Over 800 people went online across the globe to watch Dromore West Sings for Christmas.
The opening scene of the concert started with a little boy and his dad walking up the streets of Dromore West and running to the post office to send his letter to Santa, capturing the magic of Christmas and the hearts of the audience. Róisín Kilgannon, starting the concert with the lyrics It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank from an empty Flying Horse Pub, which will sadly not see any customers this Christmas.
But the thoughts of how Christmas 2020 will be different from how it would normally be celebrated, didn t last long when the CCE Tireragh Grupa Cheoil band kicked in at the end of the song, bringing a bit of craic agus ceol to the concert.
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Templeboy woman Róisín Kilgannon has won a national award for volunteering.
She was a winner in the Arts, Culture and Festivals category in the national Volunteer Ireland Awards for her commitment to Dromore West Sings. When COVID-19 hit, Róisín (a music teacher and entertainer who had to move back home to Dromore West from Cork) wanted to put together an online concert of some sort to entertain the people in the area.
In creating the concept of Dromore West Sings , which was for Pieta House - Roisin brought together a very large group of people to create an event for the local community, the county, the country and around the world (people were tuned in from all over the world to watch this event taking place in the small rural village.