Our busiest week yet

Hi Guys

Hope you are all doing well.  Well we are coming to the end of our busiest week yet!!!!.  It's been crazy.  New York is always a busy time for us, but New York around Paddy's Day is just madness. We got to perform on the Today show again this year which was wonderful, considering it's where we started 4 years ago!.  Although this time they allowed us to sing indoors which was fantastic.  I'll never forget the first year, singing Orinocco Flow in the freezing cold!!  Kathy Lee Gifford and her husband hosted the show and they were really lovely to us.  Then we had the two nights in Radio City, which was just wonderful.  It was great to see so many familiar faces in the audience. Being in New York, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to go to Central Park Zoo with the kids. It's a really small zoo but perfect for the little ones.  We got to see the sea lions and the penguins!  Such beautiful creatures.  I actually received a gorgeous penguin called "Terrwyn" from the Mairead Forum fans when we played in Wilkes Barre so thank you so much for him.  I love him.  And thank you to all of you who sent letters and gifts over the last few weeks.  They were much appreciated.  

So here we are in Wallingford for 2 shows.  We head back to NYC tonight for our appearance on the Mike and Juliet show in the morning and then we get to ring the closing bell on the NYSE tomorrow afternoon.  How exciting!  We're really looking forward to that.  It's been hectic but fun.

Thanks for all your posts.  It's lovely to hear from you all!!!

Take care

Love and best wishes

Lisaxxxxxxx

Catch up

Hi All

Hope this finds you all well.

I't hard to believe the month of February is almost over.  What a month it has been!  I can honestly say that I have experienced the coldest weather in the last couple of weeks!!  Thankfully the temperature should get a little higher as we head south this weekend.

At the moment we are in the Ohio Theatre in Columbus.  This is the first time Celtic Woman has played this theatre.  Every other time we played the Palace Theatre.  I did spend a week here with Riverdance though, back in 2000 so it's nice to come back.  The theatre here is amazing.  We've been very lucky this month to have played in some really gorgeous theatres.

The Palace in Louisville is stunning.  I love going back there.  And of course there was the Chicago Theatre which is just incredible.  Chicago is a city that I haven't spent all that much time in but i'm making a point of going back.  What a great city!.  I'd live on Garret's popcorn if i lived there though!.  For those of you who haven't heard or Garrets, trust me, it's worth a visit.

Whilst in Chicago, I got to do the first night meet & greet which seemed to have hundreds of people attend.  It was so nice to see so many familiar faces and to meet fans that we hadn't met before.  I was presented with a whole bunch of incredible gifts and I'd like to thank all of you who contributed.  I was speechless, to say the least.  Completely overwhelmed.  

From Chicago we went on to Detroit, where i'm convinced I got frostbite!!!.  I've never been as cold in all my life.  Then on to Indianapolis, another city i love mainly because they have an amazing zoo.  Every time we go there, I go to see the walrus in the zoo.  He's incredible but we were staying too far away this time, so i'll have to save it until I go back.  We then spent nearly three days in Louisville, which was great and now here we are in Columbus.  So all is going well.  I've managed to get in to a routine on the road, so i'll hopefully have time to write again soon

With love

Lisaxxxx

Production Week

Hi All

Well production week is officially over!!!!.  We arrived in Evansville last week and got to see very little of the city but plenty of the Walnut Centre downtown!.

Rehearsals went pretty well to be honest.  There are some new faces on the tour this time which is always nice and of course there was the catching up with friends that we haven't seen since last tour!  The weather was baltic, to say the least!!!!.  I've never been as cold in all my life and then by the end of the week, the temperature hit 65!!!!!.  Crazy!  Anyway by the time last night arrived, dresses had been fitted, dance moves had be mastered (well kind of!!) and the voices were on top form.  Our show kicked off at about 7.45 and what a joy it was to see so many familiar faces in the front row!.  It helped put all our nerves at ease!.  We had a great time last night.  The show went without a hitch but I'm not giving away any spoilers!.  You'll all just have to wait and see.

