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Just a quick update to say that Gord took his opening show and full Massey Hall house audience into the palm of his hands the moment he walked on stage and was greeted with a standing ovation.

He strutted out exactly the same way he's done since his first concert there in 1967. No muss, no fuss, just right into the music. Absolutely mesmerizing!

Thanks to Char and Bernie Fiedler I was cushioned in the very front row, beside our faithful friends who travel from all over to attend the shows, and just a few seats away was Char and Gord's beautiful wife, Kim.

The band was on fire and Gord kept rolling them out one after another in fine vocal form. I could see Char keeping busy with her notes etc, so we'll be having more on that no doubt when she finds time to get things sorted.

Following the intermission the momentum just carried on exactly as in the first set and between songs Gord shared a little banter with his audience.
"We love you, Gord" was heard several times and Gord responded politely: "thank you, we love the work!"
He finished with "Early Morning Rain" and of course, as usual, his audience wasn't about to let him go just yet, so it was "Cold On the Shoulder" for the encore song. The audience remained standing till the lights began to flicker so the time had arrived to end this wonderful opening concert evening.

Tonight it's back down there again for the second show. It's not even noon yet, but I've got everything right in place to walk out the door. The anticipation is running on overdrive.