Dave Rooney Answered the Call When Karel Sent Lyrics to His Fellow Las Vegan !
So, Karel sent the lyrics he wrote for the show to two people hoping one would respond; Morgan Mallory, and Dave Rooney. Well, embarrassment of riches, they both did!
The result is a smashing homage to Oscar Wilde bound to get anyone clapping and grabbing a Guinness. The lyrics are:
Copyright 2020
A TOAST – LYRICS BY CHARLES KAREL BOULEY AND DAVE ROONEY
MUSIC BY : DAVE ROONEY (WRITTEN AND PERFORMED FOR THE DORIAN AWARDS.
SEPT 5TH 2020.
Oscar was a man so wilde,
Went to jail for being gay,
And the judgement wasn’t mild,
Writing all along the way
His characters jumped of the page
And today he’s all the rage,
He wasn’t shy, he’d sometimes boast,
‘tis why we have this toast.`
so raise a glass and toast ,
a star from coast to coast,
you’re shining bright it is your night,
so raise a glass and toast
so raise a glass and cheers
to the man from westland row,
who’d like a drink, give a subtle wink
to all the boys and girls he’d know
you’d act, you’d sing, you’d play,
get millions through the day
you’re art inspires, the stars conspire,
and now you get a toast
and the words you wrote resound
through everyone of us today,
through your charm and wit
a pre-requisite in everything you’d say
so raise a glass and toast ,
a star from coast to coast,
you’re shining bright it is your night,
so raise a glass and toast
so raise a glass and cheers
to the man from westland row,
who’d like a drink, give a subtle wink
to all the boys and girls he’d know
though you left us long ago,
your words they still live on,
and we’ll celebrate your life ,
through our music and our song,
and your passing from this world,
have the people here beguiled,
there’ll never be another one like thee
Oscar O’flaherty wills wilde
so raise a glass and toast ,
a star from coast to coast,
you’re shining bright it is your night,
so raise a glass and toast
so raise a glass and cheers
to the man from westland row,
who’d like a drink, give a subtle wink
to all the boys and girls he’d know
SONG LENGTH 2M 40 SEC.
SONG KEY: G MAJOR.
INSTRUMENTATIION: VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC BASS ,DRUMS, PENNY WHISTLE, LOW D WHISTLE, TAMBOURINE.
PRO- IMRO-(IRISH MUSIC RIGHTS ORGANISATION)
MEMBER: DAVID ANTHONY ROONEY
CAE: 00546908323
The Black Donnellys is a highly-regarded and Guinness World Record-breaking band from Dublin. Currently based in Las Vegas, The Black Donnellys are resident musicians at Rí Rá Irish Pub at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, located on the infamous Las Vegas Strip. The band consists of award-winning singer/songwriter Dave Rooney, and Guinness World Record-breaking guitarist Dave Browne.
Since arriving in America just under five years ago, The Black Donnellys have established a great fan base throughout the United States with their energetic live performances. They have written/recorded and shared a stage with many great Irish artists including:
- Terry Woods (The Pogues)
- Ronnie Drew (The Dubliners)
- Derek Warfield (Young Wolfe Tones)
- George Murphy (The High Kings)
- Liam Reilly (Bagatelle)
- THE DUBLINERS
- Christy Dignam (ASLAN)
Members of renowned bands such as Santana, Heart and a host of TV stars and celebrities have been known to join The Black Donnellys on stage at their residency gig in Las Vegas.
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Dave Browne currently holds the Guinness World Record for marathon guitar playing, knocking out songs and tunes for over 114 hours straight at Dublin’s famous Temple Bar.
In 2012, Dave Rooney was voted best Irish Singer/Songwriter of the year by NYCS Radio Irish. Dave was co-writer of the the critically acclaimed theatre production Cobblestone Sam and author of the original 17-song soundtrack.
Dave has just finished writing the screenplay for the much anticipated feature film ‘THE MILLIONAIRE’, and has also written all music for the soundtrack, due for release in 2020.
The band also penned the theme song for UFC 202 return fight between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz (Notorious).
