Race dance double bill this Monday & Tuesday Two of Ireland’s best dance acts come to the Abbey Hotel in Roscommon this Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th July. The Race Dance in the Abbey Hotel is now the biggest dancing festival in the West of Ireland. It continues to attract the biggest dance fans from all over Ireland! The fun starts on Monday with Jimmy Buckley and his band providing the entertainment and Robert Mizzell and his band will take to the stage on Tuesday! Doors open at 11 pm, dancing each night from 12 to 2 am. You’re a Star finalist in the Coachman’s The Coachman’s will host You’re a Star finalist Mairead O’Dowd on Friday night next, July 4th. Mairead O’ Dowd released her debut single ‘Push’ on Friday last, June 27th. Having been a member of the infamous Billie Barry Stage School for ten years, a member of girl band Minx and a finalist in You’re a Star 2008, 22-year-old Mairead O’Dowd is now to set the charts alive with her debut single ‘Push’ which will be available for download exclusively from iTunes, downloadmusic.ie and all good download sites. ‘Push’ is an edgy pop song with impressive lyrics written by Navan native Mairead O’Dowd. Her distinctive voice and undeniable energy and character is sure to set her apart from her peers in the music charts today! Mairead is a self confessed rock chick and cites The Beatles, Cranberries, U2, The Kings of Leon as her main influences with Alanis Morissette her number one idol! While taking part in You’re a Star 2008, Mairead’s highlight would have to be performing ‘Push’ in front of a live television audience of 600,000 people and now to release it as her first single has truly made her dreams come true! Mairead’s passion for music was evident from a young age and her mother enrolled her in the Billie Barry Stage School at the tender age of seven where she stayed for ten years. Having had such fantastic training behind her Mairead was the chosen one to play Sleeping Beauty in the famous Gaiety Christmas Panto in 2002! It was an Allan Stanford Production in which Frank Kelly played the part of King Jack. In total Mairead performed in 98 shows while part of The Billie Barry Stage School. Mairead states that being part of this particular stage school really helped her grow into the performer she is today. See Mairead at the Coachman’s on Friday night next.
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