Tesco Fireworks
Fireworks Display to Raise Money for Temple Street Hospital
The Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival, which is celebrating 15 years of bringing the Arts to the streets of Tralee, has announced a sponsorship deal with Tesco Ireland that will see a fireworks extravaganza in Tralee on Easter Saturday, April 7th. Festival goers at the event will be encouraged to donate to the Tesco Charity of the Year, Temple Street Children's University Hospital.
"We're delighted to be involved with the Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival," said Patricia Harte Corporate Responsibility Manager of Tesco Ireland. "Our involvement has a double benefit, firstly for the people of Tralee because they'll experience what promises to be a wonderful fireworks display and secondly any money that's raised at the event will benefit our Charity of the Year Temple Street Children's University Hospital."
This year's Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival, themed STARS, is a celebration of all things artistic. Music, tradition, craft, culture, food, film and literature for in the immortal words of Irish rogue, Oscar Wilde "We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."
"Because the theme this year is 'Stars' we thought it would be cool to have a fireworks display to close our annual parade," said Jason O' Mahony, Artistic Director of Samhlaiocht. "I got in touch with Tesco to see if they might be interested in getting involved and from my discussion with them the idea to raise money for Temple Street came up. I think it's a fantastic idea – everyone's a winner, the people of Tralee, Tesco, Temple Street and, of course, Samhlaiocht."
"As the Tesco Charity of the Year, we at Temple Street are delighted to have the opportunity to be involved in The Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival. This is a highly innovative, community focused event which brings children and families together to celebrate the Arts in an exciting and fun way," said Sue Lawlor, PR and Communications Manager for Temple Street Children's University Hospital.
The fireworks extravaganza will take place after the Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival Parade, April 7, 2007. The parade will feature close to twenty local community groups and will also include professional street theatre acts such as Brazilian Group, maSamba, and the Kerry natives, but internationally renowned, Fanzini Brothers. The parade is made possible thanks to the very kind sponsorship of Kerry Group, who through its ongoing collaboration with Samhlaiocht, has been responsible for bringing the Arts to life in Kerry.
The Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival, April 6th to 9th, 2007, offers a range of activities and events for everyone. From street theatre to photography, poetry to dance, the festival programme is packed full of events from a broad range of artforms enjoyed by many community groups from throughout Kerry.
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The Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival, which is celebrating 15 years of bringing the Arts to the streets of Tralee, has announced a sponsorship deal with Tesco Ireland that will see a fireworks extravaganza in Tralee on Easter Saturday, April 7th. Festival goers at the event will be encouraged to donate to the Tesco Charity of the Year, Temple Street Children's University Hospital.
"We're delighted to be involved with the Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival," said Patricia Harte Corporate Responsibility Manager of Tesco Ireland. "Our involvement has a double benefit, firstly for the people of Tralee because they'll experience what promises to be a wonderful fireworks display and secondly any money that's raised at the event will benefit our Charity of the Year Temple Street Children's University Hospital."
This year's Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival, themed STARS, is a celebration of all things artistic. Music, tradition, craft, culture, food, film and literature for in the immortal words of Irish rogue, Oscar Wilde "We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."
"Because the theme this year is 'Stars' we thought it would be cool to have a fireworks display to close our annual parade," said Jason O' Mahony, Artistic Director of Samhlaiocht. "I got in touch with Tesco to see if they might be interested in getting involved and from my discussion with them the idea to raise money for Temple Street came up. I think it's a fantastic idea – everyone's a winner, the people of Tralee, Tesco, Temple Street and, of course, Samhlaiocht."
"As the Tesco Charity of the Year, we at Temple Street are delighted to have the opportunity to be involved in The Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival. This is a highly innovative, community focused event which brings children and families together to celebrate the Arts in an exciting and fun way," said Sue Lawlor, PR and Communications Manager for Temple Street Children's University Hospital.
The fireworks extravaganza will take place after the Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival Parade, April 7, 2007. The parade will feature close to twenty local community groups and will also include professional street theatre acts such as Brazilian Group, maSamba, and the Kerry natives, but internationally renowned, Fanzini Brothers. The parade is made possible thanks to the very kind sponsorship of Kerry Group, who through its ongoing collaboration with Samhlaiocht, has been responsible for bringing the Arts to life in Kerry.
The Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival, April 6th to 9th, 2007, offers a range of activities and events for everyone. From street theatre to photography, poetry to dance, the festival programme is packed full of events from a broad range of artforms enjoyed by many community groups from throughout Kerry.
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