THE 4TH YOUGHAL ARTS NETWORK  MIDSUMMER’S GALA BALL will be held in the Ballroom of the Walter Raleigh Hotel on Saturday 18th of June at 9pm. The evening will commence with a musical presentation by Youghal’s own Lar na cruinne , who will play while the guests enjoy a beautiful buffet meal . After the guests are wined and dined , the Fabulous Swingin Blue Cats will take to the stage , to play a selection of jive, jazz and swing dance numbers to get everyone on the floor . This brilliant six piece band had the dance floor  hopping last year and everybody will be looking forward to a repeat performance this year .

At 1am the Band will finish and make way for D.J.Hatz , who will play his selection of Oldies, Classics and chart music , into the early hours . The committee of The Arts Network  look forward to seeing all the usual faces , who have loyally supported the first three Balls and lots of new faces also . All this wonderful entertainment is available for 25 Euro per person , which is great value in these testing times . So dust off the tux’s and ball gowns and join us in what will be a great party night on the 18th. The fun starts at 9pm and finishes late . Tickets are available from usual outlets , Read + Write , Jack o patsy , Gallery 126 , Alan Prim’s , The Walter Raleigh and committee members , Jennifer Kirwan , Donacha O’ Cearuill , Michelle Murphy , Chris Kenifick ,  Barbara Kirwan , Martin Hynes and Jessica Gunn.

 

Click on related video below to see the inaugural Youghal Arts Network Ball back in June 2008

The Tweenies Club celebrated their 10th anniversary with lots of fun for Mums, Dads, Grans and of course the kids. DJ ‘Spill’ aka Claire Regan entertained everyone with music from Thomas the Tank to the Birdy song. Photo: www.youghalonline.com Email: news@youghalonline.com

Mr. Balloon Man made fantastic shapes with all the coloured balloons, the cup cake station was very popular where the kids made their own cream sprinkled cakes with icing, face-painting, refreshments, teas and coffee, you name it, it was a fun time for all. The organising committee were delighted when the Deputy Mayor of Youghal, Eoin Coyne, helped in cutting the anniversary cake. Great credit to all involved in making the fun day a great success.

The Tweenies Club began in September 2000 and has enjoyed 10 years of success, providing children and their carers and parents with friendship, support and an opportunity to socialise with other families. During that time, hundreds of babies and pre school children with their mums, dads, Grannies and Gran-dads, child minders and au pairs have come along. Families from many countries, Nigeria, Holland, Australia, France, Poland, USA, UK, and counties around Ireland have attended Tweenies – everyone is welcome! The adults stay with the child at the group as Tweenies is as much a group for them as for the children.

Since the first meeting in the hall at the Methodist Church in Youghal, hundreds of children have enjoyed a morning of play, art and singing in a safe child friendly environment. Donna Mitchell and Fiona Murphy, both “blow ins” to the town, set up the group and the first meeting saw 10 children turning up. Over the years there have been many changes – the hall was renovated by the Methodist church providing a modern kitchen and toilet facilities and a storage room for the Tweenies equipment. There has been a succession of new leaders, always on a voluntary basis and usually from the mums who were using the group. The group became very popular and was increased to 2 mornings a week in 2003. The outside space in the yard was also used for outdoor play when the weather allowed. Tweenies also enjoyed activities outside of the hall with a series of summer visits to Fota and Parson’s Green Farm, summer meetings at Green Park and the playground, taking part in the St Patrick’s Day Parade and parents nights out. Christmas was always good fun with usually 2 parties to accommodate all the excited children and of course a visit and photo with Santa.

The Methodist Church have been very supportive of Tweenies and as part of their Outreach work are glad to have the group using the hall and its facilities. The Katherine Howard Foundation provided a grant each year and along with fundraising and subscriptions, the group was able to regularly get new equipment and toys.

A big thanks must be given to everyone who has been involved in making the Tweenies Club a success, all the leaders over the years for their hard work, setting up and clearing away and taking the responsibility for organizing the sessions, the tea makers in the kitchen, the leaders who organized the art sessions, everyone that attended the sessions, the Church for their support, local businesses for sponsorship and of course Santa!

10 years on and the Tweenies Club is still going strong, lets hope children and their parents and carers will find fun and friendship there for many more years to come.
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Join CRY104fm this weekend as we head to the Family Fun Festival from the 16th to the 18th of  July.
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The Festival kicks off on Friday night at 7pm with The Mardi Gras Parade which we will bring you live on The Tommy Collins Show and it will also see the debut of Laura Hennessy and Ricky Roche  from the Just Shuffle Show  (9-10 on Wed nights)  as MC’s from the stage in Market Square where they will be joined by Bobby Whyte and of course  Tommy Collins himself as co hosts of the event.

We will be bringing you live updates all day on Saturday from Market Square and various locations throughout the town and the This Week Programme 3-5pm (in association with the East Cork Journal) will be brought to you live from Market Square.

Saturday night sees the crowning of Youghal’s first ever Queen of the Sea. The event is kicking off at 7pm and CRY will be there live as MC Tommy Collins  interviews the girls on stage as the judges make their final deliberations.

Sunday is kiddies day in Greenpark from 12 to 4 and CRY’s Teenage stars take to the airwaves live in Greenpark. Evan Heaphy; The American Country Show, (wednesday’s 8-9  )  Just Shuffle (wednesdays 9-10 ),  T&C  aka Tuathla and Carol   (Tuesdays  4-5)  and Jack and    Simon; Super Sounds of the 70′s and 80′s (Wednesdays 4.30 to 5) will all be showcasing their individual shows on the day so their will be a fantastic mix of music ,chat ,interviews and much more from 12pm .

So if  you are out and about enjoying the festival, drop in to us and say hello and we will be delighted to play a request for you and your family or if you are at home you can still follow the festival every step of the way by tuning into Community Radio Youghal  on 104fm. You can now listen to Youghal’s favourite station  in more ways than ever   on  www.youghalradio.com or www.youghalonline.com or by using the link on facebook page www.facebook.com/cryyoughal

Community Radio Youghal has a new logo. A few months ago the call went out to some local graphic designers and artists to come up with some ideas for a new logo for Youghal’s favourite radio station.
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The brief was simple, A logo that was eye catching, modern and was representative of the town and local area. In the end  the work of three designers came under consideration, Nigel Robertson, Mike Walsh and Claire Regan who all came up with really good ideas and some very innovative designs.

A CRY committee was assembled to deliberate on the designs and in an effort to gauge public opinion A facebook poll was also carried out . Nigel Robertson’s “Sunset logo”  was the early favourite but Claire Regan refused to be beaten and at the very last minute made one final submission which was the unanimous choice of the panel.

CRY104fm would like to extend our appreciation and thanks to Claire for her hard work and dedication not only on the logo but also in the different projects she is currently involved in with the radio station . The Station is delighted with its new logo and free bumper  stickers are now available in our offices in  Cumann Na Daoine.

Tune in to  ‘Spotlight’ on CRY – Arts programme with Claire Regan, John Butt, Oona Colin, Colin Durkin. Every Wednesday between 6.30pm and 7.30pm