I would guess that it's just a general playlist, but a lot of those songs probably are in the setlist. We'll find out in just 10 days!!

At the 20th Anniversary filming, in the lobby before the show, a few of us talked to the man who books Celtic Woman tours. It was a really interesting conversation and included talking about Red Rocks specifically. He said Red Rocks is an incredibly difficult venue to book. I have also been told that venues book two years in advance (and I wouldn't be surprised if Red Rocks was even longer). So it's not for lack of trying if it doesn't get onto the schedule for next year.

The concert was fantastic!  Tara and Alex are both so incredibly talented! They performed 10 of the 12 songs from the album, plus a couple Disney songs, a couple Irish songs, and a couple classical songs. Alex was on piano and Tara went back and forth from singing to playing violin, sometimes in the same song. Loved getting to hear Tara sing in person for the first time! She has a really beautiful voice. We had front row seats that were so close we were practically on the stage. The entire concert was so beautiful. Loved it! I very much enjoy going to see these types of concerts and supporting the ladies when they do things separate from Celtic Woman. Yes, we got to talk to Tara and Alex after the concert. They were signing cds, taking photos, and talking with people in the lobby. They were so appreciative that we had come to see them. Tara is also one of the ladies who I've gotten to know well and have a personal connection with, which is really lovely ❤️

We spent three days prior to the concert in Manhattan, including my birthday, which was really fun! We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, went to One World Observatory, saw the 9/11 Memorial, walked around Central Park, went to the Museum of Broadway, and saw two Broadway shows. On my birthday, we went to Ellen's Stardust Diner where the wait staff are out of work Broadway actors and they sing and dance and serenade people the entire time. Such a blast! Afterwards we saw Wicked, which was amazing! The next night we saw Aladdin, which was also amazing!

It was a fabulous trip, loved getting to see Tara and Alex perform so beautifully, and loved that the concert was on Long Island, giving us a really fun few days in Manhattan!

Here's the link to the episode that Mairéad is in:

https://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/seinn/?pid=6337805555112&title=Opry%20le%20Daniel%20ar%20Thuras&series=Opry%20le%20Daniel%20ar%20Thuras&pcode=668554&genre=Ceol

Mairéad sings 3 solos in the middle of the episode and the group song at the end. I've been really enjoying watching this over the past week! I've spotted myself in the audience as well - I'm in the front row of the balcony. I do wish this episode really showed how loudly the crowd erupted after Mairéad sang Danny Boy and basically blew the roof off the place. The editing scaled that crowd reaction down quite a bit, but that was one of those epic moments that I'll always remember experiencing. And it happened not once, but twice since they did a re-take of that song! Also, as I suspected, only one of the four group songs is in the episode.

This sure was an amazing time being there to see Mairéad! I loved it so much and it's so great to get to watch the filming of it!

The Opry Le Daniel episode that Mairéad is in and I attended in Derry back in April is airing tomorrow night, September 26th, at 9:30pm Irish time! If you download the TG4 Player app, the previous two weeks of episodes are in there, so looks like it'll come into the app pretty quickly after airing. It may also be viewable live in the app, but I'm not quite sure if it's live worldwide or only in Ireland. Either way though, it'll be in that app very soon!

I loved being at that performance sooooo much! It was so much fun and Mairéad sang sooooo gorgeously! Can't wait to watch it again and for you all to see it!

Mairéad has a preview on Facebook here:

https://fb.watch/nhliJjDs5F/?mibextid=Nif5oz

Gregg & I bought tickets for the Minneapolis show, which is opening night! Going to see Ronan! And we've never been to a Celtic Thunder show, but we hear they are really fun!

Tara announced today that her and Alex's album Across the Atlantic will be released on September 22nd!! It'll be available on pre-sale on September 15th, with one track available with the pre-sale!

The Instagram announcement is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw2zuE7s1KZ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Take a look at the album cover photo - seriously can't even cope with how incredibly gorgeous that is! This is going to be amazing!