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bus

1 day ago

whats happening with it i'm going out of me mind here can somebody tell whats happening cause i'm not in school

and griffen is getting 3 of his email accounts spamed by me to chrck some informion on the bus tomorow


chirsty
it manager
and confused about the bus

christy here

1 day ago

can some-one plz tell griffin to check his email or audio circus email
and tell me (christy whats happening with the bus tomorow
emial me anything ye want me to work on as well
send it to my gmail not my hotmail


nd plz plz
can some-one plz tell griffin to check his email or audio circus email and tell me (christy whats happening with the bus tomorow

1 more day wooooo!!!!!

1 day ago

heya guys 1 more day 2 go woo!! cnt wait only bad thing is that we have 2 get up really really early !!!!!!! i love jessica!!!...WOOOOOO...she is SUPER cool!!=)i luv that girl !!!!!
anyway just said id tell yall how excited i am !!!!!!! so there ya go !!!!!!!!!

xxxkarenxxx
sales and marketing assistant

Powerpoint finito!!

1 day ago

After spending yonks doing the powerpoint presentation, ive finally finished it. Thank god!!

Lou =]
Finance

Finance Manager: No More Counting money....

1 day ago

NO more counting and bagging all the coppers, one of the most boring jobs of all time

! Although i will miss counting all those notes and handing out all the money and accounting for it, and getting annoyed when people are bugging me for this that and the other. It's so sad that Audio Circus will come to an end very shortly.

Michael Coleman
Finance Manager

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

1 day ago

OH my god its only two days to the finals and we still have loads to do!! It will be all hands on deck today to get the jobs done, ( bob the builder)
Anyways everyone is really excited you could nearly cut it with a knife!!
Looking forward to seeing all the other MMCs and seeing how they managed over the year.
Thats all folks
Keith
Finance€€

PR-Echo

2 days ago

Wer n the evening echo 2day
A gorge pic of us with our display presentation(wel wat was done so far of it) and a biog artile...
Woooo
Roll of Saturday ....
=)
Manda

Saturday is the day after Tomorrow! - Journalist.

2 days ago

Hi everyone, I just can't wait for the National Finals this Saturday. Once again, I've gotten myself into an embarassing situation. I am going to be a mime-artist. Thankfully, I'm not the only one dressing up. Now, usually mime-artists are trapped in a glass box and trying to get out. Now, obviously there won't be any glass box but due to forseen utter nerves and embarassment, I'll be escaping from the actual blastbeat complex, never mind a bloody box! Go ahead, laugh at me. Sure that's what is supposed to happen anyway. I just hope that your laughing at what I'm doing, not at me.

Gregg - Company Journalist.

27 more??

2 days ago

We are only 27 friends away from 1500, will we make it?! Find out in the next blog (mine obviously!!)

Lou =]
Finance

the grand match- 2nd of june

2 days ago

Well another school year nearly over as the fun stops as the pressure pile on going to 5th year so i am organising a grand match after the test. This is going to be the last fun summer we are all going to have. and hopefully we all do good in maths!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 1


eugene

uefa cup final

2 days ago

Well another uefa cup final as Zenit st petersburg against rangers, zenit a Russia team beat rangers 2:0 after a very tight game. Rangers played their usual 9 defenders game hoping to get to penalties but zenit has other ideas they control the game and bombarded Alexander(rangers keeper) with shots but still couldnt score.After the first half zenit still attack rangers as rangers still defended very tightly. Cuellar defended well against teke.Then it finally came a through ball came to igor denisov and he cooly slotted home, zenit fans went crazy as they have finally scored a goal, Ranger fans was very dissapointed.zenit 1:0 rangers. Walter smith made changes to rangers, nacho novo, lee mc culloch and kris boyd came on to sharpen the attack. They caused some trouble as rangers sprayed long passes into the zenit penalty spot, then the chance came as a cornor kick falls into the zenit penalty box somehow nacho smash the ball high as rangers had missed their chance to equalise. Zenit hit another gal to kill off rangers as this years uefa cup winners are zenit after the past two years it was seville. FOOTBALLMAD EUGENE

The pressure is ON....but we love it!!=)

3 days ago

WE ARE SOOOOOO EXCITED right now......only 3 days until the Finals!! Its unbelievable. We're making all our last minute adjustments to everything in anticipation of Saturday....even without the bulk of our company (most of them went on a 2 day walk for Gaisce) myself and a few other members managed to get a lot done!
I personally cant wait to meet all the other schools and swap anecdotes(haha)...seriously though we want to chat with EVERYONE and hear about their Blastbeat experience.

GOOD LUCK to our AMAZING bands SPITVALVE and MUCKYS WALL....all i've got to say is.... G'wan the boys and make Cork proud!!! We know ye will!=)

Jess
Sales manager
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Finance Manager: Herbert??

5 days ago

Amanda, you got the name of our mascot wrong, it's Bertie the Banker, where did you get Herbert from? It's great that we'll be in the paper but i'm in none of the photos, I'm sick of photos being taken of me but i wouldn't have minded being in a few blastbeat ones. Oh well, it's too late now - i'm so disappointed!

