[COMPETITION] Win tickets for 4 for Riverdance

magna12

Watched while working in a pub as a lounge boy. 2 pound an hour, no pay after midnight for clean up duty lol.

geroc

Dav wrote: »

Hello all,

Really happy to be posting this comp as I'm a big Riverdance fan myself (no, really!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQXueI01b9c

We have an opportunity for you to win tickets for a 4 person box & 4 programmes for the 6:30 pm show in Dublin's Gaeity Theatre on Sunday 10th of July, as well as a copy of the latest Riverdance DVD and CD.

To be in with a chance to win, just tell us what you can remember and where you were and what you were doing when Riverdance burst onto the scene during the interval of Eurovision 1994?

Riverdance is in the Gaeity from now until August 28th, so if Sunday doesn't suit you, you can get tickets at www.ticketmaster.ie.

Ts & Cs
1) This competition is open to everyone except employees of Distilled Media Group, The Gaiety Theatre, Ticketmaster or Gerry Lundberg PR
2) One entry per person
3) You must be available to travel to the show on Sunday 10th July - no alternative date will be offered
4) A winner will be chosen at random on Thursday 7th of July and notified by PM

I remember the night riverdance was first performed very well i was getting married in june that year and my then finance (now my husband) who is a DJ was playing for a wedding in a lovely country house hotel the bar was very small and was packed i was trying to keep an eye on what was happening and had to look over peoples shoulders to get a view of the tv screen i remember the buzz and excitment as the interval act was performed and then for ireland to win the eurovision with rock and roll kids just added to the night i thought i would never get home to see it up close as i had set it up to record. My husband saw none of it of course and didn't know what was going on by the updates he was getting from me. A great night.

geroc

I remember the night riverdance was first performed very well i was getting married in june that year and my then finance (now my husband) who is a DJ was playing for a wedding in a lovely country house hotel the bar was very small and was packed i was trying to keep an eye on what was happening and had to look over peoples shoulders to get a view of the tv screen i remember the buzz and excitment as the interval act was performed and then for ireland to win the eurovision with rock and roll kids just added to the night i thought i would never get home to see it up close as i had set it up to record. My husband saw none of it of course and didn't know what was going on by the updates he was getting from me. A great night:)

JoeyJJ

I was working in a Bar when it was on and the whole place went quiet and burst out with applause as soon as it finished. The buzz was amazing, everyone was proud of it.

Buttynic

I remember sitting in my house with all my family around and in total awe with the spectacle that unfolded in front of my eyes !

AMPSound

I was 4, but somehow managed to get a copy of it on VCR to watch years later!

Since then I have met Bill Whelan, and now know a few of the Riverdance crew. It's a stunning show! Would love to see it again!

applejam

I was 22, living in Kildare with my parents and expecting my first baby, unplanned but very much wanted. I remember vividly being kicked as we watched, glued to the tv, totally amazed that Irish dancing could be moving and beautiful, my baby jumped and kicked along to the music, sadly 3 wks later I delivered my daughter prematurely and she died after 4 short hours, so as you can tell, Riverdance holds quite emotional memories for me.

remeneerb

I was studying for my Leaving Cert so never got to see it

but i'd love to win tickets please!!

CuppaCocoa

I was lucky enough to be at the Dress Rehearsal for the Eurovision! Friend of mine worked in RTE and wangled me some tickets (Big Eurovision fan me!)

Anyway, had no idea what the interval act was going to be so we're sitting there enjoying the show when Gerry and Cynthia announced "Ladies and Gentlemen, Riverdance!" On came Anuna (who were super), then Jean Butler dances on and we're going hmmm, this is very good and THEN on comes Michael Flatley :eek: We'd never seen anything like it! We were glued to our seats and you could hear the intake of breath from the audience! When all the troupe lined up to dance together it was magical. At the end there was just a ROAR from the audience and we all got to our feet for a standing ovation. The hairs were standing up on the back of my neck .

Watching it the next night on tv was just as fantastic though nothing compared to the Dress Rehearsal. I've watched it many times since on tv but have never been to a live show.

Giz me tickets!

AMPSound

For the peeps (like me) who missed it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Mc03_rlWo

scoobisnacks

I was sitting at home watching it with my family. My sister's best friend from DIT was in it and had told us that something BIG would be happening in the interval so although I had little interest in staying home to watch it, as an 18 year old who only wanted to be out, I did - and it was worth it!!

spurious

The afternoon of the Eurovision I got a phone call from a friend who had been to the open dress rehearsals. She told us she'd never seen anything like the interval act.

I was half hoping for Abba to make an appearance on the 20th anniversary of their win, so I was a bit annoyed, but I had to admit when I saw the interval act it was worth seeing.

I still would have preferred Abba though (....ahah!).

bpb101

i remmember it like it was yesterday.... or wait i wasent born .....

leelaaloo

i was babysitting my younger brothers while my parents were out.So I was lying on their bed watching it and I remember hearing the interval act was gonna be brill. When the last song came on ,which was france, I thought that was it,until riverdance came on,whoa just blew me away!! fabuloso big time..unfortunately I have that in common with Enda Kenny,as in everytime I see the end of it ,it defo brings a lump to the throat..sniff sniff.

lostdesign

I was 12, half watching the tv, half watching the pretty girls dance around half wondering why this was so great. Little did I know!

jodie85

i was 7 picking my nose and eating a bowl of cornflakes:D

Austin1

I was staying in a mates house lying half asleep on the couch when it came on.

