Full of Eastern promise; JUDGE BLATHNAID PICKS HER HOPEFULS IN BID FOR ALL IRELAND TALENT SHOW TITLE.Byline: MAEVE QUIGLEY HERE are the eight acts that will go forward to represent The East in this year's All Ireland Talent Show. Blathnaid NiChofaigh's audition process proved to be a winner as hundreds of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 50kLAST hopefuls battled it out to see who could get a coveted place on the live show. Blathnaid said: "I have eight very strong acts and I really want to win this year. I'm not as nervous about doing the show this year as I was last year. But this year I want to take the top prize." Each of the chosen contestants will go through to the live performances which takes place in a special New Year's Eve broadcast. RE-SEISIUN Act: Traditional Irish Fusion Band Names & Ages: Keith Flynn 16, Stephen Heffernan, 19, Liam Flynn 18, Pat Heffernan 15, and Conor Irwin, 19 From: Moate and Athlone. Re-Seisiun began playing music five years ago with music teacher James Donohue. He gave the boys lessons in their respective instruments and one day decided to get the boys to form a group for a Scor competition. But even so the group only played their first proper gig in May at a pub called The Auld auld adj. Scots Old. Adj. 1. auld - a Scottish word; "auld lang syne" old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" Shebeen she·been n. An unlicensed drinking establishment, especially in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa. [Irish Gaelic séibín, measure of grain, grain tax, bad ale, diminutive of séibe in Athlone. They see themselves as a new wave of Irish Trad imp. 1. imp. os> of Tread. Noun 1. trad - traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s jazz - a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles , taking influences from The Horslips, The Eagles and even Bruce Springsteen. PYROTECHNIX Act: Rock band Names & Ages: Aidan Byrne, James Rice, Brian Cantwell, Kevin McGrath, all 16 From: Kilkenny Pyrotechnix are a five-piece rock band from Kilkenny. Aidan does vocals, James is on keyboard, Brian is on drums and Kevin is on lead guitar. The band formed just over six months ago, getting together just in time to perform their first gig at their school's awards night. All five are great friends and are in Transition Year at St Ciaran's College Kilkenny. The band are heavily influenced by music from artists such as Muse, The Killers and Greenday. NA FIANNA Act: Irish Ballad Group Names & Ages: Damian 29, John 24, Ross 22 ,Lee 21 From: Ballinakill, Laois and Kilkenny city Lee plays the bass guitar, Ross the mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. , John the guitar and Damian plays the bodhran bodh·ran n. A hand-held goatskin drum used in traditional Irish music and often played with a stick. [Irish Gaelic bodhrán, from Middle Irish bodrán, from Old Irish, from bodar . They are childhood friends as they grew up together and went to the same school. The group began as nothing more than a bit of fun, playing at friends' parties and at sessions. While the boys love music, they are all working lads - Lee is a qualified electrician, Ross is a carpenter, Damian is a primary school teacher and John is a qualified engineer who is currently doing a Masters in Dublin Institute of Technology The institution is currently planning a single campus, the Grangegorman Campus, thus moving from its many city centre locations which has often been a source of criticism. . THE GOLDEN SISTERS Act: Vocal trio Names & Ages: Cliodhna 14, Aisling 11, Shauna 17 From: Athlone, Westmeath The girls are a mystery to their family because they are the only ones that are musically gifted going back several generations on either side. The girls spend much of their spare time gathered around the family piano where they take well-known pop songs and work out their own harmonies to them. The eldest girls have their own band called Cryptic Silence while little Aisling is an aspiring dancer and actress. GIGOSHKA KINKLADZ Act: Pianist From: Laytown, Meath Originally from Georgia, Gogoshka Kinkladge is an accomplished pianist who currently lives in Laytown, Co Meath, with her husband Phillip and two children Lucas, 10, and Nicholas, six. From an extension in her back garden she operates her own music school teaching children from all over Meath and Dublin. As well as teaching music, Gogashka is a keen performer and has done her fair share of orchestral performances around the world. She has only recently returned to the stage after an absence of more than 10 years. KATHRYN & NIALL Act: Kathryn sings and Niall plays guitar Ages: Both 17 From: Castletown-Geoghegan, Westmeath Though they are just friends, they became a performing duet when they provided the music for a relative's wedding and they have been performing together ever since. They are both accomplished in their own right -Kathryn's unique voice has won her many prizes including the All-Ireland Fleadh Female Solo title which she has held for the last two years. Niall is a gifted musician, playing the guitar, banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. and mandolin. DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. LOFTS Act: Singer and guitarist Age: 16 From: Kiltegan, Co Wicklow David spends all his free time singing and playing his guitar at his family home. He's the youngest in his family and has great support from his family. He's a huge fan of greats such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Michael Buble. David is currently in Transition Year in Colaiste Eoin in Hacketstown, Carlow. He entered The All Ireland Talent Show because his family, girlfriend and teacher encouraged him to get his voice out there. He's looking forward to walking out on the live show. EUR50k LAST year the Mulkerrin brothers, from the Aran Islands, walked off with the EUR50,000 grand prize after 25 finalists competed to win |
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