Michael coleman
Finance Manager

PR-Echo Man

5 days ago

Helo,
Wel 2day at 11 o' clock myself and Becca greeted the camera man and his wife at the main entrance of the school ...
As it was d suniest day evaa we decided to work on the presentation outside ..
So we brought dem round the side of the school 2 our work place...
They were sooooo impressed wiv out work ..It was 'Brilliant'
They took several differnt shots
One of myself in the presentation(dnt wana giv away ne secret on ow dat appens) bt it was a very embarssin picutre and the photographer said 'If this picture doesnt make the Echo nutin shud b n it' ...Ohh dis s gna b embarsin ...haha!!
Another shot of every1 dere around the presentation
And a Gorge 1 of Bucks and Becca...
We tanked dem alot and walked them bac around the school ..
Even got a picutre of the camera man with herbert our teddy(i tinks it called herbert s it..?:P)
=)
Manda

Kicked out?!!

5 days ago

You should have seen our faces first thing this morning when we went down to the woodwork room to work on our presentation only to find a class in there!!

So we thought it's a nice day, why not go outside?!

So we carried everything outside and started working on it!!

Linda
Assistant Finance Manager

Finals!!

5 days ago

Hey guys!!
Well before this week excitment was brewing in the Audio Circus camp but now we are all very very stressed!
Weve got everything under control but everyones just so busy doing last bits and pieces and we are all anxious and nervous! Thats exactly why not alot of blogs have been written at the moment because were off doing more important manners!! Although we are nervous and anxious we know Sataurday is going to be a Blast!!:L:D
Im doing a secret job now for the presentation so i gotta get back to work!!
Chao!!
xxxJenxxx
Marketin g Manager

5 Days To Go

5 days ago

Heya!!
Can you believe that there are only 5 days left to the nationals?? Wow the atmosphere within our company is buzzing and it's so fun!!
I can't wait to wear our "Funky" costumes on saturday!!

Lou =]
Finance

Power Point not working =[

5 days ago

Heya!!
Louise here, I am supposedly meant to be doing the finanace power point presentation for the end of the year but unfortunately it doesn't work like the one I have at home....bummer =[
So instead I have decided to write blogs instead and read through the business strategy which rocks!!
See you!!
Lou =]

Only got 6 days to save the world

6 days ago

Sorry for the awful pun!! Anyways the national finals are just around the corner we have so much to do still!! Hope to god everything goes really well looking forward to seeing all the other MMCs. Best of luck to Spitvalve and Muckys Wall. We have all put in so much effort over the course of our module, lets just hope it pays off!
Just aswell to say congratulations to Michael our Finance Manager (penny pincher) on winning National Debating Science Issues competition in Trinity on Friday , well done.
Thats all folks,
Keith
Finance

Secretary_Preperations!

6 days ago

We can officially say that the Blast:Beat National Final's are less than a week away. Every member of the company are so excited to trvel to Dublin and showcase all the work that we have been doing over the past year. As I said though, we have only a week left to finish up all the reports and get the display into place. I am not allowed to reveal to much...or give anything away but if everything gets finished and all goes to plan, I can imagine that the display is going to be out of this world. Just say a quick well done to everyone...So much time and effort has been given towards this and hopefully it will all be worth it in the end!!

Lisa x x x
Secretary

Congratulations Michael and Aishling - Journalist.

1 week ago

I just found out two minutes ago,

A big whopping well done to Michael and Aishling. Ye thoroughly deserved to win with all the research ye carried out. The two of ye are credits to our school.

Congratulations!
Gregg - Company Journalist.

Finance Manger: Debating All Over

1 week ago

Myself and Aisling Murphy yesterday went up to Trinity in Dublin with all our supporters (researchers + laughers. We watched the first semi final and saw that there was tough competition, then it was our debate and we were against a school from Gort. It was really close and it could have swung either way, but we were delighted to hear that we had won that round.

Then onto the national final and we did really well in that round, our scientific facts blew them away and we answered all the questions thrown at us really well. The other team were really good and it was a tense moment when the judges were finally going to make their decision after a long deliberation. We couldn't believe it when we won. I've never won anything before in my life.

So, it kinda took over from blast beat for me last week because i had so much to prepare but now it back to the double B in prepartion for the finals next week.

Michael coleman
finance manager

Thanks for the Reminder and Good Luck! Journalist.

1 week ago

Hey folks,
I can't believe that I almost forgot to wish Michael good luck for his debate tomorrow up in Dublin. Thanks a million for reminding me Jen. Dublin seems to be the hot topic at the moment, does it not? Anyway whether Michael and his teammate, Aisling (from 5th year and who was one of the main reasons behind Criminal Record's success last year), win or lose, they deserve great credit. They have done Ballincollig Community School proud. Michael could definitely be a contender for the finance ministerial plot in the near future with his leadership and money skills.

Good luck Michael and Aisling,
All of us here at Audio Circus are cheering for you.

Gregg - Company Journalist.

Celebration Time! - Company Journalist.

1 week ago

And a hello to you my fellow clowns,

I wanted to title my blog with an eye-catching phrase and here, presto, you are now reading it!

