Since my last column I have been a busy bee. We have now finished our nationwide tour with Crystal Swing and I must say I was rather sad on the last night as I had such a ball as well as everyone else involved.
Our last few shows were in Castlebar, Ballybunion and Letterkenny which were all a fantastic success. Over the whole tour there were many highlights including filming the DVD in Cork Opera house and the wonderful night we had in The Hazel Hotel but my main highlight was perfoming in Letterkenny infront of my family and friends.
It’s great to travel all over the country performing in front of so many different audiences but nothing can beat having your family and friends in the audience there to support you.
With most of my family living in Glasgow, there were a lot of them wanting to see the show but unable to attend due to work commitments etc, but hopefully the Crystal Swing Tour will reunite soon and they can see it then.
I met so many lovely people while I was on the road and everyone involved in the show became great friends which I think is one of the best things about my developing career.
After our last performance in The Clanree Hotel, myself, Derek and my two friends Ciara & Michael decided to carry on the party.
It was Derek’s first time in Donegal, so I couldn’t let him go home without experiencing a night out in my ‘new’ hometown!
Because it was a Monday night there weren’t many places open but we found an open door at The Central Bar. As soon as we walked through the door, a group of girls clapped their eyes on Derek and let out the biggest scream you could imagine.
huckle buck
So the cat was let out of the bag straight away. From then on there were countless people asking for pictures, autographes and just wanting to speak to him, it was crazy. I even managed to convince him to do his legendery ‘huckle buck’ legs and the place went wild!
It was a fantastic night and what I love about Derek, Dervla and Mary is that no matter how many times they are asked to sign an autograph or be in a photograph or simply have a conversation with a complete stranger, they are always more than happy to do it and they just want to enjoy themselves.
They are the most down to earth, caring people I have ever met and I am very proud to say that I was involved in their nationwide tour.
As well as having a great show and great night out in Letterkenny, I also bumped into a good friend of mine Johnny Haughey.
I haven’t seen him for a good while so it was great to see him at the show and find out what he has been up to.
He has recently finished a very successful UK tour and is now touring all over Ireland with his very own band.
So if you hear or see Johnny advertised for somewhere near you, please go and see the show, I can assure you it will be a great night. I am hoping to get to one of his shows very soon myself so I may see you there.
For a few days after the tour I spent my time relaxing and it was great. But when I say relaxing, I mean in between being a ‘mother’ to my sister who is not having the most enjoyable of pregnancies.
With my mum and dad being back home in Glasgow, there is no one else here to be ‘mother’ as I say.
So all of the cooking and cleaning has been left to me and I’m not sure my dinners are doing Celia very many favours to be honest!
But it wont be for long im sure, as my mum and dad don’t need an excuse to come back at the best of times.
And also another member of my family who is not too well at the moment is my brother Christopher who underwent an operation on his hand last week. The operation was a success but he’s still in a lot of pain so I wish you a very speedy recovery and I hope to see you soon.
For the next few weeks ill be concentrating on promoting my latest single which is called I’m A Little Bit Lonely, I am delighted with the way the single turned out and I’m so thankful to Wayne Thorose and Martin Cleary for their continuous hard work. I have updated a preview of the song on to my website www.lisa-mchugh.com and I hope you check it out and you can also request it on your local radio stations from next week. Until next week be safe & take care.
