Happy Birthday! A little late but heartfelt none the less. :)

you'll probably get this a day late, if at all?! BUT HERE IS TO A HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!! IF YOU DO GET IT ON TIME, THEN HERES TO A HAPPY BIRTHDAY! EITHER WAY HAVE A GREAT, FUN, HEALTHY, YEAR AHEAD!!! LOL linda xo

Happy Birthday, Phil. Hope your day was special.

Happy Birthday Phil! Hope it was wonderful!!

Happy Birthday Phil!
Hope you have a wonderful day with your family and friends.

Happy Birthday Phil. I wish you many, many more, all filled with music and the people you love.

Reading the other posts, I'm feeling very envious of those who were able to make the cruise ~ it sounds like it was wonderful.

And you, Phil, have a birthday coming up on Sunday - Happy Birthday! That's a good day - one of my grandsons was also born on Feb. 19. Well, here you are, entering your 70th year ~ I'm here to tell you that in a few weeks I'll be leaving my 70th and it has been a good year...hope it'll be the same for you. Have a real blast of a celebration!!

Phil,
I'm finally just getting back to a regular routine here and wanted to stop by and thank you for such a wonderful cruise experience.
You have really brought a level of music and entertainment that rivals any other on the high seas, or on land! Not sure I had the chance to thank you particularly for playing Coultergeist during your own show. It has always brought that feeling of fun to your music.
Adding Ivan Black and Michael T English to the show was incredible, especially with Ivan. Who knew what talent was behind those sparkling eyes. What a joy!
I look forward to seeing what you have in store for us cruisers for next year.
Thank you again for such a wonderful time.
Arlene

Dear Phil: I did not get a chance on the cruise to express my sincere gratitude to you and Geraldine and all you brought along to entertain us. Words just do not do justice to this magnificent experience. I am flying on clouds awaiting January 2013. GOd Bless you all and keep the faith!

Thank you Phil for another wonderful cruise. I so enjoyed all the entertainment and I am proud to say I am now a big Michael English fan. Such an incredible voice. I hope you will bring him again. This was the best entertainment of the 4 I have been on. Thank you again

Dear Phil, Thank you so much for the wonderful Tranquility Cruise! You and Geraldine made us feel truly at home with friends and a musical family. The arrangements were superb, vocals brilliant and Ivan and Plunket incredible! Paul has become an international star, Michael T ...such polish , Ryan and Neil I see a duet album in the works. Alec and John have hooked us, off to Cleveland we go! The heartfelt performance from you and Geraldine will always be remembered...I thank you. Till next year, Stan and Karen Edwards.

I never grow tired of listening to Heartland; only gets better and better!
The songs are so tranquil and beautiful!
This album truly is a tribute to my favorite lads, Celtic Thunder, whom I can't get enough of. Thanks so much for your incredible talent and hard work which you've given in behalf of all of CT's fans. And yours also! Wishing you much happiness, good health and continued success!

Glad to hear the 'Tranquility' cruse was a great success. I recently purchased tyour "American Tranquility" album ~ was just sitting here knitting and listening to it. Was so pleased that you included some of Stephen Collins Foster's music ~ it brings back memories of the time I was introduced to it. Many, many years ago when I was in either 7th or 8th grade, our music teacher decided the class should do a 'mini' opera which turned out to be based on Foster's song writing...and I have loved his music ever since. Thanks so much for the album.
Margaret Ann

Hello Phil and Geraldine,
Thank you for an exceptional cruise! To be privy to such talented musicians every day was surreal, as well as great craic!! Add in how gracious and what fine people they all are and it was an amazing adventure. Thank you! New to me were Michael and Ivan, both of whom were absolutely amazing! I'm proud to have graduated from being, and never again to be, a 'Tranquility Cruise Virgin'?! I'm already counting down to next years cruise. In the mean time, I'll be keeping an eye out for yourself, or any of the other amazing musicians, on tour in the states.
big HUGS and Blessings to you and yours!

