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Riverdance celebrates its 10th anniversary
in style
The 10th anniversary party to mark a decade of
Riverdance was held at the exclusive Metropolitan
club in New York while the show was running at
Radio City. Black tie and evening gowns were the
uniform as current cast and crew mingled with
former colleagues from the show. A stunning cake
was created to mark the occasion while the guests
were entertained by the Celtic Tenors. Also in
attendance were many well known Irish American
faces, including the original female lead with
Riverdance, Jean Butler.
All photos Anita and Steve Shevett unless otherwise
indicated.
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The final number of the show, Heartland, on opening
night
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| Conor Hayes
and Sinead McCafferty take their finale bows |
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John McColgan (Director), Moya Doherty (Producer)
and Bill Whelan (Composer)
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| Moya Doherty,
Gene Wilder and John McColgan with the Riverdance
Day Proclamation signed by NY mayor Michael Bloomberg |
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An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (Irish Prime Minister),
Moya Doherty, John McColgan
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Ted Kennedy Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland
Jean Kennedy Smith, Moya Doherty
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Barbara Galavan with Riverdance composer Bill
Whelan
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Former and current Riverdance principal dancers
Jean Butler and Sinead McCafferty
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Riverdance Principal dancers, Sinead McCafferty
and Conor Hayes
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Cuan Hanly (husband of Jean Butler), Jean Butler,
Joan Egan of Tyrone Productions and her husband
Gabriel Egan (picture: Irish Voice)
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The Celtic Tenors - James Nelson, Niall Morris,
Matthew Gilsenan who entertained the guests at
the opening night party (picture: Irish Voice)
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Moya Doherty with Chloe from Celtic Woman and
Adele King, also known as 'Twink'
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Celtic Woman members Maeve Ni Mhaolohatha, Orla
Fallon and Mairead Nesbitt
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Riverdance dancers Susan Ginnety (who was celebrating
her 10th year with Riverdance), Aileen Cronin,
Conor Hayes and Yvonne Mahady
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Jean Butler (centre) with (left to right) Riverdance
dancers Aislinn Ryan, Laura Minogue, Jennifer
Healy and Patricia Henry
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Riverdance dancers Melissa Convery, Anna Brovkina,
Aaron Tolson, Tokiko Masuda and Sam Nichols.
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Moscow Folk Ballet dancers Alexei Soukarhev,
his wife Liubov Marchukova and baby Georgiy in
full tuxedo!
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Zoe Conway (Riverdance fiddle player) with Riverdance
flamenco dancers Yolanda Gonzales Sobrado and
Carmen Armengou
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Dancer Sean Beglan, Sean's mother, Senior Executive
Producer of Riverdance Julian Erskine and dancer
Jillian Winke
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Riverdance dancers Deirdre McDonnell, Katie
Flannery, Aileen Cronin, Corey Hutchins, Amy Siegal
and Moscow Folk Ballet dancer Natalia Tomilina
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John McColgan greets the crowd to commemorate
the 10th Anniversary of Riverdance. (picture:
Irish Voice)
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Moya and John with the Riverdance 10 year anniversary
cake
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