#rivardance

[amyrivard]

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#happynationaldanceday from #notadancer me. Let’s all do the #RIVARDance Also, yes that is a #newkidsontheblock #nkotb reference in my song. See the full video for #whereiam on my YouTube channel. #nationaldanceday #iamnotadancer (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFWAbqCj4rU/?igshid=42jgd1i8ba1g

[amyrivard]

Feb. 9th was Riverdance’s 25th Birthday. I remember seeing it on video for the 1st time & how I dreamed of being in it. I saw the show live for the 1st time when I got to be an usher for it in Detroit. It was amazing! Months later, I was in TO, for a different audition & noticed the show was there. I went to the backstage door, met this drummer @andyr78 & told him I wanted to be in the show. He got the stage manager, they took my photo/resume & months later, they asked me to send a recording. By the time I sent it back to Ireland, it was too late & they’d already formed the 3rd touring company, the Lagan Co. I was so disappointed. Time passed, I graduated from University & did my 1st summer stock show. I was a local hire & it cost me more money to be there, than my weekly paycheck. Then one day, one of the men in the show said, “Hey, Amy, you should go crash this audition I’m doing in Toronto” I said, “What’s the show?” He said, “It’s some show called @riverdance ” Well, my jaw dropped to the floor. I had to go. I needed somewhere to stay in Toronto, so I asked the girl sitting next to me in my dressing room, @chordsofsteele if I could stay with her, & if she wanted to crash the auditions with me. She said yes & then 6 months later, (while living on the living room floor of a 2 bedroom apt, that we made into a 4 bedroom) I got the call that would change my life forever. (@chordsofsteele did too!) This little story from my life reminds me that “what’s yours can’t pass you by!” So don’t give up on your dreams! I'm forever grateful to this show and to all of the people that I was blessed to meet. Its given me lifelong friends. I was able to travel the world, & I’m certain I wouldn’t have my green card, if I wasn’t in this show. Happy 25th Birthday RIverdance. Here’s just a few of the gazillion photos I have. I may also still have a few copies of RRrrriiihhhh! As well! #riverdance #riverdance25 #riverdance25thanniversary #riverdancer #rivardance #gershwintheatre #gershwintheatrebroadway (at Gershwin Theatre Boadway) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8bwGnxp75V/?igshid=1n2c1j8vjkmad