I am delighted! Hollyoaks is officially a watched soap. It turns out that I'm not the only one ranting and raving about it, as it shocked soapland as it picked up 6 awards last night for the first time ever. Yes, I know that Eastenders won the Best Soap (it usually does) but the fact that we only had one award less than Eastenders, beat Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Doctors for the first time also, shows that Hollyoaks could be the next best soap in the near future with brilliant storylines lined up. The show's producer, Bryan Kirkwood ( I think that's his name!) has done a fantastic job since he came three years ago pulling in the viewers from 1.4 million viewers to 4.6 million. That deserves constant applause. It picked up the awards for sexiest female, most dramatic exit, most dramatic scene, best on-screen partnership, best actor and best actress. That is phenonemal. I have to say a definite congratulations to Emma Rigby winning the best actress award for her portrayal of a teenage girl struggling with anorexia! She is definitely a credit to the show. What can I say, Dancing on Ice superstar Chris Fountain winning best actor. Ya-Flamin'-Hoo!

Well done to the other soaps, Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth was remembered when her actress received a lifetime achievement award. Emmerdale's 'cot death' storyline deservedly picked up an award also.
I just hope that Doctors gets an award next year because the acting in it is terrific and it must be getting quite boring for them not to win an award when they deserve one. There were 17 awards on the night but I'd be up all night trying to account for all of them precisely. Who or what exactly do you think I am? And besides, I have 50 German verbs to contend with. Grant me patience and a life now!

I also dedicate this blog to Cha-Cha Ching (Eugene) because he hates Hollyoaks (because I love it). It's one of those friendships where I say black and Eugene says white. Sure, what can we do?

Here's to Hollyoaks winning best soap next year!
Gregg - Company Journalist.

T-Shirts!!

1 week ago

Hey guys!!
Well we have our costumes 4 the finals sorted and everything is coming together nicely!! Yesterday Marion and Megan so kindly went into town and bought the t-shirts we wanted and they look class!!We just have to put our on special AudioCircus design on it and well be on the way!! We really do look like we belong in the circus!!:L:DAnyway back to work i go!!
xxxJenxxx
Marketing Manager

Dosh Tomorrow Please!?

1 week ago

No need to worry Michael...THIS IS NOT A MONEY REQUEST!!!!=)...well, not from the company funds anyway! I'd just like to remind everyone that wants a ticket for the Nationals but hasnt given me the money yet to please BRING IT IN tomorrow....or at the latest friday! €15 for a full day pass....its not going to break the bank!=) I also promise to let ye know the cost of the company bus as SOON as I'm told!

Thanks in advance lads!!

Jess
Sales Manager
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PR-Irish examiner

1 week ago

I just recieved an email from the editor from the 'irish examiner' ...asking for a contact number so he could ask some questions and possibly get photos of Audio Circus for the paper ...
Woooo ...
=)
Manda

A little bit of Motivation!=)

1 week ago

I thought since everyone has been working so hard over the past few weeks I would give my motivational speech through a blog! It goes a little something like this:
Guys, we've worked so hard this year, giving every project 110%, we can't slack off now! If anything we need to give 200%, we all know in our heart of hearts how much work we have put into Blastbeat so far and it would be a shame to fall at the last hurdle...but I know that won't happen to us as we have a team of people dedicated to the cause! What is this "cause" you may ask...well its winning Blastbeat and also supporting our bands in the hopes of their winning! We're all beavering away at the presentation doing our designated jobs, and as far as I'm concerned, we're working better than ever! We need to do this guys, not only for ourselves, but for every individual that has supported us this year including (of course) the wonderful Mr.G whos been there for us all this year!!! So lets make him proud and take the gold...we know we can do it...so all we need is a little bit extra from everyone over the next 9 days and we shall rest assured that we do deserve to win!=)

Hope thats helped lift everyones spirits and motivate them...even a tad bit more!=)

Jess
Sales Manager
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Productivity of the highest order!=)

1 week ago

Well, today was jammerz with success in the form of Audio Circus! Firstly we got our second batch of tickets, then myself, keith, clare and sarah stayed after school for 4 hours...ya you heard me 4 hours...to do work on our presentation! Its coming together really nicely though in fairness! Also megan, sarah om and marian went into to town after school today to do some purchasing for Audio Circus and after a confusing phone-call all was right in the world of Audio Circus! We'll keep you updated on our progress but we're so busy these days its hard to tear ourselves away from the work, but of course we make time!=)

Jess
Sales Manager
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Ticket Give-away!

1 week ago

Well folks, in case y'all havn't been reading yer mail...(shame on ye)...i decided to inform ye yet again of the competition we are holding! We are giving a full-day pass to the National Finals to our lucky winner. All you have to do to be in with the chance of getting the prize is simply leave Audio Circus a comment before 10pm tonight and the top 20 comments will be put into a draw for the ticket! Easy Peasy!!=)
So Get commenting people!

Jess
Sales Manager
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$Bucks$ Blog : Lola

1 week ago

Sp hear we all are doing blast stuff and I'm the only guy hear and all the girls are sining "her name was lola she was a show girl" ohh god HELP !
$Bucks$ out !

EOTYP!!

