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Festival 2016

Organised by Skerries Community Association.

All events subject to change.Watch for updates on Facebook and Twitter.

Check out our website:www.SkerriesSoundwaves.com

SOUNDWAVESSOUNDWAVESSOUNDWAVESSOUNDWAVESSOUNDWAVESSOUNDWAVESSOUNDWAVESCELEBRATING SKERRIES ARTS AND MUSICThursdaySeptember 15FESTIVAL LAUNCHwith ARTWAVESSkerries Mills, 8pm. FREE Award-winning author Morgan Llywelyn is guest speaker, while acclaimed spoken word performer John Cummins performs a festival rap to launch Soundwaves 2016 – and Artwaves, 80 works of talented Fingal artists, displayed around 32 Skerries businesses as part of a guided Art Trail (see panel, far left). New this year: People’s Choice Award: €500 cash and solo exhibition at Skerries Mills in 2017, sponsored by Soundwaves and Seasons.

ThursdaySeptember 15ST PATRICK’S CHURCH EXHIBITIONSt Patrick’s Church, 7pm. FREE Skerries Art School are delighted to present a showcase of beautiful and evocative oil paintings, created by talented young aspiring artists in the beautiful setting of Skerries Mills overlooking St Patrick’s Church, during four mornings in early August. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served to artists and their families on the evening of the 15th. The exhibition then runs until Sunday the 25th.

FridaySeptember 16SKERRIES MINECRAFT PROJECT 2016Online event, 4pm. Tickets €7 Full weekend of online fun, ‘til Sunday, 9pm. Three competitions this year: Creative, Skerries and Arts (details at soundwavesminecraft.com), three age groups each. Judging takes place before Wrap Party, Sunday, Sept 25, 11am-1.30pm when winners are announced. Five drop-in sessions (pre-book, 90 mins each) at cccSkerries, Kelly’s Bay Rocks, on the Saturday (6 spaces at a time). Tickets include server access and party.

FridaySeptember 16BATTLE OF THE BANDSLittle Theatre, 8pmTickets €5 at doorYoung local bands perform and compete for a place on the Street Party Rock Trailer. Each act performs three songs including one cover. Judges decide which act wins, based on audience interaction, musicality and individuality. A hit night with great sounds. This year’s line-up, subject to change, includes Golden Elk; Contact the Martian; Girlfriend; Virgin Converters; Civic Party. Interval band: Sir Psycho.

SaturdaySeptember 17PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPSkerries Mills, 10.30am–1pm. Tickets €20 Margaret Becker guides you through the steps of drypoint printmaking to help create 2-3 of your own completed print works. Margaret is a stained glass artist and printmaker who, with other artists, founded the Leinster Printmaking Studio in Clane in 1998, dedicated to providing a professional working environment and studio facilities to printmakers. Materials are provided. Only 10 places, so book early.

SaturdaySeptember 24COMEDY IMPROVISATIONSkerries Mills, 12-2pm.Tickets €5 at doorThese exciting workshops test your spontaneity stamina at the ultimate comedy challenge of improvisation. Learn the skills, have a go and, most importantly, have a laugh! Held in the Mills Workshop Room (access through Skerries Mills craft shop, upstairs level) and hosted by the talented and stage-experienced Neil Curran. 12pm to 1pm, 12-15-year-olds. 1pm to 2pm, 16+ year-olds.

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SaturdaySeptember 24MOZART’S MAGIC FLUTELittle Theatre , 7pmTickets €8 Join us on a magical journey through a strange fairytale land fi lled with princes and princesses, wicked queens, magic genies – and a zany bird catcher! North Dublin Opera continues to bring the magic of opera to the youngest of audiences with this colourful and engaging production, full of intrigue and wonder as we follow Tamino on his quest to rescue the Princess Pamina. Bright and exciting introduction to the genius of Mozart.

SaturdaySeptember 24SOMETHING HAPPENS! Skerries Mills, 7pm. SOLD OUTEighties legends Something Happens! trail-blazed a commercial path across the country and beyond, carving a fi rm place in Irish music history with hit singles ‘Parachute’ and ‘Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello (Petrol)’. Support comes from exceptional London-based Irish Indie rock band Morrissey & Marshall, and Skerries legends Risky Business. Doors 7pm, fi rst act 8pm sharp. VIP pre-show (sold out) strictly 7pm to 9pm, so get there early!

