The Talent Behind the New Year's Eve Barn Dance

We've told you about the upcoming New Year's Eve Barn Dance happening at the Cornerstone Hall here in Boulder City. (Get your tickets now before they sell out!) But we wanted to share some additional info about this dynamic duo and how lucky we are to have them play here with us!

More than a few of you are already familiar with the fantastic playing of Patrick Mahoney who is a regular feature at Cleveland's - The Lounge night club (downstairs at the Boulder Dam Hotel), plus he has been part of other Boulder City events such as the annual Chamber Officer Installation. Patrick, originally from Ireland is a well known and respected guitarist and vocalist who has been part of the Las Vegas entertainment landscape for decades. Always entertaining, his style fits in easily whether putting on a full Irish show or a small intimate party gathering, he is a consummate showman guaranteed to entertain the crowd.

But we were curious about his key partner for this event, Maire Egan, so we reached out to learn more. Also originally born in Ireland she came from a highly musical family of musicians and credits her parents as her first teachers. Fast forward to 1997 when she came to the States following two brothers and a sister who was part of the world-famous Riverdance troupe. At the time the tour was about to head to Australia and the current fiddle player needed to break from the group for a month and a sub was needed. Maire was hired and learned the entire musical performance studying by ear and then joined the tour for that month in Australia.

You'd think that was all, but when she returned to the US she landed in Las Vegas and because of the exposure gained in Riverdance she was then picked up and joined the traveling cast for the new tour, Lord of the Dance and spent eight years with that production traveling all of the Americas. When she landed again in Las Vegas she was also part of the residency at the New York, New York casino as part of the Nine Fine Irishmen Pub. (you can watch a sample HERE).

With all of that, for the NYE Barn Dance, they are also pulling in two other players for that night, drummer and singer extraordinaire, Michelle Mulhaire along with local bass player Jason Langley (resident bass player for Matt Goss for 11 years.)

The musical assortment will move between classic rock and country hits, to Irish folk songs and all sorts of danceable and lively music certain to coax you and a partner on to the dance floor and set the tone for a perfect evening, while enjoying the musicality of some seriously talented musicians. We'll hope to see you there Boulder City!