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The results are in, Waterford has some of the best kissers in Ireland. Waterford recorded fewer outbreaks of the cold sore virus in 2010 than most other counties, according to a new all Ireland study conducted by A.Vogel herbal remedies.

The study looked at the health of the nations lips, based on the popularity of the cold sore barrier ointment, Bio-Propolis, a natural antiseptic used to inactivate the cold sore virus and prevent a secondary infection.

Waterford came 9th in the study, recording fewer cold sore infections than 17 other counties. Laois claimed the title of having Ireland's 'most luscious lips' with Kilkenny and Wexford coming a close second and third. Offaly were named 'Ireland's worst kissers', coming in last place with the most outbreaks of that dreaded tingling virus. They were closely followed by Sligo and Dublin, highlighting their need for

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Your chance to shine with Brendan Grace at Forum Waterford

Brendan Grace returns to Forum Waterford on Friday

May 13th for one night only to record his new DVD

"Brendan Grace at the Forum" Having performed to a capacity crowd in January Brendan is looking forward to this experience as he always enjoys the Waterford audience's enthusiasm for his shows. This is a once in a lifetime chance to be part of a Brendan Grace show.

Brendan's latest show features new material and some 'Old Favourites' from his vast repertoire over the last 39 years. His sense of timing and ability to read an audience is without equal. A brilliant character actor, his 'Bottler' character is legendary and is now featured at every performance. The genial Dubliner has a very special bond with Irish audiences and is much loved by young and old not

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Limehouse Lizzy the world's No.1 Thin Lizzy tribute band return to Forum, Waterford with their electrifying two hour show on

Friday, 8th April 2011.

Regularly hailed as "the best Thin Lizzy tribute band in the world" by press and admirers alike, Limehouse Lizzy are fronted by Wayne Ellis, who is as close as you can possibly get to the 'late great' Philip Lynott himself. Wayne's vocals capture that distinctive Lynott delivery brilliantly, while his bass playing is impeccably accurate to the original tracks. The accolades and plaudits that the group regularly receive are a tribute in itself, to the time, love and sheer determination that Wayne & the guys have put into Limehouse Lizzy.

Over the years Limehouse Lizzy have featured on MTV, the BBC

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Colin Fry – "The People's Medium"

Don't miss one of the World's most celebrated Psychic Mediums, Colin Fry, as he delivers messages of love and comfort in his brand new show "COLIN FRY – THE PEOPLE'S MEDIUM". Be stunned by Colin's breathtaking accuracy and compassion in this all new show, as he conducts an evening of intimate communication with your loved ones. Colin Fry appears at the Forum Waterford on Thursday 21st April and tickets for this fully seated show are on sale now at Next Door Forum Waterford, 051 871111 and www.forumwaterford.com.

Colin Fry is Television's most popular and well known psychic medium. Further to the success of 6ixth Sense, which is screened on Living TV, and two series of Psychic Private Eyes on CBS Reality, where you can also see his most recent UK series, 'Colin Fry Live', Colin

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Waterford's biggest St. Patrick'e Eve Party takes place at the Forum Venue next Wednesday, 16th March, when Jenny Greene brings RTE 2FM's hugely successful Electric Disco to the Deise for the first time. Following the huge success of the Saturday night Electric Disco radio show on RTE 2FM, Jenny released "The Electric Disco Album" in 2009, a double CD jam packed with Electric Disco old skool dance favourites. To celebrate the release of the album, Jenny toured extensively in Ireland and The Electric Disco visited some of the country's hottest venues throughout 2009 & 2010.

Catch Jenny Greene & The Electric Disco at the Forum in Waterford on St. Patrick's Eve, March 16th 2011, with support from Christian Homan. Limited advance tickets @ €12 are available now from Next Door Forum Waterford, 051 871111 and www.forumwaterford.com

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The Rubberbandits Are On The Way!

A couple of months ago they were a little known comedy duo from Limerick, but the enormous success of 'Horse Outside' has seen The Rubberbandits clock up 6 million views on You Tube, and sell more singles than anyone else in the country this year. After the hilarious video for "Horse Outside" was aired on RTÉ's Republic of Telly, within hours it had become the most talked about You Tube clip in the country. The song is of course a guide to successfully picking up women, and reckons a horse has more pulling power than boy-racer favourites like the Subaru, Mitsubishi or a Honda. The video for follow up single "I Wanna Fight Your Father" was only released last week, and is already heading for half a million You Tube views and the Number 1

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"1974" are an international Abba tribute band, playing all the hit singles of Sweden's most famous singing sensations. 1974 are also the original four members of the great BJORN AGAIN, who were the first famous Abba tribute act and enjoyed massive worldwide success throughout the 1990s, playing to huge arena and festival audiences all over the world. 1974 visit Ireland for the first time in April with a full live band and huge production. They play The Forum Waterford on Friday 15th April and tickets are on sale now at Next Door Forum Waterford, 051 871111 and www.forumwaterford.com

1974, the worlds Number 1 Abba tribute show re-lives all the great songs from Abba, which have been given a new lease of life in recent years by the phenomenal success of the hit movie/musical "Mamma Mia". Abba are one of the most

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The Pick-Me Up Play Of The Season'

'The Seafarer'

The New York Times recently claimed the ''The Seafarer' may just be the pick-me-up play of the season'. The Irish Theatre Review calls it 'The best McPherson play to date' and The RTE Theatre Review claims it is 'hard hitting and hysterically funny in a uniquely Irish way'.

