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A special ''BON VOYAGE'' to our Chairman, Patricia Meade, who will be travelling to Australia soon, but back in plenty of time for the build up and excitement of "THE MIKADO".

It's all systems go now for the show in April. Our Musical Director Aine McCarthy-Kent has been putting all her energy in to rehearsing the music for the cast and principals, and Natalie Van DeBraam has been busy teaching the cast the skill of using the Fans. Our Director Andrew Nicklin will be coming for five days over the Easter weekend in order to bring everything together.

Tickets will be on line at the Theatre Royal from Thursday 20th March, so make a note of the dates 23/24/25/26 APRIL, with special rates on Wednesday 23rd April

With the closing of the Theatre Royal for renovations this year we will have no Light

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The annual WLRfm Lions Club Christmas Appeal raised over €190,000 in 2007. After supplying over 2,000 hampers to the needy in Waterford City & County the remaining €54,000 was officially distributed among local charities and voluntary organizations at The Broadcast Centre on Monday evening last. A total of thirty local charities benefited from the surplus monies raised.

WLRfm's Managing Director Des Whelan said that he was very pleased the Appeal was able to help so many deserving local organizations and thanked WLRfm listeners for their continued support of the annual Christmas appeal.

Among the local organizations to receive funds were:-St. Vincent De Paul €18,000The Carers Association €2,000 Dunmore East Community Care €2,000 Friends of St. Patrick's Hospital €2,000

Waterford Lions Club President Canice Cantwell thanked his members and the staff of WLRfm for all their hard work which made

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Getting tired of manic March? Are you starting to feel that sense of ‘same old, same old' as you plan another night out? ‘Fresh' from Fletcher's has an alternative solution to ‘the usual'! This Easter Sunday 23rd March sees an extravaganza of original music from the cream of Waterford's talent. This is your chance to catch the rock stars of tomorrow without venturing any further than John Street!

‘Fresh' kicks off at 9.00 but you'd be well-advised to arrive early as the featured bands Saviours of Space and Floyd Soul and The Wolf are renowned for filling venues! There is a nominal cost of €10 on the door which is a small price to pay for a front row seat when these bands get together and earn their place in music history!

Saviours of Space (pictured) are a young band who

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Waterford Youth Arts are about to open its doors for the second term of 2008 for all their hugely popular workshops and classes in Drama, Dance, Film and Art.

If you fancy joining any of these groups simply come along to "The Arch", Old Military Barracks, from 18th March – 28th March to register for all upcoming weekly classes and workshops. With activities available from the ages of 3 up to 20 there is something for all young people to get involved in. Classes are held weekly for each artistic discipline and the term consists of 10 weeks in total, often culminating with events such as theatre productions, shows, festivals, exhibitions etc. All workshops will begin in the first week in April so grab your chance to get registered before the classes begin! Call 051-879377 or email info(at)waterfordyoutharts.com

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1st Annual Writing and Art Competition run by the National Aquatic Centre Deadline extended to March 31st

Budding young J.K. Rowling's are being called on to demonstrate their creative talent and take part in the first National Aquatic Centre National Writing and Art Competition. The competition is open to all schoolchildren nationwide from Junior Infant up to Junior Certificate Level.

There are four age categories, with prizes awarded for all. The overall prize is a trip for the winner's entire school to the "Aquazone" @ the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin.

Naturally enough, stories and artwork are expected to have a "watery" theme - so think mermaids rather than wizards!

Artists should make sure their work is on A4 paper or card, and essays should be no longer than 500 words.

The competition is being judged by the Fingal County

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Immediately following his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel tonight, Leonard Cohen announced his world tour, which includes his first Irish date in 20 years, on Saturday 14th June at an outdoor seated concert in the stunning grounds of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. He is scheduled to open in Toronto on June 6 and 7, the city that gave birth to his career as a recording and literary artist, and then arrive in Ireland to kick off his European dates.

Cohen is arguably the greatest singer songwriter of modern times. At his induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, he as recognized by Lou Reed as "without question one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater mystery and depth as time

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The Friday Club takes a break this week for Good Friday but fear not, cos Easter Monday has been given over to what is a very special line up of rather cool alternative rock featuring Fight Like Apes, the hottest alternative band in the country right now, and our own garage rock legends, Dae Kim. This Bank Holiday Monday show will kick off at the earlier time of 8pm with Dae Kim taking the stage at 9.30pm followed by FLA at 11pm. The Friday Club's John Fitz will be keeping the tunes nice ‘n' noisy before and after the live bands. Admission is free before 9pm and just €10 after.

Having been nominated at the recent Meteor Awards in two categories – Best Irish Band and Best Live

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Easter is upon us and its time for the 3rd installment of Re:Publiks monthly techno session, Re: Tech on March 22nd. This month, as its Easter, it's been moved with residential duties being taken up by Alan Harris who will be joined by Wexford wizard Darren Rice and Deano.

