On Tuesday 7th of February, Tys were brought on a trip to Kildare to learn about the History of St. Brigid. We first went to Kildare Towns Heritage Centre to watch a video about the history of the town and of St. Brigid. Then we went to the Church of Ireland, which is built on the land where St. Brigid built her Monastery. It was a beautiful church with Stained glass windows that told the story of St.Brigid. We also got to ring the church bell ! :D We then went out onto the church grounds where we looked at the round tower, the fire temple of St. Brigid and St. Brigids Kitchen, which was an underground stone room.
After we took a break and had a look around the Kildare Village Outlet, we visited two wells, the first was a small well where we walked around a circle and blessed ourselves with the water from it. It was a long walk to the second well, this was the well of St. Brigid. It was a beautiful, peaceful place. Locals tied pieces of material from their homes on a tree near the well to be blessed, candles were lit for loved ones and a statue was devoted to St.Brigid there. We said the rosary around the well and said our own personal prayers.
It was a lovely, peaceful day and I enjoyed learning about St.Brigid.
St. Brigids well.
St. Brigids Cathedral.
On the 24th of January, Tys went to Mullingar to perform our plays. Every Play went very well and it was a great experience. The stage was just the right size, not too big or scary. I believe there are some great actors in the making in our school :)
Some advice for future Tys:
1. Be sure to know all of your lines off.
2. Face the audience at all times.
3. Always show your face and emotion ( if covering your face in a scene, do not cover the side that is facing the audience.)
4. Make sure the lighting and sound people know their ques as you will not be able to communicate with anybody on stage or hear them.
5. And most importantly, have fun and enjoy the experience !
Today is Thursday and also, activity day !
Our activities change today and instead of the usual pilates, 1920s dancing and photography, we will be doing Zumba Dancing, Massage Classes and Band Activity !
Exciting Stuff !
Just a quick post to say Congratulations to the cast, crew and Orchestra of the St. Wolstans production of The Sound Of Music. It really was a wonderful take on the well known musical and I honestly think it could not have been done better :) Proud to have been a part of it :)
Click on the link to see The Sound Of St Wolstans Blog to learn more about the whole experience :
http://soundofstwolstans.blogspot.com/
And Here is a Photo of the Cast :
