Musical Monday - American Idol Concert, Tulsa

Michael Sarver opened the show. Meagan Joy - Smouldering performance - Spikey personality. Give her a scarf to hold, stand her in the curve of a grand piano, give her a pin spotlight and turn her loose on some Bessie Smith lyrics. Okay. I said it. Scott MacIntyre Lil Rounds - The Entertainer! Much more polished in person than on the tube. Anoop Desai - Far better in person than on the tube. He has developed a fine stage presence. Matt Giraud - A handsome and talented performer. Alison Iraheta - She has no limits! Danny Gokey Adam Lambert - Spectacular! And finally Kris Allen. Again, better in person. I can see now that he is quite talented.

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Wordless Wednesday - Adam Lambert

My own Wordless Wednesday

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Musical Monday - The Unmentionables

The American Idol Concert 2009 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At a previous concert during a duet by Lambert and Irahita, a bra was pitched onstage from the audience. Allison kicked it around and finally Adam picked it up, swung it around and pitched it back into the audience. During the same duet in Tulsa, a bright red bra landed on stage as well as a pair of panties. They kicked them around a bit and then Adam picked up the bra, swung it around and pitched it back into the audience. Ah, Showbiz.

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Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

Music Monday The Gatlin Brothers performed at our Simmons Center Auditorium October 31, 2007. They had just performed in Lawton in the Country/Jazz fusion concert. They decided to do a show in our town because we have such a nice theater. .. And well, because Larry Gatlin's wife is from here. It was a good show from some very professional showpeople. I enjoyed it very much. I used no flash and took lots of shots. There's plenty of light if I use a slow shutter speed and a fast ASA. I sometimes get blurry figures using available light but since I take all the photos from the same angle, (It's hard to change seats after the show has started.) it is easy to combine shots later to a final image. This is actually a composit of seven photographs. It is also important to note: Today in 1959, Ford motor company, on the advice of Abraham Lincoln, cancelled production of the Edsel. "You can fool some of the people..."

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The Ahn Sisters

The Ahn Sisters originally uploaded by anyjazz65. These are the Ahn sisters, an amazing trio of musicians. We enjoyed them very much. They were very kind to appear here last Friday in the middle of Oklahoma, given that everyone east of the Mississippi thinks that Oklahoma is still a wild territory with corn as high as an elephant's eye. The concert was excellent. The musical fare varied from the very original and complex item written especially for the trio by a contemporary Russian composer, to more familiar strains from old masters. The encore was "Orange Blossom Special" played oh so delicately. While intense and focused while playing, the girls were very personable and humorous between selections. Here one is asking the audience if anyone knows how it is to travel with a cellist. I avoided a flash and shot the evening with a 70mm lens and available light. Not all shots were clear because the sisters were very animated when playing. So I combined three shots for the above example because I could not catch all three of them holding still at once in one shot.

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