SundaySeptember 25STORYTELLINGHolmpatrick School, 1-4pm. FREEBrilliant performers, two sessions: 1pm-2pm, Sam O’Reilly warms up the crowd with Dr Seuss, then Deborah Wiseman tickles the imaginations of 3-7 year olds with fantastical tales. 2.15-4pm, John Cummins, celebrated spoken word artist, fresh from Electric Picnic, gives a ‘rhyme-poetry-hippy-hop’ workshop to 8+ year olds before Open Mic for 8+ year olds to perform their fi ve-minute stories (max. six performers, so get there early).

SaturdaySeptember 24INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING with ARTIST DAVE WESTSkerries Mills 2-4pm. Tickets €20‘Drawing is an act of the will. Anyone can learn to draw’ – so said the famous realist painter and teacher Juliette Aristides. Through the use of historical examples, theory and practical application, this workshop will introduce participants to the practice of drawing. No previous experience is necessary. Workshop is suitable for adults and ages 14 up. Materials are provided but booking is essential as places are limited to just 15.

FridaySeptember 30TRIBAL DRUMMINGLittle Theatre, workshop 5pm; performance 8-9pm. FREECelebrating music’s unique ability to include everybody of all abilities, this unique two-hour workshop is hosted by John Bowker and is designed to be inclusive of all groups in our community. It’s kindly assisted on the day by volunteer Transition Year Students of Skerries Community College, along with Skerries Foroige Youth Group. The workshop is followed by an interval, then a one-hour performance by the drummers at 8pm.

SundaySeptember 25UKULELE ORCHESTRASkerries Mills Willow Terrace, 2-4pm. FREEFoot-stompingly catchy, ukulele community Ukuhooligans, fresh from their annual Ukulele Festival, strum up a right ‘ukuhooley’. They’re a friendly and welcoming bunch too, in their fl owery Hawaiian shirts, so an audience of any age, from tot to OAP, will fi t right in at what is invariably a sunshiney, smiley event if ever there was one. Ukuhooligans are Soundwaves regulars and their Willow Terrace ukulele jam has become a fi rm festival fave.

FridaySeptember 23RED ISLAND ROCKS!Live panel show, Harps Club, 7-9pm. Tickets €10The bands that fi lled Red Island Ballroom included rock legends Thin Lizzy, Horslips and Rory Gallagher. Here, Jim Lockhart and Barry Devlin of Horslips chat about what it was like to kick off tours and New Years there back in the day. Joining them is Philomena, mum of late Thin Lizzy frontman, Philip Lynott. Philomena toured with the band in the ‘70s. Plenty of banter and backstage antics. Hosted by local dummer and muso, Myles Lally.

Hello,

Welcome to the 13th Soundwaves Festival. We have a very big line up this year!Launch Night is on 15th September at 8pm in Skerries Mills with esteemed local best-selling author, Morgan Llywelyn, and Poet-come-Rapper, John Cummins.Artwaves comes around again with Exhibitions, Art Trails and various Art Installations in the town. We would like to thank Ruby Staunton and all of the Primary Schools involved in the Schools Programme along with the Teachers and various Artists involved. Thank you to all the Artists who submitted their work to Artwaves, Skerries Community College and in particular the TY Students and everyone in Skerries for their continued support.

Thank you to all our Sponsors: Fingal County Council, The Austrian Embassy Dublin, Irish Austrian Society and Seasons of Skerries.Massive thank you to The Soundwaves Committee.

Chairperson

Welcome to Skerries

Soundwaves 2016

SundaySeptember 25SOUNDWAVES STREET TRAINFrom Strand Street2-5pm. Tickets €2 at trainAdding to the colour and vibrancy of our fabulous Festival Street Party, for the second year running, this much-loved tourist road train promises to take you on a short, hop-on, hop-off, loop around our beautiful town. This is one trip that will leave you with a smile on your face for the rest of the day – but please note, children must be accompanied on the train by a guardian at all times during the tour.

SundaySeptember 25NIGHT PARADE + FIREWORKSCommunity Centre, 7pm to Skerries Harbour, 8pm. FREEFire-jugglers and music before joining the Festival Parade, in which Skerries schoolchildren march and display their costumes, banners and fl oats under this year’s artistic theme ‘Time, as Future, Present and Past’, all the way to Skerries Harbour for the Festival’s Firework Finale at 8pm. Please note that children under 18 must be under accompanied by adults and supervised throughout this event. Everyone welcome!

