By Shane McAvinchey of www.diddlyi.com Just another day at the office… When the Riverdance office number shows up on your cell phone, your imagination immediately starts running wild with pictures of far off distant lands and great adventures. That’s because it’s usually an invitation to do a Flying squad gig which can take you anywhere, … Continued
Brioni Gallagher has always loved the music in Riverdance and thought it would be a fantastic show to be part of.
“Your mind probably goes into a different world when you are dancing on stage. It never goes blank but certainly any stresses or strains that you have certainly disappear for a few moments. It’s a very good pressure that keeps you on your toes! (Excuse the pun)”
It is hard to believe that we started our tour 6 months ago. The city we began in was Orlando and time definitely flies when you’re having fun. Our final week was split between two cities, both very different.
I can not believe that our five weeks in Toronto is finished. We have had such an amazing stay here. Since most of our time here was fast paced, the last week and and a half was spent relaxing and finishing all of the things we had left to the last minute!
Louise takes us through a typical Riverdance Flying Squad gig! This time we visit Martha’s Vineyard.
Padraic’d best Riverdance moment was performing the principal role for the first time. “I never told my mum I was an understudy so she flew out to me for my first time not knowing I would be lead. It was pretty cool.”
We made it, our fifth split week in a row before heading to Toronto for our five-week run. This week brought us to the small town of Paducah, Kentucky, with a three-day stay to the larger city of Cincinnati, Ohio at the weekend.
Well, our forth split week brought us to Cedar Falls, Iowa and then a travel show Friday to Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was quite excited to get to Cedar Falls due to the fact that we were staying in a casino for the 4 days, which was called The Isle Casino at Waterloo, Iowa.
Doing 8 shows a week is hard on our legs, and even harder was this week with 11 shows in a row before a day off. With this many performances it is imperative that we take care of our legs, so our Physiotherapist keeps buckets of ice side stage for us to soak in. This helps take the pressure off of our feet and shins. A soak a day keeps the doc away!