Re: "RiverDance" on PBS

Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:53:01 -0800 (PST) Karen Rall <quarong at eskimo.com> wrote:    

> CALLING ALL CELTIC MUSIC & DANCE FANS!
 
> KCPQ (channel 9, PBS, Seattle) is going to be airing the
> musical extravaganze "RIVERDANCE -- THE SHOW" in the next
> couple of weeks. It is a dancing showcase tracing the
> history of Irish dance and the influence it has had on

YES! I just got my videotape of the show last Friday, and watched it twice last weekend. It's great. Don't miss it.

The music is mostly original, and excellent. If you can, listen to it on a good sound system, it adds a lot to the performance. I have a Dolby surround sound system fed through a set of Bose speakers, and it really helps to get immersed in the music.

The performance also includes Flamenco (southern Ireland) and the Moiseyev Ballet (eastern Ireland) as well as some American music (western Ireland).

And you get to find out what Irish music is really good for. Guaranteed, you've never seen step dancing like this. Recorded live at the Point Theatre, Dublin.

Available on VHS from the Wireless catalog. Ah, you *do* contribute to public broadcasting, don't you? Good, then you just got the new Wireless a couple weeks ago.

• Larry