CONCERT REPORT: Florence (Firenze), Italy, Sept. 1, 2010

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Re: CONCERT REPORT: Florence (Firenze), Italy, Sept. 1, 2010

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PIER PAOLO..............YOUR VIDEO BROUGHT ME RIGHT BACK TO THE SQUARE.....YOUR WORK WAS TRULY BEAUTIFUL...YOU ARE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF..................FOR ME IT WAS PERFECTION.....THANK YOU........JEANNE
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gallina - these are truly beautiful photos. The two group shots, #33 and the other, are so very good because of the shooting angle! Thank you for posting these.
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gallina wrote:Finally I managed to uppload my Florence pictures. There are on FB.
Enjoy.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... af5d9cb125
Fantastic album, Szilvia. Your photos are outstanding! And they reflect your passion and enthusiasm.

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Gallina...............they are so beautiful.....you did a wonderful job and you thought you would not.....If you remember how bad i was with the camera....i do not have one picture of my own to hold....everything is is the computer......I think i will give that job to my son......much love ........Jeanne
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dear friends of the florence meet up
just wanted to thank you, for beeing there, for staying a while together
jeanne, your enthusiasm and your strength
thanks andrea for arranging the meetup (i´ll send you a pm with our email adresses for the photos, thanks)
marco, i enjoyed talking with you
vali, thank you for your great pictures
wendy, i am glad i can now connect a face with mabeaine
and with you, trish
szilvia, thanks for your caring
meritxell and beatriu, whom of you may i look forward to see in marseille?
ute and paolo, i hope you will find a chance for a second concert
and all other friends who were at the 7secoli and the concert
i hope to see you again
best for all
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Dear Harald.....It was wonderful meeting you and I hope we meet again soon...life is too short when with friends, and too long, without them..Thanks for helping me get to the stage..... I really pushed and shoved my way through and you made room for me....Thank you .....love Jeanne
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Friends, thank you for your precious comments on my Florence album. I'm so glad to get these memories and to share them with these outstanding people - with you.

Harald, thank you for your warm words, I was really pleased to meet you and your wife. (Ed era un gran piacere poterti parlare in italiano.)

Some of my pictures were taken and put on 1heckofaguy website, with a few lines of Allan:

http://1heckofaguy.com/2010/09/09/signs ... -florence/
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Gallina....That site heck of a guy is fantastic................I loved it and cant wait to really get into it more...........just another wonder of your marvelous beauty and love and sharing with others.....I am honored that you are my friend and we shared Florence together....I wish for those tears to go away , my friend......You are a beautiful human being......only smiles for you and your monkey.....Hope for many times together again.................My deepest affection and love....................................Jeanne
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Perhaps I gather my courage and make an entrance to this forum by writing some thoughts about the consert in Florence, now that I'm finally in front of computer that has a reliable internet connection.
The consert in Helsinki was an unforgettable evening, and left me with a feeling that I'll have to see the Leonard again on this tour and I decided to go to Florence against all financial logic. And the night was truly worth it. The arena itself was amazing, it was great to see the band perfom under a strarry sky in old Florence, on that beautiful square of Saint Croze.
Leonard was in great shape, and I have to honor the way he delivers every single word in a way that makes you believe in them, alltought his singing is more some kind of rytmical, poetic speaking than actually singing.
The consert was kind of short (there aren't actually many band that can play a two and a half hour as a short consert), but it was played with unbelievable skill and emotion. Starting from the very first song the band played with a passion that I've very rarely fitnessed, especially Dino was in flames. I could only stare and be impressed in front of all that was happening in stage. And the same passion did continue to the very last notes of gig. I was simpy stunned. The start of the second set had a great, mystical atmosphere, and encores were great. Webb Sisters performed "If it be your will" in very beautiful, memorable way, it was one of the highlights of the consert, and it was nice that they had a change to play even with the tight schedule.
After the consert when I walked through Florence, over square of Palazzo Vechio heading to the Duomo church where my hotel was, I could only smile with a satisfied heart. It was a night I will never forget.

I have couple of images from the consert (and also from the soundchek and the area itself) in my Facebook-page. You can see them here http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf# ... =fbx_album
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Rikhard, thank you for your beautiful words. We all felt the same in that magical night in Florence.

p.s.: your album is unavailable at the moment.......could you share it, I so want to see it.

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Oh dear, my bad. Facebook often works in strange ways, seems that there was a limited access to that album. I'm hopeful it should be now available for everyone.
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Rikhard......................Florence was my first concert ( known Leonard forever )...If there is such a place as heaven..I paid a visit there, my week in Florence , the concert, the forum friends, the beauty of the land...........I think vegas will be different........but it may well be even more magical....Wherever Leonard is....I think the magic is Leonard and what he gives to us all, is himself as he was, as he is now, and as he will forever be, giving us the truth ................hope to meet in Vegas...............................jeanne
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Firenze - the magnificent city where Leonard came to fool us...

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