Our third week in Florida took us further down the Gulf coast and to the seaside resort of Sarasota. Sarasota is an affluent waterside town and the cultural capital of Florida. Much of the Main Street has been restored to its early twentieth-century splendor, and Sarasota Quay boasts some of the Gulf Coast’s best dining and nightlife destinations.
After a busy Monday at the theme parks, city number three in Florida awaited us and it was the colourful Daytona Beach, located a little up the coast from Melbourne. Daytona is the ultimate beach town and one of the biggest draws in Florida.
Late Monday afternoon we arrived in Tallahassee, Florida, the first stop of our month long, much anticipated Floridian leg of the tour.
After a nice 8 week break for Christmas, the Boyne Company descended upon Richmond, Virginia in late January to commence the 2007 tour of Riverdance in North America. It was great to catch up with all our fellow company members, on all our different holiday stories and it was nice too to see some old familiar faces return to the show again as well as some new members joining the company for the first time.
The Riverdance troupe, led by Padraic Moyles and Melissa Convery donned their seafaring legs to mark Riverdance’s return to Dublin this June on the tall ship the Jeanie Johnston down at Dublin’s Docklands.
The Jameson Distillery Visitor Center in Dublin’s Smithfield recently marked its refurbishment and reopening on St Patrick’s Day with a marathon radio broadcast by international radio crews to all corners of the world.
TV Reporter Gayle Anderson of KTLA went to check out Riverdance rehearsals this week at the Pantages Theatre LA and got to see some feisty trade offs between Irish Dancers and American Tappers.
The Avoca troupe, led by Ryan McCaffrey and Joanne Doyle appeared on Vivement Dimanche Sunday 23rd October on France 2 with a repeat the following week.
On Thursday, October 20th, during their 2-week engagement in Toronto, principal dancers Padraic Moyles and Melissa Convery, along with fiddler Alexis MacIsaac, paid a visit to Gilda’s Club of Great Toronto.