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Post by kari on Dec 20, 2011 16:33:42 GMT
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 23, 2011 16:03:03 GMT
www.lvrj.com/neon/jackie-evancho-the-11-year-old-with-a-big-voice-joining-david-foster-s-friends-136130883.html?ref=883 Jackie Evancho, the 11-year-old with a big voice, joining David Foster's 'Friends' Jackie Evancho, the 11-year-old who was runner-up on "America's Got Talent" last year, will be the guest performer Thursday in the "David Foster & Friends" concert at Mandalay Bay Events Center. BY MIKE WEATHERFORD
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNALPosted: Dec. 23, 2011 | 1:59 a.m. Being a better singer than Lady Gaga (at least in technical terms) doesn't stop Jackie Evancho from wanting to do a duet with the pop goddess next year.
"I do listen to pop. I basically listen to anything on the radio," says the 11-year-old who captured the public imagination with her operatic, big-as-all-outdoors voice.
Offstage, Jackie likes to swim in hotel pools and looks forward to spending Christmas at home in Pennsylvania. "I'm crazy about my home," she says in a telephone chat.
"She's a real kid," says producer David Foster, who hosts the young singer Thursday as the only billed guest in his third "David Foster & Friends" concert of the year at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
"She shows no signs of being who she is when she's not performing," Foster says. "She's out running and playing with the dog, hitting her brother, the typical stuff.
"Coupled with that though, she's obviously complex," he adds. "Her musical brain is very complex. She sits and works things out at the piano; she plays violin. She's a true prodigy."
Foster discovered Jackie three years ago, when she entered one of the talent contests he conducted in tandem with his tours. "Even at age 8, she was incredible," he says.
Jackie says the movie version of "Phantom of the Opera" brought out her singing abilities. "I went to watch the movie with my mom and my brother Jacob. It was really good, and I loved it so much, I ended up doing a talent competition because my mom had heard me singing the songs around the house."
However, the talent contest was the first of her two infamous second-place finishes. The bigger one came when the rest of the world discovered her on "America's Got Talent" last year. Las Vegas-based Michael Grimm pulled the upset to become the surprise season winner of the NBC talent contest (Jackie says she still keeps up with Grimm on Facebook).
Foster produced "Dream With Me," Jackie's full-length album debut (after a Christmas EP), released last summer. She says it tested her singing skills, which have not been shaped by as many years of vocal coaching as some listeners would assume.
"There's tons of songs that are a really hard challenge for me," she says, citing "Ombra Mai Fu" from Handel's opera "Serse." "When I first started out singing that song, it was very complicated for me."
But Foster says Jackie "thinks like an adult" in the recording studio.
"Here's the thing you need to know about Jackie. And this I know unequivocally. The most amazing thing about her is to me, not her voice, although that is completely amazing and it shocked me," he says.
"But the most amazing thing about her is the way she understands what she's supposed to do. She understands better than most adults I work with. If you give her an idea, she gets it. If you tell her this is the arc of the song, she gets it. If you tell her she should unload at this point of the song, she gets it. She glues herself to the music."
Jackie keeps the holiday spirit going on her new "Heavenly Christmas," and her favorite songs on the album aren't necessarily the most operatic.
"Walking in the Air" was "the one I was excited to sing," she says. "The tune is all exciting and it's interesting. Most Christmas songs have the same feeling. Silent and mellow. This one is big and exciting." She also likes "Believe" because, well, she likes "The Polar Express" movie it came from.
Foster says the most common question he fields about Jackie is what will happen down the road. Will her voice change in adulthood? Will the public still be as enthralled?
"I never have thought of her as a novelty, ever," he says. "I believe in my heart that if she wants, she will be the greatest opera singer of her time when she gets into her 20s. If that's what she wants."
Perhaps it will be combined with movie stardom. Jackie just completed her first feature-film acting role with Robert Redford in "The Company You Keep." Whatever she chooses, Foster has faith in her. (No surprise she didn't know who Redford was. But her mom did.)
"She's so smart, she knows the difference. She knows good from bad. And she knows good is the enemy of great," Foster says. "She's going to make some great records in her life."Read more: www.lvrj.com/neon/jackie-evancho-the-11-year-old-with-a-big-voice-joining-david-foster-s-friends-136130883.html?ref=883
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 29, 2011 2:06:28 GMT
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Post by dragonslair on Dec 29, 2011 14:58:54 GMT
As reported on twitter by robinleach Jackie and David Foster were at Celine Dion's opening night and backstage. Celine is off Thursday night and I would not be surprised if DF is working up for a surprise guest for Jackie's concert tonight that will rock the house. from other sources Cody Karry the Tenor from the 2009 concert in Newark is listed as being on the list with Kenny G as well. Christine Wu a violinist is listed as well so maybe Dark Waltz done with just a piano and violin similar to her DWMIC. the show should be epic and I hope everything goes off as well as planned.
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 29, 2011 16:50:39 GMT
 … Expect young singing sensation Jackie Evancho to perform for at least 1 hour at hit-man David Foster’s Mandalay Bay Events Center concert Thursday night. Expect Dr. Phil McGraw and his wife Robin to be front and center to watch the concert. Keep your eyes and ears on newcomer Cody Carey, who should wow like a Josh Groban at David’s concert, and David’s promising one last-minute incognito star surprise.Link: www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/dec/28/strip-scribbles-mgm-lions-final-roar-4-month-old-n/ |
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 29, 2011 21:38:37 GMT
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Post by ssilvers on Dec 29, 2011 23:42:59 GMT
Any news from the Jackie fans in Las Vegas? Was there a fan dinner?
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Post by max1 on Dec 30, 2011 13:53:14 GMT
Kent, thanks so much for taking the time to post these pictures on FB. When sombody has time, I would like to know all of fan's names from the fan meet. Some I am not familiar with. Great job......  |
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 30, 2011 17:37:05 GMT
More photos from:  Haute Event: Jackie Evancho Performs with David Foster at Mandalay Bayby Susan Stapleton, Photos by ©Erik Kabik/RETNA/erikkabik.com,  On Thursday night, David Foster performed with very special guest Jackie Evancho last night at Mandalay Bay. The 11-year-old Evancho gained international fame when she wowed the judges and audience during the fifth season of “America’s Got Talent.”
The successful Foster & Friends “Hit Man” returned to Las Vegas for a year-end show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Foster, the multi-talented 16-time Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter and master of ceremonies, once again hosted a lineup of talent.
Foster started including the pint-sized soprano in his shows in 2009.
See all the photos in this link: www.hauteliving.com/2011/12/haute-event-jackie-evancho-performs-with-david-foster-at-mandalay-bay/
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 30, 2011 17:57:27 GMT
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Post by ssilvers on Dec 30, 2011 18:05:22 GMT
Thanks, Kent!
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 30, 2011 18:22:10 GMT
Thanks a lot Kent.
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 30, 2011 18:27:39 GMT
From tweeter: Robin_Leach Robin Leach
#JackieEvancho was pure brilliance @davidfoster Mandalay Bay show
Extraordinary fotos en route from Tom Donoghue twitpic.com/80rna11 hour ago  |
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 30, 2011 18:34:44 GMT
From Amazon:
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Post by sylvester88 on Dec 30, 2011 18:49:01 GMT
From Amazon:
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