After 8 years hard slog & countless bottles of bleach, Darren Rice is now a familiar name on the Irish dance scene with appearances at numerous clubs, and club nights, throughout the country. The infamous Clubspace/Lamberts in Wexford, Revolution, Acii Disco, Panama Jacks, South, Exile, Gatecrasher, Meganite, Godskitchen & the now legendary Temple Theatre in Dublin have all featured in a by now, pretty coloured gigography.

Currently Darren Rice presents "The Saturday Selection" weekly at 10pm on Ireland's first ever regional radio station "Beat 102-103", broadcasting the latest tracks & mixes all

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Alix Alvarez is a fresh and exciting young dj & producer who has swiftly established himself both on the NYC and world scene. Growing up in the Bronx, New York city. He has worked with some of the industry's top artists and produced stunning musical gems for some of the world's best underground dance labels. Immersing himself in music and the art of DJing from an early age, Alix laid the foundations of a career that now sees him on the artist roster of some of the world's best underground dance labels such as MN2S, Vega, Soul Heaven, Defected, Sonar Kollektiv Real Tone, Central Park, Black Vinyl and Essence. Alix landed the position of assistant engineer at the legendary MAW Studios, where he worked alongside Louie Vega and Kenny Gonzales, and gained the engineering experience that now sees him writing

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Rebecca Collins takes her band and jazz thang to Electric Avenue on Thursday April 3rd and five days later releases her debut album, Chameleon Blues which follows an already well thought of At Sea.

Here's what some of the good and great have been saying about Tramore girl Rebecca:"Rebecca is at the beginning of what has the potential to be a fascinating career in music." - John Kelly, Lyric FM April '07

-"HOPE FOR 2008: Rebecca Collins. 'At Sea' evokes late night, candlelit, Tom Waits-style whiskey-drinking sessions." - Sunday Tribune Review, Dec 30 '07

As the title suggests, Chameleon Blues is an album that defies categorization. Over its eight tracks, it swerves from raunchy, chaotic rock ('Involved') to poignant country-tinged introspection ('Ghost Inside').

Chameleon Blues was recorded live

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It had all the ingredients of a classic. The All-Ireland Champions against the Allianz National League champions. Indeed it had the added bonus in that the former, Kilkenny, were beaten by the latter, Waterford, in that same League final in Thurles in 2007. Well they came in their thousands to witness it. The sod in the famed Marble City was perfect. Along with a beautiful March afternoon the scene could not have been better. To be honest it all started well with the first half building up into a cracker. Unfortunately for the visitors they saw their influential midfielder and captain received his marching orders a few minutes before the break for a second bookable offence. This changed the whole complex of the outcome. Indeed I would have to say that perhaps the only person in the stadium who believed

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Lismore 0-16 De La Salle 1-12Our senior hurlers went down by the minimum margin in Cleaboy last Saturday in the first league match of the year between two understrength sides. It was an entertaining enough game though underfoot conditions made it difficult for the players. Dean Twomey opened the scoring with a point inside twenty seconds but Lismore equalised immediately. By the eleventh minute it was 0-4 each with two frees from Dean Twomey and one from play by Alan O'Neill. By the eighteenth minute minute it was 0-6 each with Alan O'Neill and Matthew Barden scoring.

Matthew put us ahead five minutes later but Lismore finished the half strongly scoring three points before Dean Twomey finished the first half scoring from a free to leave us trailing 0-9 to 0-8 at the interval. The second half continued in

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On Monday next at the Complex in Kilmacow, the Annual Kilmacow Open Sports has a 1pm start. Sprint races for boys and girls U8 to 17 and under 11 have a metres and U12 to 17 all have a Long Jump and Shot Putt, High Jumps for Under 13 and 15. Junior girls have a 100m, 1500m and Long Jump, Junior Boys have a 100m, 400m, 3000m, Long Jump. Relays U10, 12, 14, 16 and also a mixed relay for juniors. Senior ladies have a 1500m and senior men a 3000m with vets prizes also. Sponsors are Fogarty Car Sales and Don Butler Plant Hire. Full details from 051 - 885684 evening time. Travelling from Waterford to the venue, ,take the main Waterford to Kilkenny road and turn left at Irish's Pub. Other routes will cause delays.

Further AheadOn Saturday

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Monday's information evening on the recently published Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill filled the Tower Hotel's Dunmore Room with Waterford's multi-ethnic community along with a wide representation that included local representatives from the City Council, An Garda Siochana and immigration support groups.

The information evening started with a central presentation on the bill by Director of the Irish Refugee Council, Robin Hanan who outlined the provisions of the bill and the political processes that the bill needed to pass in order to become law.

While Hanan did say that the Bill was welcome in that it fostered a complete review of all previous legislation in migration, he outlined the concerns of the coalition of migrant groups, including his own and Integrating Ireland, while many groups have in turn, labelled the bill a 'missed opportunity'.

Those in attendance did put questions and comments to

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