Thursday Jan. 29, 2009

Today's post was going to be a continuation of our study of calendars. However, a situation came up yesterday that I just have to discuss. In the early afternoon, Larry Jr. called to ask if we would be interested in going to a concert to see Celine Dion! Duh!!! Truth be known, going to a Celine concert was one of the things on my bucket list. Granted, I don't necessarily agree with her politics, but my opinion is that her voice is the purest and has the greatest range of any entertainer on stage today. Who hasn't had "the power of love" or the theme from Titanic running through their mind? So, we went to St. Pete Times Forum fully expecting to hear her sing beautifully. We did not expect to be blown away by the total program. What an amazing show. Obviously Celine sang all her well known hit songs and we, the audience, did our level best to sing along. But the overall visual images, the dance numbers, the musicians, and the backup singers, along with the computer images, the stage mechanisms and the lighting were almost overwhelming. It was interesting to watch the huge monitor up by the ceiling when they showed closeups of her while singing. Celine had been on this particular tour since last February and still appeared to be enjoying herself while performing. Her facial expressions were amazing and her interaction with the audience appeared to be real. All in all, this was a truly enjoyable concert. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect was that the audience actually remained in their seats during the performance, allowing everyone to totally enjoy the concert. Speaking of seats, since we got our seats so late, we were concerned that we would not be able to see what was going on. However, even though we were up high, we were able to see everything and I looked around and am convinced we had some of the best seats in the house as we had a view which allowed us to take in the whole performance.