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Kerry Macra hosts successful national Capers Semi-Final
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Last week at the Preforming Arts Theatre in the Killarney Racecourse, Kerry Macra na Feirme hosted the National FBD Capers Semi-Final.
Teams from Killarney, Causeway, Kinsale, Fermoy and Clonakilty Macra Clubs competed for two spots at this year’s national finals, on Saturday (January 12) which will be held on Saturday, February 2, in Waterford.
The audience of about 350 people were treated to an array of talent from start to finish, with each team pushing the bar higher as they performed their show.
“The talent from everyone who performed on the night was extraordinary,” Ed McSweeney, Kerry Macra PRO, said.
“The audience were entertained with energetic dance routines, hilarious comedy, beautiful singing and some very original shows.”
He added that the judges on the night had a very tough job deciding who to give the awards of ‘Best Male Performance’, ‘Best Female Performance’, ‘Best Act’ and ‘Best Producer’ to.
In both the Best Male and Best Female categories, there were three nominations in each, with John Martin Carroll from Causeway Macra getting one of the three nominations in the Best Male, and Brid O’Shea from Killarney Macra getting one of the three nominations in the Best Female category.
Both Pa Lucid from Causeway Macra and Emma Cronin from Killarney Macra received nominations in the Best Producer category. Unfortunately there wasn’t any luck in winning any of these categories.
Then it was down to the main business of announcing the two teams going forward to the National FBD Capers final in Waterford.
“With each team having a great chance of going forward, the results were announced,” he said.
“As Causeway Macra and Clonakilty Macra’s names were called out the cheers and roars of excitement and delight from both teams and the crowd lifted the roof and the celebrations began.”
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