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Evening events normally start at 8 pm on the FOURTH
WEDNESDAY of each month,
and are held in theUNITED ARTS CLUB
3 Upper FitzWilliam Street
Dublin 2.
(very near Baggot
Street)
May
Wednesday 28th
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (8.00 pm)
This AGM, the 39th of the ICCS, gives the membership a say in the running of our society,
and an opportunity to become involved in its committee through nomination and election.
All members should have received full details by post, and are urged to attend.
OF INTEREST TO MEMBERS
China meets Ireland
Traditional and new music from China and Ireland
Location: St Patrick’s Cathedral
China Meets Ireland is an inter-cultural programme presenting two aspects of Chinese and Irish music featuring traditional
Chinese music from a thousand year tradition and new music from China written in the past 10 years.
Ireland’s rich heritage of traditional music is presented with airs and dance tunes for fiddle and flute, Irish Harp and Guitar.
New Irish music is represented with the iconic work by John Buckley, ‘I Am Wind On Sea’ for solo voice and a selection from
A GIRL by Seoirse Bodley with poetry by Brendan Kennelly. A new work by the renowned Chinese composer Zhao Xi
using similar ancient Chinese and old Irish poetry, voice, piano and Gu Zheng will be premiered.
Two special concerts will take place:
Thu, 29 May, 1.15pm Small lunch time concert, St. Ann´s Church, Dawson Street.
Sat, 31 May, 7.00pm Main concert, St. Patrick´s Cathedral, St Patrick's Close, Dublin 8.
Click here
for more information and booking.
June
Saturday 14th
SUMMER OUTING
SUMMER OUTING 2014
The Annual Summer Outing will be to the
to see the Chinese Collection, particularly the Dragon Robe, which has recently gone on display
with its conservation only completed in late 2013.Chester Beatty Library
Meet at 11.30 for coffee, tour at noon.
This will be followed by a special Chinese-menu Dim Sum Lunch at the
Good World Restaurant
in George’s Street. Numbers will have to be limited, so please book your place with a deposit of €15 per person for the lunch.
Cheques to Irish Chinese Cultural Society, c/o 9 Spencer Villas, Glenageary, Co.Dublin.
Enquiries via email to Ann.Wickham@dcu.ie.
ANNUAL BARBECUE - Sunday 7th September
Thanks to the authorities of the Methodist Centenary Church,
our Annual Barbecue will be held at same very successful venue as last year,
Centenary Methodist Church/ Wesley House, Leeson Park, Dublin 6.
on Sunday 7th September at 2.30pm.
(Dartmouth Rd. end, beside Christ Church)
We would
like to thank the authorities of the Centenary Methodist Church who have
generously provided the facilities of Wesley House for us, at this very convenient
location.
There is shelter in case of rain, some chairs, and we have permission to
make tea or coffee on the premises.
The society will provide charcoal
and some cooking stoves,
but additional barbecue cookers
are welcome, as are additional
folding (camp) chairs or folding
tables.
Please contact Nora McDowell at 4971505
if you intend to bring a cooker.
Members are welcome to bring friends. Members must bring their own food and
drinks. We will be inviting the Chinese Ambassador and the staff of the Embassy
and members of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, so this should
again provide an enjoyable social occasion, relaxed and informal.
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