‘Linda Elder‘, at ‘Wolfeboro’ (N.H.) last night, was vivacious & vibrant in what was truly a virtuous performance (in unforgiving heat & humidity) full of verve. The ‘Great Waters‘ crowd, loved it. All I heard as I stood by the side of the stairs (in my capacity as (v. low-level) ‘security’) was people raving about it, how good ‘she’ was & how much they enjoyed it. Linda Elders did us, i.e., ‘Great Waters‘, proud. Thank YOU, Linda! It was, for us, exceptionally hot & muggy & we in New Hampshire have yet to master air conditioning. {Smile}
Linda was HOT — quite literally — & she much appreciated a battery operated fan that she was given, halfway through, by one of our Board Members. Two of her band players want these pictures of Linda & the fan. Here they are. All yours. Just attribute them, if you can. {SMILE}
It was a great show. OK. OK. Some of her repertoire {AMAZINGLY} was before my time — despite my advanced years. But, some of it also has to do with the limited access to music, movies, stage & culture I had growing up. {SMILE} Remember, I didn’t wear shoes till I was past 14.
But, she did a song from ‘Sunset Boulevard’. Ah! I have seen the musical at least THRICE — once in London & then, at least twice, in New York. {I am trying to catch up to ‘Princess Di’ on ‘Phantom’. I am still about 9 shows short.} I enjoyed that.
It was good. It was good. Quite the lady. Very classy. She talked about letting her hair grow grey. I could relate, by most of my hair has fallen out BEFORE they turned grey. But, as my (still rather amateurish) photos show, she looks GREAT.
This was a GREAT way to kick-off our ‘Great Waters‘ 2023 season. Thank YOU, Linda. I am still smiling.
Review of last year. Please check out the YouTube video (below).
The 2022 ‘Great Waters‘ season with its 6 concerts; 5 under the BIG tent (i.e., ‘Concerts in the Clouds‘). 140 still photos, that I took, stitched into a video with background music (though, alas, not from any of the concerts (so as to avoid copyright issues)).
It provides a fairly decent picture — ambience & all — of what the entire season was like. Check it out. I am sure you will get a kick from it.
The 2022 ‘Great Waters‘ season with its 6 concerts; 5 under the BIG tent (i.e., ‘Concerts in the Clouds‘). 140 still photos, that I took, stitched into a video with background music (though, alas, not from any of the concerts (so as to avoid copyright issues)).
It provides a fairly decent picture — ambience & all — of what the entire season was like. Check it out. I am sure you will get a kick from it.
Click to ENLARGE. My pictures from August 8, 2014 @ ‘Kingswood’, Wolfeboro, N.H.
I remember that show from 8-years ago. It was a BLAST.
So, I am excited. I checked their website. From what I can see the 4 performers are still the same from 8-years ago. (Well, that is good & bad. (SMILE)) More experienced, refined & polished, but, just like I, they would also be 8-years older. So, it could be more like ‘1972’. SMILE. I hope not. I am sure they will be outstanding. Well, this YouTube video is from just 4 months ago.
I will, of course, with luck be able post some new pictures & comments after Saturday’s concert under the tent — i.e., ‘Concerts in the Clouds‘.
I very rarely shoot video. I don’t consider it my ‘medium’. Still photos is my thing (as many of you must have worked out by now). But, this song, in Italian, sung so mellifluously by Susie with David brilliant on a bouzouki, had me hunting for the video button. As you can see, I am not good at capturing video, not that I am much good at anything. But, I wanted to be able to share this with YOU. Enjoy.
We could NOT have had a better act to get this (free) Folk Festival going. Susie Burke & David Surette were brilliant, just brilliant. Quintessential folk by two very genuine & gifted artists. I am big into traditional (British) folk, so I kind of know ‘good’ folk when I hear it. And this was not just good folk, this was very, very good folk. I was in my element. I was entranced. They were exceptional, exemplary.
I was not familiar with them prior to Saturday. As soon as I got home that night I checked them out. They are duly famous & recognized. Bravo. They deserve to be. That they are both very active in furthering folk music makes me very happy.
I plan to go see them play again. They only have one other performance currently scheduled & I am not going to be around. Plus, there is COVID! But, rest assured I will follow them. So, should you — if you can.
They really set us up for the rest of the Festival. I thank them for that. Not sure what they thought of some of the acts that followed them. There was at least one other that was very good. But, I only made one video & it was of these two. SMILE.
Anu’s Picture of the Day: Click to ENLARGE for FULL-SIZE ENLARGEMENTS use Slideshow at bottom.
The other 6: In smaller-size here, forFULL-SIZE click below or in slideshow.
| All taken with my (Jan. 2021) Google Pixel 5. | Post processing limited, at most to just adjusting brightness, if & when required. | Attribution will be strictly ENFORCED. |
‘Kate Baldwin‘ (the real ‘Kate Baldwin’ as opposed to her namesake on CNN) is a stupendous talent with quite the amazing voice (& range). She sure can sing & she knows how to entertain, on a grand scale. Her personality is off-the-scale & it is very clear that she is the consummate professional. An incredibly polished act executed flawlessly. She didn’t put a foot wrong or miss a beat. It was beyond a virtuoso performance. She redefined what we should in future take as a baseline for that definition.
I wasn’t sure what to expect. I am no stranger to Broadway or for that matter, the London’s West End. She definitely brought Broadway to the Tent in the Clouds — & as you can see from my pictures we sure did have clouds last night (though no rain nor winds). It was a great evening, both in terms of the soaring performance & the temperate weather.
This was the last ‘ticketed’ concert of the season — the first under this new tent in the clouds. It has been quite the season & Kate Baldwin capped it off with panache & elan. You should have been there. She was great.
‘Georgia Stitt‘ who accompanied her on the piano was brilliant too. We got to hear some of her work — short poems made into songs. Another amazing talent.
What an incredible concert. To claim that it was a ‘tour de force‘ would be patently false. It was so, so much more than that. I am going to call it a ‘tour de tsunami‘ (& I am sure that that will bring a wry smile to the faces of Neil Berg & his exceptionally talented group. They were fantastic & the fans just adored this unstinted, uncompromised show. It sure rocked. Given that the previous three concerts were outstanding as well (as I have already raved) I am kind of embarrassed to even go here. This sure was good. Was it the best? (Smile. Well, I am the son of a career Ambassador. You work it out.)
I will readily confess that I had never heard of Neil Berg prior to this. My loss. Neil Berg is bloody brilliant. What a talent. And the group. Wow. Wow. WOW. It is now my old age. I felt so proud for THEIR PARENTS. To have produced such talent. Way to go.
It was the longest concert of the season & I would have loved for it to have gone on for another 2-hours. Time flew. I also think that we had the best weather conditions. Just Goldilocks. It was as close to perfection as you can ask for.
Given my vintage, this was my music. What I had grown up with. They picked the perfect blend. I hope we can have them back.
