WATCH: County Roscommon choir selected to perform on Late Late Toy Show

The Ardcarne Youth Choir  from North Roscommon has been selected to perform at this year’s Late Late Toy Show, which will be broadcast on RTÉ One on Friday, December 4th a 9.35 p.m..

Following a year in which the choir won the U-16 Mixed All-Ireland Community Games competition, choir co-ordinator of 15 years Ann Marie Harte was delighted to bring the news this week to her 21 talented singers.

She told the Roscommon Herald that a busy schedule lies ahead. “It's rigorous rehearsals from now, and the next few weeks ahead. We have our own work to do to preparing the piece that they've given us, the lead up is going to be busy, but it’s positive.” While the coordinator said there was a great deal of excitement when the news broke, the choir was given the difficult task of keeping what the piece is under wraps.

However, Ann Marie did say, “it’s a very catchy number we’re doing from a very popular artist,” which the choir will practice on set next week.

The Ardcarne Youth Choir coordinator paid tribute to her fellow management committee and parents and also thanked everyone for the response to the choir’s fundraiser online.

The fundraiser can be found on iDonate,  and all funds leftover after the performance will be donated to the Toy Show Appeal.

Every year, there's much speculation over The Late Late Toy Show theme, with the guessing game starting weeks in advance. People just can’t wait to find out what it is – none more so than presenter Patrick Kielty!

In the trailer (see below) viewers will be transported deep down underground to The Late Late Show Toy Show Lab, where Patrick is surrounded by his top team of junior scientists, who are busy experimenting and concocting the perfect formula for the best Late Late Toy Show theme yet.

The whizzkids promise Patrick extra magic and extra "OMG" as they bring him on a whirlwind journey through their colourful lab as he discovers this year's theme. Can you guess what it is yet? The countdown is on - all will be revealed soon.

This year's Late Late Toy Show will once again bring people and families across the country together for one of the biggest television and cultural events of the year. Also returning this year is The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal, which to date has raised over €31 million since it began in 2020. Viewers can donate throughout the night via Revolut, and online at rte.ie/toyshowappeal.