Your weekend in Sligo .....*** Competition Timetable***
Programme Of Events --- Weekend
Timetable
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Thursday 2nd October 2008
9 pm -- The Early Bird Welcome Wagon -- Harp
Tavern, Quay St., Sligo Town
Informal Meet & Greet, Music & Song
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Friday 3rd October 200810am – 1pm Schools Barbershop Education Programme – Sligo IT Multipurpose Centre/ Mercy Convent
National Schools Barbershop Learning Programme
Transition Year students masterclass
1pm – 6pm Registration in the Clarion Hotel
- in Canis Major
6pm – 7pm Official Opening of Convention with addresses by Mayor
of Sligo (Cllr Veronica Cawley) & IABS Chairman (Acting) Graham Sutton
8pm – 10pm EVENING COMPETITIONS - Sligo IT Multipurpose Centre
Mike Warmers – Guest Quartet (The Ringmasters, Sweden)
National Female Quartet
National Male Quartet
Mike Coolers – Havoc
Judges Remarks and Presentation of Awards
6 pm - 10 pm 'Warm up' rooms available in Clarion hotel for Saturday contestants
10.30pm – 12.30pm ‘Afterglow’ Party : Clarion Hotel
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Saturday 4th October 2008
9am – 12.30pm MORNING COMPETITIONS - Sligo
IT Multipurpose Centre
Mike Warmers – Guest Quartet (The Ringmasters, Sweden)
National Female Chorus
International Quartets
National Male Chorus
12noon – 4pm Pre Arranged Singout In Various Locations Around The
Town
12.30pm – 1.30pm Lunch
1.30pm – 3.30pm AFTERNOON COMPETITIONS - Sligo IT Multipurpose Centre
Mike Warmers – Havoc
International Male & Female Choruses
Mike Coolers – Ringmasters
3.40pm High Hopes for Sligo (Entertainment From The National Schools Education
Programme)
Mass Singout
4.00pm Judges Remarks and Presentation
of Awards
5pm – 8pm Free Time
8pm – 10.30pm Gala Concert & Caberet In Clarion Hotel (Badge
Holders Only)
10.30pm – Late ‘Afterglow’ Party : Clarion Hotel
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Sunday 5th October 2008
10am – 12.30pm Pre Arranged Singing in Sligo
Churches
10 - 11 am Open Evaluations for National Quartets in the Clarion Hotel
11 - 12 pm Open Evaluations for
National Choruses in the Clarion Hotel
12.30 pm Farewell Reception in Clarion Hotel
6.00 pm The Late Owl Goodbye Truck - The Strand Bar, Strandhill
The One More Song Session