Diane and I got a late morning start and headed to Westbury. We had some time to kill, so we ended up going out to Jones Beach as the sun was shining, and we'd never been before. After we walked around for a bit, we drove around Hofstra University for awhile as my daughter is going there next fall (that's for anyone who I haven't bragged to yet!)Then we went to the cheesecake factory for dinner, and headed for the show.
The Westbury Music theater is a round theater with a rotating stage. I used to go to the one in Wallingford, CT all the time and loved it. Tonight the stage stayed in the same place, and they only sold it as a half round show. I'd never been there before, and was thrilled to see how much better our seats were, and how comfortable they were! It was a far more intimate setting than the night before. When GL first came out we thought no one was reacting, but it was just the acoustics from where we were sitting, and not a lack of enthusiasm. This crowd was every bit as happy to see him as the night before.
The set list was:
Triangle
Cotton Jenny
14 Karat Gold
Never Too Close
In My Fashion
A Painter Passing Through
Rainy Day People
Shadows
Beautiful
Carefree Highway
Hangdog Hotel Room
Ribbon of Darkness/Sundown
The Watchman's Gone
Intermission
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Alberta Bound
Don Quixote
The Minstrell of the Dawn
Clouds of Lonliness
Waiting for You
IYCRMM
Restless
Baby Step Back
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Encores
Blackberry Wine
Old Dan's Records
It was great to hear Minstrell, which was the standout for me, and to hear CRT. A couple of notes about the people around us. The guys behind us were obvisously big fans, and one of them sang along softly on occassion which for some reason didn't bother us. I guess it was because we knew from their coversation that they were big fans, and they managed to stay on key!
There were two guys two rows ahead of us that must have been mighty hungrey or thirsty, as each of them got up at least once during each set, causing people to have to stand to let them through. WHy they couldn't go together, or time it better is beyond me, very annoying.
Next to me was a family of 4, I'm going to assume a father with three kids, one of which was a cute little red head girl of no more than 7. She bopped along to some of the songs, until GL started singing Beautiful. She sang softly along to the whole song, and got every word right! Then during DQ, she added the two stomps (which GL forgot!). She continued to sing a bit to other songs, but never was annoying or irritating. She thoroughly enjoyed the show, and made us smile and laugh. She obviously is being raised well! Kudos to her father, she was well behaved and has great musical taste!
After the show we met up with two gentlemen from Ireland and England who we had met the night before. They are brothers who flew over just to see the two shows. I wish we had had more time to chat, but instead we shoved them into the back of my car and raced them to the train station to try to catch a train back to Peekskill. I doubt they made it, but they sure looked grateful after they climbed out of the car...Hmm.....
Anyway, the Westbury show was by far the best of the three I was able to attend this time. I'm not sure if it was the intimacy of the theater, or the addition of a few songs that I hadn't heard for awhile, or that GL was a bit looser as it was the last night and he was heading home, but it all worked.
I'm sure I will remember a few more things later on this week, but all in all it was a great weekend.
Jenney
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