• Riverdance.

    June 11, 2015 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Cork doesn't have a concert hall. Each year a huge marquee is erected for a series of concerts by top name artists. The concert series is called 'Live at the Marquee'.
    So it was that our taxi dropped us out the front.
    The show was absolutely amazing - great music and spectacular dancing. A highlight was when the musicians were featured individually. They each played and got the recognition they rightfully deserved.
    A fiddler took his turn and played a traditional Irish piece. After that he started to play a ballad. It was a piece that was instantly recognisable to the locals in the audience. They immediately started singing along with him - we must have been the only people there that didn't know the words. It was spine-tingling!
    A taxi back to our hotel and another WOW! added to what is becoming a very long list of wows.
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