This year will be the third time the City of Dublin Youth Services have participated in the St Patrick’s Day parade following our involvement in 1995 and 2024.
“D Wondrous Quest of Youth” is an upcycled take on the “Hero’s Journey”. Embracing the challenges of life, this performance piece captures the excitement of travel and new experiences, where well known characters are encountered along the way:
The colourful Pheonix, flying the nest to start a new life, the female Boxer, taking on adversity, the rhythmic Serpent, facing fear, the savvy Salmon of Knowledge, finding a way home.
This procession is animated by drummers, dancers and chanters to the rhythms of ancient and new Celts, calling people from all over the world to join us along the banks of Dubh Linn.
There are 123 participants with performers ranging in age from 10 to 18. List of community-based youth work projects who have collaborated with us to produce this piece:
- Cabra 4 Youth – Cabra, Dublin 7
- CLAY (Crumlin Lower Advancing Youth) – Crumlin, Dublin 12
- Core Youth Project – Inchicore, Dublin 8
- Ballybough Youth Project – Ballybough, Dublin 3
- The Den Youth Centre – Finglas, Dublin 11
- Donnycarney Youth Project – Donnycarney, Dublin 5
- Solas Project – Dublin 8
- Sphere 17 Regional Youth Service – Dublin 17
- SWICN (South West Inner City Network) – South inner city, Dublin
- Talk About Youth Project – Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Artistic Team:
- Tech support - Damo Bolger
- Costume and wardrobe support - Eddie McGuinness
- Choreography - Marie Kelly
- Tech stage support - Paddy Fogarty
- Production - Dermot Lambert
- Production - Maurice Noble
- Visual Art - Violet Dempsey
- Drumming - Emily O'Connor
- Drumming - Stevie D'Arcy
