Jackie's twitter message:
Neat
twitter.com/jackieevancho/status/411229767765983232/photo/1
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Renaldo Nel @renaldonel 21m
I just met Jackie Evancho!!! @jackieevancho thanks for the amazing show!!!
pic.twitter.com/nmB9R442Ms
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From sylvester FB update
alisynoboe
9 minutes ago · Paramount Theatre
Symphony and Jackie!#cwusymphorch #jackieevancho
www.facebook.com/events/558924434177118/?source=1Found by msims:
amithewriter.blogspot.com/2013/12/jackie-evancho.html
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from the Amazon forum:
Posted on Dec 13, 2013 12:24:44 AM PST
Jeff C says:
My wife and I just got home from seeing Jackie at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. I had seen her live twice previously (AGT Tour in DC in Nov 2010 and Las Vegas in Dec 2011). She looked and sounded great tonight from our somewhat nosebleed-y seats. We thoroughly enjoyed her performance, and she really seemed to be hitting on all cylinders tonight.
She wore the blue and black/gold gowns that she's worn on this tour. They really popped in person much more than they do on YouTube videos. She still unconsciously, I think, grabs at her dresses throughout the performance, which I find endearing.
She sang what I think she's done at her recent concerts. The first set was Orchestra selection, Lovers, WYWUAS, Imaginer, Orchestra selection, TWYA (accompanied only by John Mario DiCostanzo on the piano), Ombra Mai Fu, and The Lord's Prayer (the last two performed with the microphone in the stand). There was about a 20 minute intermission, followed by the second set which was Orchestra selection, MHWGO, OMBC (with the microphone in the stand), MOTN, Orchestra selection, White Christmas, and O Holy Night, followed by encores of Walking in the Air and Believe. Each set lasted about 45 minutes. She did not invite any kids to the stage.
She was accompanied by the Central Washington University Orchestra (I counted 28 members), and, to my non-expert ear, they sounded excellent. I enjoyed them much more than I did the "electrified" orchestra/band in Las Vegas for her performance with David Foster. The sound was pretty good, although on several occasions we heard what appeared to be some harmonic distortion on some of her highs and lows. I'm not sure whether it was due to the audio settings, the equipment, or holding the microphone too close to her mouth. In her thank yous, she did acknowledge her sound engineer--I think she said his name was Paul Acosta (sp?).
Her banter between songs is improving, and we thought her introduction to White Christmas was very cute. As part of the intro, she said something to the effect that she had bought presents for her family, and she couldn't wait to see them open the presents because she knew that they'd like their gifts because she had bought them (we really couldn't hear it all because she giggling as she said it). FWIW, I thought her departures in the middle of each set were a little awkward. She just finished the song, acknowledged the applause, and walked off the stage. I thought it would have been smoother to say, "Thank you. I'll be back in a few minutes, but I'm sure you'll enjoy the orchestra playing ______ while I'm away," or something similar. Another option might be for JMDC to pick up a microphone and say something to facilitate the transition and to inform the less knowledgeable attendees (i.e., me) what selection the orchestra was going to play or had previously played, since there was no program or set list.
We were seated in the mezzanine, which appeared to be about two-thirds full. I couldn't see the main floor, but I assume it was mostly full. I was somewhat surprised at the demographics. It appeared to me that the audience was about 60% female. There were a number of young adults/couples, and quite a few young parents with kids, and, overall, the crowd that I could see struck me as being mainly middle-aged and not nearly as "gray" as I thought they would be.
As we left, we wandered around the main lobby to see if they had anything for sale. They had a couple of SFTSS t-shirts for sale for $25 each, but they appeared to be running out by the time we got there. They might have had programs for sale at some point, but we didn't see any available when we got there, nor did we see anyone carrying a program.
Overall, the audience seemed very enthusiastic, and there were resounding calls for encores.
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Jackie's keek video:
"Not supposed to do this but it's for you nanna. happy birthday"
keek.com/!tXc6dab
