CELTIC WOMAN EMERALD TOUR CAPTIVATES BENEDUM AUDIENCE

CELTIC WOMAN CAPTIVATES BENEDUM AUDIENCE

by Carl Bromley

What started as a soft whisper of music turned into a crowd favorite as the lyrics of "Danny Boy" filled the Benedum Theater on Saturday evening.  Sweet voices, seconded by the sweet smiles on the three female singers' faces, placed the audience under a hypnotic spell.  Harmony swirled through the room.  Time stood still. 

But, as in all songs, Danny Boy has both a beginning and end.  The end came much too soon for me.

The percussionists in the Celtic Woman troop made the room come alive, often using silence as an accent to

Left to Right: Máiréad Carlin, Susan McFadden,
Lisa Lambe, Máiréad Nesbitt. Photo by Lili Forberg.

their drum beat and somehow sounding as loud as the drums.  How?  Just by being exceptional at what they do and I'm not the one to figure it all out.  Like everyone around me, including fellow reviewer Joanne Quinn-Smith, I mostly sat back and enjoyed the show or clapped along during a half dozen songs where audience clapping was encouraged.

OMG, the dancing!

If you've never seen Celtic dancing, commonly called clogging, you gotta!

Intricately choreographed and expertly performed, I didn't see a single misstep except the guy who almost danced off the stage and his lady partner pulled him back.  But here's the thing...  I've been around long enough that I knew in a heartbeat the misstep was choreographed.

Ahhhh, nicely done.

Here's what you missed if you weren't there.

CELTIC WOMAN EMERALD 2014 - SETLIST

SKY AND THE DAWN AND THE SUN

Cailín Ailinn - DULAMAN

NEWGRANGE

THE BUTTERFLY

THE NEW GROUND

ORINOCO FLOW

THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS

AMAZING GRACE

PERCUSSION DANCE NUMBER

TEIR ABHAILE

I KNOW MY LOVE

LAGAN LOVE

THE CALL

RAY/MAIREAD

NIL SE'N LA

GRANUAILE'S DANCE

DANNY BOY

MO GHILE MEAR

YOU RAISE ME UP

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