Jason E Bernard asked his Father to bring him to see Riverdance when it first premiered at Radio City Music Hall in 1996. He saw the show and fell in love with it.

Monday we travelled from Frankfurt to Antwerp and when we arrived we were delighted to see that we finally had left the snow behind for good as there was torrential rain for the whole evening! We didn’t mind so much as we were fairly tired and just wanted to relax for the night as we know that we had a busy week ahead of us.

Welcome back to the Bann Company as we continue our trek around Asia with our two-week run at the Sejong Center in the heart of Seoul, Korea. Seoul is one of the largest cities in the World with over 10 million people….

On Monday morning we headed through the snow to Kansas City Airport to fly to Youngstown, Ohio. This former steel town close to Pittsburgh has been the source of many songs, including a dramatic and historical one by Bruce Springsteen……

Frankfurt was exciting. Mairead Masuda performed the Female Lead for the very first time.
Riverdance lead dancers, Joe and Maria judged an Irish dance competition where groups had choreographed pieces to different music. The winners had the honour of performing just before the start of Riverdance to a full house.

There was a lot going on this week. The hotel in Dresden was amazing. We were also pleasantly surprised with the city of Dresden – the shopping was very good and there was a variety of restaurants to choose from. We had another birthday to celebrate this week, Eamonn Galldubh (Musician).

This week we left El Paso, Texas bright and early after a delicious Mexican breakfast for Lubbock, Texas. This city is famous for being the birthplace of rock legend Buddy Holly, and also houses the football giant Texas Tech University. We actually performed on campus, in the City Bank Auditorium. This venue was attached to a sports arena, so we had plenty of space backstage, and I even warmed up in the stands of the Coliseum one day. Talk about good acoustics!

We travelled after the show on Sunday night to Stuttgart as it was only an hour away, so it meant that we were getting into the hotel just in time to watch the Super Bowl.

As we landed in Beijing, there was a great buzz among the cast. There was so much to do in Beijing.. Another major event the upcoming DVD shoot for Riverdance-Live from Beijing that was shot over three days. So much preparation and work has gone in to make the DVD shoot go smoothly, so we were all excited to get the process going.