Celtic Woman Dazzling U.S. Audiences

Celtic Woman Dazzling U.S. Audiences

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NEW YORK, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The five-member group known as Celtic Woman have arrived in the U.S. and fans are coming out in droves to see them perform for U.S. audiences for the first time.

First introduced to the U.S. public with the release of their debut CD/DVD (Manhattan Records/EMI), and through multiple highly watched PBS airings of their spectacular hour and a half show; Celtic Woman followed that up with a live performance of their music on NBC's Today Show on St. Patrick's Day. Since that point they seem to have developed somewhat of an inexplicable phenomenon. Their summer tour kicked off on July 20th in Cleveland at The Palace Theatre:

"The Wednesday night show at the Palace Theatre in Cleveland, which featured four women with ethereal voices and one fiery fiddler, was a highly polished, tightly choreographed extravaganza. From the glistening set with its starry sky and puffy cloud backdrop to the gowns in shades of blue, lavender and sea foam, it was like a visual eclair." - Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The women are lead by the talents of David Downes (Musical Director, Conductor, Composer and Arranger). Downes, who is a prodigious young Irish star, had previously worked as musical director of Riverdance. The show is the realisation of a dream for Sharon Browne, Managing Director of Celtic Collections -- one of Ireland's most successful independent record labels.

Celtic Woman portrays the unique voices and styles of each of the Girls as Soloists along with fantastic Ensemble numbers. Performing the most beautiful and best-loved songs in the musical repertoire, Celtic Woman's singers unique renditions of Irish songs such as: "Danny Boy," timeless classics like "Ave Maria," contemporary songs such as Enya's "Orinoco Flow" and Clannad's "Harry's Game," to a host of spellbinding original songs all with the new and exciting arrangements created by David Downes.

Celtic Woman will wrap the first leg of their electrifying show in Sacramento on August 14th. However, the demand for the tour has been so high with over 50 thousand tickets sold for these limited dates, that the show will now return to the U.S. this fall including stops at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

The full fall tour itinerary will be announced shortly.

Celtic Woman Tour Dates
August 3rd Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center Theatre
August 4th Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
August 5th St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre
August 6th Atlanta, GA Chastain Park
August 10th Seattle, WA Benaroya Hall
August 12th San Francisco, CA Nob Hill Masonic Center
August 13th San Francisco, CA Nob Hill Masonic Center
August 14th Sacramento, CA Sacramento City Auditorium

Source: Manhattan Records

CONTACT: Keith Hagan, Khagan@pfamedia.net, or Paul Freundlich,
paulf@pfamedia.net, both of PFA - Paul Freundlich Associates, +1-212-334-6116;
or Maria C. Malta of Manhattan Records, +1-212-786-8637,
maria.malta@emimusic.com

Web site: http://www.angelrecords.com/

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