Friday, June 12, 2009

Legends In Concert-Friday

Friday night we went to see the Legends in Concert show, featuring The Blues Brothers, Marilyn Monroe, The Temptations, Gretchen Wilson, and a young Elvis. I wondered about it and hoped to see singers more like Alan Jackson or Shania Twain, but it turned out to be an awesome show.

The First up was Justin Clark and Art Vargas, who played the part of The Blues Brothers. This turned out to be one of my favorites for the night. They were halarious and I couldn't imagine the originals that crazy, but they were. We watched a tribute to them on TV as they sung their songs and these guys were NUTS! During intermition we talked to them for quit some time as well as the other acts and they were all really nice and stayed within character the whole time.
Up next came Stacey Whitton as Marilyn Monroe. I have never been a Marilyn fan myself, but this girl was good. She sang good and she was halarious. She pulled up some older guy and I would have bet this poor guy was going to die of a heart attack before the act was over. When he was picture on the big screen, you could see his poor lip just a trembling away and he was as stiff as a board, but to us watchers, it was halarious! This turned out to be my favorite of all the acts, mainly because of the audience participation.

Next came the Nate Grang Group who played the Temptations. They sang really good and sounded just like them, but in my opinion the act was to short. They only sand a couple of songs and then they were done.

After the Temptations came a short break where we were able to purchase some pictures that were taken before the show. I did purchase them, because I knew there would be few pics of both of us on the trip. It wasn't to badly priced, it was $20.00 for a 5x7 and 4 2x3 photos with a frame that we had autographed by each act.
After the break came Gretchen Wilson played by Stacey Whitton (played Marilyn as well). Even though I don't care much for Gretchen Wilson, I went in with an open mind. Howeve, I still did not like this act. I think she did a better job playing Marilyn Monroe, but James and I had fun making fun of the back up dancers. They were the same dancers throughout the show, but in this act they looked extremly gay and were halarious to watch.

Of course, they saved Elvis for last, which was played by Deaan Z. He was an excellent impersonator! I again am not much of an Elvis fan, but he was GREAT! He was the longest of the six acts and the older ladies in the audience went crazy. He also pulled people up from the audience, but I was unable to get very many good pics due to his constant moving. I snaped a couple though, so enjoy!



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