Looks like we made it a special night for Manilow
http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/sep/02/looks-like-we-made-it-a-special-night-fo/
When the word spreads, and it surely will other great talent will want to play Youngstown, and no doubt they will want to use members of our symphony orchestra as well.
From Manilow's Facebook entry:
Saturday – we played Youngstown, Ohio. This was my first time in Youngstown. As we drove into town, I saw a quiet, sleepy, clean American town. Like in the movies. I expected a sedate and polite audience.
Holy Mackeral! This audience was insane! Wild! Sensational! I don't think I've ever heard a sound like that coming at me. Roaring, shouting, applauding, cheering filling the arena and surrounding and engulfing me. I wonder if they knew how deeply moved I was?
And we had their own Symphony Orchestra playing my music so beautifully right on their own stage.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime evening for me.
"A quiet, sleepy, clean American town"..
I like his description - this is the kind of positive comment the city needs... and the kind of
impression that is favorable from those visiting for the first time