The New Era

[ShiningBright]

This is my idea for an entirely new CW show after the Anniversary tour is over. made for a four girl line up, though I'd love to have Jessie Buckley as an addition (in that case, it could still be changed )

Act I
A new opening song by David Downes - all (Mái N beginning)
I Wish My Love Was A Red, Red Rose - Mairéad Carlin, Máiréad Nesbitt
Don't Cry Out Loud - Susan McFadden
Siosúram Só - all
Glimmering Girl - Lynn Hilary
Aisling - Máiréad N
The Sound of Silence - all
Weep No More Sad Fountains - Lynn, Susan and Mairéad C
Ni Na La - Lynn, Máiréad N
An Mhaighdean Mhara - Susan, Lynn, Mairéad C (acapella)
Morning Has Broken - all
Celtic Prayer - Máiréad N (with the women from teh choir singing the vocal parts in the beginning and end)
A Woman's Heart - all
Half A Moment - Susan and Mairéad C
Greensleeves - all
Act II
A new Ceili song by David Downes - all
Òganaich Uir A Rinn M' Fhàgail- all
I Know My Love - Lynn, Mairéad C, Máiread N
Strange And Lovely Song - Susan
All Kinds Of Everything - Mairéad C
Hijo De La Luna - all
Here to Stay - Susan and Máiréad N
Send In The Clowns - all (acapella)
There Is No Night/The Setting Sun - Máiréad N
Walking The Night - Susan and Lynn
She Moved Tru' The Fair - all
The Waves of Tory - Mairéad C
The Soft Goodbye - all
The Parting Glass - all
You Raise Me Up - all (full version)

Finale
Medley of Mo Ghile Mear, Spanish Lady, At The Ceili, The Pacific Slope, Dúlaman

[rfcw]

 
OH this is a terrific idea
I like how some of the song titles fit with the soloist like Lynn for glimmering girl
That's actually the perfect Title for Looking for the next project

[Tiffany Gray]

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!! THAT WOULD BE EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Although I saw that you put in Sound of Silence twice. Just letting you know.

[ShiningBright]

Thank you Tiffany, I will correct it ^^"

[Excalibur]

I thought of another new idea for a show, I hope you don't mind if I post it here to avoid another topic


Celtic Woman: A New Dream with Mairead Nesbitt, Susan McFadden, Lynn Hilary, Lisa Lambe and Mairead Carlin


ACT I: each girl wears a corset and a skirt in different shades of blue with gold lace and green embellishments.

Opening song written by David - Group
No Frontiers (Mary Black) - Susan
Aililiú Na Gamhna (Traditional) - Mairead C & Mairead N
My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean (Traditional) - Lynn
Song Of The Sandman (Enya) - Lisa, Lynn, Mairead N
When You Wish Upon A Star (from Pinocchio) - Susan, Lisa, Mairead C, Lynn
Cooley's Reel (Traditional) - Mairead N
First Time (The Kelly Family) - Group
Storm In My Heart (Dolores Keane) - Lisa
Tomorrow (from Annie) - Susan, Lisa, Lynn, Mairead C (A Cappella)
Into The West (Annie Lennox) - Group
The Prayer (Andrea Bocelli) [re-arranged] - Group


CEILI SONG: each girls wears a flowing teal dress with turquoise ribbons and embellishments.

Star Of The County Down (Traditional) - Group


ACT II: each girl wears a flowing skirt with corset: Mairead N in red, Susan in orange, Lynn in aqua-green, Lisa in royal blue and Mairead C in yellow. Each gown has silver stripes and decorations.

Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison) - Mairead C
An tÚll (Traditional) - Lynn & Mairead N
Against All Odds (Phil Collins) - Lisa
Anthem (from Chess) Susan, Lisa, Mairead C, Lynn
Down By The Salley Gardens (Traditional) - Lisa, Lynn, Mairead C
Dùlaman (Traditional) [re-arranged] - Group
My Land (Secret Garden) - Susan & Mairead N
Inisheer / John Blessings (Traditional) - Mairead N
Fly (Céline Dion) - Susan, Lisa, Lynn, Mairead C (A Cappella)
You Raise Me Up (Secret Garden) [re-arranged] - Group
Finale: The Soft Goodbye (D. Downes) / The Parting Glass (Traditional) / Mo Ghile  Mear (Traditional) - Group
Encore: Spanish Lady (Traditioal) - Group

[ShiningBright]

That's brilliant, Excalibur! I've thought of some of these songs myself (My Bonny, Into the West, Salley Gardens) and love the idea of Tomorrow.

