Members of the Parents Council at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020.
Photo: Alf Harvey.
Lights, camera, action – well not quite yet but if last night was anything to go by, this Lip Sync Battle may draw one of the biggest crowds ever seen.
More than one hundred people turned up in St Colman’s NS this evening as the Stradbally school launched their big fundraiser to develop their recently acquired playing pitch.
Back in 2016, a two-acre site was purchased at the side of the school thanks to funds donated by Electric Picnic orgainsers Festival Republic.
Last December, Laois County Councillors endorsed plans for 72 new houses on Church Avenue in Stradbally.
Developers lodged a planning application last May for 72 houses on a ten-acre site beside St Colmans, with plans including 40 new school car parking spaces and two new sports pitches for students.
Since then, local Damien McArdle carried out some work on the playing pitches to make them usable for the school children and they have begun playing on them at lunch time in recent weeks.
However, now the school wishes to develop their newly acquired facilities further and the Parent’s Council have decided to hold a Lip Sync Battle in order to raise funds.
They need to build a perimeter wall to separate the pitches from the proposed new housing estate while they also wish to develop an all-weather facility.
And according to vice-principal Sharon Carroll, the plan is to open up the facility to the whole community once it is completed.
And if the launch is anything to go by, the local community are certainly behind the idea.
Alf Harvey was in attendance at last night’s launch and he captured some brilliant pictures.
Check them out below:
Members of the Parents Council at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.Vice Principal Sharon Carroll; Kathleen Sheridan, Parents Council Secretary; Joe Deegan, Parents Council Chairman; Andy Hanrahan, Principal and School Secretary Esther Luttrell at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.Stradbally footballers Eoin Buggie, Jack Larkin, Tom Shiels, Colm Begley and Jody Dillon at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.Timahoe Ladies Football representatives, Yvonne Hennessy PRO; Maggie Murphy, Noeleen Larkin, Sinead Larkin, Orla Hennessy and Sarah Larkin at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.Vice Principal Sharon Carroll and Principal Andy Hanrahan with Cecil Carter Lip Sync Ireland (centre) at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.Fr. Sean Kelly, John Tuohy, Parents Council; Vice Principal Sharon Carroll and Principal Andy Hanrahan at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.Members of the Board of Management; Parents Council and staff at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.Majella Fennelly, Cora Wilkie and Suzanne and John Scully at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.Rachel OÕBrien, Liz Molloy and Sylvia OÕBrien at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.Melissa Duncan Ryan, Anne Holohan, Ailish Lynch and Lisa Traynor looking after the tea at St. ColmanÕs N.S. Stradbally for the launch of the St. ColmanÕs N.S. Lip Sync Battles which will be held in the Midlands Park Hotel on the Saturday 29th February 2020. Photo: Alf Harvey.
