VANCOUVER

Winner announced: Riverdance Touch of the Irish Evening!

ctvbc.ca Published Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:33PM PST

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Riverdance
April 5-10, 2011
Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Few shows have touched audiences like RIVERDANCE, the Original International Phenomenon. This thunderous celebration of joyful music, song and dance that has that has tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe, will play the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, April 5 – April 10, 2011 for 8 performances only!

CTV would like to congratulate the following unofficial winner, Peter Hickman of Vancouver. He has won the Touch of the Irish Evening including 4 tickets to opening night of Riverdance on April 5th, dinner for 4 at the Irish Heather GastroPub and a night’s stay at the Westin Grand Vancouver!

RIVERDANCE – now in its 16th phenomenal year -- has played over 10,000 performances, been seen live by more than 22 million people in over 350 venues throughout 40 countries across 4 continents. An innovative and exciting blend of dance, music and song, RIVERDANCE draws on Irish traditions and the combined talents of the performers propel Irish dancing and music to the present day capturing the imagination of audiences across all ages and cultures. This extraordinarily unique show features an international company all performing to the magic of Bill Whelan’s music.

In Vancouver, RIVERDANCE plays Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.; and Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for RIVERDANCE vary in range depending on performance, seat location, and date of purchase and start at $25.00. Tickets are on sale through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at ticketmaster.ca or call 1.855.985.5000. Group orders for 15 or more may be placed by calling 1.800.889.8457.

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