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Kris Scissons: Ok folks (especially Astrid....:) Here's a review of the concert last night in Ottawa. First I must say that I was very excited because longtime listmember (and an attendee of the 2000 concert in Ottawa), Ses and her husband, Ted were coming to the city for the show. We met for dinner and Ses had made the Read My Name t-shirts for us (each in our favourite colour!). We shared some memories of our last visit and talked about the upcoming night. We walked to the concert hall, checked out the souvenir booth. After picking up a few items, we made our way to our seats......no, Ian, not front row, but awfully close. We only had about a 10 minute wait before the first strains of "When Winter Comes" sounded through the speakers, and the "fog" began to roll across the stage. At the end of the song, the lights went down and then CdeB climbed the stairs and made his way to the microphone. He received a hearty round of applause and we settled in for an almost 3 hour journey. I was thrilled because this was the first time I was able to bring my 3 kids with me, and they weren't disappointed in any way. Right from "The Road to Freedom" at the beginning of the show, to "Hey Jude"..... they sang along!! (I was so proud! ;) The set list was long, with many songs from TRTF, but also many old favourites like "Lonely Sky", "Borderline", "A Spaceman Came Travelling" and "The Tower"! At one point a couple of women ran to the stage with gifts, one a stuffed moose with flowers and a flag, and another wrapped present. Then one of the women was bold enough to climb the stairs of the stage and gave him a hug!! *I can't honestly say that I wasn't a bit jealous of her nerve!!* CdeB was in extremely fine form vocally........but he also put on a great bit of stand up comedy between the songs. We were laughing almost to the point of tears more than once (and I'm very glad that my kids are all teenagers, as some of the jokes were a little, ummm, mature!). He spoke about how is daughter got her looks, and how a husband/boyfriend should romance their woman (and if the woman is very lucky, they would both romance her at the same time....;) He did his "Britney Spears" bit with the microphone headset and walked through the floor seating with his guitar while singing a medley of songs, and many fans took the opportunity to shower him with hugs, take photos and he danced in front of the stage with one young fan of about 11 or 12yrs. It was at this point that I recognized Helene from a couple of years ago. She was in the first row and was able to have her picture taken with CdeB as he was making his way back to the stage. Back to the stage and more songs, 2 of which were the highlights for my oldest kids...."Lady in Red" followed by "Spanish Train". My son, who is 17 has counted Spanish train as one of his all-time favourite songs since he was about 3 yrs old!! Just before he began the "Revolution" trilogy, he asked for the help of the audience and invited us to the front of the stage to sing and dance and act as his "band". Needless to say that there was a rush to the stage as he sang the line "....and the sound of running feet", and Ses, my daughters and I were all able to make it to the very front, where we spent the rest of the set and both encores!! We sang, clapped, and danced for the rest of the show!! *and took a few pictures too!* At one point he came to the edge of the stage and Ses, one of my daughters and I were able to shake his hand!!! Not the same as meeting him, but it was certainly a thrill for us! We got a few big smiles from him as well. He came down into the crowd in front of the stage once more, for some hugs, but he missed us by only a person or two! *sigh* At least we're getting closer, right Ses!? *grin* He did his final encore of "A Hard Day's Night", "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", American Pie", "Pretty Woman" and of course..."Hey Jude". As we were singing the end of "Hey Jude", CdeB put away his guitar, waved and slowly walked off the stage. All of a sudden the lights came up and it was over. Wow.....what a concert. It amazes me every time, how powerful his voice is through 3 hours. I don't think I'll ever get tired of it. After the show, I tapped Helene on the shoulder and she, her friend and a member of the the offlist (on Yahoo), Joel joined our group for a snack after the show. It was such a wonderful night, we didn't want it to end, but my kids started getting sleepy and Ses was fighting a flu bug, so we eventually decided that we needed to say goodbye. (Yes, Lourdes, I gave Ses a hug and a kiss from you!!) Well, it's very late here and I must get some sleep as I have to get up and work in the morning, so I'll end this review now. Hope this gives you a little insight into a night in Canada (poopy diapers aside!) And Ian, if I wasn't lucky enough to go to a show, your evening sounded perfectly lovely.......I'm a fan of Lenny Briscoe too!!! ;) Take care, Kris :) |
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