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isabella · 05-16-2000, 03:08 AM

Where is the best place that you ever heard a concert and what made that experience special for you and why?

For me , it has to be the Lunenburg Opera House in Lunenburg Nova Scotia.The building is very old and not much has been done to it over the years so when you enter it, you inhale a mixture of musty intensity, left their I am sure by nervous performers over the years before they took to the stage and left with their words forever dripping from it's ornate walls.There is a balcony and hard wooden seats which lend the listener to sit up and take notice to the singer and his music.When you enter the opera house, the walls talk,your shoes resonate off the hard floors and the very movement that your feet make on that floor, is indeed , music for there is rhytm to all things in life , if we take the time to listen.
Last year, I was most fortunate, to have emceed the festival there.I lead veteran and novice performers to the "green room" in the basement to warm up.Even the most seasoned of singers, talked to themselves down there and whispered the words to their songs to the audience of a tattered old couch and chipped teacup.
The acoutics are amazing making amplication mechanically unneccasary.I looked out onto that sea of smiling faces when I took to the stage and knew that that building had made each and every member of the audience immediately feel welcome.It is not unusal for performers to leave the stage during a performance and wander, singing up and down the audience encouraging participation.I love to sing but I dont anyone will ever pay me for the priviledge:}
The folk group Tanglefoot that I write song lyrics for was so taken with the place and all the unseen voices that drip down its walls, that they slept in the loft one night, just to see if the place was haunted.It is:}Yahoo.
All of Folks greats have played there and I am actively at work seeing if Gord will grae us there soon.It's the kind of intimate setting that makes performers playtheir sets and then the audience calls out requests and they are honored.I have seen many a 40 minute set stretch to two hours because the audience refuses to let the singer leave the satge.It's a magic place
How about you? Any stories to tell?

05-16-2000, 03:08 AM	#1
isabella Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Ireland Posts: 37	Where is the best place that you ever heard a concert and what made that experience special for you and why? For me , it has to be the Lunenburg Opera House in Lunenburg Nova Scotia.The building is very old and not much has been done to it over the years so when you enter it, you inhale a mixture of musty intensity, left their I am sure by nervous performers over the years before they took to the stage and left with their words forever dripping from it's ornate walls.There is a balcony and hard wooden seats which lend the listener to sit up and take notice to the singer and his music.When you enter the opera house, the walls talk,your shoes resonate off the hard floors and the very movement that your feet make on that floor, is indeed , music for there is rhytm to all things in life , if we take the time to listen. Last year, I was most fortunate, to have emceed the festival there.I lead veteran and novice performers to the "green room" in the basement to warm up.Even the most seasoned of singers, talked to themselves down there and whispered the words to their songs to the audience of a tattered old couch and chipped teacup. The acoutics are amazing making amplication mechanically unneccasary.I looked out onto that sea of smiling faces when I took to the stage and knew that that building had made each and every member of the audience immediately feel welcome.It is not unusal for performers to leave the stage during a performance and wander, singing up and down the audience encouraging participation.I love to sing but I dont anyone will ever pay me for the priviledge:} The folk group Tanglefoot that I write song lyrics for was so taken with the place and all the unseen voices that drip down its walls, that they slept in the loft one night, just to see if the place was haunted.It is:}Yahoo. All of Folks greats have played there and I am actively at work seeing if Gord will grae us there soon.It's the kind of intimate setting that makes performers playtheir sets and then the audience calls out requests and they are honored.I have seen many a 40 minute set stretch to two hours because the audience refuses to let the singer leave the satge.It's a magic place How about you? Any stories to tell?