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Le Chéile Family Resource Centre (FRC) Tucker Street, Castlebar is running four storytelling workshops for older members of the community to celebrate Bealtaine. The cost is €10 for the programme.

Le Chéile Family Resource Centre (FRC) Tucker Street, Castlebar is running four storytelling workshops for older members of the community to celebrate Bealtaine. The cost is €10 for the programme.

The Club House Hotel is the venue for monthly meetings held on the second Monday of each month at 2.30pm. To date there are up to 90 members and new members are always welcome.

The Bealtaine Festival is the national festival celebrating creativity in older age and Ireland’s largest collaborative arts festival. Running from May 1-31 and co-ordinated by Age & Opportunity, the festival collaborates with local, regional, and national organisations to produce inspiring and innovative opportunities for older people to engage and participate in a whole range of arts events and experiences.

Festival of the Fires promises to ignite the summer festival season in the most spectacular fashion. With fires in all 32 counties lit in solidarity to the main event on the historic Hill of Uisneach in Westmeath, the May Bank Holiday weekend event is possibly going to be the only festival in Ireland that will be visible from space!

It’s that time of year again when Mayo County Council arts office is almost ready to embark on a month long programme of activity for Bealtaine 2011. This is the 16th year of Bealtaine, the national festival which celebrates creativity in older age – co-ordinated nationally by Age and Opportunity. Bealtaine aims to involve older people in the arts, through expression and active participation. It also encourages older people to engage as an experienced audience for all art forms. All details of the programme are listed in the Bealtaine brochure which will shortly be available from the arts office, telephone 094 902 4444 ext 7558, or email [email protected] for more information.

Mayo County Council Arts Office is almost ready to embark on a month long programme of activity for Bealtaine 2011. Bealtaine aims to involve older people in the arts, through expression and active participation. It also encourages older people to engage as an experienced audience for all art forms.

To help celebrate the Christian and Celtic aspects of the feast of Bealtaine, the Family Centre is hosting an evening of reflection in the Sisters of Mercy residence at Árd Bhríde, Lawn Road, Castlebar.

Easter Bingo at Drum

Recognition of senior members in society continues this month as the Bealtaine festival celebrating creativity in older age gets into full swing. Bealtaine is co-ordinated by Age & Opportunity and works with local, regional and national organisations to encourage participation in the arts by older people.