Jaws: the musical

And here it is, the Animoto video of photos from last Saturday's Actiontrack Showbuild, Jaws: the Musical. Click here for Michael Kemp's daily blog on the whole experience. The music is, of course, 'Surf Report' by Al Gross and Pete Surdoval. Classic.

Adrian Mole Photos

The Junior Play, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend, was a great success on Friday and Saturday night. Later this week we'll have a pupil review here. Meanwhile, above is an Animoto video of the photographs taken by Mr Peter Watts on Friday (the music is Maple Leaf Rag 2), and below are the stills in a Picasa album.

Kite Runner photos

A repeat of an Animoto video, and a post, from October 2007, for the benefit of V formers who are currently studying The Kite Runner in their Leaving Cert course:-


(from October 07): "Many thanks to our friend Terry O'Malley, who has sent in pictures and material relating to Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel The Kite Runner, recently recommended here by TY pupil Mark Kavanagh who has read it for his Extended Essay. Above, an Animoto video of some of the pictures Terry took on a visit to Afghanistan, as Chair of the Irish aid organisation SAFE (Support for Afghan Further Education). On a recent visit in August, Terry had a lucky escape in an ambush in which two people were killed. (The music on the video is 'Spaceman' by The Lift).

He visited Noor Agha (whose house is near the two Sufi graveyards as pictured) and took pictures of some of his vivid kites. The string is impregnated with powdered glass ...

See more about the background in these two articles. See also a Time Magazine article here."

'The Acharnians' on Animoto

Above, an Animoto video of last weekend's production of The Acharnians, starting with rehearsal photos, and then ones from the Saturday night performance, taken by our Head of Photography Peter Watts. To the strains of the Overture from The Marriage of Figaro.

Tomorrow, we'll post the album here.

Actiontrack 09 Animoto

Below, a 3-minute Animoto video put together from photos taken at the Actiontrack performance of Tinselstown Meltdown on Saturday evening. Click the icon on the bottom, second from the right, for a full-screen view. See today's other post for the photo album. The music is 'Festa Da Carnaval' by Fernando Ebano.

Romeo and Juliet photos

Here's an Animoto video of pictures taken by Peter Watts on Saturday night of the Junior Play, Romeo and Juliet. The music is, appropriately, 'Duelo A La Muerto' by Incendio. It's followed by the pictures in an album.

And the album:

My Fair Lady Animoto

Above, a collage of some of the photographs we're assembling from last weekend's production of My Fair Lady - the full album will be here shortly. Click on the image for a closer view. And below, an Animoto video using some of the photos. Click on the arrow on the poster to start the video; the music is Zemer Attic/Tanz Tanz Yiddlelac by 3 Leg Torso (honestly).

Actiontrack Animoto

Last night our TY ended their course with the annual Showbuild Actiontrack performance. Here's an Animoto video compilation of some pictures. The music is 'Havana Blues' by Adam Burns.

HMC welcome

Welcome to the College to teachers from all over Ireland who are attending (today) academic and (tomorrow) pastoral in-services at St Columba's, organised by the HMC. Here are some past images from our blog, in an Animoto video (music - 'Latino Freakout' by Square Ears ...). For the links on the presentation about this blog this afternoon, click here.