Christmas Gigs

Between correcting exams and writing reports, another member of staff has found the time to prepare for two concerts. Following the success of their most recent concert, which you can read about here, The Keynotes will perform twice over the Christmas Holidays. The concerts will take place on Saturday the 20th and Monday the 21st of December in the Freemasons Hall, Molesworth street, Dublin 2.

The Keynotes are a Barbershop Quartet, consisting of five members (don't worry Mr. Finn teaches History not Maths!) with a huge repertoire of pieces and a reasonably large repertoire of jokes. Mr. Finn's performances in the school are always met with tremendous applause and these concerts promise to be of equal entertainment.

The Keynotes Concert

by Michael McBurney

Last Friday a group of students accompanied by Mr Clarke attended a fund-raising concert in Rathgar Church of the Three Patrons in which the legendary singer Rebecca Storm performed. This event was very attractive but what made it so much more unique is that Mr. Finn and his barbershop group The Keynotes were special quest performers of Ms. Storm. Made up of five people, The Keynotes are a very unique act and have performed for the President and on a number of Irish tours. They are an a capella group specialising in male harmony with Mr. Finn often singing the soprano line himself, an expert in falsetto singing.

The night was truly outstanding with hits like O Sole Mio and In the Jungle on the set list. The act was made even more fun by the friendly vibe given by the group as they made fun of each other on stage in front of hundreds. The time and music seemed to fly and in no time the set was finished but they did of course produce an encore which replicated the amazing performance moments before.

Rebecca Storm then made her way onto the stage and performed some sensational numbers such as Don’t Cry for Me Argentina from the musical Evita as well as many other very famous and popular songs from Broadway and West End Musicals.

All in the all the night was very good, all the music being very well received by the audience and also by the students.