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GlenS
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Merry Christmas all and 2024 in review
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December 28, 2024, 02:29:10 PM »
Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and will have a very happy New Year. That being said the Forum did well in 2024.
In 2024 new Topics 279, New Post 1030, New Members 14 This was a little lite. Most online at one time was 1411. Thanks to you all for how this Forum Runs and we have a total of 255 members. So In 2025 let's have some more fun and grow this Forum
Thanks All
Glen
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rfcw
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Re: Merry Christmas all and 2024 in review
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December 29, 2024, 11:28:03 AM »
Simply the best forum! x
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dbbii
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Re: Merry Christmas all and 2024 in review
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December 29, 2024, 08:37:44 PM »
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Some thoughts about your post concerning the forum. I'm sure some people will take offense to my post, but I’ve seen some similar postings on other forums.
As we all know, the internet is constantly evolving and not always for the better! I saw my first CW concert in 2007 based on seeing them on PBS. It took about 2 years until I figured out there was such a thing as a Meet & Greet. That’s about the time I discovered “forums”. This was also, IIRC, that Facebook started becoming more popular. Anyway, for a number of years, forums were the way to get information. It’s not any more.
As we wall know, there is now a huge amount of information available on-line, and a lot of it is pushed to you. So, the question is do we really even need forums anymore?
My thought is yes. One ongoing problem is what happened to the CWF.com. Forums are typically ran by one or two people. When something happens, the forum mostly dies. Yes, the same thing can happen with a Facebook group, but they seem to reach a lot more people, and sometimes have multiple administrators.
I still try to check the forum every day.
One other thing to keep in mind. Like a lot of groups, Celtic Woman has changed over the years. If you count the Lisa Kelly and Chloe Agnew individual shows, I’ve been to something over 100 shows. Keeping in mind most of them required traveling, I’ve probably spent close to $1,000 a show (air fare, hotels, car rental, etc). Do I regret it? No. I had a blast doing it. Will I continue? Not so much. Maybe 2 or 3 a year. It doesn’t have the same feel as it did. Kind of the same thing with the forum.
Anyway, thanks Glen for what you are doing.
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LakersCeltics
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Re: Merry Christmas all and 2024 in review
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December 31, 2024, 05:09:28 PM »
An early Happy New Year everyone!
I also wanted to thank Glen for all the hard work.
@GlenS
I see your BD is coming up too. So I'll be the first to wish you HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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CWazyTom
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Re: Merry Christmas all and 2024 in review
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December 31, 2024, 09:15:32 PM »
Here are some of the highlights of 2024 for us Celtic Woman fans...
Albums, DVDs, and Books
Celtic Woman 20
(20th Anniversary), recorded in 2023, released as a studio album and DVD in 2024. The 20th Anniversary production featured 4 of the original 5 members (all except for Orla). The originals were joined by Tara, Muirgen, and returning member Mairéad Carlin. It was also the debut for Emma Warren, who sang, played piano, and danced.[/i]
Celtic Thunder, featuring Ronan, released a DVD called
Odyssey
, followed by an album called
The Live Experience
.
Brian McGrane released a demo album as Engrane, called
Sketches
.
Ronan had a busy year, as he also released a digital EP (
Guiding Light
) with one track featuring Mairéad Carlin.
Amy Rivard released a few singles, including: Cuckoo for You, Fool to Love You, and I Still Believe In Love.
The Brave Collide relased a few singles:
Free Fallin'
and
Chasing Cars
. Brian also release a few singles:
Ordinary People
, and
Ae Fond Kiss
(with Laura Keegan, who used to be in the Celtic Thunder band and is married to Colm Keegan who used to be in the Celtic Woman choir).
Lynn released a book of poetry called
Nettle Tea
.
Overall, it was a pretty light year for releases.
Shows and Experiences:
The Celtic Woman 20th Anniversary show toured North America in the spring of 2024. The 78 show tour featured Emma, Mairéad Carlin, Muirgen, and Tara.
Celtic Woman also did a 17 show White Christmas symphony tour, which leaned heavily on new arrangements by current musical director Brian Byrne. Emma went on maternity leave, which opened the door for Lisa Lambe's shocking return, as a special guest on the White Christmas tour, after almost a decade away from the group.
Éabha ran her second annual Celtic World Forum in Balbriggan, Ireland. The packed lineup included Megan, Susan, Máiréad Nesbitt, Éabha, and Glenn Murphy. There was also a Christmas concert in Galway which included most of the usual suspects.
Máiréad Nesbitt was all over the place this year. She was part of the one-off Rock Me Amadeus show in Tampa, presented her Celtic Spells show in California, and teamed up with Alex Sharpe for a bunch of shows.
Alex toured with Jenny Oaks baker's Christmas tour.
Ronan once again toured with Celtic Thunder in 2024.
Mairéad Carlin appeared (briefly) in The Shamrock Tenors PBS special / DVD, which finally released, two and a half years after being recorded. I suspect she'll be on the album, but I'll have to wait until my copy arrives in the new year.
Brian McGrane and Chloë did a lot of concerts and also a lot of online shows on StageIt. They did quite a bit together as The Brave Collide. Chloë finally got to tour her 2019 album
Reimagined
. Brian performed with The Celtic Tenors on multiple tours.
Brian started a free (subscription optional) Patreon page as Engrane.
Tara performed with her husband Alex in Virginia. She also surpassed 600 performances with Celtic Woman.
If I missed anything significant, let me know!
A Look Ahead
Emma is due to have her baby soon.
The Celtic World Forum will be back in 2025.
Aside from that, 2025 comes with a lot of uncertainty:
- There will be no spring tour. There may or may not be something happening in summer / fall. It is expected that there will be a Chrystmas symphony tour next year.
- The Brave Collide should have an album out by the middle of the year.
- Lisa Lambe may release an album (possibly Nightvisiting)
- Motherland (Edel and Ewan) should have an album out by the middle of the year. There will be at least one show in Ireland. Whether or not there will be any shows in the US in 2025 remains to be seen.
There are already a few Chloë, Brave Collide and Lisa Lambe shows scheduled.
I'm optimistic it will be a positively eventful year.
Happy New Year everyone!
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