CIT Artsfest begins with dash of splash

HANDEL’S Water Music should have been the soundtrack for the spectacular launch yesterday of a college’s annual celebration of music, art and culture.

From an early-morning speedboat trip up the river Lee, to an open-top bus ride through the city’s rain soaked streets, students from Cork Institute of Technology’s (CIT) four constituent campuses combined to brave driving rain and bitter cold to promote their college’s 2009 Artsfest.

It started with a high-speed RIB run by students from CIT’s National Maritime College of Ireland in Ringaskiddy.