The Night of Celine Dion

This post could also be titled IT PAYS TO KNOW PEOPLE. It is the photo story of the Celine Dion concert my friend Sharie and I attended last Friday night ... in the VIP section ... for free! (Yes, really.)

(Apologies for the crappy/blurry state of the pictures. It was a dark stadium and my digicam is not really equipped for low lighting.)

Before the concert.

Celine's first number.
(Wearing a tiny pale purple dress.)

She hiked all over the stage in insane heels.

Cool view from our seats.
(We were right next to the board ops, hence the monitors.)

Celine on the jumbo screen.

The first costume change.
(Into a tiny silver chain-mail-like dress and big flowy cape.)

Flames on the jumbo tron.
(Same silver dress, sans cape.)

Second costume change.
(Into black bell-bottoms with tons of sequins.)

Third costume change.
(Into a tiny white go-go dress with killer thigh-high strappy boots.)

First encore, I think.
(And fourth costume change, but I can't remember into what.)

Second encore, aka the Titanic moment.
(Fifth costume change, into a beautiful black flowy gown.)

Her heart goes on.
(Very Kate Winslet.)

Severely PhotoShopped back view of our ticket into the show.
(aka lighting designer Yves Aucoin.)

We had a blast. Our first true girls' night out in a long time. (Sharie has two little ones and a big one to eat up her Friday nights.) We even managed to find parking, find Yves at the loading dock, and not get killed on the highway in either direction. Plus, Celine is an amazing performer. All around thumbs up.

Hugs,
TLC