THE highly professional team putting the Remembered Joys concert together for Alzheimer Society at UCH on Monday 28 has terrific backers. The variety show, comprised of solo singers, The Savoy Jazz Band, Denis Allen, Johnny Duhan, accordionist Charlie Reynolds, Derek Moloney, comedian John Geraghty and O’Rourke School of Dancing, is to fund Waterside Lodge, the Alzheimer respite centre in Ballina. Limerick Lions Club plays a blinder annually with fundraising tactics and JP McManus has been a generous donor to the Alzheimer cause. Lorcan Murray and Alan Ryan of RTE lyric fm contribute in person and profile to ‘Remembered Joys’.
Production veteran Bryan Meehan is musical director for the night next Monday:
“This is our fourth year doing this,” he tells Arts page. “Playing synthesiser myself I am working with Noel Lennon, musical director of Cecilians, on piano and with Peter Heneghan on bass. We’ll have some backing singers too”.
It has to be a challenge marshalling so many professionals on stage, coming from different genres.
“We will break it up between solos by new acts Jean McGlynn and Conor J Ryan, with bands, and dancing by the O’Rourke School, to try to get as much variety as possible. We have to be careful about the style of songs and go at fast and slow paces”.
With the Seoda choir committed, The McCormack Singers, Michael Short, St John’s Brass and Reed Band, Olive O’Brien and Stephen O’Shea taking part, this 8pm concert will be a joy to experience and indeed, remember.
