FOUR SEASONS OF PEACE
The Space @ The Helix
21 September 2010
THE PROGRAMME
1) Signing ON – Michael Duggan
2) “LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH” – Soloist: Theresa McKenna
Lourdes Youth Choir, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Director: Jackie Walshe
3) Welcome message: Eleanor Costello, Trinity College, Dublin 1
4) FIRST SEASON: PERSONAL THEMES
5) “TALK TO ME” – Composer and singer: Rosemary Woods, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
6) “THE WAY WE'VE NEVER BEEN”
– A Rock Band – “The Group”, Dublin 12, Co. Dublin
7) “I HAVE A DREAM OF PEACE” – a poem by the Loreto girls of Balbriggan
“I HAVE A DREAM, A SONG TO SING”
– Loreto Balbriggan Senior Choir, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Director: Mary McFadden
8) REFLECTION: “Peace is our true Home” – Architect Mary Laheen
9) SECOND SEASON: WAR THEMES
10) INTRODUCTION – Professor Dermot Keogh
11) “CHRISTMAS TRUCE – SILENT NIGHT” – Jerry Lynch, Kilfenora, Co. Clare
12) “THE PRAYER OF THE CHILDREN”
– Loreto Balbriggan Senior Choir, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Director: Mary McFadden
13) REFLECTION: “The Bullet” – Fr. Henry Barlage, SVD.
14) THIRD SEASON: RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL THEMES
15) From Trumpet to Chant: “A JOURNEY TO PEACE”
– Pater Johannes Schaber, OSB., Ottobeuren Abbey, Germany
16) “AG CRIOST AN SIOL”
– Soloist: Hannah O’Brien, Lourdes Youth Choir, Drogheda, Co. Louth
17) REFLECTION: “The Heart of the Harp” – Grace Dowling, Mater Dei, Dublin 9
18) FOURTH SEASON: ACTION THEMES
19) “THE OLD SALT WOMAN”
– Michael Meade, Irish-American Storyteller & Mythologist, USA
Sheila Halpin & Barry O’Brien, Lourdes Parish, Drogheda
20) “TO BUILD A HOME” – Ballet Dancer: Laura Costello, University College Dublin, Dublin 4
Pianist: Eadaoin Copeland; Flautist: Sarah Macken
21) “PIECES OF PEACE”
– Collage Producer: Seamus Callagy, Kairos, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
22) “A MANIFESTO FOR PEACE”
– Instruments of Peace and “Youth Ambassadors of Peace”
23) “GIVE PEACE A CHANCE”
– The Group and EVERYONE: singing/dancing/handshake/hugs ...