So here we are in Minneapolis and guess what - it's even colder than Evansville!!!!  But there's always Mall of America to keep me warm!!.

Thanks for all your good wishes for the tour.  Looking forward to seeing you all soon

Love

Lisaxxx

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year to you all.  Hope you had a fantastic Christmas.  I have just returned from Australia.  We left Ireland on 26th December and spent two weeks in Perth, WA.  We had a fantastic time.  The weather was amazing and the kids got to see the other half of their family.  It went by so quickly though but it was worth the 22 hour flight!!!

Back in cold and rainy Ireland with a bang though!!!.  Straight in to learning new material for the show and rehearsals start next week - no rest for the wicked, they say!

I'd like to thank Rich for the wonderful work he has done on "The Voice".  It looked fantastic.  I don't know where he gets his energy from. Thanks Rich

Thanks for all your lovely posts

Hope 2009 brings everything you wish for

Love

Lisaxxx

Hi All

Hey there

Just wanted to thank all of you who turned up to Barnes and Noble signing in Baton Rouge.  It was wonderful to see some familiar faces and of course some new faces.  Thank you so much for all the lovely words of encouragement and the very thoughtful gifts.  It was a wonderful way to finish our promo tour.  

Our tickets are on sale for most of the dates as and from today.  Check out www.celticwoman.com for more information.  We are all working very hard on the new production and we're so excited about it.

Obviously at this stage, everyone has heard the news about Orla.  I'd just like to say that over the last 4 years, Orla has not only been a colleague but a very valued friend and I will miss her dearly but I support her decision and wish her the very best in all she does, because she deserves every happiness in the word.  She is indescribable and brought so much laughter to our dressing room and tour bus!!!!.  But it's time for her to tackle new things and I wish her every success personally and professionally.

Having said that, I am really looking forward to working with Alex.  I've always been a huge fan of Alex since I saw her play Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz in Dublin and can't believe that it's taken this long for us to work together.  The next year should be a very exciting one, so stay tuned!!!!!

Lots of love

Lisaxxxx

My first BLOG

Hi All

Hope you are well and that you are liking the new site.  It's still in the beginning phase so please bear with us!!!.  

Well what a few weeks we have had!.  We visited China, which I have to say was an amazing experience.  The Chinese people were wonderful.  We performed at the Laureus Sports Awards and what a wonderful opportunity it was.  We were only there for 5 days but we got to take in some of the sites like The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and the Olympic Stadium.  It was a flying visit but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!.

Then we headed to New York - it was sooooooo good to be back in America.  I love the hustle and bustle of New York and always feel at home.  We were only off the plane and it was straight to CPTV - Connecticut PBS station for the first of many PBS interviews of the week.  I was based in NY for the next few days and did various interviews there.  And of course got a little bit of shopping in!.  However, the weather was terrible.  Cold and wet - sounds just like home!

Then it was on to LA.  Lovely, lovely LA.  Weather was fantastic here. We had a PBS interview in San Bernadino and then the following day was our Bonnie Hunt performances at the famous Culver Studios.  This was great fun from start to finish.  We got to meet Bonnie and Benji and Joel Madden were also being interviewed but much to Chloe's disappointment we didn't get to meet them!  However, Bonnie was really really nice. Once the Bonnie Hunt show was finished filming I was free and ended up with a day off in LA.  Perfect, for the last minute Christmas shopping!.  I'll need more than 2 suitcases going home.

So here I am in Dallas at the moment, getting ready for a PBS interview here and looking forward to Baton Rouge signing tomorrow.  It's so good to be back in the states!.  Having said that I am looking forward to getting home.  It doesn't feel like Christmas for me when the weather is HOT!.  It's -2C at home at the moment and I'm so excited about lighting the fire and seeing the tree that my boys at home put up for myself and Ellie!.

I'd like to just thank you all for your support and good wishes.  I hope to become a very good BLOGGER!  But with 3 kids it can be hard to find the time, but I'll do my best.

Wishing you all a "Happy Holiday"!

Love and best wishes

Lisaxxxxx