So leave your woes behind and head to Garter Lane where The Ranting Rebels Theatre Group presents Conor McPherson's Award winning play from March 31st to April 2nd. With an excellent and very experienced cast which includes Brian Coady, Hugo O Donovan, Dean Sullivan, Gerry Kane and Fergus Cooper, the play is directed by Peter McKenzieBrown. This play was nominated for 3 Tony Awards in 2008 collected the Best actor Award. It also won an Olivier Award in London. It is only the third time it

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There's another night of top quality live music at The Forum Lounge this Saturday, 12th March. After a standing ovation on their last visit, The Van Diemens return to Waterford with their unique and brilliant tribute show to that "holy trinity of songwiters", Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Nick Cave.

Doors are at 8.30pm and their 2 hour set kicks off at 9pm sharp. Admission €10 on the door, includes entry to the Lounge's late night BoHo Club featuring a live set by the always brilliant Butterfly Band. If you can't make it down to the Lounge early, BoHo doors are at 11.30pm with admission just €5 before midnight.

The Van Diemens are led by the wonderful baritone of Jack Healy and the guitar of Conor Brady. A lot of their 2 hour set is dedicated to the living legend that is

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Tommy Tiernan's "Crooked Man" for Forum Waterford

Forum Waterford are delighted to announce that Tommy Tiernan will return to Forum Waterford on Thursday, June 30th and Friday July 1st with his new show "Crooked Man".

With his latest show Tiernan is very much in tune with his own deepest, darkest and embarrassing thoughts and the perils of turning 40, which luckily for us he is not shy about sharing. Cursed rather than blessed with a sense of honesty, integrity and outrage, as ever with a Tiernan show, the devil is in the detail. Beautifully crafted flights of fancy dripping with subtle phrasing, coupled with ingenious unexpected twists all delivered with Tiernans trademark verve, mark this show out as a truly unmissable event.

Go see him soon, see him often because if there's one thing about Tommy that's indicative of his undoubted talent

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Irish World Academy Strings at Christ Church Cathedral

Sunday 13th March at 12 noon

Tickets €7/ €5 conc. /€12 family available on the door.

ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings will perform at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday 13th March at 12 noon. Academos is the graduate string orchestra of the MA Classical String Performance Programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, in association with the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Local members of the orchestra include Rebecca Carroll and Deirdre Scanlon.

Established in 2008, ACADEMOS has toured internationally each year as an integral part of its educational programme. Each orchestra member is a fulltime registered postgraduate student on the two-year MA Classical String programme at the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick and is tutored by internationally acclaimed Visiting Professors Dr Bruno Giuranna (Viola), Mariana Sirbu (Violin), Michael Wolf (Double Bass), with Cello

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Are you aged 12 – 19?

Are you a young ambitious musician or songwriter?

Do you just want to play or do you want a real life experience?

If this sounds like you or someone you know, we're looking for young musicians from Waterford gasping for their shining moment in front of the spot light. We're also looking for young people to take part in the support team in areas like Promotions, Sound Engineering

and Fund-raising. Everybody has a part because every star shines with the support of a winning team behind them!

The Manor Street Youth Project is putting together a team of local young people to represent Waterford in the IYMA's 2011. This is a nationwide music based programme, where groups from different counties send forward an act and support team to represent their county in Liberty Hall, Dublin with the chance of

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Roza Pabrianiak from Waterford is best in Ireland at Sightsavers Ireland Junior Painter of the Year Awards

Roza Pabrianiak from St. Mary's N.S., Dungarvan, Co. Waterford was named the Best Junior Painter in Ireland in the 5th & 6th Class Category at the Sightsavers Ireland Junior Painter of the Year Awards held recently.

Eleven year old Roza's winning painting Butterflies was inspired by the competition theme Seeing This Makes Me Smile and was chosen from over 5,000 entries from primary school children around Ireland. Roza's painting is now part of an exhibition at Airfield, Dundrum, Co. Dublin alongside 14 other shortlisted and winning paintings and work from renowned artist Helen Steele until March 16th.

Presenting the awards, John Fleming, Chief Executive of Sightsavers Ireland said: We wanted to inspire children to think of all the fantastic things that sight can bring to them

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Taking you on a rollercoaster of musical emotion

Music to lift your hearts and minds, standing ovations year after year, from pop songs to movie themes, combined marching bands, concert bands, brass bands, pipe and flute bands, violins, pianos and guitars and added to this mix a lifetime achievement award presentation.

The Waterford Massed Band Charity Concert has proudly taken its place amongst the annual charity fundraising calender. Since 2006, The Barrack Street Concert Band, City of Waterford Brass, De la Salle Scouts Pipes and Drums and T.F. Meagher Fife and Drum Band and the WIT Strings have raised thousands of euro for charity by coming together to form a Massed Band. Having earned respect and recognition throughout the city and county the massed band welcomed Mr Steve Walsh, MBE, who is producer of the world famous Edinburgh Mititary Tattoo as the

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Summer Play Auditions For Ages 9 To 12!

Little Red Kettle Theatre Company are delighted to announce that they will be holding auditions for their up and coming annual Summer Play 2011. Following on from the success of their production of There Might Be Zombies which starred over 45 young actors and most recently their critically acclaimed Schools Tour Programme, The Life of Riley, Little Red Kettle are back once again to give young people between 9 and 12 a fantastic opportunity to be part of one of our biggest productions. This year they will give 40 young people from Waterford and surrounding areas the opportunity to be involved in a fun, creative, exciting play making their summer of 2011 one they'll never forget!

These fun filled workshops/auditions will be facilitated by Liam Meagher and Ben Hennessy and will begin the 21st,

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