I jumped up to watch when it came on because Gerry Ryan had seen the dress rehearsal the day before and had told his listeners to look out for this as it was gonna be mind blowing - how right he was……...

doubleglaze

I remember being in my parents' house and being fascinated with

A) the rhythms (something unusual like seven or nine beats to the bar)

Michael Flatley's fluid, sensual, dramatic, skillful dance. Here was a new genre of dancing I had never seen before and Superhoofer in action at his best.

C) the power of the horizontal line contrasting with the vertical position of the dancers' arms.

D) the fantastic foot rhythms

weilai

well, back in 1994 in China, when and where there was neither Internet nor foreign TV programmes, I had no way to watch Eurovision. And of course I didn't know what it was until a number of years later. I first heard of Riverdance in early 2000, and it soon became one of the most wildly known icon of Ireland that all of my family know of back in China. I got a copy of the Riverdance CD and DVD (a very old show in NYC) a few years ago and I was amazed by that. I watched Riverdance in Gaiety twice so far but still wants to go for it this year.

baby and crumble

Do you know, my Dad just randomly told me tonight that he'd love to go see this!! We were actually reminiscing about the night it was on. I was about 12 and of course being a huuuuge eurovision fan I had been glued to the tv but tbh i always went for my hot orange and biccies during the interval. Anyway, all of a sudden I hear my Dad running down the corridor to the kitchen and he practically dragged us in to watch! My Dad HATES music, but for some reason the whole Riverdance thing got to him in a big way.

Apparently he kept bugging my Mum to go and see it she was never very interested. It was her 2nd anniversary last week, and tbh it'd be nice to cheer Dad up with tickets. (Man, that sounds like such a feckin' made up story, I promise it's not!)

LifesaverNiall

Myself and the mother would LOVE to go see this!
Especially seeing as my sisters friend will be preforming!

I was one at the time but just went into my Dad and asked him was i watching it with them and he said i was in the room but asleep! :P

daigo75

I was in my room studying for some nasty exams... I'd love to see it (and, even better, live) this time!

Johnnio13

At a bbq in a friends place - we all put the burgers down and started cheering when it ended. Spine Tingling when you hear the crowd erupt!

dollybird2

awwww

SitUbuSit

I first remember watching the Eurovision in 1992 when Linda Martin won with Why Me?. I was 10 and seeing Ireland win something on an international stage was mind-blowing.

Having won again in 1993 with Niamh Kavanagh and In Your Eyes, I was glued to the tv at home in Athlone with my parents for 1994 and was simply blown-away by the interval act. I remember that roar when the performance finished making the hairs on the back of my neck stand-up. This was the Ireland I had grown up in - strong, independent and capable of achieving anything. I hadn't really known the 80s, or tough-times. For me Ireland could be successful at whatever we turned our hand to, and Riverdance was the embodiment of this new found confidence.

smodgley

i was working in a pub in london at the time, came home in '96 , all the punters in the pub loved riverdance

Maimur

I was only 2 yrs old at the time.. No doubt I was dancing along while watching riverdance on tv because still to this day I do Irish dancing everyday and love love love it massive fan of riverdance

The Hill Billy

I saw Riverdance in Mozyr (southern Belarus). I was there to do some charity work to arrange for local kids affected by the Chernobyl fallout to come to Skerries for respite vacations that summer.

We had just travelled by minibus from Minsk & had been generously treated to many bottles of vodka on the 7 hour journey. I was then dropped off at an apartment to stay with a family that I had never met (they had no english, I had no russian).

As soon as I walked (stumbled) into the apartment they switched on the TV as a treat for me & we got even more gloriously drunk watching Gerry & Co host the show. My hosts were truly blown away by the Riverdance spectacle too.

A great night! I felt really proud to be Irish.

Suaimhneach

I was watching it with my parents, and I remember distinctly thinking there was something very ancient and old about the drum combined with the dancing and rhythm.

SMulligan

At home studying for my college finals. My folks had been at the dress rehearsal that afternoon and told me whatever I did not to miss the interval act. So I went to the pub to see it (as you do) and the whole place stopped and watched this thing unfolding in front of them open mouthed. Quite a moment, one I will never forget. Saw the show in San Francisco years later and it was no less breathtaking.

kazza23

My Mam and Dad got tickets to the dress rehearsal and I remember Dad phoning straight afterwards and telling us to make absolutely certain we watched the interval the following night.
There were buses provided to take people who were attending the dress rehearsal to the car park. On the bus on the way back someone threw a stone through the bus window and it hit my Mam on the head and she ended up in hospital with concussion and missed the show the next night. It's her birthday on the 11th, what a great present it would be to be able to take her and my Dad to the show!

Dav

Winner's been chosen and notified, so a big thank you to everyone who entered and don't forget, you can get tickets for Riverdance in the Gaeity from www.ticketmaster.ie!

Melilla

I was at home watching this on tv with my family and I remember thinking WOW THE WHOLE OF EUROPE IS WATCHING THIS. ISNT IT A FIRST FOR OUR COUNTRY!