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« on: March 05, 2013, 06:47PM »

Máiréad Nesbitt says Celtic Woman concert at Mullins Center to mix new with favorites

Máiréad Nesbitt believes audiences should get their money’s worth.

The violinist for Celtic Woman – whose performances combine the sounds and sensibility of Irish traditional music with memorable original compositions and contemporary pop standards – says the Dublin-based group strives to look their best, sing their best and perform their best.

“People don’t deserve any less,” Nesbitt said. “It’s a privilege to play and sing our best for people who spend their hard-earned money to come and see us.”

What audiences see at Celtic Woman concerts are the women dressed in fabulous gowns created by award-winning, Limerick-born designer Synan O'Mahony. “We’re lucky to have the most amazing gowns,” Nesbitt said in a phone interview from Wicklow, outside Dublin. “The gowns enhance us.”

When a woman is wearing such a beautiful gown, she explained, she looks beautiful and “feels a certain way.”

For her, that feeling is free. The music she plays is often fast and “floating,” so her extra-light dresses look ethereal. “It makes you feel free, not wearing something heavy that impedes your performance,” she said.

http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/02/mirad_nesbitt_says_celtic_woma.html

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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2013, 07:45PM »

  This was a FANTASTIC   interview.  I think Mairead capsulizes  the CW  spirit as well as anyone.     ( side note...  Mairead must have been VERY  young when she played for Ronald Reagan.)
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2013, 07:51PM »

( side note...  Mairead must have been VERY  young when she played for Ronald Reagan.)

Either 4 or 5 from what I can figure.
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« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2013, 11:44AM »

( side note...  Mairead must have been VERY  young when she played for Ronald Reagan.)

Either 4 or 5 from what I can figure.

Mairead was born in 1975.
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« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2013, 10:32PM »

( side note...  Mairead must have been VERY  young when she played for Ronald Reagan.)

Either 4 or 5 from what I can figure.

Mairead was born in 1975.

Hmm, then a lot of sources out there are wrong.  Probably all pulling from one original bad source and I bet I know which one.
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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2013, 09:14PM »

( side note...  Mairead must have been VERY  young when she played for Ronald Reagan.)

Either 4 or 5 from what I can figure.

Mairead was born in 1975.

Máiréad has been rather secretive about her age. There are at least 3 different years quoted from various sources over the years. There is a quote from her that deals with not thinking that age has anything to do with talent/ability and so I think for that reason she keeps her age to herself. As a side note, that is not an uncommon feeling among people who have success at a young age or are labeled as childhood prodigies. It tends to do with the implication that it is all something that comes easy and doesn't require a lot of work to back it up, at least when I've seen it mentioned. And that is something I think we can all understand.

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