Ireland - Comhaltas Archive

TREOIRCANBERRACOMHALTASSTAN CRONINAn Taoiseach Bertie Ahern with membersof Canberra Branch CCE. in Canberramembers for their efforts during theyear. He also thanked the CanberraIrish Club for their financial and otherassistance, and The Irish AmbassadorRichard O 'Brien and his staff for theirassistance during the year.The following Committee memberswere elected for the year 200 I :Pictured in Canberra Stan Cronin (left) and IrishTaoiseach Bertie AhernBrian Hungerford on pipes at CCE. (Canberra)party for chairman's 70th birthday atSecretary's residenceThe second Annual General Meetingof the Canberra Branch of Comhaltastook place at the home of Julie andStan Cronin. Sixteen members andsome family members attended. TheIrish Ambassador, His ExcellencyRichard O 'Brien, Patron of theBranch, sent his apologies, as he wasout of town on business.The Chairman, Stan Cronin, thankedthose in attendance, and those whohad helped Comhaltas in its secondyear of operation. He gave specificthanks to those who had given of theirtime freely to help with the BloomsdayKeith Clark with accordian .the AGM of C b and A/dan Moore atan erra Branch of cctDinner,the Book of Kells Promotion and toteach, and to perform at our Siam saCeoil. Those include Jon Millard, BrianHungerford, The Tullys, CathyTrenholme Irish Dancing School, BillTaoiseach Bertie Ahern with julia Cronin, wife ofChairman of Canberra branch of CCE. (StanCronin), during Taoiseach's visit to CanberraArnett and the Celtic Choir led byJulie Hesse. He also thanked thosewho had made their home available forclasses and meetings i.e. Mary andPeter Harrington, Julie Cronin for theBodhran and tin whistle classes andmeetings respectively, Gladys and KeithClark, Glyns and John Leyne,AnnetteCronin. He thanked all the committeeChairVice-ChairSecretaryTreasurerMembership Sec.Publicity OfficerStan CroninBill MotherwayAnnette CroninPatricia MulcahyPeter HarringtonKenn McDonaldCommitteeKeith Clark, Peter Harrington,Aidan Moore, Bruce Lemin,Brian Hungerford, John Leyne,Frank Meany, Jeannette andAlbert White.It was agreed that, in the next year,we would again attempt to startclasses in guitar, fiddle, flute, uilleannpipes, concertina, harp, buttonaccordion, singing, Irish dancing foradults and harmonica.After the meeting a barbecue washeld followed by a musical sessionwith contributions from Aidan Mooreon the harmonica and buttonaccordion, Brian Hungerford andBruce Lemin on the harp,accompanied by some of the musicgroup with various and varyingrenditions of many Irish favouritesongs and attempts to assist by thebodhran group.24