Children’s dance workshop
Dance Captain Meave Croke and Darren Maguire held an Irish step dance workshop with the children of the Ballet Hawaii dance group between shows during Riverdance’s recent tour in Honolulu.
Dance Captain Meave Croke and Darren Maguire held an Irish step dance workshop with the children of the Ballet Hawaii dance group between shows during Riverdance’s recent tour in Honolulu.
And so all good things come to an end…the Shannon Company have successfully completed another six and a half week tour across the state of California and finishing up in the beautiful city of Honolulu on the island of O’ahu.
Watch Craig Ashurst and Caterina Coyne during their TV appearance on Hawaiian TV.
Principal Dancer Caterina Coyne had a very busy week in Honolulu with a host of press events scheduled. Riverdance North American press representative Merle Frimark was there to guide her through the busy week.
A feast of entertainment was had by all in the exclusive Pantages Theatre in Hollywood this past week. And it wasn’t just the people of LA but also the cast and crew of Riverdance who were entertained.
Basing ourselves at the comfortable, Hollywood Renaissance Hotel, we enjoyed an array of daytime and nightime entertainment.
Ten very important Irish dancers made their way to the dressing rooms tucked away in the heart of the studio and were soon greeted by the film crew to begin rehearsals and blocking on the set of ‘The Price is Right’. How important we felt when the host Drew Carey jumped up onstage to greet us.
More from Fiona McCabe on tour with Riverdance in California.
This week was very busy for Fiona McCabe and the Riverdance cast! Visits to Soweto, the former house of Nelson and Winnie Mandella, the house of Bishop Desmond Tutu, the famous Sakhumzi Shebeen, the Hector Pieterson Museum, the National Park in Pilanesberg and Sun City – and a Riverdance workshop!
September 25th, 9:00 am, a bus pulls up outside the South Sun Montecasino Hotel. Twenty dancers and crew emerge into the early, South African morning sun and make their way into the hotel.
Hello Johannesburg, Riverdance has returned!
And so all good things come to an end… The Shannon Company has finally drawn to a close as we wrapped up our last weekend of 22 weeks in the lovely city of Seattle, Washington.