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From the 2005 production of Oliver here is Food Glorious Food from Oliver.

Here is a photo gallery from way back in 2006 – Some Like It Hot from De La Salle Musical Society. Some classics in here. Click below to have a browse 🙂 2006 – Photo Gallery – Some Like It Hot

From the 1986 production of Carousel here is the Ballet from De La Salle Musical Society. The lead dancer was a young Michelle Condon.

Here is a vintage video from De La Salle Musical Society – Racing with the Clock from The Pyajama Game, 1988.

The brilliant Ballet scene from the AIMS best show of the 1993 / 94 season. Choreography by Tara Ann Byrne. Produced by De La Salle Musical Society.

From way back in 1983 here is the show programme from De La Salle Musical Society’s production of ‘The Gypsy Baron’ which was directed by the legendary Ray Jeffery. 1983 – The Gypsy Baron – Show Programme

This from De La Salle musical Society’s 2007 production of Annie Get Your Gun.

Here’s the title song from De La Salle Musical Society’s 2000 production of ‘Guys and Dolls’ – fronted by David Condon and Tobie Hickey.

I’m very grateful to Hilary McCormack for sharing a special scrapbook with me this week – full of memories – from the late 1960’s and in particular De La Salle Musical Societies productions. I’ll share it in several parts over the coming weeks. Today I have the 1965 section with ‘The Desert Song’ with press clippings and rare photos including …

Way back to 1965 and the silver jubilee production of De La Salle MS as they presented ‘The Merry Widow’ in the Theatre Royal. Many familiar names and faces, adverts from a long bygone era – it’s all in these pages. Thanks to Patrice Power for filling in this blank for me. 1965 – The Merry Widow Show Programme

Way back in 2005 Eddie Hearne was the Theatre Critic for the Waterford News & Star. For the 2005 Christmas Supplement he wrote a piece on the history of De La Salle MS. Unfortunately De La Salle MS is no longer with us – but there are many happy memories there for people who were involved over the years. I’ve …

Way back 60 years ago De La Salle MS were producing Oklahoma! A very old programme here and a very welcome addition to the archive! 1959 – Oklahoma! – Show Programme

Way way back 54 years today to the De La Salle Musical Society and ‘The Desert Song’. Up until it’s recent demise, De La Salle was the longest running musical society in Waterford producing everything from classics like this to Cabaret and everything in between. Here is the show brochure – and as always even looking at the adverts is …

Back 17 years today to roughly around this time of year and De La Salle were presenting ‘Brigadoon’ in the Theatre Royal under the direction of Tony Finnegan. The show programme is below. 2001 – Brigadoon – Show Programme

2007 saw De La Salle stage the perennial favourite ‘Annie’ – that seemed to pop up every couple of years in the noughties… Here is the show programme. 2007 – Annie – Show Programme

Here is Martina Flynn Shanahan as Lady Thiang in De La Salles 1993 production of ‘The King And I’. This production was adjudged best show in AIMS in 1993/94 and finished as runners up in WIFLO in 1994.

In 2000 De La Salle MS presented ‘Guys And Dolls’ directed by Tony Finnegan and choreographed by Oliver Hurley. The show programme is below. 2000 – Guys And Dolls – Show Programme

Back to 2008 today and De La Salle were presenting ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ in late January. It was the revised Annie Get Your Gun script which was hugely different to the original incarnation that Edmund Rice presented in 1992 – see the Programme for that here. 2008 – Annie Get Your Gun – Show Programme

Today we’re visiting De La Salle MS and their production of ‘Guys and Dolls’ from 2000. As always a lot of familiar faces in there.

Back in 1986 De La Salle Musical Society performed the classic ‘Carousel’ by Rogers and Hammerstein. Here is some press photographs and a bit from Mick Brown’s column coming up to Carousel – (Friday November 7th ’86) interesting how they got Bryan Flynn’s name wrong! I guess nobody’s perfect 🙂 Also interesting to see Liam Murphy and Pat McEvoy side …

This is their ‘Once a Year Day’ – from 1987, 31 years ago – it’s the De La Salle Musical Society and ‘The Pyjama Game’. Here’s a quick extract video for you to enjoy, and there is plenty of young heads in there that will be familiar.

In 1999 De La Salle produced two shows – the first being Fiddler On The Roof, and this one – Oklahoma! in the Autumn time slot. Here is the show programme from the production. 1999 – Oklahoma! – Show Programme

In 1999 De La Salle MS were presenting ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ in early January.  1999 was a strange year for De La Salle as they presented 2 shows with Oklahoma following up in November that year as they changed their time slots. Here is the show programme from Fiddler. 1999 – Fiddler On The Roof – Show Programme

Back to 1996 and De La Salle Musical Society were presenting ‘Carousel’ – the Rogers and Hammerstein favourite. This one had a sort of celebrity leading man in the guise of Seamus Flavin who at that time was appearing on Fair City supported once again by a who’s who of Waterford Theatre at the time. Here is a show programme …

De La Salle Musical Society twice produced ‘The King And I’ in an 11 year period – in 1993 and 2004. The 1993 production was particularly successful winning the AIMS overall award for Best Show, finishing as runner-up in the Waterford Festival of Light Opera and sweeping a host of awards in both competitions. Here are the two show programmes …

More vintage De La Salle Musical Society programmes from the early 60’s are hiding in the archive – and are worth a look (even for the classic adverts alone!). 1963 and 64. Some well known names in the chorus and in the principle line up. 1964 – Floradora – Show Programme 1963 – The Count Of Luxembourg – Show Programme

Today I have two classic De La Salle Programmes for you. 1987 – The Pyjama Game and 1988 – South Pacific. Enjoy! 1987 – The Pyjama Game 1988 – South Pacific

4 New programmes for you today! So – if you were in 1983 ‘The Gypsy Baron’, 1985 ‘The Merry Widow’, 1990 ‘The Music Man’ or 1992 ‘Hello Dolly’ this update is for you… As always click below to see any of the programmes and I will be adding them to the archive under De La Salle MS. You can find …