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Oh halfway there, oh, oh. It’s our United song Liberty on a Prayer.

Take my hand and I’ll make it I swear with United Airlines… to New Jersey‘s, and America’s most defining monument, the Statue of Liberty.

It doesn’t, in truth, take a New Joisian long before they tell you that Lady Liberty is one of them.

Greetings from Bruce

And just one of a rich hall of fame which also includes…

Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Frankie Valli, to name but a few.

Because we all know that New Jersey has a rich seam of some of the icons of American music.

But for those, even among the knowledgeable Irish Travel Media and Trade at the Shelbourne in Dublin who didn’t.

Then the New Joisians were there to fill in the gaps.

Of a conversation that had started at the American Travel Fair in San Antonio, Texas about New Joisey’s musical legacy.

New Jersey’s legacy

The New Joisians, headliners for us travel delegates in Dublin last week, market their state along a Bruce Springsteen theme.

The cover of Greetings from Asbury Park.

Music is a great place to start in New Jersey, or anywhere for that matter, as it acts as a soundtrack for any holiday memory.

And so when left to my own devices in New York I put my big toe in the water.

Or the next best thing, the Beast speedboat tour around Hudson Bay on a whistlestop tour of New York.

All of which you’ll hear on the spool in the eastern seaboard’s playground, Atlantic City.

Where they crank up the music with the best Bruce and Bon Jovi.

United we stand

On board: With United Airlines in Newark

Many of us take our first steps onto American soil in New Jersey, through Newark Airport.

And so since we’re halfway there shouldn’t we head further into NJ.

And avail of the 130 miles of beaches and a very special boardwalk in Atlantic City.

And get our party vibe on because we reckon that Bon Jovi’s famous couple Tommy and Gina did manage to run away.

And that’s where we are with the United song Liberty on a Prayer.

Newark, of course, you can get to with your fave airline, United, which has been flying us to NJ for 25 years.

And with double daily flights from Edinburgh with a sample from October from €682 (£585) round trip.

Hands, touching hands/Reaching out, touching me, touching you – Sweet Caroline/Neil Diamond

And this’ll have you bopping on land or sea… Sweet Caroline, oh, oh, oh, good times never felt so good (so good, so good, so good).

You always know you’re onto a rousing stadium song and party favourite when the crowd know their cues.

And so randomly here are some of the places where those good times with Neil Diamond have never felt so good.

The duel in the crown

I don’t know what you’re having

Pat O’Brien’s duelling pianos, Universal Orlando: And you’ll need to bring a fistful of dollars with you (no, not the film though I dare say they’d play that soundtrack too).

Somebody will almost certainly ask for Sweet Caroline, and Piano Man, so that leaves the field open for your other faves.

Randomly I asked for (and got) Barry Manilow’s Mandy… ‘And I came and I gave without taking, and you sent me away, I’m Murty.’

Summer in New York

Holding hands… well, almost

The Beast, The Hudson River, New York: And on the hottest day of the summer with no space on the sidewalk (remember that) then the best place to go is the Hudson.

You’ll want to take the 70ft powerboat The Beast building up to 45mph around the Statue of Liberty.

And as you pass by New Jersey on the other side there’s a nod to that state’s favourite sons Bon Jovi and Livin’ On A Prayer.

Check it out as part of your New York CityPASS.

A gran old time in Austria

And that’s Ehrwald Presley there on the keyboards

Ehrwald, Austria: And what do you give a group of Irish senior walkers for musical entertainment?

The octogenarian oompah-oompah man laid on by Top Flight for Schools had tried some Austrian music and some Elvis.

But one of our group pointed out that we were an Irish group and ran off a list of Irish Wedding Songs… and obviously Sweet Caroline.

Booze cruise

And wait till the party gets started

Royal Caribbean, the English Channel: And we’re in the main shopping and entertainment area, of the Independence of the Seas rockin’ on our final night.

We’ve had the DJ belt out Hi Ho Silver Lining, 500 Miles, Delilah and It’s Not Unusual.

But the one that really rocks the boat is… you guessed it Sweet Caroline. So good, so good, so good.

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United song Liberty on a Prayer