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| Thursday, 09 October 2008 | |
 THE Northside teenage pals who made it to the semi final in RTE’s talent spotting show, Class Act, are planning on making it to the big time following their TV adventure.Keith Moran (17) from Santry and Joey Mooney (16) from Finglas wowed judges with a charismatic and unique performance of Elvis classic ‘Hound Dog’ which they mixed into ‘Jailhouse Rock’ at the Athlone auditions in June. Performing as The Randomers, the lads were filtered down from 1,000 entries and made it as far as the semi finals on the RTE talent show with their act which they had put together just five months earlier. Keith and Joey’s speciality is 1950s rock and roll, but they vary their act with random, original classics too. Both talented young men met in their school music room at Beneavin College in Finglas when Keith was strumming ‘Hound dog’ on his guitar when out of nowhere Joey started singing along. The lads decided to enter a school talent competition at which they raised an audience of over 200 people to their feet and experienced the thrill of performing live. “It felt great to be on stage; we had everyone rocking and jiving,” said Keith. “We had a fantastic night and a great experience.” Joey who does main vocals will be sitting his Leaving Cert next June and plans on pursuing a musical engineer course in college next September. Finding his singing voice just one year ago, he’s determined to keep it up and is now also learning to play guitar. His love for Elvis was inspired by his late father and Joey says he finds the rock and roll style of singing, uplifting and meaningful, “I don’t practice for any routine. I just sing from the heart and move with the music naturally.” Keith finished his secondary school days at Beneavin College after the summer and is now embarking on a three year PLC course in communications and multimedia at Colaiste Dhulaigh in Coolock. He’s also keeping active through being vice captain of under 18’s local rugby team, Unidare RFC. But playing the guitar remains his strongest love, for now. “I was inspired by the School of Rock movie when I was 12,” he said. “I love playing rock and roll especially from the ‘50s.” After their success in the Beneavin talent show, the lads decided to audition for ‘Class Act’. Judges TV presenter Caroline Morahan, singing coach Dr Veronica Dunne and choreographer Julian Benson were so impressed with their performance that they gave them the first three ‘yes’ votes of the day. Last month the Randomers made their way to RTE’s studio four and belted out ‘90s classic ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’. Again they impressed the judges, but sadly not enough to keep them on the show. The lads felt they were off key at the start of their performance but they picked up and settled into the song naturally. The judges agreed but they also told the duo they definitely have a future in performing and urged them not to give up on their dream. The lads were naturally upset to exit the competition but in true rock style Keith left the stage to give Caroline his guitar plec at the end of the show and reassured the audience that there would be “a whole lot of shaking going on” in their future. Joey remembers the devastation in the moments after their elimination, “I was nearly crying.” he said. “In fact I did start crying; it meant a lot for us to get so far in so little time.” Keith felt the same. “I felt really sad for both of us not getting through,” he said. “I went up to Joey and told him this is not the end, it’s only the beginning for us.” Despite the disappointment of losing out on a final place, the lads still left the studio full of confidence and a new determination to pursue their goal as a successful act. They have already played a 50th birthday party for Keith’s former boss and are readily available to play further gigs and parties, at least until they are finished their education. The Randomers seem destined for success but they want to acknowledge the help and support they’ve had from music teachers Mr Geraghty and Mr Donohue. Brimming with confidence and passion and with support from their families, the local lads are more than ready to take on the challenge of the music industry. |
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