MANILOOOOOW

Wow,I can't believe he is almost 68! There were a few snoozers, but overall, he puts on a great show. At first, Ryan and I thought he was lip syncing because it sounded too perfect...but after a while we realized he was actually singing and he was that good. Some of the highlights:

-A couple of announcers from a local tv (or radio?) station came on stage to choose a raffle winner to go to Vegas and the guy announcer kept saying "MANILOOOW"...just randomly...I think Ryan and I will use this to spice up conversations in the future:

Me: So, how was your weekend?
You: Well, we went to this adorable little B&B and then.....
Me: MANILOOOOW
You: Um,what?

-The overwhelming majority of people in the audience were women in their twilight of their lives, not a huge surprise, but amazingly, these women were like teenage Bieber fans with their "Fanilow" signs and screams

-"I am still a sex god"-Barry Manilow

-The onstage jacket change. It was important enough to switch from a white jacket to a crushed velvet purple jacket that he couldn't either a) wait to go off stage or b)just keep the same jacket the whole time.

www.manilow.com for concert dates and www.manilowmusicproject.org to donate instruments or money to help school children!

Barry Manilow!

Ryan and I have tickets to see Barry Manilow tonight! Apparently there were 10 tickets in the Mayor's Suite were given to my organization and we were lucky enough to get two of them. I'll let ya know how it goes :) In honor of the Barry Manilow concert, I have a few Barry facts for you:

Scott English wrote the lyrics and recorded "Mandy" in 1971 as "Brandy." His version was a hit in the UK. In the US, this was changed to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with the Looking Glass hit "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)." (The song I was named after!)

"Mandy" was not written by him. In fact, even though he was a great songwriter, many of his hits were written by other people!

It is an urban myth that "Mandy" was written about a dog.

Barry is 67 years old! I want to find out how he does it.

In 1978, five of his albums were simultaneously on the best-selling charts. Only Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Mathis equaled this.