1 week ago

Hey guys!!
OMG only 10 days till the finals in the Tripod and im feeling the pressure at the moment!!We have loads to do but for now we are on top of things!!Today there was myself, Becca, Lisa, Karen, Jess, Clare, Danielle and Sarah painting the stand and the surprise construction!!:L:D
It looks pretty cool now but wait till we put the finishing touches it will look unreal!!
Sarah, Jess and Clare stayed after school today to do some work and i cant wait to see everything in the morning!!
xxxJenxxx
Marketing Manager

Im Baaack!!!

1 week ago

Again, I've been torn away from Blast:Beat this weekend and was dragged kicking and screaming, by my parents, to Dublin! Not much Blast:Beat work was done by myself over the weekend but I do know that the company kept ticking along in my absence. Needless to say I jumped right back into work the second I arrived home yesterday. Doing painting and some other secret "Nationals attire" business! Our presentation is looking spiffing and basically we will be putting our final touches this week! Loads more work to do and dedication is the key! Myself, Sarah, Clare, Keith and a few others have been staying behind for hours to work on our presentation...we really are literally putting our blood, sweat and tears into this presentation as we do with all our endeavours so I hope it shows to the Judges, Jon, Ruth, Rob and everyone else that will be in the Tripod on the day!=)
Speaking of the Tripod.....only 10 days until the Finals...I'd like to take the chance, again, to wish all our fellow MMC's and of course all the bands the best of luck in the competition!=)

Jess
Sales manager
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Secretary & Events Manager!

1 week ago

I have been working side by side with Becca in most of the projects for the National Finals. We were originally assigned to organise Hoodies for every member of the company, but in the end we decided to leave that idea hidden away for the moment and thought of a new idea instead which I am not allowed to reveal too much about! But our Blast:beat time has mainly been dedicated to that project in recent weeks! Aside from that we have started the display boards for the presentation. They will soon be filled with reports, pictures etc. Then of course, we have been putting together some other reports from the year to have on display at our stand. Becca has been doing great work over the weekend but I keep reassuring her that we are on top of it all and have most of the projects under control. Everything is going smoothly...so far so good(touch wood!)

Lisa x x x
Secretary

PR-Blog

1 week ago

I recieved an email from The 'Ucc express' the ucc college magazine,Unfornatelty they stop writing the magazine at the end of march to let the students study for there exmas!The guy that emailed explained that he was involved with rob in blast:beat befour and coldnt believe that we are after gettin two bands into the nationals.He wished us the best of luck in the competition ...XD!!
=)
Manda

I Remember Now! - Company Journalist.

2 weeks ago

I don't mean to bother ye now, but I've just remembered who the flame torch fellow from Fantastic 4 and the best actor in Street Kings was. It was............... Chris Evans.
Blog to ye later,
Gregg Kelly - Company Journalist.
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Secretary_National Final Outfits!

2 weeks ago

Another Project this week was sorting out what the company are going to wear up to The Tripod on May 17th! As Mr. Griffin keeps reminding us, it's all about the end of year presentation and the image we have that shows off how successful we have been for the year. Now, I'm not aloud to reaveal too much so to see the finished product ye'll just have to come visit us in Dublin. The outfits hopefully will turn out well now...and with the clock ticking we have to get a move on!!!!!!!

Lisa x x x
Secretary

Street Kings (Film Review) - Company Journalist.

2 weeks ago

Hi folks,
Here's another film review for ye.

Anyway, about two weeks ago, I went to see Street Kings. It starred Keanu Reaves, the fire guy from The Fantastic Four, who was definitely the best in it. You'd think I'd remember his name but once again, I forget. It also starred Hugh Laurie, Forest Whitaker and Sucre from Prison Break. Anyway, lets get down to the facts, it was directed by the script-writer of L.A. Confidential, who's name also escapes me and this film is apparently very similar to it. Keanu Reeves was the lead and wasn't all that impressive in the role of a dirty cop who is suspected of murdering a colleague of his.
Hugh Laurie in a serious role still managed to provide a few laughs but something which drives me nuts about Forest Whitaker is that everything is an emotional frenzy for him in each and every film that he's in. Sucre was reasonably good in his new role also but this violent, foul-mouthed film was all too predictable and disappointing. I don't want to give away the ending but it wouldn't come as a surprise to ye at all if I did.
The film seemed to drag on for a 1 hr. 54 mins. duration and I left the cinema in glee when it was over.
Don't waste your time going to see this film. At best, it gets a 6 out of 10 stars from me.
Talk to ye all later,
Gregg - Company Journalist.

Finance Manager: Who's That Guy?

2 weeks ago

Ok, who was that fellow playing soccer today with the teachers. It's like "Where did he come from?". I've never seen or heard of him before. David, care to explain where you found player number 25? Nobody that i asked seem to know who he was.

Michael Coleman
Finance Manager

PR-Great promotion for the great echo...der brill!

2 weeks ago

Jus as the match finished i recieved a call from helen from the Echo..
I was bery happy when she said she reconised the Audio Circus name..dat as to be a gud ting..!!
So we decided that i will send her on an email about our final weeks and what we plan to doh ..
And GUESS WHAT
She is giving my number to the Photo room of the echo and they are giving me a call to arrange for them to cum to the school and take pictures of us for the paper and the title being
'Audio Circus heading to the finals'
This is going to be great and when i told the Audio Circus members they were all exicted to..
Much Tanks to helen and the echo
=)!
Manda

Student vs Teacher Soccer Match!!

