Post by Gene on May 14, 2007 23:14:33 GMT
Hi everyone..here's a bulletin posted by Hayley on myspace today.
The link:
blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.controlcenter&MyToken=b4b3bfba-769f-464b-8af0-e2b1a8c47b4f
Regards to all, Gene.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Greetings from Idaho!
Hey guys,
How are ya? I'm fantastic. In great spirits. Hope you are too.
I'm in Boise, Idaho at the moment, backstage at the Velma V. Morrison Centre getting ready for the tonight's show. I'm sitting in the hair and make-up room getting all dolled up with the rest of the Celtic Woman girls and, as usual, we all are in fits of laughter. We have some great personalities on tour, including Nil (make-up) and Ryan (hair) who always keep us amused. 
So, where to start? Well, as some of you may know, I was in New Zealand for a week of album promotion at the end of last month. Unfortunately I only had a couple of days in my home city of Christchurch so I only was able to see my family briefly and meet up with one close friend who resorted to coming round to my house to watch me pack. My family and I did quite well though, considering. We managed to squeeze in a trip to our lovely local Indian restaurant for dinner, a movie at home (Flightplan…a little too scary for me though!), some shopping for all and lots of hugs of course! It wasn't much fun saying goodbye to everyone at the airport, but it was nice to have Mum accompany me around New Zealand for my work commitments. During my trip home I performed on the New Zealand version of 'Dancing With The Stars'. I sang 'The Water Is Wide' from my latest album as the votes were being counted. I found myself really nervous! I assume this was because 'DWTS' is NZ's biggest TV show at the moment and I knew all of my friends and relatives would be watching. Despite the nerves though, I did enjoy myself tremendously. I met up with the super-talented and forever-funny Jason Gunn who is the host of the show and whom I used to work with quite a bit as a youngster. He's watched me grow up so it was nice to be working with him once again.
I also had the honour of singing the National Anthem at the dawn ANZAC day service in Wellington. Thousands gathered in darkness and in almost silence. It felt so special to be there and to have the opportunity to pay my respects to those who had lost their lives and to those who had given so much to us all. Three of my Great Uncles were fighter pilots in WW2, one of which lost his life, and so this added to the significance of the day for me.
Australia was my next stop. I was in the country for 2 days - one in Sydney and one in Melbourne -doing album promotion. I performed on some TV shows, talked on a number of radio stations and gave interviews for the local magazines and papers. I also had a signing at 'Readings' where I sang a few numbers accompanied by guitar, was then interviewed on stage and afterwards, met the wonderful audience and signed albums. This was the highlight of the trip for me.
So I'm now back in the US on the Celtic Woman tour and having an all-round fantastic time. Must get back to work. We have a show to do! Look after yourselves…
Hayleyx
PS. Photos coming shortly!! I still haven't been able to hunt down a camera-laptop cord!
The link:
blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.controlcenter&MyToken=b4b3bfba-769f-464b-8af0-e2b1a8c47b4f
Regards to all, Gene.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Greetings from Idaho!
Hey guys,
How are ya? I'm fantastic. In great spirits. Hope you are too.
I'm in Boise, Idaho at the moment, backstage at the Velma V. Morrison Centre getting ready for the tonight's show. I'm sitting in the hair and make-up room getting all dolled up with the rest of the Celtic Woman girls and, as usual, we all are in fits of laughter. We have some great personalities on tour, including Nil (make-up) and Ryan (hair) who always keep us amused. 
So, where to start? Well, as some of you may know, I was in New Zealand for a week of album promotion at the end of last month. Unfortunately I only had a couple of days in my home city of Christchurch so I only was able to see my family briefly and meet up with one close friend who resorted to coming round to my house to watch me pack. My family and I did quite well though, considering. We managed to squeeze in a trip to our lovely local Indian restaurant for dinner, a movie at home (Flightplan…a little too scary for me though!), some shopping for all and lots of hugs of course! It wasn't much fun saying goodbye to everyone at the airport, but it was nice to have Mum accompany me around New Zealand for my work commitments. During my trip home I performed on the New Zealand version of 'Dancing With The Stars'. I sang 'The Water Is Wide' from my latest album as the votes were being counted. I found myself really nervous! I assume this was because 'DWTS' is NZ's biggest TV show at the moment and I knew all of my friends and relatives would be watching. Despite the nerves though, I did enjoy myself tremendously. I met up with the super-talented and forever-funny Jason Gunn who is the host of the show and whom I used to work with quite a bit as a youngster. He's watched me grow up so it was nice to be working with him once again.
I also had the honour of singing the National Anthem at the dawn ANZAC day service in Wellington. Thousands gathered in darkness and in almost silence. It felt so special to be there and to have the opportunity to pay my respects to those who had lost their lives and to those who had given so much to us all. Three of my Great Uncles were fighter pilots in WW2, one of which lost his life, and so this added to the significance of the day for me.
Australia was my next stop. I was in the country for 2 days - one in Sydney and one in Melbourne -doing album promotion. I performed on some TV shows, talked on a number of radio stations and gave interviews for the local magazines and papers. I also had a signing at 'Readings' where I sang a few numbers accompanied by guitar, was then interviewed on stage and afterwards, met the wonderful audience and signed albums. This was the highlight of the trip for me.
So I'm now back in the US on the Celtic Woman tour and having an all-round fantastic time. Must get back to work. We have a show to do! Look after yourselves…
Hayleyx
PS. Photos coming shortly!! I still haven't been able to hunt down a camera-laptop cord!
