The students and staff of St Mary’s CBS Portlaoise have come together to sing ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon to promote peace and prosperity around the world.
As seen in the music video below, directed and arranged by Ms Mairead Carroll, the students pack dozens of donated supplies into three lorries driven by Martley’s Transport Portlaoise.
Various local groups and schools under the leadership of Ms Eimear Lewens, who ran the campaign to gather donations for shipment to Ukraine, collected the supplies.
With the full support of the student’s the convoy was waved off on its long journey last Monday.
The lorry convoy is currently travelling through Europe, on its way to the border of Ukraine, with the hundreds of donated supplies to aid those affected by the war.
This rendition of Imagine is being released to promote Multicultural & Anti-Racism Week at St. Mary’s CBS.
All students’ nationalities are celebrated and united with pride and the song certainly expresses that message of unity.
Multicultural Week was organised by Mr Conor Ryan, Ms Martina Murphy and the Multicultural Committee and saw the whole school come together to celebrate the 45 different countries represented in our school community.
The celebrations included guest speakers from Laois Integration Network, Laois Partnership, An Garda Siochana and a food tasting experience for every year group.
The song was recorded and arranged by Ms Mairead Carroll with instrumentals and vocals by Matthew O’Rourke, Antoni Calka, Karl Mulligan, Mr Ruairi Tierney, Ms Nirmala Conlon, Mr Richard Doyle, Ms Emily Barrett, Prosper Alonzo, Mr Conor Ryan, Ms Yvonne Eglington, Dinny Whelan, Adam Raji, Ms Evelyn Quinlan, Evidence Onyebuchi and is opened by Ms Elaine Deegan with a special thanks to Devin Walsh and Aaron O’Connor for all their help.
The school would also like to thank Jim from Hughes Pharmacy, Mark Martley, Portlaoise Stone and everyone in their community who supports St Mary’s CBS.
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