Henry the hotel manager again - many moons ago Paul was our host out the Golf Club on Tuesday nights!

Gathering at the Green in Cavan Golf Club

As part of the nationwide Gathering celebrations, we took part in a Gathering on The Green, organised by Cavan Golf Club. We performed alongside the Leitrim Percy French Society. If audience reaction is anything to go by, between the two groups we provided a great evening of pure Irish entertainment.

The Green Room - Showstoppers interviewed online

Paul Cox in his online show "The Green Room" interviews our Musical Director Sue King and our show's Producer Frances Galligan about our summer show "Showstoppers". It is great fun, have a look...

'Show Stoppers' success

We had three fabulous nights of entertainment in the Town Hall at our 'Show Stoppers' Proms. Houses were packed and encores were called for. Soloists and chorus from both Cavan Musical Society and Cavan Singers put on a superb show with Musical Director Sue King and Producer Frances Galligan.




Our program of songs, from shows presented by both groups in the past, pleased the audience greatly:

My Fair Lady
Ascot Gavotte
With a little bit of Luck (Terry O’Connor)
Wouldn’t it be loverly (Claire O’Reilly),
I could have danced all night (Martina Lee Boyle)
I’m getting married in the morning (David Cullivan)
On the street where you live.

Oklahoma
Surrey with the fringe on top
Oh what a beautiful morning (Peter O’Hanlon)
Kansas City (Robbie Johnston)
The Farmer & The Cowman (Carmel Lewis & Gerry O’Keefe)
I’m just a girl who can’t say no (Elaine Galligan)
Oklahoma

Jesus Christ Superstar
I Don’t know how to love him (Carmel O’Donoughue)
Everything’s alright (Carmel O’Donoughue)
Superstar (Peter O’Hanlon)

Les Miserables
At the end of the day
There was a time (Clare O’Reilly)
I dreamed a dream (Clare O’Reilly)
Castle on a cloud
Do you hear the people sing (Brian McKeever)
On my own (Martina Lee Boyle & Brian McKeever)
Bring him home

Calamity Jane
Deadwood stage
Higher than a Hawk (Alan McHugh)
Keep it under your hat (Elaine Galligan)
Secret Love (Carmel O’Donoughue)
Black Hills of Dakota

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Go Go Go Joseph
Canaan Days (Karen Coyle)
Dreamcoat (Benjamin Calypso)
Close every door (David Cullivan)
Song of the Kings -‘Elvis’ song (Alan McHugh)
Any dream will do (Terry O’Connor)

And here we are pictured in our amazing technicolour tee shirts during the finale!


As well as the soloists listed in the programme above, the chorus members are listed here...

Soprano
Ann Smith, Clare Harrington, Claire Finlay, Clare O’Reilly, Fidelma Sheridan, Fionnuala Duffy, Liz Murray, Lucilla O’Hanlon, Marie White, Martina Lee Boyle, Mary Sullivan, Maura Conlon, Maura Kane, Nollaig Amond Murray, Nora Kennedy, Pauline Brady, Rita Cullen, Ruth Sullivan, Selena Barry

Alto
Aedine Browne, Aileen Lawlor, Aine Sullivan, Angela O’Mahony, Ann Marie King, Ben Charles, Caoimhe O’Brien, Carmel Gaffney, Carol Watson, Catherine Cusack Ames, Dara Hume, Dollé Cullivan, Eva Fiebelkorn, Irene Dunwoody, Janice Robertson, Liz Foster, Mary Haren, Pamela Young, Phyllis McMonagle, Rachel Cullivan Elliot

Tenor
Carmel Lewis,Colm Crowe, Frances Galligan, Gerry O’Keefe, Mags Amond, Pauric Corley, Peter O’Hanlon

Bass
Brian McKeever, Dermot McMonagle, Kevin O’Connor, Pauric Kelly, Peter Howard, Tom Flynn

Joining our accompanist Eileen Tackney for the shows were musicians Clara Donohoe, Sean Maguire and Andy Hilton. As ever for a Town Hall Show the lighting was by John Conlon and Panic Hire took care of the sound.

Thank you to the people of Cavan for supporting our shows in such huge numbers - without an audience we are nothing.
Special thanks are due to our business supporters and sponsors - St Clare's College Ballyjamesduff, Trim Musical Society, Easons, Cavan Gifts, Morthern Sound, Anglo Celt, DT1, Browne's Pharmacy Cootehill, Connolly's Pharmacy Newcourt, Little Sicily, Peter Howard, Tesco
The proceeds of our raffles have been donated to three Cavan volunteer groups - Alzheimer's Assocciation, St Vincent de Paul, and Good Morning Positive Age Action.

And remember - This year’s collaboration between Cavan Singers and Cavan Musical Society is intended to revive interest in the Musical Society and so hopefully we will see musicals on the Cavan stage again in the near future...

Show Stoppers

Cavan Singers and Cavan Musical Society, with our Musical Director Sue, and Show Producer Frances Galligan, have come together to present an evening of music from well known popular shows - Oklahoma, Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, Calamity Jane, Joseph, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Performances will take place in the Cavan town Hall on Monday May 27th, Tuesday May 28th and Wednesday May 19th at 8pm sharp each evening. The show will feature a number of soloists who have previously performed as leads with Cavan Musical Society and Cavan Singers.

AGM 2012

After our AGM on Tuesday Dec 18th, the following are our officers for 2013: Chair - Rachael Cullivan, Vice Chair - Frances Galligan, Secretary - Carmel Gaffney, Treasurer - Aine Sullivan.

Cavan Singers join Christmas Choirs on RTE Lyric FM

Christmas as ever heralds our busiest season of the year - Carol Services in Cavan Church of Ireland, Cavan Cathedral, Cavan Baptist Church and Cavan General Oncology Unit, Cavan Town street singing (twice!) for charity, and a party in The Side Door, AND our AGM. As well as rehearsing for and partaking in all these events, we prepared and recorded for the RTE Lyric FM Choirs for Christmas Competition.

We received the following message from RTE: Cavan Singer’s recording will be featured on Thursday’s Niall Carroll’s Classical Daytime on RTÉ lyric fm (Thursday 20th December). Choirs will be broadcast at the following times daily – unfortunately due to the high entries we cannot guarantee the order in which the choirs will be broadcast though we will do our best to run to the order posted on our webpage. Listen in at 10.15, 10.45, 12.15, 12.45, 13.15 & 13.45
Enjoy!