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Janelle Monáe & Billy Porter—Winning Duo!
Janelle Monáe & Billy Porter: Dual Winners, Best TV Musical Performance
For the Opening Number, 92nd Academy Awards ®JANELLE MONÁE
@janellemonaeA singer, songwriter, producer, and performer from Kansas City, Kansas, Monáe’s innovative style melds a redefined pop sensibility with an extraordinary mash-up of soul, funk, and rock n’ roll. Her debut album The ArchAndroid was released to widespread acclaim, earning her multiple Grammy nominations, and was deemed the top album of 2010 by The Associated Press, The Guardian, The Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times. Monáe was also a recipient of the 2011 ASCAP Vanguard Award, and was included in the first-ever “Women Who Rock” exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame earlier that year.
A dynamic performer and artistic entrepreneur, Monáe her own record label, The Wondaland Arts Society, and has performed worldwide with artistic legends such as Stevie Wonder and Prince. In 2013, she launched her second studio album, The Electric Lady. The first official single off the album, Q.U.E.E.N., quickly racked-up 10,000,000 views on YouTube. “Yoga,” the second single from Monae’s Wondaland Records collective EP, The Eephus, accumulated nearly 5,000,000 views on YouTube in its first month. Her third solo album, Dirty Computer, received a 2019 Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.
As an actress, she has costarred in the Oscar ©-winning drama Moonlight, the also-acclaimed period drama Hidden Figures and the second season of the Amazon thriller Homecoming. She can currently be seen on the screen in the horror film Antebellum.
Visit her fan page here.
Source: WME Speakers.
BILLY PORTER
@thebillyporterBefore landing his Dorian Award-winning role on the multi-Dorian Award-winning FX drama Pose, Billy Porter was best known for starring as “Lola” in the smash hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots, for which he won the 2013 Drama Desk and Tony® Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. Other Broadway acting credits include the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Shuffle Along, directed by George C. Wolfe, Miss Saigon, Five Guys Named Moe, Grease (all original cast), Smokey Joe’s Café and Dreamgirls (20th anniversary revival). His one-man show, Ghetto Superstar: The Man That I Am, was nominated for a 2005 GLAAD Media Award.
Porter’s original song “Time” has been featured twice on the television dancing contest So You Think You Can Dance. His concert credits include performing as the opening act for Rosie O’Donnell and Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall, singing with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Philly Pops, and as soloist for a political fundraiser for President Bill Clinton.
As a director, Porter has helmed revivals of George C. Wolfe’s plays The Colored Museum and Top Dog/Underdog, as well as a critically acclaimed recreation of The Wiz. He also conceived the musical revue Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Music of Stevie Wonder, which starred Chaka Khan in the spring of 2002. In addition, Porter conceived and directed Being Alive, a musical celebration that aligns the cannons of Stephen Sondheim and William Shakespeare and combines them with the soulful musical styles of the African-American experience. He is also an NAACP Theatre Award winner for Best Direction of a Musical for his production of Once On This Island at Reprise Theatre Company.
And as a recording artist, Porter’s solo albums include his first CD, Untitled, on A&M records and his sophomore album, At the Corner of Broadway + Soul – LIVE. Another album, Billy’s Back on Broadway, was released in 2014. Porter’s most recent album, The Soul of Richard Rodgers, was released on Sony Masterworks. Porter’s voice can also be heard on the albums A Very Rosie Christmas, Jim
Brickman’s Destiny (a top ten AC hit), Grease (revival cast album) and more.Porter is a graduate of The Professional Program in Screenwriting at UCLA and is an adjunct professor at his alma mater Carnegie Mellon University’s School Of Drama, where he has directed productions of Company and Letters From ‘Nam. He carries an honorary doctorate from Washington & Jefferson College.
