Celtic Thunder without the "Celtic"
by irishgal on 2009-10-02THE ARROW HALL - MississaugaFirst let me say that I am a huge Celtic thunder fan!!! I have seen them once before and was so impressed that I went again to see their new show. The first show I saw was an amazing concert and I was totally entertained from start to finish. I left wanting more and could not wait to see them again. This new show was more of a play and did have the 'thunder' that they usually display. There were a lot of sIow songs and I almost fell asleep through the first half. The intermission was one hour which is unheard of at any show. They said it was for the difficult set change, but frankly, it didn't look that different. If I knew this before, I would not have gone. The second act was much better but I still left feeling very disappointed. For those people who have never seen them before, they did not witness what Celtic Thunder is truly about. Also, as their name states, they should be singing more Celtic songs. Instead, they were singing cover tunes which were quite corny!! And they had some female performers who were very good but that's not what we were there to see. As I said before, I was a true fan but after seeing this, I don't think I would go back. They need to go back to their Celtic roots as that is what people want to see!