The success of the local schools at a number of different key levels has added to this sense of well being.
Early in the year Presentation College Headford retained their ASTI "A Celebration of Music in Our Schools" champions in Galway, beating off competition from 21 other schools in the region. Members of the same choir went on to star on a bill that included Riverdance's Bill Whealan and the Irish Chamber Orchestra in a celebration of music and sang in Roundstone where they performed a specially-composed piece "Wait and See" The vitality of the children of the choir is just one aspect of the growth of the town which goes from strength to strength as the years go by.