FIRST OF ALL A BIG 'THANK-YOU' TO THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE POSTED HERE. IT'S SO NICE TO GET THAT SORT OF FEEDBACK,AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR SUPPORT.
WELL,HERE I AM BACK AT MY DESK, JET-LAGGED AND COLD BUT DELIGHTED AT THE SUCCESS OF THE CRUISE. I'VE BEEN GETTING RAVE REVIEWS SINCE IT ENDED.THE FIRST TIMERS WERE BLOWN AWAY BY THE VARIETY AND HIGH LEVEL OF ENTERTAINMENT WE HAD AND THE OLD HANDS,THE 'REPEAT OFFENDERS' AS I CALL THEM,RECKON IT WAS THE BEST EVER.
THE CELTIC THUNDER FANS MAY HAVE BEEN A BIT DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY HEARD THAT RYAN AND NEIL HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THEY'D HAVE TO LEAVE THE SHIP THREE DAYS EARLY,BUT THEY WERE THRILLED WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS ON OFFER.EVERYBODY JUST LOVED PAUL BYROM'S TWO PERFORMANCES,POLISHED AND PROFESSIONAL PROVING HOW MUCH HE HAS BLOSSOMED AS A SOLO ARTISTE.THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK WAS MICHAEL T. ENGLISH AND HE WAS JUST BRILLIANT.ALL THE CRUISERS BECAME INSTANT FANS AND ARE DYING TO SEE AND HEAR
MORE OF HIM.
MY OWN GIGS WERE A REAL PLEASURE TO PERFORM ,ESPECIALLY WHEN SURROUNDED BY MY BRILLIANT 'ALL-STARS', NOT TO MENTION HAVING MY WIFE GERALDINE AS GUEST SINGER.
IT WILL TAKE ME ALL OF THIS WEEKEND TO SETTLE BACK DOWN TO A NORMAL ROUTINE AGAIN !!

Dearest Phil & Geraldine: Thank you for a wonderful cruise! We were first time cruisers & you made it wonderful for us. What a first class line up of talent you brought for us, and such nice lads to boot! Thanks again for such a great & memorable time :)

Mr. Coulter,
My husband and I were touring Ireland on Sept. 11, 2001 during the terrorist attacks on America. We had just returned to our bus in Waterford when our tour guide told us the news. Nobody felt like having fun then, so our guide put "Tranquility" on the CD player. I have always wanted you to know how much that beautiful music meant to a bus load of scared Americans. We found the CD before leaving Ireland and have been big fans ever since. That was my big dream trip and I probably won't have the opportunity again but your beautiful music is part of the memories I brought home with me. Thank you!

Ruth Garvin
Kannapolis, North Carolina

Hi! I'm an Australian who has just discovered Celtic Thunder last year. I've just read your life story. I love your music and am waiting for your CD. Heartlands, to arrive. Maybe you might consider touring Sydney Australia. I'm a little older than you and also enjoy life to the full So keep going. I've had so much musical enjoyment since finding your music. June

Enjoy the cruise - sound like it's going to be a winner. The warm climate sounds wonderful ~ especially since I'm sitting here in Southeast Missouri where the wind chill is 4!! Guess I'd better not complain - it'a a lot colder elsewhere. In my earlier post I commented that we don't usually get snow until late Jan. or Feb. ~ well, we got our first one Dec. 27 and a second Jan. 12 - next time maybe I should keep quiet.

Have a safe trip - know it will be great.

Sorry to have been missing for a few weeks......
As soon as the dust settled after Christmas things were really hectic in the office.I was delighted to have both Mary Byrne's and my own album in the charts over Christmas and thrilled to get an approach from Ireland's biggest promoter asking me to do a couple of shows with Mary in the Olympia Theatre,one of Dublin's finest. I immediately agreed,as I think it could be a great combination and a lot of fun. The shows were duly announced to an enthusiastic response.....so enthusiastic that the few shows have now become a run of a week,May 8 - 13.I'm really looking forward to that.
I'm also looking forward to the Tranquility Cruise,which starts on Monday next,16th.With a fantastic ship,an amazing 11 day itinerary ,including the Panama Canal, a great bunch of cruisers and maybe the best entertainment line-up ever it's going to be one Hell of a trip !! Can't wait.
Looking back on an eventful year it is very satisfying to see that Billboard Magazine have recognised my work with Celtic Thunder,with the chart performance of the albums I produced earning them Top International act. It's particularly gratifying to see that my very last production,HERITAGE,, was "World Music Album of the Year. " I suppose that's what they call going out on a high !!
Chat soon.Take good care.