Another regular addition will be the "biographies" and works of various VBer "characters",
both real and fictional...for example the DAGHDA.....

The VB History
The Royal Court	The explanation and full listing of the Royal Court, formerly featured at the Friend's of Flatley Pub.
What is a Daghda?	The introductory posts of Jim Quinn's alter-ego.....and some of his DAGHDACTICS!!
"DIRTY JIGGING"	- in all its glory!!!
"STAR TRAK"	Yet another of the Daghda's rib-ticklers....
"DAGHDA'S SONGBOOK"	Compositions of our ever creative Daghda, the songster extraordinaire! (And if you close your eyes and listen real hard, you could almost imagine you could hear him singing the,.... er...well maybe not... after you see one of the sets of lyrics!)
"DREAM DANCER"	- or  The Irish "Rocky"... a synopsis for Michael's upcoming movie.
The VB from Day 1!!!!	Here are all the URLs we know about for the definitive history of the VB!!! Muchly thanks to Phred and Diarmaid.....
The Bublin Dazette	Articles by Desmond Blarney
The London Tribune	Articles by Nelson Hoodwinkle
At one time VBer's were asked to post about their "journey" to Flatleyland..... here are some of their stories....
"I am 70 years young..."	by Jean Kaidy
"Every so often you find something you FEEL!"...	by Judy in Brisbane
"Terry's Music Stop"	The lyrics and in some cases the music scores to the songs from Lord of the Dance and Feet of Flames, collected by Terry Coons, a lady of few words, but happy to share her enjoyment!
Also here you will find special stories that have been sent to me about "Michael Moments"....
PLEASE NOTE: ALL material here, pictures and photos are copyright and owned  by the respective persons named. If you copy and use them you are STEALING. Alex The story of a little boy that had his special "Michael Moment" Karen FOF Karen's first meet with Michael, April 21, 1997 in Fairfax, Virginia CindyP Cindy's "MM" in Portland, Oregon on June 7, 1997. LeeAnn LeeAnn's "MM" in Annaheim on June 18, 1997. LeeAnn ..and again on July 2, 1997 in San Diego. Connie Pics from the Chicago show meet & greet. Trisha More pics from the Chicago meet & greet. Mary Lou Pics from Boston, taken on August 8, 1997 KarenFOF ...again in Baltimore, August 31, 1997. Hot-lantans The memorable weekend, Atlanta, September 19 & 20, 1997. Susan Pics from Susan Sewell and co in St Louis, September, 1997. Sandy ...meets Michael September 23 & 24, 1997 in Kansas City. Joe Pics from Cleveland, October 10, 1997. 'GADE .... just READ it! The Other Susanna's post about her slingshot trip to Sydney..... ....and, to hopefully help lessen the LoTD withdrawal you may be going through....... my posts from the Sydney Stop over of Lord of the Dance November, 1997....enjoy!
NEWSPAPER STORIES
And finally the Archives. LoTD news reports, some that are worth archiving, some that are not worth the paper they were originally printed on! Over the years there have been some of the reports moved from where they were originally stored. So that we don't lose these we have started storing them ourselves, but have missed some, as is indicated below. This is by no means a comprehensive list of articles, far from it. If you have some that you thin should be added, even if they are on your site and you want to keep them there, but would like a link to them included below, please let us know!
Lord of the Dance Michael aiming for Hollywood Stardom	Some time in July 1997, I think! - The Weekly News. Interview with Michael.
Flatley's new show moves further from the crossroads	July 3, 1996 - Irish Times - After the opening at the point in Dublin.
Flatley's new show 'cynical, synthetic'.	July 25, 1996 - Irish Times - After opening night in London, an attempt to  be nasty, that kind of fails.
No mean feat, these $50m taped-up toes	November 5, 1996 - Sydney Morning Herald, Australia (with THE photo of the legs!) (link appears to have been archived... attempts being made to recover article)
