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One
Heck of an Evening!
Thursday, Jun 24, 2004 @ 7:30 PM
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Hi,
I'm back!
It was one heck of an evening! I don't quite know where to begin
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I just attended
THE most incredible concert of my entire life: Hayley Westenra
at Joe's Pub in Manhattan.
Hayley was
in spectacular voice tonight. She sang several songs from Pure
including Pokarekare Ana, River of Dreams, Beat of Your Heart,
Across the Universe of Time, Who Painted the Moon Black and
Hine E Hine, along with Schubert's Ave Maria from her first
album and a truly sparkling version of Mary Did You Know. For
an encore she performed a stunning, pitch-perfect (well, would
you expect anything less?) a cappella Amazing Grace.
What amazed
me most was that despite the spartan arrangement (piano and
violin) she was able to recreate all the moods and spirit of
the recorded versions. You'd never expect it, but the "dee-da-dee-dums"
that open Across the Universe of Time sound unbelievably beautiful
when there's just her and a piano.
This concert
was a revelation. It showed me that Hayley doesn't need all
that Beatles-calibre production to sound fanatstic. The music
is all in her voice.
She could
have done the entire concert a cappella and been just as enthusiastically
received.
I can't
wait to see her again at Joe's Pub in August if I can score
a ticket. I suspect most of the same people will eagerly be
there as well.
Afterwards
we all met Hayley and got more autographs and pictures. Gary
Scovil will supply several for us, I'm sure.
Steve MacDonald
And
here are several more of the excellent pictures Gary captured...
All may be enlarged
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Hayley
poses with Joey
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Hayley
enjoyed meeting her many fans, as always
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Hayley
listens with interest
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Steve
MacDonald with Hayley
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Steve
with Hayley again
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Duane
gets into three shots... Guess she scored a few points
with him... and her singing, several more!
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Sorry
I have taken so long with the following but I have been
a little busy.
HWI
was well represented for Hayley’s concert at Joe’s Pub.
Here’s a little explanation of what is happening in my
pictures (see above). Steve McDonald who provided an excellent
and immediate write up is in glasses and beard. The bald
guy who looks so happy to have his arm around Hayley is
my friend Joey, a new fan of Hayley. Joey was with me
at the El Q club when we ran into Hayley, her father and
Steve Abbott on the street. Joey was very disappointed
he was not able to get a picture or an autograph then.
He got both at Joe’s Pup. The guy in the colorful shirt
is Duane an old high school buddy of mine. Duane had never
heard of Hayley, I called him up and said “you’re going
to a concert” he didn’t argue. Duane had a great time
and insisted on returning for the August 4th concert.
Gary
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