After almost three months of rehearsals and five spectacular performances, we reluctantly drew the curtains and bid a final “So Long, Farewell” to ‘The Sound of Music’ on November 23rd.
We, the Committee of Boyle Musical Society would like to extend a very sincere thanks to everybody from Boyle and beyond, who attended the show in such large numbers. You are the heartbeat of Boyle Musical Society and your cheers, applause and presence each night added the final layer of enchantment to our performances. The capacity houses and standing ovations told us that this show was a massive success and we couldn’t have asked for more.
To all the local individuals and especially the businesses that sponsored our show, you are our life blood. Thank you for responding so generously yet again by subscribing to the funding of our show, through our GoFundMe page and by sponsoring great prizes. Thanks also to those who contributed either financially or otherwise and were too late for inclusion in our programme.
We would of course like to thank our very talented cast of 60, and all those who travelled to join us this year. We must give a special mention to the young people who played the parts of the von Trapp children so well. It is clear that each and every one of them has immense talent and we look forward to seeing some of them back on stage with us, in the next few years.
Thanks to Vivienne, Anne and Victoria in our Production team for their brilliant talents and endless energy, not forgetting to mention the stage crew, set builders, our light and sound teams, our costume, make-up, hair and props teams, front of house team, ticket and programme sellers, the orchestra, ushers, shop staff, tea ladies and those who helped out with the younger cast members. We are also indebted to the St. Joseph’s Hall committee and Abbey Community College for rehearsal facilities.
We are especially grateful to Anna Robertson for co-ordinating our ticket sales and to Roscommon Co. Council and the New Art Gallery at An Rioga for allowing us to use their premises as our booking office.
Publicity is vital for any production and we thank all the local publications, Roscommon Herald, Roscommon People, Sligo Champion, Leitrim Observer, Boyle Parish Newsletter and all who made room for our posters and signs. We would also like to thank BoyleToday.com, Boyle Community Hub and Charlie McGettigan at Shannonside Radio. We are very grateful to Benny Morgan for the beautiful photographs he took and also to Pat Gannon for managing our roadside billboards.
From backstage to front of house, we have a fantastic team behind us to ensure that the show runs smoothly every year. Apart from the cast of 60 and committee of 11, there were approximately 50 voluntary, talented and generous people, available to help out in every way possible this year.
As a voluntary organisation, it has always been our intention to showcase the abundance of talent that we have here and to bring a little love, light, magic and music to everybody during the winter. Boyle Musical Society is your Musical Society and it is heart-warming to see that the community spirit in Boyle continues to thrive.
Much like Maria von Trapp, it is our turn to go to the hills now and dream it all up again, in time for our 40th musical – which is already less than a year away!!
Wishing everybody a New Year filled with health and happiness.
Brendan McGee,
PRO
Boyle Musical Society.
Photo by Benny Morgan