2 weeks ago

Hey guys!!
Well if you werent at the student teacher soccer match today outside on the astroturf you really did miss out!!Some special teachers in tight shorts . . . . . why would you complain!!Well im ashamed to say that BCS' Eurofoot soccer team lost 5-2 to the teachers, with two or three (not too sure because i stopped paying attention after halftime) cracker of goals from Mr Griffin who was taking the match today pretty seriously!!(Clon are lucky to have him):D:L We charged €2 for students in 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th year to see the match and before it started people were sent around to all the classes to collect the money!!There was a lot of people, and i mean a lot, at the match and i can guarantee Michael has a big grin across from all the money we collected!!:L:D
All in all good day!!
xxxJenxxx
Marketing Manager

The Journalistic Team - Journalist.

2 weeks ago

Yo, yo, yo folks,
I know it's kind of late in the Blastbeat calendar but I've organised our very own journalistic team. I don't think that I'm covering all the issues that all you Blastspacers out there are interested in. So as a result, I've asked around, and I've recruited David Carey, Neil Murphy, Luke Manning and Cha Cha Ching (Eugene). Eugene has told me that he's writing nothing but blogs on soccer. That just suits me fine! He supports Arsenal and gives me constant stick for supporting Liverpool. Hence, my revengeful nickname.

Can't wait to work with my new team.
Gregg - Company Journalist.

The Blogging Fananza Shall Begin - Journalist.

2 weeks ago

Hi folks,
I'm back and ready for blogging action. This blog is a quickie just to tell ye all that.
Ce ye in blogging minutes,

Gregg - Company Journalist.

Finance Manager: Financial Results

2 weeks ago

I had spare time so i counted and bagged up all the money collected today from the student versus soccer match. I was supposed to wait until tuesday but next week will be too busy for me. So i totalled it up and once again, there's some cents missing, but i'm not going worry over that. There are three people who are supposed to pay on tuesday but the total that i just counted amounted to a spectacular €485.70, very close to €500. I'm thrilled and i was right Louise with my estimation today from looking at how many attending it.

Michael Coleman
Finance Manager

PR-Blog

2 weeks ago

Well that as being my da so far ...
I got the work done befour our offical blast:beat class so i could go and watch the Student/Teacher soccer match ...Cnt wait....XD!
Im watergirl/super-sub for the day .... Woo!!
Shud b a great and sucefful event...!
Currently we are sitting in the computer room behind Mr.Griffon throwing glitter all over him...Sory your shirt and hair is covered with it..It was mostly Becca ...haha!!
Beta get back to emailing and other productive things
XD!!
Manda
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PR-Article

2 weeks ago

So myself,becca and lisa spent a class writing up an aritcle on our amazing story...
Titled - 'Audio Circus the journey so far'
It tells about how sucefful our company has been,our events,our nads and our chairity work and also thru in sum pics...XD!!
Manda
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PR-Echo

2 weeks ago

I jus contacted the Echo about an article in their paper
And i was transferd all over the palce to finally got the nu,ber of Helen the jopurnalsit of the Ballincollig lLocaility and said she wil be available tomorrow so il give her a buzz tru our blast:beat meeting....
=]!!
Manda

PR-Painting

2 weeks ago

2day was spent by myself jen becca nd lisa painting sum posters(wit facepaint)There looking realy really cool and cant wait 4 the whole presentation to be done bt not 4 blast:beat to b done...=[!!!
At the end of d day 2day i was covered n paint and my face was painted lik a clown...haha!!
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Manda

Events Manager: The Outfits!!!

2 weeks ago

Well the material is, as i type, being priced in Hickeys Drapery, for the end of year Costumes!
Myself and Lisa searched the net last night and Jen and Manda have thanks be to god volunteered to get on board, so we have some pretty dool ideas about hair,make up, outfits etc for the Nationals!!
They may be expensive, and take a little time, but they are going to look fantastic if the ideas ar anything to go by!
So I'll be updating yoou on them soon...
xxx Becca xxxx

May madness!!

2 weeks ago

Wow can you believe that tomorrow is the fist day of May?!!

Thats stressing news for all of us because it means that there's just 17 days of planning left until the National Finals!!

Will we manage to pull off such a great presentation with just 17 days left???? .....Of course!!

So we hope to see you all in the Tripod in just 17 days!!!

Linda
Assistant Finance Manager

Money plans!!

2 weeks ago

Well like i said the match is being held tomorrow and everyone will have to pay €2 to watch it.

Myself and Michael have changed our plans for collecting the money tomorrow. The idea was to go around to the classes before the match and collect the €2 but then we decided that this was too complicated and mistakes could be made!!

So now we are going to stand at the gate of the astro turf pitch and collect the money as people go in. That way nobody gets in for free, we can record how many people go and of course...less work for the finance team!!

Linda
Assistant Finance Manager

Backboards!!