Source: FX Networks
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Look Who’s Slaying! ‘Killing Eve’ for Best TV Drama
KILLING EVE: BEST TV DRAMA (AMC / BBC America)THE SHOW@killingeveThe third season of the award-winning drama continues the story of two women with brutal pasts, addicted to each other but now trying desperately to live their lives without their drug of choice. For Villanelle (Jodie Comer), the assassin without a job, Eve (Sandra Oh) is dead. For Eve, the ex-MI6 operative hiding in plain sight, Villanelle will never find her. All seems fine until a shocking and personal death sets them on a collision course yet again. The journey back to each other will cost both of them friends, family, and allegiances…and perhaps a share of their souls.Stars Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia, Sean Delaney and Owen McDonnell return with new cast additions: Dame Harriet Walter (Succession), Danny Sapani (Harlots), Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones), Camille Cottin (Call My Agent), Steve Pemberton (Inside No. 9), Raj Bajaj (A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding), Turlough Convery (Ready Player One), Pedja Bjelac (Harry Potter) and Evgenia Dodina (One Week and a Day).
Suzanne Heathcote (Fear the Walking Dead) serves as lead writer and executive producer for season three, continuing the tradition of passing the baton to a new female writing voice. Executive producers are Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Gina Mingacci, Damon Thomas, Jeff Melvoin, Suzanne Heathcote and Sandra Oh. Nige Watson also serves as producer on the series. Killing Eve is produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd. for BBC America and is distributed by Endeavor Content. The series is based on the Codename Villanelle novellas by Luke Jennings.
ACCEPTING THE DORIAN:
SALLY WOODWARD GENTLE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Twitter: @sidgentlefilms
Instagram: @sidgentleGentle is the BAFTA award-winning executive producer of British television dramas such as Any Human Heart, Enid and Whitechapel. She formed Sid Gentle Films Ltd in September 2013 to produce original and innovative television drama and feature films.
Prior to Sid, Gentle was Creative Director of Carnival Films. In 2010, she appeared in Broadcast’s Power List for women in film and television. With Sally at its creative helm, Carnival won Indie of the Year at the 2011 Televisual Bulldog Awards and Best Indie at the 2012 Broadcast Awards.
Before joining Carnival, she was the Creative Director for BBC Drama Production following a year as Acting Head of In-House Drama. Prior to that, she was Head of Development for all BBC drama. While at the BBC she worked across a range of high profile output including Tipping the Velvet, Cambridge Spies, Waking the Dead, the first series of the new Dr Who, Philip Pullman’s Sally Lockhart Mysteries, and the HBO co-production, The House of Saddam. She was also at the center of a remarkable run of new dramas on BBC Four including the BAFTA nominated film Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Gentle was formerly Managing Director of Kudos where she helped originate and executive produce BAFTA-nominated drama series Psychos created by David Wolstencroft for Channel 4. She continued 16 the relationship with David Wolstencroft and oversaw the development of Spooks before leaving for the BBC.
Since establishing Sid, Gentle has executive produced two seasons of the BAFTA-nominated and ITV ratings hit The Durrells in Corfu with a third in production, as well as Sky Arts equally highly-acclaimed series, Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories. Sally also executive produced SS-GB, the Purvis and Wade (Bond screenplay writers) adaptation of Len Deighton’s classic thriller that aired on BBC one in February 2017.
SUZANNE HEATHCOTE, WRITER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
#SuzanneHeathcote
Heathcote is a British writer and actor based in the United States. Her writing career began at the Royal Court Theatre, where she attended the Young Writers Program and Advanced Writers Group. Her first play Concrete Fairgrounds, was selected as part of the Royal Court Young Writers Festival and The New Year New Futures Festival at the Traverse Theatre.
