Collinstown Macra member bids for Talent title in The Helix

A 20-year-old flute player from Castlepollard will be Westmeath's lone representative in The Helix Theatre, Dublin on Saturday May 19 in the final of Macra na Feirme's National Talent Competition (6.30pm).Cian Farrelly from Ballymanus, Castlepollard represents Collinstown Macra.His opponents in the Solo Instrumental Music section are a guitar player from Carrigaline, a fiddle player from Togher, and a concertina player from Clodagh, County Tipperary.Cian will have to perform two tunes, one fast and one slow. He will be attempting to emulate the feat of another Collinstown Macra member, Anthony McGuire, who won Westmeath's only national talent titles to date, in 2006 when he won the Mastermind title.Tickets for Saturday night can be booked from Richard Harrahill on 046 9025023 or 087 2367941 or from The Helix on 01 7007000 or www.thehelix.ie.