2 weeks ago

Hey guys!!
Well today once the reports were done and dusted (thank god) we started some work on the EOTYP!!The coloured backboards that Becca bought in Art'n'Hobbie were designed today and painted in various colours!!
Myself, Lisa, Manda and Becca (the artist) did the posters with help from Jessica and others!!
Great team effort guys!!:D
Wait till ye see them yell be so impressed!!:L:D
xxxJenxxx
Marketi ng Manager

Finance Manager: File Format Frustration

2 weeks ago

Christy today and yesterday was given the task to convert our files, which included my business report. i meant to send it to mr griffin in rtf form but i sent the wrong report. but it wasn't a complete disaster, christy fixed my report this morning and now it's in plenty of formats although the pictures look funny. but hey, it's the information that counts. so thanks christy!

Michael Coleman
Finance Manager

Finishing the Reports!!!!

2 weeks ago


Well just finishing up on some last minute reports so everyones fairly stressed to say the least!!Eveyones working really hard so it should all pay off in the end!!We still have loads more to do with the EOTYP so we should be kept busy for a bit

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Our end of year video plan !!

2 weeks ago

Yello, Clare here!

I've just put together a plan for the end of year video, it'll be discussed in more detail during the blastbeat meeting on thursday, but I think we have a basic structure more or less established. Everyone is bringing brilliant ideas to the table so hopefully the video will turn out well! We'll start putting it together by the end of the week and it should be finished fairly soon after. We still have to discuss music videos with our bands and film official interviews so all of that should be done over the next week or two aswell.I'm going to start bringing my laptop into school, because all of our footage and previous videos are on it and we have easier access to it than we would mr griffins computer.

Needless to say, the multimedia team will be quite busy over the next few weeks!

Clare
Multimedia Manager
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Teachers!!

2 weeks ago

Hey guys!!
Well for the finals in Dublin, which are sooooooooo close, we have three teachers coming up with us because how dangerous would Audio Circus be on the loose in Dublin with no supervisor!!Thered be a few problems!!
So accompanying us are:
Mr Grifin(of course) hes been with us through thick and thin and its only expected thatd hed be on the day to stress us out even more than he does!!(only joking sir if your reading this):lol:
Mr O Toole, who has joined the Audio Circus team on the run up to finals to help us with our oh-so special surprise!!
And last but not least Mr Jean Yves!!This man has helped us so much throughout the year with our French and it only make sense that he comes to Dublin so he can translate for anyone french coming to our area!!:lol:
What legends, were gonna have fun in Dublin!!
xxxJenxxx
Marketing Manager

Its SNOWING!!!

2 weeks ago

Or....il neige....as the french might say! Just another slight distraction to our report writing but its sooo worth it because in all fairness when do you EVER see snow in Cork?! Your chances are slim to none!=) Snow Day....haha...doubt it!=)

Jess
Sales Manager
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Art and Design Report..

2 weeks ago

As Jen already mentioned, people are finishing reports like craazaay today. That includes the Art and Design report. Michael and David have set fairly high standards for the rest of us with their reports, which were of the highest possible quality, well done lads :D

The art and design report is just about finished, but in need of a few more proof reads just to be sure!

Clare
Multimedia Manager
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...juggling

2 weeks ago

yes its true!! i was juggling in biology practising and of course.J.O.C. would have to call on me to show the WHOLE class!!..MORTIFICATION IS AN UNDERSTANDMENT!!..but i didnt mess up terribly and once i got going i was grand but i was soooooo red!! hahaha
but in the end i ended up showing J.O.C how to juggle himself and hes better than i was when i started..ahh! hahaha!!..
anyway suffice to say il be *fingers crossed* brilliant at da juggling soon but just ta say --> ya im not taking out cians juggling balls in english class again cz da lads..OMG..well lets just say people got pelted with juggling balls through no fault of mine!hahahaha..

--Ciara Carroll--
--Art Manager--

Reports, reports, reports . . .

2 weeks ago

Hey guys!!
Well i havent been on Blastspace in aggges because ive been busy writing a viral marketing report for Blast: Beat and finally its done!!Myself, Danielle, Karen and Christy have put loads of effort into it and hopefully itl be up to Blast: Beat standards!!
Not only was a viral marketing report to be completed (im still tying all businessy) but a finance report had to be done aswell!!I hear its an amazing 19 pages long and is Michael and Davids best work!!Well Done guys!!
As well as all these fantastic reports Clare O Leary (Art/Multimedia manager) is doing an Arts report and i havent heard much about it but id say knowing Clare its a Masterpiece!!
xxxJenxxx
Marketing Manager

Major View-age!

2 weeks ago

We have officially reached the 4200 page view mark and we are DELIRA!!! But as Linda already said we are NOT going to stop now...we want to make it to 5000+ views before the final on the 17th so please help us realise our dream by checking our page updates regularly! Go on...You know you want to!!=)

Jess
Sales Manager
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Aren't we popular?!!

2 weeks ago

Wow i just looked at our friends list and it made my day!!

We now have 1,375 friends!!

So thanks to each and every one of you for being our friend and supporting us through the competition!!

Linda
Assistant Finance Manager

Juggling jitters!!

2 weeks ago

Ciara has been working very hard on her juggling act for the National Finals and this morning she was caught practicing in class....her punishment....she had to juggle in front of everyone!!

Poor Ciara was mortified!!

Anyway to make a long story short shes getting much better and her juggling act is almost perfect!!