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SaturdaySeptember 24SALVAGE: Voices raised from the Wreck of the TayleurSailing Club, 5pm. Tickets €10Poetry, songs and stories with Enda Coyle-Greene, Darren Hughes and Marie Bashford-Synnott, written to voice the actual words of those caught up in the famous wreck’s aftermath, with songs chosen to refl ect its human cost, all performed against the fascinating and vividly told historical background to the tragedy, bringing to life the tale of the iron-hulled, ‘invincible’ Tayleur, which sank off Lambay Island in January 1854.

ThursdaySeptember 22CLASSICAL SUMMER BREEZEHolmpatrick Church, 8pm. Tickets €10Relax and enjoy light classical favourites with Karin Leitner (fl ute) and Teresa O’Donnell (harp), with mystic Irish airs, Karin’s own heavenly composition and an uplifting and inspirind fi nale ‘Carnival of Venice’. When Karin played for Kevin Spacey, her video got 8.5m hits on YouTube. Music lecturer and PhD Teresa performs nationwide. A wonderful, candle-lit evening with a chance to sample fi ne Austrian wines during the interval.

–Niamh

Brochure by Skerries News, August 2016. Contact editor@skerriesnews.ie / tel: 01 849 0629. Copyright Monument Media Ltd 2016.

The ARTWAVES Exhibition showcases the works of talented artists living and working in Fingal. Launched on Thursday, September 15, at Skerries Mills, the works will be displayed in the Mills and 32 businesses around the town, to form an Art Trail. Join our guide, artist Deirdre Glenfi eld, as we tour 140 works from Skerries Mills to Skerries Harbour, starting at the Mills on Saturday, September 17 at 2pm, and continue Wednesday, Sept 21, 11am and Saturday, Sept 24, 2pm.

Special thanks to businesses who donated space, especially Lisa and John Nealon for the dedicated harbour-side Exhibition Space beside Goat in the Boat.

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SaturdaySeptember 24BUBBLE SHOW IHolmpatrick School, 3.30-6pm. Tickets €5 Welcome to the wonderful world of Bubbles! An exciting time for the kid inside us all. Starting from small bubbles, to bubble art, square bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, smoking bubbles, getting your head inside a bubble – and getting your whole self inside one! Learn how to experience and try your hand at all of these cool tricks. This magical event is aimed at 9-12 year olds. Parental consent required. Don’t forget to bring your camera!

SundaySeptember 25BUBBLE SHOW IIHolmpatrick School, 10.30am-12.30pm. Tickets €5Returning to the magical world of bubbles for another exciting event, this time aimed at children aged from tots to eight. Loads of fun and laughter once again, from tiny bubbles to giant bubbles, bubble art, smoking bubbles and getting right inside a giant bubble – little ones learn how to experience and try their hand at all of these cool tricks and many more. Children must be accompanied throughout by their parent or guardian. Don’t forget the camera!

This year, Soundwaves is delighted to invite you to ‘rock ‘n’ stroll’ around the town on Friday night, Sept 23, from 9pm, and fi nd just the music to get your toes tapping and hands clapping! There are so many choices, so fi t in what you can at your own pace. Simply look for the Music Trail Posters at each participating venue on Church Street, Strand Street, and at Skerries Harbour, and celebrate live music at its fi nest! Check it out on Facebook and skerriessoundwaves.com.

For tickets and info, call in to Skerries News, 18 Thomas Hand St, or log on to EventBrite.com.

For Festival info and updates: log on to SkerriesSoundwaves.com or

fi nd us on Facebook and Twitter.Classical Summer Breeze, Sept 22, is supported by

the Austrian Embassy and Irish Austrian Society.

SundaySeptember 25STREET PARTYStrand Street, 1-6pm. FREEIt’s street games and stalls galore, all along our beautiful main street, with fantastic Farmers Market food, buskers (all welcome), the Young Dublin Symphonia – and the annual Musical Oasis in the Methodist Church – while the Joyce Family of Skerries Art School host Kids’ Art, Pottery and Street Art in Floraville Gardens, where the People’s Choice Award winner will be announced by artist Deirdre Glenfi eld at 3pm. All welcome. Please note, traffi c diversions in Strand Street, 2-5pm.