
Irish song and dance was a success in Vänersborg
Sunday May 23, 2004
What a wonderful night it turned out to be! A theater filled to the rafters and an air of anticipation filled the room. King Laoghaire, featuring Pontus Lundström on bodhran, along with the dance group Celtic Dancers and guest artists Nadine Wüst and Eva Wennerström, were all set to perform an exstensive and allround performance of celtic song and dance.
The show started with the instrumental set 'Jackie Coleman's/Star of Munster' and the ladies in Celtic Dancers performing a riveting dance. The show continued, alternating between instrumentals and ballads, singing and dancing. The first set also saw the moving rendition of 'Red is the Rose' by Nadine Wüst. Equally moving was Eva Wennerströms rendition of 'Cragie Hills' in the second set. A song not so easily mastered, but here done with such flare that even the band themselves looked a bit moved. The show cumulated with a rousing version of 'Whiskey in the Jar', in which all the performers were included, and a last set of reels, 'Sheahan's/Flowers of Edinburgh' left the audience standing in the rows and screaming for more.
All and all it was a success in every aspect of the show, in a way that beforehand was incomprehensible. And it has left the band longing for a repeat. So rest assured that this will be the case! King Laoghaire would also like to take this opportunity to thank everybody involved with making this show possible i e; dancers, performers, guest musicians, light- and sound engineers, stage hands, sponsors and, last but not least, the audience, without whom this would not have been possible!!! |