Her plays have been developed internationally by Nabokov Theatre, New York Stage and Film and Interplay Australia. She has been a recipient of the New York Stage and Film Founders Award, the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award, a resident playwright for The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm, and a member of the Ars Nova Play Group.In television, Heathcote has been a writer/producer for several dramas in development at HBO, was an Executive Story Editor for AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead, was a writer/producer for Steven Knight’s Apple+ adventure See starring Jason Mamoa, and an upcoming project with singer Sara Bareilles, also for Apple+.FIONA SHAW, COSTARAs “Carolyn Martens”Twitter: @thefionashawInstagram: @#fionashawIreland-born Fiona Shaw stars in Killing Eve as Carolyn Martens, a lead MI6 agent who recruits Eve (Sandra Oh) to track down a psychopathic female assassin.Shaw, currently on screen alongside TK in the lesbian romance Ammonite, was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2001 for her contribution to film and drama. Also known for her turn as TK in the Harry Potter movies, she costars with Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill in the imminent steampunk adventure Enola Holmes and headlines November’s horror-mystery Kindred with rising star Jack Lowden (of the 2016 miniseries version of War & Peace).In film, she has worked with a number of international directors, including Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot), Bob Raffelson (Mountains of the Moon), Brian DePalma (The Black Dahlia), Franco Zeffirelli (Jane Eyre), Neil Jordan (The Butcher Boy), Terrence Malick (The Tree off Life), and Craig Macneill, the young director of Lizzie. She was also seen alongside Kate Beckinsale in Colette.She is also known for her comedy performances in Three Men and a Little Lady, Super Mario Bros., and Undercover Blues.In TV, she is known in the for her television performance as the villainess witch Marnie Stonebrook on HBO’s True Blood.One of the foremost artists of the London stage, Shaw has led a number of major productions in London and New York, including Medea (London and Broadway, Tony® Nomination), Happy Days (BAM), The Ancient Mariner (BAM), and The Testament of Mary (Broadway). She was awarded a Drama Desk Award for The Waste Land, performed in a disused theater on 42nd Street.In London, she has played in many iconic productions, such as As You Like it (Olivier Award winner), Hedda Gabler (London Critics Award winner), The Taming of the Shrew, Machinal (for which she won the Olivier for Best Actress and Evening Standard Award), and Electra (Olivier Award winner). With the National Theatre in London, she performed the controversial Richard II, The Good Person of Setzwan (Olivier Award), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Way of the World, Mother Courage, London Assurance and Scenes from an Execution.Shaw lives in London and New York.Sources: AMC Networks; Sid Gentle; IMDB (Carol Ziegler for Suzanne Heathcote); GALECA.org -
“The Celtic Ride” on Amazon Creator Louise Rawlins Chimes in from Ireland at The Dorians!
‘From Bedroom to Amazon’
Louise Rawlins Traynor thought exploring Ireland on a motorbike and turning that into an adventure-documentary for the World to see would make for an exciting project. Over Winter ’18, Louise planned three episodes for ‘The Celtic Ride’ from her bedroom in the evenings, jotting down ideas while sitting in bed. Louise never worked in TV or film before and set out to learn the ropes.
Louise decided there is no better time to delve into the World of motorcycling and decided to get her own bike licence. Her training and first ride out around Dublin were filmed as part of the show. She then decided on the riders to take part, as each episode shadows a set of riders who also take part in adventures along their trip.
Fast forward to June 2019 and filming began. Louise arranged a wedding for a couple on the viewing point of the highest sea-cliffs in Ireland. Four lady riders from Boston to tour south east Ireland and sail on the Atlantic Ocean. And a group of men from Florida to go through a gruelling 3 day off-road training course.
“Creating the Celtic Ride documentary was a thrilling project. I never studied or worked in film production, I researched tv production morning, noon and night. I’m naturally a creative person and envision how I wanted this show to turn out. I wanted to learn to ride just to make this show.
I look at the great World around me and I see things that if shared, will fill the hearts of others. Life is full of experiences and enjoyment which some of us are lucky to live through. It’s up to us to bring that to others, and I hope this show brings that to everyone”, Louise Rawlins Traynor, Creator & Executive Producer of The Celtic Ride.
At the moment, The Celtic Ride is available on the Celtic Ride website (www.thecelticride.com) along with Amazon Prime in the USA and UK and, other territories are expected to be made available soon along with national broadcast stations.
You can take part in the adventures as seen in The Celtic Ride through Celtic Rider Ireland. Contact Celtic Rider Ireland at www.celticrider.com.
