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Tonight’s blog is somewhat different in the fact that I will be turning it over to my daughter, Christina. She had an amazing experience that she would like to tell you about in her own words. It is a review of a concert…
“My name is Christina and I am completing Grade 9 this year. For my oral French exam this past month, we were required to choose a musical act to speak about. I chose RyanDan, whose songs “The Face” and “Like The Sun” are played on CHFI. RyanDan is one of my favorite musical groups.
“Last Friday, I was fortunate enough to be able to go to the Music Hall on Danforth to see them perform live. This was their first concert in their hometown of Toronto.
“When Ryan and Dan came out and performed their first song, “High,” I knew the night was going to be great. They liked to talk about the next song they would perform, which was really cool. Between their songs, Ryan and Dan would get the audience involved in the songs. We had to help with the music for “Stand By Me.” So while we hummed and established the beat, they sang along, to demonstrate how they practiced harmonization.
“The brothers are really funny! They would make jokes and poke fun at each other and get the crowd laughing. They performed with their orchestra, piano and backup singers. They had 6 violinists, 2 cellists, a pianist and 4 backup singers.
“Their songs have always been interesting and amazing to me, but hearing them onstage, and live, has been a great experience.
“After the show, Ryan and Dan were nice enough to sign every cd people brought in with them or bought at the show. They stood behind that table for so long making sure everyone got an autograph. They let people take pictures with them, too! This band is by far the nicest one I’ve ever known, and I hope to see them again. Thanks to Livenation.com for the tickets, and CHFI for making this all possible!”
This was my daughter’s very first concert and my wife, who has seen many concerts, had a wonderful evening, too. My personal thanks to everyone for helping to make a dream come true!
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Don and Christina Jackson