Linda
Assistant Finance Manager

Reports

2 weeks ago

Keith here, helping clare work on her Art and Deisgn report!Clare has done fabulous work on the report and she asked me to help her put the finishing touches to it.
Cant wait for the finals only two and a bit weeks to the finals. Its going to be class.!! Loads of effort going in from everyone in the company . !!
Keith
Finance

Secretary_HECTIC MAY!

2 weeks ago

well as all of ye know...the Blastbeat National Finals are only just around the corner. They are slowly but surely creeping up on us! Now, everything that we have been doing all year is coming to an end but saying that, we have soooo much work to do in the next three weeks. Unbelievable! We are tipping away with the end of the year display and myself and Becca have taken on the challenge of arranging outfits(t-shirts etc) for all the company members to wear to The Tripod on March 17th! And I assure you it is not as easy as it sounds! This week now, Amanda is setting us all up with a PR source that we must all get in contact with to make Audio Circus' story more known around Cork! The EOTYP is also in full swing...We cannot thank Mr. O Toole enough for all the hard work he is putting into the presentation! It is going to be out of this world...and we have him to thank! We must also do up some reports for the EOTYP! We have loads of ideas and the next the next thing now is to get them up and running!!

Lisa x x x
Secretary

PR-Contacts

2 weeks ago

Wel on thursday,
We decided to start a PR contact and progression copy:
Wel the contacts part is getting quite full,now i have to divide them up amongst the team and start getting media
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Manda
PR

..Another Camera Issue??

3 weeks ago

Yello, Clare here.. So I said I'd try to upload another few videos today but I think I may have encountered another problem with the camera..

I'll try not to bore you with the details..but this is the story..When you put a new disc into the camera your supposed to initialize it before filming anything, but it's looking like several people who put in new discs didn't initialize them first. If you don't initailize it, that means you can't finalize it..which means you cant upload anything to the computer, but if I initialize the discs now, we'll lose all of the footage that's already on the discs!!..Can yez see my dilemma here??

Jaysus! Paudie G will have to be consulted on Monday! Hopefully theres some way around it! Oh and cheers to Jess for her lovely-ness!

Clare
Multimedia Manager
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Have fun guys !!!!!!

3 weeks ago

ok before i go i just wanted to say to danielle , jen and have fun without tomorrro ill be busy working while ye get to work on putting the finishing touches on our brillant Viral Mraketing report its gonna be great guys !!!!!

im soo jelous of you danielle youll get the guided tour o jens house and mabey if your lucky get some pink chicken hahaha dont ask i think they tried to posin manda with it already hahah so g`luck with that !!!!!!!!!

hahahah anyway girls have fun !!!!!!!!!!

ill off for the night talk to ye all soon !!

xxkarenxx
Sales and Marketing Assistant

Friends !!!!!!!!!!! woo!!!

3 weeks ago

heeelo folks just wanted to correct jessies blog there about us havin 1313 friends we are now up to 1358 friends wowza !!!!!!!!! hahaha deeeeeelighted but im havin trouble finding new friends for us !!!!!! but no fear ill take your advice jess n il never say die hahaha!!!
ooh not long now till the nationals and i for one cant wait !!!!!!!!!wooo!!!!


Sales and Marketing Assistant
XXXkarenXXX =)

Adrian's Interview Video

3 weeks ago

Last but not least, I just uploaded Adrians interview video! Go and watch it..you'll find our out about Adrians fondness for pate on toast cut into little triangles..tehe..

Clare
Multime dia Manager
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Shanes Interview Video!

3 weeks ago

I've just uploaded a video of this fairly giggle- worthy interview so go and have a look! Twill make for a few laughs!

Clare
Multimedia Manager
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Updates

3 weeks ago

well as you can see from the previous blogs theres lots to be reported about this week!! from bagpacking to fixing the camera weve been running ragged!! lets just say we r being kept on our toes!!....
well for anyone whos interested ... myself and Clare are going to Jennifers house tomorrow to work on and put the finishing touches to our Viral Marketing Report!! yay!!! should be fun!! i finally get to jens house!!!... i tought she'd neva ask!!haha youll never be able to get rid of me now jen!! so there will be plenty to blog about and discuss at blast:beat on Thursday... im counting down the days!!

Online Promotion Manager

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Aobheann's Interview Video

3 weeks ago

Aaaaw cheers Jess, but it was mostly Mr G who figured it out, so kudos to him!!
Just uploaded a video of Aobheann's interview, once again in Brian's bathroom so go have a look!!

Clare
Multimedia Manager
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WE LOVE YOU CLARE!!!

3 weeks ago

Theres nothing this girl cant do...she figured out how to fix the whole camera situation (with the help of Mr.G) and now shes just uploaded 2 NEW VIDEOS!!! GO CLARE!!=)

Jess
Sales Manager
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Wahey! New Video Upload!

3 weeks ago

Well tis been ages since I've blogged about uploading a new video! Thank jaysus our camera problems have been solved!

I may aswell tell yez the sceal with uploading it..
So I got the camera off of Paudie today and took it home for some video editing. I ended up having to download some video ripping software called Magic DVD Ripper which could possibly be illegal..but however, that was all fine and dandy (even though it took ages) and I tried to import it to Movie maker..But some sign came up saying I didnt have the right codec installed or something..Not having a clue what a codec was I did the only thing I could think of.. GOOGLE it!!
So I ended up downloading a codec off of some website and it did the trick!!

