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The Spice Boys on stage. Photo by Dermot Crean
THERE was great fun last night as Churchill GAA staged its first ‘Lip Sing Battle’ at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel.
A crowd of around 500 people watched on as the contestants took on a number of different guises under the expert tutelage of Jackie O’Mahoney with Sinead Cotter as MC for the occasion.
The four judges — Fr Eamon Mulvihill, Michael Healy Rae, Declan Parker and Catriona O’Sullivan — had a tough task in deciding the winner but in the end they went for John Murray.
The public had a different take and the Spice Boys — Padraig Ryan, Cillian O’Shea, Barry Carmody and Stephen Bulman — won the popular vote. Scroll down for photos (we’ll have more tomorrow)…
Ciara McCarthy, Emma O’Brien and Anna Griffin ready to hit the stage. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Final rehearsals for Supa Troupers, Colette O’Sullivan, Peggy Daly and Josephine Cahill. Photo by Dermot Crean
Linda and Susan Browne in great form before the opening performance. Photo by Dermot Crean
Rosie McGrath ready for the night ahead. Photo by Dermot Crean
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The contestants, judges and organising committee of Churchill GAA Lip Sing Battle. Photo by Dermot Crean
Niall Fitzgerald ready for his performance. Photo by Dermot Crean
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MC for the evening, Sinead Cotter on stage. Photo by Dermot Crean
Contestants on stage during the opening performance. Photo by Dermot Crean
Steve Elvins on stage during the opening performance. Photo by Dermot Crean
Contestants on stage during the opening performance. Photo by Dermot Crean
John Murray gives it some welly. Photo by Dermot Crean
Emma O’Brien and Stephen Bulman on stage during the opening performance. Photo by Dermot Crean
Contestants on stage during the opening performance. Photo by Dermot Crean
Rosie McGrath on stage during the opening performance. Photo by Dermot Crean
