Glees triumph with awards in competition

Glees triumph with awards in competition

21 June 2017

NEWCASTLE Glees Society is celebrating winning several prizes at the Association of Irish Musical Societies awards.

Paddy McGennity as ‘Man in Chair’ won  Best Actor and Ciara Mackey as Janet Van De Graaf  picked up as Best Female Singer for Newcastle Glee’s magnificent production of The Drowsy Chaperone.

Attracta Campbell also won the ‘Unsung Hero Award / Mary Kelly’ award in honour of her work with the society.

Naomi Smyth, from St Patrick’s Choral Society, also achieved a runner-up award for her role as Eva Peron in Evita.

The awards were presented at the INEC in Killarney at the weekend. Over 1,300 musical society members attended, with the winners were announced by MC Fergal D’Arcy.