Great Success For Bui Bolg at Oxegen 2010
Yet another Oxegen completed for Bui Bolg, now featured in its third year at Europes Favourite Music Festival, with 1st contact being our Supersized Rock Guitar at the drop off point for all revellers a sign of the ever impressive presence of Bui Bolg. Next our signature Stone Henge style entrance now a regular feature of the event, and to help all those attending find their way around the site our outrageously impressive site markers. Did you spot the Pac-Man, Skull or the Rubik Cube? New additions this year included our Giant Inflatable Man and our Los Vegas style entrance sign “Welcome to Oxegen”. Another success story for Bui Bolg.
President McAlesse’s Garden Party
On the advice of the The Arts Council of Ireland, The Bui Bolg Youth Group had the honour of
performing in Aras an Uachtarain for President Mary McAlesse on Sunday 3rd of July,
at her annual Garden Party which is attended by families from across Ireland.
Bui Bolg Youth Group Performers included:
- Andrew Kavanagh - Stilts
- Kris McGuire - Stilts
- Clodagh O’Keeffe - Poi
- Sophie Bradley - Poi
- Hayley O’Leary Murphy- Poi
- Alison White - Plates
- Emily Mahon - Hula Hoop
- Fintan Lawlor - Diablo
- James Cooney – Rabbit Puppet
- Mark Walsh – Lion Puppet
- Seamus Redmond - Juggler
- Corey Bradley - Devil Sticks
Congratulations to all involved! A fantastic time was had by all ! We were like the Royal Court Jestors!
The National Festival of Youth Theatres 2010
Members of the Bui Bolg Youth Group attended The National Festival of Youth Theatres - “Carne -Val”, which took place in Carne, Co. Wexford from the 30th June - 4th of July.The festival included workshops, a disco and a BBQ! The Youth Group had a great time at the festival and thankfully only one tent was blown down!
Attending the Festival were:
- Backstage Youth Theatre, Longford
- Ballina Youth Theatre, Mayo
- Blessington Youth Musical and Dramatic Society, Wicklow
- Bui Bolg Youth Group, Wexford
- Co. LYT, Limerick
- Droiched Youth Theatre, Louth
- Dublin Youth Theatre
- Fracture/Nenagh Youth Theatre, Tipperary
- Kildare Youth Theatre
- Laois Youth Theatre
- Leitrim Youth Theatre Company
- Lightbulb Youth Theatre, Cork
- Waterford Youth Arts
Myriad Dance - Project 101
The Bui Bolg Youth Group were delighted to take part in Myriad Dance’s - Project 101, which ran from the 2nd - 4th of July in Redmond Memorial Park. Project 101 was the largest contemporary outdoor dance performance in Ireland this year with a cast of 101 dancers. Participants included professional dancers aswell as Myriad Junior, Youth & Adult Classes, County Wexford Youth Orchestra and of course the Bui Bolg Youth Group! The performances were a montage of dance, lighting and live music with a specially comissioned soundtrack by Wexford based composer and musician Pat Jackman.
SWICA Cardif MAS Carnival 2010
Bui Bolg has recieved a generous Travel and Training Grant from The Arts Council of Ireland for staff memebers Caoimhe Dunn and Frances White to travel to Wales from the 12th - 16th of July to attend the SWICA Backpack Training Course. Caoimhe and Frances are really looking forward to the course and Bui Bolg can’t wait for them to come back full of new ideas for our future parades and pageants! Get your Glitter and Feathers on Girls!
Wexford Business Awards 2010
Bui Bolg has won the Wexford Business Award in the category of Best Community Endeavour for the Bui Bolg Youth Group!
The Awards took place on the 23rd of June in Whites Hotel. Representing Bui Bolg on the night were Lucy Medlycott and Bui Bolg Youth Group Facilitator, Caoimhe Dunn. Bui Bolg is especially delighted with this award as it means so much to us for our work to be recognised in our home town! Congratulations to all the winners and a huge thanks to the Wexford Chamber of Commerce for hosting such a successful and enjoyable event!
Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival 2010
Bui Bolg will be entertaing sea captains and land lubbers alike at the Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival on the 5th 6th and 7th of June. Plundering Pirates, colourful Seahorses and stiltwalking Dublin Bay Prawns will be performing as well as the much loved Street Sweeper!
Pirates
Two swashbuckling pirate adventurers will invade Docklands during the June bank holiday weekend with their larger than life antics! Prepare to walk the plank…
Dublin Bay Prawns and Seahorses
Hailing from the River Liffey, these aquatic creatures are sure to entertain guests on the quayside.
Street Sweepers
This pair is intent on keeping the quayside clean and tidy during the Maritime Festival –no matter how many people are in the way. If you are not careful, you too may be swept away in the name of duty!
Dublin Ahoy!
Bui Bolg on BBC World News!
BBC World Service are doing a documentary on Festivals around the world and of Course Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Festival was selected. St. Patrick’s Festival selected Bui Bolg’s very own Eddie Milbourne to narrate the program. So jigs and reels Bui Bolg had the great honour of being documented by the BBC World in the always exciting ( terrifying and dramatic) run up to Paddy’s Day!
The program features the workshop, rehearsals, staff meetings (Yikes!) and the Bui Bolg Youth Group, as well as some beautiful shots of Wexford.. . .And the St. Patrick’s Parade of course!
Bui Bolg were extremely proud to be involved in the program!
Bui Bolg fly high in the Big Top!
The Bui Bolg Youth Group recently teamed up with Circus Gerbola for World Circus Day on the 17th of April. When Circus Gerbola visited Wexford to entertain the masses they rekindled their strong relationship with Bui Bolg to offer a once in a life time opportunity to run an aerial skills and circus skills workshop for the lucky Bui Bolg Youth Group members.
The BBYG were treated to master classes in silks, trampolining, stilt walking and even spinning plates!
All had a fantastic day when Bui Bolg ran away with the Circus!
MII South East Marketing Awards 2010
Bui Bolg had a great night in Mount Juliet on the 6th of March for the MII South East Marketing Awards. A huge thanks to Paula Ronan @ Angel Marketing for her hand in organising the event!
The food was delicious (who had two deserts? - not us! *shifty eyes*) and it was great to meet so many interesting business people from the the sunny southeast! Unfortunately we didn’t win but it was a great honour to be shortlisted - especially as this was the first year of our website! Thanks again to the awe inspiring Gianni Ponzi of Eireann Design for his patience, skill and never ending advice in creating and maintaining our website.
Congrats to the winner Theatre Royal in Waterford and to our friends in Kitchen Index who were also nominated in the category of Web Excellence.
We’ll be back next year!
