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WHEN ALICE spotted the White Rabbit and followed him down a hole, she had no idea of the adventures, and troubles, she would get into.

Dance fans in Galway and Athlone are about to get a wonderful double helping of festive fun as Youth Ballet West takes to the stage of the Dean Crowe Theatre in Athlone on tomorrow Friday December 14 and the Town Hall Theatre in Galway on Saturday and Sunday December 15-16.

JULIAN GOUGH’S The Great Goat Bubble first saw the light of day as an article for The Financial Times in 2003.

Lilly Mae Morrison (4) was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that affects one in every 100,000 children in Ireland. During the VOlvo Ocean Race finale, Jamie Harrison, a local musician, performed on the streets of Galway to raise funds for the Sunni Mae trust, a charity set up to raise funds for Lilly Mae. After a total of four days busking, Jamie raised €6100 as a result of the generosity of the Galway people.

FOUR COMPANIES, two shows; one rewires a theatrical two-hander for a cast of 35, the other blends dance, drama, and music in a tale about fallen angels and warring families, set in St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church.

The Sunni-Mae Trust, a charity to help a local girl fight a rare form of cancer, will be launched on Friday July 6 at 9.30pm in the Town Hall Theatre Bar.

WHEN ALICE saw the White Rabbit and decided to follow him, she could not have known the mind altering adventure her curiosity would lead her into.

“DANCE IS not very good at telling stories, unless it is classical ballet, but it is very good for exploring emotion and dance allowed me to go through the emotions experienced of knowing someone who has Alzheimer’s and witnessing what was happening to them.”

Theatre enthusiasts in Athlone are in for a real treat this weekend, when international ballet stars will be gracing the stage of the Dean Crowe Theatre on Saturday March 30 and Sunday April 1.

Shauna Coffey, a native of Athlone and a senior student of the Shannon Dance Academy, was selected to dance with Macnas for the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin.