Rehearsals for the Wexford School of Ballet & Performing Arts’ (WSPBA) annual Christmas production are well under way as students prepare to take to the stage at the National Opera House on December 16 and 17. Sparkle All the Way is “bursting to the brim with Christmas cheer and happiness” and features costumes from London, special effects, and “stunning choreography” which will “dazzle audiences”.
If the walls of the old Wexford School of Ballet and Performing Arts (WSBPA) school on John St could talk they would have a lot to say. For 45 years the old building played host to generations of budding young performers, watched on as the children, the grandchildren, of former pupils arrived for classes, and bid goodbye to some of the county’s finest talents as they departed for ballet schools around the world.