Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
The Arts for All: Discussion
1:30 pm
Ms Margharita Solon:
In McAuley Place one is connected to the arts and culture, but one never knows what is will happen next. If one is in the tea room, one can smell the home baking and see the people in their tutus going to ballet class. It is intergenerational, artistic and creative. It could be the yoga group or the tai chi class that is coming into the tea room. There is a cross-section which is intersecting all of the time as they come and go. One of the residents is organising a concert on Friday night and bringing in two jazz musicians, as a fundraiser for McAuley Place. One always expects the unexpected.
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