Lord of the Dance Aims High	February 1997 - A link to an article from Celtic Connection - by Vincent Sylvester(link appears to have been archived... attempts being made to recover article)
Kicking Up a Celtic Storm	March 2, 1997 - mostNEWYORK, written by Patricia O'Hare
'Lord,' What Dance!	March 3, 1997 - mostNEWYORK again - "We'll say it Flatley: Choreographer has a show"
Irish dance star does it his way	March 18, 1997 - CNN
Lord of the Dance Driven with Determination	May 1997 - Another article from the Celtic Connection - by Brendan Landers(link appears to have been archived... attempts being made to recover article)
Dance 'Lord' Flatley taps into his dream	June 15, 1997 - Sacramento Bee
As a feat of fleet feet, Flatley's 'Dance' flies	June 23, 1997 - Sacramento Bee
Review of Las Vegas performance	5 July, 1997 - New World Records review by G Horstman... sounds like he actually "saw" the show!
Will Flatley Suffer the Same Fate of So Many Celtic Heroes?	July 1997 - Celtic Connection again, this time written by Catholine Butler
Michael Flatley brings his high-energy dancing spectacular to Lakewood	September 20th, 1997 - Article by John Falstaff, of "The Celtic Show"
The World at his Feet	October 25, 1997 - The Times Magazine (London) - Article by Giles Whittel, with pics by Paul Massey
Michael Flatley Collapses	December 1997 - Yep, you guessed it, Celtic Connection - by Celeste Sinclair(link appears to have been archived... attempts being made to recover article)
Sick Flatley To Dance In For Awards	Dec 28, 1997 - London Daily Mail - Flatley defies Doctors....prior to Irish Entertainment Industry Awards
Entertainment win for Ronan Keating	Dec 29, 1997 - Irish Times - After Ireland's Entertainment Industry Awards, presented on 28th December 1997
Lord of the Dance	Jan 10, 1998 - My Weekly (UK) - Precursor to LoTD starting its return season in UK
Flatley Considers Career in the Ring	July 25, 1998 - Irish Times
Flatley's Fiery Finale	July 26, 1998 - BBC Online, and includes pics and radio piece!
Fire in the Feet	July 27, 1998 - The Times review of Feet of Flames
Flatley's '£1m to be Lord of the Ring	August 4, 1998 - BBC Online
Dance Star takes Centre Stage in Court	October 2, 1998 - BBC Online
Flatley Pressurised into deal court hears	October 7, 1998 - BBC Online
Manager was a bully claims Flatley	October 9, 1998 - BBC Online
Dance star's tough day in court	October 15, 1998 - BBC Online
Dancer faces hefty costs	October 20, 1998 - BBC Online
Dancer reveals movie dream	November 5, 1998 - BBC Online
Flatley wins libel apology	November 16, 1998 - BBC Online
Flatley's feet tripped by ad rules	December 8, 1998 - BBC Online
...and other LoTD/dancer/Irish related articles
She's a Yankee Doodle Dancer	June 10, 1997 - Theresa O'Sullivan wins the World Championships!
'An Eruption Of Irishness'	March 16, 1997 - 'Angela's Ashes' author reflects on things Lough Erin - interview with Frank McCourt.
Newest Steps Go Way Back	March 17, 1997 - ...about the resurrgence of Irish Dancing
Lord Carey Does It All!	January 21, 1999 - Review of T2 in Edmonton, with John Carey as "Lord".
Lord of the Dance puts on High Stepping Show	February 8, 1999 - Topeka News - Review of T2 show.

The Tour Schedule - from Day 1 to Feet of Flames! - courtesy of Marty!

(Ed: Big thanks to the YOGRI Historian, JTF, aka Cathering Chamberlain, who has sent me all the links to the Celtic Connection articles, and Showbiz Weekly. Thanks Catherine! Also to Babz who has helped and is still searching to find the archived stories that are available. Where there are crashing links it is due to the story being removed and archived elsewhere by the publication.... to help avert this problem the articles in future are being saved to the History Room... that way they will ALWAYS be here.) Great Hall    |    Library    |     Storytelling Room Graphics here created by the amazing Moyra of the Web Jewel Mines.