Speech & Drama Quarterfinalists

Student’s names & counties Teacher’s names

1 Alan Kavanagh - Dublin Gillian Oman

2 Ella Hickey – Dublin Emer Casey

3 Sinead Cullen - Kildare Phyllis Mahon

4 Laura Halligan – Mayo Maureen Leonard Dodd

Music Regional Quarterfinalists

Student’s names & counties Teacher’s names

1 Saoirse Walsh (Singing) –Waterford Valerie Leahy

2 Daniel Flynn (Piano) – Meath Martina Toher

3 Maria Branagan (Musical Theatre) - Meath Kathryn Smith

4 *Aisling Murphy (Guitar) - Sligo Eamonn Ryan

5 *Sarah Kelly & Kerrie O’Donoghue (Musical Theatre Duet) Gillian Oman* Joint winners

Overall Winners and Special Recognition

Special Recognition to Eimear Ryan, Nevan Jio, Claire Frewen and Briona O’Mara and their teachers Breda Kinane (Tipperary), Anne McHugh (Dublin) Pearl Robinson (Cork) and Tara Tierney (Tipperary).

The Overall Winner of The Leinster School of Music & DramaExcellence Award for Speech & Drama Performance 2009

Alan Kavanagh, Dublin (Teacher – Gillian Oman)

The Overall Winner of The Leinster School of Music & DramaExcellence Award for Music Performance 2008

Saoirse Walsh Waterford (Teacher – Valerie Leahy) Congratulations Alan and Saoirse!

Prize for the Excellence Award Overall Winners - €300.00 & Trophy.

Prize for the Excellence Award Quarterfinalists - €100.00 & Silver Medal. Opportunity to participate in the LSMD Excellence Awards Ceremony in Griffith College. Congratulations to all students (and their Teachers!) who were nominated for the Excellence Awards. Certificates will be issued for all students who were nominated for these awards. Thanks to everyone who assisted with the judging - Mabel Swainson, Florence Ryan, Toni Martin,Anne Simpson & Bernadette Garvey.