Champions on Ice - May 17, 2006
Champions on Ice made their second appearance at the Colonial Center on Wednesday, May 17, 2006. They had a very nice and interactive crowd on hand. Photography was allowed at the practice session, so the photos are posted below. The local Boys & Girls Club was invited to watch practice as well. The performers played XBOX, ping pong and soccer backstage with the kids. Apparently Johnny Weir is a good soccer player too!
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil "Delirium" - May 2 & 3, 2006
Since no cameras were allowed in the show, the blog cam was out of commission. Official photos are listed below!! If you were not able to attend this event, you really missed out on a very unique and interesting show. There was dancing, singing, musical performances, acrobatics, hula hooping (this girl had like 8-10 going at once moving them up and down her body, while twirling 3-4 of them in her hands... she was amazing!!) and special effects! There was breakdancing, drum offs, tribal vibes and techno-house music. There were four main characters - a guy on stilts, a guy hanging from a balloon, a girl wearing a white dress and tribal guy. There were four main singers - three girls and a guy. The stage was the biggest stage I've seen at the Colonial Center.... it was 130' long and 20' wide. It divided the arena floor in half and the audience into two separate groups and since no one sat in the endzones, so you were pretty much front and center no matter where you sat.
The equipment needed for this show is the eqivilent of what is required for two major rock shows. They have 23 semi-tractor trailer trucks that haul their equipment from city to city, alone with 13 full-sized tour busses to transport the cast and crew. According to the tour publicist and website, there are 44 cast members from 20 countries, 75 technicians and 25 management and artistic support personnel. It took 70 stagehands working non-stop for 10 hours on Tuesday to set all of this up. Load in and set up began at 4 a.m.
Also, because I am so enthralled by these facts, here are some other facts from the Delirium website, above the stage there are 2 rail bridges that were specifically designed for Delirium to support 130,000 pounds of equipment. The main character alone requires four motors for his actions in the air balloon and three generators are needed to run the event.If you want to check it out, go to their official website. They have a video sampling, a music sampling, an explanation of the story line and all sorts of other information.I would really recommend seeing this show to anyone who has not - it's really worth the money!
Take care til next time...BB - OUT!
EVENT PHOTOS
PRE-SHOW PARTY PHOTOS
Since no cameras were allowed in the show, the blog cam was out of commission. Official photos are listed below!! If you were not able to attend this event, you really missed out on a very unique and interesting show. There was dancing, singing, musical performances, acrobatics, hula hooping (this girl had like 8-10 going at once moving them up and down her body, while twirling 3-4 of them in her hands... she was amazing!!) and special effects! There was breakdancing, drum offs, tribal vibes and techno-house music. There were four main characters - a guy on stilts, a guy hanging from a balloon, a girl wearing a white dress and tribal guy. There were four main singers - three girls and a guy. The stage was the biggest stage I've seen at the Colonial Center.... it was 130' long and 20' wide. It divided the arena floor in half and the audience into two separate groups and since no one sat in the endzones, so you were pretty much front and center no matter where you sat.
The equipment needed for this show is the eqivilent of what is required for two major rock shows. They have 23 semi-tractor trailer trucks that haul their equipment from city to city, alone with 13 full-sized tour busses to transport the cast and crew. According to the tour publicist and website, there are 44 cast members from 20 countries, 75 technicians and 25 management and artistic support personnel. It took 70 stagehands working non-stop for 10 hours on Tuesday to set all of this up. Load in and set up began at 4 a.m.
Also, because I am so enthralled by these facts, here are some other facts from the Delirium website, above the stage there are 2 rail bridges that were specifically designed for Delirium to support 130,000 pounds of equipment. The main character alone requires four motors for his actions in the air balloon and three generators are needed to run the event.If you want to check it out, go to their official website. They have a video sampling, a music sampling, an explanation of the story line and all sorts of other information.I would really recommend seeing this show to anyone who has not - it's really worth the money!
Take care til next time...BB - OUT!
EVENT PHOTOS
PRE-SHOW PARTY PHOTOS
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