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« on: May 07, 2014, 05:58PM »

Full Title: "Lisa Kelly makes post-Celtic Woman debut with show that will spotlight Irish culture, music"
By Melissa Ruggieri

In December 2011, Lisa Kelly took her final bow with Celtic Woman.

It happened to be on the Atlanta Symphony Hall stage, which is now an amusing footnote since shortly afterward, Kelly and her family put down roots in Peachtree City, about 40 minutes south of Atlanta.

Last year, Kelly opened the Lisa Kelly Voice Academy in her new home city, a successful venture that has not only witnessed growth, but morphed into teaching all ages of students about performance as well as singing — something Kelly perfected during her near-decade tenure with the internationally beloved Celtic Woman.

On Saturday, Kelly will make her solo concert debut at Peachtree City’s Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater (aka “The Fred”) with a show designed to not only showcase her vocal talents, but Irish culture as well.

“We’re trying to give people an experience they may not have necessarily had before,” said Kelly’s husband, Scott Porter, who will produce and direct the show, and, as a former member of Riverdance, perform a Celtic dance solo in it. “There will be classical music. There will be pop. There will be modern dancing and traditional dancing. The audience will get to experience all of these flavors. From the moment they arrive to the moment they leave, we want them to experience modern Ireland and get to meet Lisa for the first time.”

Kelly, a warm, engaging presence, says that teaching has increased her confidence as a performer and that the outpouring of support she’s received from fans around the world — Saturday’s audience will include devotees who have traveled from Germany, Japan and the Netherlands to see her — has reassured her.

“I genuinely thought I’d be worried and stressed,” she said with a light smile that suggests she’s perfectly at ease with her weekend duties.

Helping to alleviate Kelly’s concerns will be the presence of her pal and former Celtic Woman mate, Chloe Agnew, who also left the group last year, and Paul Byrom, known for his time in Irish singing group Celtic Thunder and his own solo work.

Kelly and Byrom have known each other for years, but this will be their first time performing together.

“We needed a guy as a foil and (one) with that classical voice,” Porter said. “And he has a lot of lady adoration.”

http://www.accessatlanta.com/weblogs/atlanta-music-scene/2014/may/07/lisa-kelly-makes-post-celtic-woman-debut-show-will/

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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2014, 07:01PM »

Great interview Eric. Smiley
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