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Mime Wars contestants Maria O’Regan, Michelle Culloty and Wayne Quillinan at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
THERE was some craic in Benners on Saturday night as eight performers went to war in aid of a great cause in front of a great crowd of supporters.
‘Mime Wars’ was organised by the ‘Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin’ group of Kerry ladies and pitted the ‘singers’ against each other to see who would be the most entertaining with all funds raised are going to Crumlin’s Children’s Heart Centre.
The whole Lip Syncing phenomenon became popular in the last year or so after a segment on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ and has spawned a hit TV series where celebrities battle against each other by Lip Syncing well-known songs.
The MCs on the night were well-known beauty expert Mary O’Donnell and Martin Guilfoyle of Spin Southwest, while the judges were Kerry TDs Martin Ferris and Michael Healy Rae and Leonard Foley.
Well the contestants didn’t disappoint but in the end there had to be winners and Padraig O’Mahony was deemed the most convincing lip-synced by the audience while the judges winner was Joanna Conlon.
Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin are a group of Kerry mothers who all have children who have had open heart surgery at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin. They have organised numerous fundraising events in the past in an effort to give back to the hospital which has helped their children. Scroll down for photos…
Mime Wars contestants Joanna Conlon and Padraig O’Mahony at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Mime Wars contestants Alison O’Connor, Laura Collins and Joanne Lawlor get ready for the stage at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Stephanie Keane Stack, Laura O’Carroll, Lorraine Henchy and Niamh Lawlor at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Mags Sweeney and TJ Daly at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Sharon Brosnan of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin with MCs for the evening, Martin Guilfoyle and Mary O’Donnell at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Jessica Tuohy, Stephanie Nix and Rachel O’Donoghue at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Amanda Brody, Niamh Kenny, Carol Fleming, Clodagh O’Neill and Amy Clinton at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Rachel McCann, Cathy Roberts, Colm O’Daly and Patrick Roberts at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Lucie Zelenkova, Saoirse O’Rourke, Sarah O’Connor and Ewelina Olechowska at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Maria O’Regan, Sheila Hartnett, Joanne Fitzgibbon and Catherine McCarthy at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Sharon and Francine Locke at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Noreen Barry, Anne Shanahan and Michelle Constable at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Sarah Morris, Isaac Kerins, Lorraine Truelove and Cillian Cusack at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Laura Griffin and Clodagh Brosnan at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Linda Conroy, Laura Carmody, Bridget Madison and Kathleen Costello at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Sean O’Callaghan and Colin Aherne at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Marian Griffin and Maura Healy at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mags Quillinan, Mags Lacey, Mike and Linda Dennehy at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
One of the judges, Michael Healy Rae with Jenny Pye of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Helping Tara O’Brien (fourth from left) celebrate her 30th birthday were Tracy Howard, Suzanne Clifford, Deirdre Milner, Adele Conway and Danielle O’Connell at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Veronica Deenihan, Imelda Roche and Philomena O’Halloran at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
John Drummey, Grace O’Donnell, Melanie O’Donnell and Noelle Barrett at Mime Wars in aid of Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin at Benners Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
