OUR NEWS PAGE FOR 2008
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You can find all the details about events, training programmes,
clubs and trips in the Manor of St. John Youth Service on this page.
Check this page regularly you never know who you might see!
SONGWRITING WORKSHOP - SEPTEMBER 2008.
Sonny Condell an iconic figure in Irish music and Liam Merriman Musician, singer songwriter and radio presenter working with members of the Manor St John Youth services bands programme. Members of the MSJ young bands programme participated in a master class on such areas as song writing , live performance, recording which was facilitated by Sonny and Liam. Sonny has been an integral part of the Irish music scene since the early `70s, a musical career spanning 35 years, from the days with “Tir Na Nog” which landed him on the biggest stages in the world, to the truly fantastic “Scullion”, numerous solo albums, to his current incarnation with the band “Radar”, Sonny Condell is regarded as perhaps one of Ireland’s greatest songwriters.
Liam Merriman is well known locally as a radio presenter on WLRFm and had also written and recorded his own music. Manager of the Manor St John Youth services Kevin Power said’ we were thrilled and delighted to welcome Sonny and Liam to work with the young people. Their talent, wisdom and experience shared with the young people created a unique opportunity for them to gain valuable insights into the music industry from the best in Ireland”. The MSJ Young bands programme gave the young bands an opportunity to question Sonny and Liam on all aspects of the music industry with a particular emphasis on song writing. Plans are already a foot to run more workshops to assist the members of the programme in the coming months.
Check the gallery pages for more pictures from the songwriting workshop.
BACK AFTER THE SUMMER ... SUMMER ! WHAT SUMMER ?
By now everyone is back to school or work after the summer, worst summer ever! Never mind we have some activities for you. If you are a 5th or 6th standard pupil in St. Saviour's, the Mercy Convent, St Paul's or you are a pupil in St. Paul's Community College watch out for our autumn and winter in-school and after school training events, they are just starting up again
THE LAUNCH OF THE MANOR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2008 - 2013. JUNE.
The Mayor of Waterford City Cllr. Mary O'Halloran chatting with the CEO of POBAL Denis Leamy and Cllr. Mary Roche at the official launch of the Manor St. John Strategic Plan for 2008 - 2013. The Launch took place on Friday the 27th of June in the newly renovated Manor Building in Lisduggan, Waterford. The launch was great success, nearly 100 people turned up on the day.
The Chairman of Manor St. John Youth Service Gerry Halley chats with Manor member Claire English before the launch of the Strategic Plan. You can find more photos of the launch in our 'Galleries' section. You can download a copy of the Strategic Plan from the 'Downloads' page of this site.
THE NEW MANOR - MAY 2008
Waterford City Council has finished the renovation work on the historic Manor of St John building in Lisduggan Waterford. We can finally use the building again - we will be putting up a special gallery on this site very soon with pictures of the new building and all the facilities.
Good as new again. [The picture shows the historic Manor building in 1920.]
RAP AND DJ SKILLS WORKSHOP - 2ND EVENT - MAY - 2008
DJ Mark Finn gave a second DJ skills training workshop in the new Manor building in Lisduggan.
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Rapper Tim Weston gave a rapping skills workshop on the same day.
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LAUNCHING OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER - APRIL - 2008
The editorial team, who are pupils in St. Saviour's National School in Ballybeg proudly display their newsletter at the launch in the school Library. Also in the picture are Kevin Power and Kieran Stewart from Manor St. John Youth Service, Sharon Walsh from the Waterford School Completion Programme, Annette Cleer - tutor and Mary Fitzgerald the Principal of St. Saviour's National School. The newsletter was designed and written by the pupils at an after-school club based in the school library.
THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE MARCH - 2008.
Check our photo gallery for pictures of our St. Patrick's Day Parade entry. This year we picked the theme of 'Masks & Cloaks'. Antonia Splini from Garter Lane Arts Centre in Waterford helped us to design the masks and cloaks. Take a look at the gallery to see us making the costumes and pictures from the parade.
TRIP TO BALLYLOUGHRAN - February 2008.
Our first trip away this year was to Ballyloughran - check out the gallery section on this site for more pictures.
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CONFERENCE NEWS
Click here to see a presentation given at a recent conference by the manager of Manor St. John Youth Services Kevin Power. The presentation explains how and why Manor of St. John Youth Services works with young people in Waterford. The presentation was made to the Irish Association of Social Care workers .. 22nd of Feb in Faithlegg House Hotel Waterford. The theme of the annual conference was ‘ Social Care in a Changing Ireland’
*Make sure you have Powerpoint installed on your computer otherwise you will not be able to see it.
BANDS PROGRAMME NEWS for 2008
The bands programme is now up and running for 2008. Twenty young people are rehersing in the band room. Mad about music ?? There are still places on the programme - Click here for MORE INFO or email us now.
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OUR SCHOOL NEWSLETTER PROGRAMME - January - 2008
Our regular after-school club in St. Saviour's National School is back for 2008. The club is specially for 6th Standard pupils in the school. Our club produces the 'St. Saviour's News', that's the school newspaper. The club members write the articles, take the photos and do all the work by themselves. We will be putting up a couple of the newletters in our main gallery page very soon.
OUR DJ TRAINING DAY - December - 2007.
Our first DJ training day took place in December 2007 - six of our members took part -the tutor was Mark Finn from the highly successful Young DJ Academy, based in Dublin. You can read more about Mark here. Mark will be back in March 2008 to run another great DJ training programme for our members. Check This Out......