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« on: March 28, 2010, 09:03AM »
I came across an interesting article you might enjoy: http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/well-take-manhattan-2114828.html

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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2010, 10:35AM »
Nice article. Thanks for the link!
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2010, 10:46AM »
That has to be one of the greatest articles about CW that I have ever read. Great find!
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2010, 11:17AM »
That was a great article!
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2010, 01:00PM »
What an AWESOME article! I loved it!
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« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2010, 01:01PM »
Yes, I agree. I enjoyed this article very, very much. Full of interesting and hilarious lines.
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« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2010, 04:06PM »
I don't always agree with Donal Lynch, but he's outdone himself here....he really did his homework.

You have to smile at his descriptions of Máiréad....

"...What really impressed him, however, were the body parts that made up this new multi-limbed Enya hybrid: Mairead Nesbitt,
a violinist who bounds across the stage like a sexy wood nymph inhabited with the spirit of  Vanessa-Mae....."

"...Except for Mairead, who seems to defy the laws of physics in her manic fiddle playing, the girls have a gentle stage presence,
and dancing is mostly limited to mild swaying. They all sound studio-perfect and with the Debs-esque dresses,
the hairdos and Mairead's fiddling you can see why Billboard Magazine described it as "high camp"....."

Maybe now, Celtic Woman may become better known at home.
There are problems though....an Irish audience will not be at all impressed by the accents,
or by the fact that the ladies can actually speak.
There is nothing new in Ireland about good girls who can sing with clear ethereal voices, and play a mean fiddle.
Oh...and the money. There is a limit to how much the Irish will pay to see a concert, no matter how good,
and they prefer smaller more intimate venues than Radio City and Red Rocks.

So for now, Irish CW fans will have to be content thinking of the much-needed $$$ the Celtic Woman Team brings home.
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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2010, 06:19PM »
Quote from: Maggie on March 28, 2010, 04:06PM
they prefer smaller more intimate venues than Radio City and Red Rocks.
Very true.  But CW played to a sold out house at The Point in February 2006, and it seated 8500 people. (It's closed for redevelopment now, and the seating will be expanded.)  But Dubliners are very cosmopolitan, and of course there's a lot of tourists there.  Outside Dublin, most Irish venues probably seat fewer than 400 people.
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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2010, 05:29PM »
Just read this article for the first time. VERY GOOD! Even some info in there I didn't know before. BRAVO!
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« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2010, 08:24AM »
One of the coolest articles I have ever read! Thanks for posting!!
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