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   I noticed that in another section of this forum, that someone mentioned that it would be nice if Mairead would sing on the CW tour. I would just like to mention that, she does sing on the CW tour. I was at the show on Sun. in Orlando and from my seat I could could see her singing along during one of the songs when they were all on stage. Did any of the rest of you that were in Orlando notice that?
  The only reason you didn't here her was that they turned down her mic on the fiddle. But yes, it would be a treat to her her and the rest of the girls sing together.

Mark    ;D

Wow, that is pretty cool! I would think Mairead sings beautifully, but she enjoys playing the fiddle so much she just decides not to. That is really cool!

CelticDreaming

Hey mark, I noticed that too.  I think the song was "Sing Out" She was really into it. ;D

Maybe they will give her a mic sometime, but maybe it is her decision  ;) 

i think she does sing a song or two on her cd... a little help anyone? :-\

She sings at least one song on her solo CD though I've forgotten what it's called.

Mairead I think was singing in "sing out" now that I think about it!

She sings along quite often during the concerts, but I think it's just like any of us singing along in the audience. She's just having a great time!!

In an interview, though, I think she kind of expressed that she would like to stick to fiddling (Which I'm certainly okay with--she puts Itzhak Perlman to shame for all I care!).

Here's the interview...IMO, the interviewer seems a little loopy, but whatever. It's nice to hear Mairead talk! She has a lovely speaking voice!

http://www.24.com/entertainment/music/?p=interview&i=365979

I saw her sing too.It was during Mo Ghile Mear.Come on make it happen!Give her a mic!

I brought this up once on one of the crashed forums when I first started coming to the CW forums. A couple people agreed that Mairead would "bring the house down" if she sang. Many fans would love this. Although you point out that she does sing with the background singers on some parts, she doesnt solo like the oher CW vocalists. However, (again back on the one crashed forum) someone had posted a link to a xmas song on which she does sing "let it snow" (I think that was the line?) Just a very brief line, just enough to give us fans something, and leave us wanting a lot lot more! lol

A New Journey is an excellent dvd. Its gonna be hard to top it. One way David might do so is to do a few things a bit different. Having Mairead sing a song, or have another CW, besides Orla, do an instrumental piece, might work. I have seen pics of Hayley with a fiddle!  :o

Her solo CD is called "Raining Up", and the song she sings is "An raibh tú ag an gcarraig?"

i saw her with a harp ;)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/magilune/bookworm/hayley33.jpg)

Méav plays the harp, too, doesn't she?

Yep, she does!

(http://www.skyward-thoughts.com/meav/gallery/albums/Korea/normal_meav-korea-10.jpg)

That's Méav in Korea! :)

It sure would be neat to hear her play the harp in a future CW DVD!!!

I think Hayley does as well

Jim

Wow, she sings on her solo...I have to go onto Rhapsody and listen to that! Wow!

Hayley plays the piano, the harp and the fiddle.

Meav plays the Harp and maybe the piano, and Lisa, as we ALL probably know, plays the piano too. Oh, and Mairead plays the piano, the Irish whistle and the fiddle...and maybe they play more than that! LOL! :D


CelticDreaming

Hi FA,I was just listening to "Raining Up" & as wondering if you had a translation to the title of Mairead's vocal? This is no easy song for any vocalist.It sounds very ancient & tribal.Mairead,as she has perfect pitch,nails it beautifully.Mc

When I download it I get and interview with Giorgia Fumanti who is apparently some other singer. Do we know why this is?

Wow, you're right. I haven't listened to it in a while, so I didn't know that had happened. Same interviewer, though. Maybe she's crazier than I thought!  ;)

Sorry about that, everyone!

I think it'd be interesting if Meav and Orla did a harp duet for the next DVD!

Hi Mark, I was at the Orlando show too and it was awesome! I missed it but have noticed Mairead singing some of the songs before. As it turned out, I was the only media representative there Sunday. I'm a personal friend with two of the touring members of the show (Roisin Dempsey and her husband Nicky Bailey). I had received my media and photo credentials from CW for the Orlando show and even a pair of comp tickets.  Amway Center officials had told me that standard procedure for media photographers at concerts there was that we shoot from the mixers area and that we had the first three songs to get our shots. I still managed to get off 30 shots and several of them turned out decent. My friend came looking for me but we never hooked up. The show was as great as I expected.  Paul

Is the writer who reviewed the Milwaukee show one of these writers? I say this because someone I know living in Wisconsin who knows I like CW e-mailed me a bad review of the Milwaukee show. At first I was a bit surprised. Then i started thinking about it. Whenever a group has success there is always someone who will knock it. Some people are like that. They run everything down no matter what else. They live to be critical. So you really cant take what they say seriously.

Also, maybe there were reasons why the CW people limited your photo ops and cancelled the m&g. Before blanket condemnation, I would give them some slack unless some truly bogus reason came out.

I almost posted this same observation in another section of the forum.  I noticed at the Atlanta show that she sings along, too.  She also tends to "act out" the words to the songs...or at least she just really gets into it.  Rock on Mairead!