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The Galway Choral Association is seeking new members to take part in its special summer concert when it will perform with Wyoming’s Casper Civic Chorale in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Friday June 11.

Bad news travels fast, and when the sad news came last Monday that another ‘Butt’s’ gentleman had passed on, my thoughts immediately flashed back to the Water Barracks, Larry Dowling's (now the Black Cat), Rings – Cards – Darts – and mighty craic – Yes the late great Dixie (Seamus) Brennan was a major part of that era and how we all enjoyed those wonderful times.

THE GALWAY Boy Singers, and director Mark Keane, are seeking new members this season and boys aged seven to 12 are eligible to apply.

JEFFREY SKOUSON, a leading Speech Level Singing method teacher, will give a masterclass in his singing method in the Galway Business School on Saturday September 27.

Tuam natives The Saw Doctors have reached another new height in their career, storming up the Irish charts once again to hit the number one spot, 17 years after their last chart-topping hit.

One of the most distinctive voices in the world of music is coming to the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Sunday December 21. Gaynor Hopkins was born in South Wales where her father worked in a coal mine and her mother shared her love for music with her family of four girls and two boys. Having tried out the stage name of Sherene Davies in the early stages of her career, the talented youngster eventually decided to call herself Bonnie Tyler.

An evening of carol singing by candlelight in aid of Self Help Africa will take place in Ballintuber Abbey on Sunday December 7 at 7pm.

The roots of the Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben) go back to the 13th century. For centuries, the choir was attached to the royal Austrian court. In the late 15th century, the choir was part of the court music of Maximilian I, the Holy Roman Emperor, who moved the court from Innsbruck to Vienna.

CHRISTMAS CROONERS, a show featuring the Christmas songs of Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra, will be performed at the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday December 9 at 8pm