Chuffed to be able to edit all of our footage, I've just uploaded a video of Spitvalve practicing, welll worth a peak and I'm just about to make a start on the rest of the videos!!

Much Love!!!!
CLare
Multimedia Manager
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Finance Manager: Debt Paid (Creditor not Debtor)

3 weeks ago

Lesson of the day: A creditor is a person who you owe money to. A debtor on the other hand is a person who owes you money! Debtors are always nicer to have.

Back to the point, we no longer have any debt with mr griffin and he's put all my end of year thingys off now because he took €5 less than he was owed. So he took €360. So i thought that was really nice of him at first, until i realised it but off all my balances. If you read this "Mr G", there's no need to take that extra fiver, its grand!

Michael Coleman
Finance Manager

Finance Manager: Some of our fortune Lodged

3 weeks ago

Yesterday, myself and keith (and a little help from David) counted up what money we wanted to lodge into our account. But unfotunately, we did it slightly wrong and i saw the problem after. We had more bags than we needed of coins. More or less, there were a few bags containing a few euro coins whereas as these could have been put into one bag. Oh well, we're learning from our mistakes. anyone would when you have to go through a load of coppers again!

Michael Coleman
Finance Manager

Our Presentation so far..

3 weeks ago

Yelloo boys and girls! Clare here!!

So I must say I'm majorly chuffed with the progress of our display! An important part of it is complete and looking fantastic and completely authentic, only myself and chris have seen this finished part aswell as mr griffin who opened the door for us!

After a quick discussion with paudie g, it was decided that sponsorship for the presentation would be a good idea, Michael will be chuffed! So I have a few ideas of who to ask and i'll start ringing around ASAP!

Clare
Multimedia Manager
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proxies galore

3 weeks ago

if the vvd1 proxy becomes blocked
a) you must have forgot it is https:// not http://
b) still try this you need to say yes to the first two windows which pop up
c) just printed a fresh list of secur proxies so just ask for one (that is if you are in audio circus)

CHRISTY
IT MANAGER

Nationals Attire!

3 weeks ago

Bhuel, at the meeting yesterday a few of us were discussing what was to be worn by "Audio Circus" at the Nationals! A lot of good suggesstions were flying around the place (best one I heard is we all dress as Balloons...JOKE!) but I cant divulge any of these creative ideas...just in case! Ye'll all just have to wait and see! Alright...I'll give ye 1 clue...there MIGHT be elastic involved!=)

Jess
Sales Manager

Money Money Money

3 weeks ago

Up in biology class as usual on a friday morning. Comp room!!

Yesterday me, michael, clare, jenifer, danielle in the space of 20 minutes counted a huge bag of money. not bad !! Michael and I then proceed to count all of the blast beat moany that was going to be lodged. What a job, If I see another copper coin again I think I will crack up!! i think I have developed a phobia for 2 centsespecially!!
Anyway it kept us busy and it is good that we have it all sorted and out of the way!!
Thats all folks!!
Keith
Finance

Bus Problem-o!

3 weeks ago

As you might have read in Sarahs previous blog I rang the bus-hire company yesterday during BlastBeat only to be told that we may not be able to get a bus for the times we want but the lovely woman that I was talking to said she'd look into it and let me know! I'm just waiting on the phonecall today!=)

Jess
Sales Manager
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VIEWS!!!!

3 weeks ago

Oh My GOD!!!! Im in a free class in business at the mo' so I decided to log on to Blastspace and I saw that we had 4025 VIEWS!! I cant believe we've exceeded our goal for page views but we won't stop there we are not going to stop until the last second!
WOOO...AUDIO CIRCUS!!=)

Jess
Sales Manager
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CEO'S BLOG:Recruiting Teachers.

3 weeks ago

David has been working very hard to organise the Teacher-Student match next week and all last week he was recruiting the teachers!
He of course went for all the young strapping men!
Griffin will be a sub and allowed five minutes at the end if hes lucky.Haha!Just jossing!
Now JJ Murphy shot me down last on Tuesday when I asked him to play but nothing would beat a geography teacher in a pair of shorts!
Lets ask again!

Sarah

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CEO'S BLOG:May 3rd Gig

3 weeks ago

Im strongly suggesting that everyone go to the gig on the 3rd of May in cyprus avenue!
Besides the fact that some top class bands are playing like Spitvalve and Muckys's Wall,as are Stumelina Brians other band.Suede Halo,that Jimmy is a hero!
And many other bands!
The gig was organised by The Light Show,conisting of Caoimhe Horgan and that hero Jimmy Mooring.
Its for a very good also!
Some 5th years and old members of Criminal Records are making a voluntery trip to Belarus this summer for 3 weeks.
Stephanie Kavanagh,Amy Murray Chantwell and Orla McSweeny are among them.Caoimhe herself wasnt allowed to go but she has Oxegen tickets to compensate!
Lets see if we can donate something to them =)

Sarah

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CEO'S BLOG:Slaving Michael!

3 weeks ago

Really couldn't ask anymore of our Finance Manager Michael!
Hes been absolutely slaving away at his finance report for over a week now and dedicating all his spare time to its cause.
Of course he couldnt