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Old 11-04-2013, 09:38 AM   #1
Jenney
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Rocky Hill, CT USA
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Default Higganum CT.-Haddam-Killingworth Aud.-Nov.3-2013

To say that the Haddam/Killingworth Middle School auditorium is in the middle of nowhere is an understatement! I work one town away, and live only about 25 mins away and had no idea it was there! This is the fourth concert that the Lions Club has sponsored there, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie and Richie Havens being the others. Nice people, and overall a nice auditorium. I don't believe they were ready for the crew and set though, in the introduction the announcer was commenting on the size of the tractor trailer truck and how they had to bring in extra power. I heard it was a tough set up, but it paid off in wonderful, crisp sound.
The theater was sold out, front rows went for around $150 and the other seats were $75-$55. Even though it was out in the country, people sure showed up on a Sunday night.
When Gord first came out, I thought he must have received the memo that Connecticut does not allow color to be worn after Labor Day, as he had his black velvet jacket on. In the second half he showed up in the red jacket though, so he must not have received it.
He started off with:
Sweet Guinevere
Cotton Jenney
Sea of Tranquility
All the Lovely Ladies
Never too Close
Wild Strawberries
Let it Ride
Spanish Moss
Shadows
Beautiful
If Children Had Wings
Watchman
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Carefree Highway

Intermission

Now and Then
Ribbon of Darkness
Sundown
Hangdog Hotel Room
Don Quixote
I'd Rather Press On
A Painter Passing Through
Waiting For You
If You Could Read My Mind
Restless
Baby Get Back
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Encore
Rainy Day People

Being the first night of the time change, I think everyone was a bit tired (caught my husband napping), but certainly receptive. We had a chance to visit with John from CT for a bit, and I got a poster signed that the Lions were selling in the lobby.
Very nice sound, and overall a nice evening.
Jenney
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