Here are some other songs I'd have liked to include:
Lavender's Blue
The title song of "The Likes of Us" or Variation 18 from ALW's "Paganini Varations" which is basicially the same melody. Either as an acapella dumber or for Mái N.
Schwere Träume
Chanson d'Enfance

Ah, well, I definitely hope there will be a completely new show after the Anniversary tour. I hoped for the Anniversary tour to be one, but I can udnerstand that it's a kind of "best of" tour, even though Emerald has already been one, in a way. Anyways, I hope there will be a new one

[Danny]

First Time (The Kelly Family) - Group

Hey, how come you include a Kelly song? I totally love The Kelly Family!

[Tiffany Gray]

Awesome ideas!!!

[Excalibur]

Celtic Woman: Incantations

Lineup: Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha, Mairead N

First Act dresses:
Susan in lavender purple
Mairead C in mint green
Méav in sapphire blue
Eabha in jasmine yellow
Mairead N in crimson red

Céili dresses:
All girls in coffee brown

Second Act dresses:
All girls in onix black with silver embellishments


First Act:
Opening Song - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha, Mairead N
Glosoli (Sigur Ros) - Mairead C
What Are Words (Chris Medina) - Susan & Mairead N
Going Home (Dvorak) - Mairead N & Choir
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha
Na Laetha Geal M'Oige (Enya) - Eabha
Many Roads (Clannad) - Susan & Mairead C
Allan Yn n Fan (Blackmore's Night) - Mairead N
Éiníní (Traditional) - Méav
Colors Of The Wind (Vanessa Williams) - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha, Mairead N


Céili:
Turas An Ànraidh (Capercaillie) - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha, Mairead N


Second Act:
In Dreams (from Lord Of The Rings) - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha, Mairead N
Dance To Your Shadow (Traditional) - Méav
Bright Blue Rose (Mary Black) - Susan
Ae Fond Kiss (Traditional) - Méav & Eabha
Craigie Hill (Cara Dillon) - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha
Adagio (Lara Fabian) - Mairead C
Bean An Tí (Traditional) - Eabha & & Mairead N
Caoineadh Eoghan Rua / The Silver Spear (Traditional) - Mairead N
Footprints In The Sand (Leona Lewis) - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha, Mairead N
Thank You (Secret Garden) - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha, Mairead N
Medley: One World / Sing Out / The Sky And The Dawn And The Sun - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha, Mairead N
Encore: The Parting Glass (Traditional) - Susan, Mairead C, Méav, Eabha, Mairead N

[ShiningBright]

That's great!

I also have another one:

Act One
Dresses: Soft fabrics, different shades of off-white, cream-ish for Éabha, green-ish for Máiréad N, pink-ish for Mairéad C and blue-ish for Susan

New original Opening song with fiddle intro in a similar style to SDS - all
All Kinds of Everything (Dana) - Máiréad Carlin
I Wish My Love Was A Red, Red Rose (Traditional) - Éabha
I Know My Love (Traditional) - all
Glimmering Girl (Traditional) - Susan
Aisling (Anúna) - Máiréad Nesbitt
Siosúram Só (Traditional) - all
Celtic Prayer (Méav/David Agnew) - Máiréad N and women form the choir
Weep You No More Sad Fountains (Patrick Doyle) - Èabha and Mairéad Carlin
Bist Du Bei Mir? (Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel) - Mairéad Carlin
A Man and A Woman (110 in the Shade) - Susan
Moring Has Broken (Traditional/Eleanor Farjeon) - Susan, Éabha, Mairéad Carlin
Half a Moment (Andrew Lloyd Webber)- Susan and Mairéad Carlin
Greenesleeves (Traditional) - all (acapella)

Ceili
Dresses: long sleeved wrap arounds in bright blue for Mairéad Carlin, green for Éabha, pink for Susan and red for Máiréad Nesbitt

New original ceili song - all

Act Two
Dresses: large and detailed gowns in different shades of purple and very different styles, similar to the second atc gowns of the ANJ tour and dvd. Bows, flowers, ruffles, lace, everything is allowed. May well be combined with other intense colors, like red, gold or green.

Òganaich Uir A Rinn M' Fhàgail (Traditional) - all
Here To Stay - Susan
An Maighdean Mhara (Traditional) - Éabha
There Is No Night/The Setting Sun - Máiréad N
Walking the Night - Éabha and Susan
Lavender's Blue (Traditional) - Mairéad Carlin
The Lass of Glenshee (Traditional) - Éabha
She Moved Tru' The Fair - all
Send in the Clowns (Stephen Sondheim) - Éabha, Mairéad Carlin, Susan (acapella)
Ni Na La (Traditional) - all
The Face With Which You Leave (Steve Barton) - Susan, Mairéad Carlin, Éabha (acapella, except for piano)
The Likes of Us/Variation 18 (Andrew Lloyd Webber) - Mairéad Nesbitt
You Raise Me Up - all
Down By The Salley Gardens - all
Westering Home - all

Encore
Medley of Mo Ghile Mear, The Parting Glass, The Pacific Slope, At The Ceili and Spanish Lady

[Tiffany Gray]

Those are all awesome ideas!

And I LOVE "What Are Words!" I would probably cry my eyes out if Susan sang that! She would sing it beautifully!

[rfcw]

Since I am going to miss the (3) former Girl's A lot I thought to share this CWX idea:

Celtic Woman DreamS X  Lineup: Alex, Lynn, Meav, Mairead C, Susan, Eabha

First Act
Future theme of Spaceship Earth 2007 Intro {Entrance with Alex, Lynn & Meav, alongside Mairead N. Later :Mairead C, Susan, Eabha Appear 2nd Half of the Song : Girl's no vocal's, movements & Bow} Honor of CW Tenth Anniversary
Universe of Energy- Mairead N
Stay Awake- Lynn, Meav, Mairead C with Alex

Belle Suite -My Favorite Part You'll See- Alex, Susan & Mairead C , Lynn (CWX Tour TAR & NilsenLa Purple Dresses)

First Act Cont...

Beauty and The Beast - Alex
True Love's Kiss- Susan
Just Behind The Riverbend- Mairead C
Far Beyond The Distance- Eabha
Part of Your World- Meav (mermeav version)
Reflection's -Lynn~
Mairead N- Tinkerbell Theme/The Mason's Apron
Where The SunBeam's Play- Meav

All Above Dress in CWX Tour Gold Dresses: Note: Alex carries her dress, Mairead C her Spring Tour dress.

If You Believe ( Upbeat song like Nil Sen La ) Alex, Susan, Lynn (Tribute to Lisa Kelly) Believe Green TAR Dresses

Second Act

Let it Go- Susan
Ever Ever After- Mairead C
You Got a Friend in Me- Meav
A Dream Is a Wish- Lynn
Color's Of The Wind- Alex & Eabha Duet
You'll Never Walk Alone - All
Sailing- Alex, Meav, Lynn, Susan
Walking The Night- Alex & Lynn
You'll Be in My Heart- Alex
One Dream- Eabha (With all in background voice)
We Go On; Promise - Meav, Lynn
When You Wish Upon A Star- in order of lines (starting Lynn, then Meav, then Alex, then Susan, then Mairead C, finally Eabha, then ALL Together)
Big Number: Circle Of Life Reprise (Tribute to Lisa Lambe)

Finale ENCORE: Give Me Your Hand- Song's Are in My Heart- Susan, Mairead C followed by Alex, Lynn, followed by Eabha join's in.

* CWX Tour Dresses: Alex-Blue, Lynn-Yellow, Meav-light purple, Mairead C- Silver, Eabha- Pink, Susan-Light Cream

Secret's Revealed Bonus Material:
Happy Working Song- Susan
For The First Time in Forever- Alex & Mairead C
Thank You For The Music- Mairead C, Lynn
Hopelessly Devoted -Susan

[rfcw]