Re: Owain's Valentine Concert

>My wife, Betty, and I watched the Valentine concert by Owain on Friday.  We
>enjoyed it a lot!
>
>We watched it at the Unionville Tavern in Unionville Ohio near Geneva Ohio.
>It is the oldest tavern in Ohio and was part of the underground railroad
>during the Civil War.
>
>It is a beautiful old building inside and out.  Owain and Silent Lion 
>played
>in the ballroom upstairs.  Silent Lion played approximately from 6:00 to
>7:00 and from 8:00 to 9:00.  Owain played from approximately 7:00 to 8:00
>and from 9:00 to 10:00.  There were encore songs after 10:00.
>
>Along with the CD's for sale, there were posters for sale (2 for $5) that
>were replicas of many of Owain's CD's.
>
>Lady Paula accompanied Owain with some light drumming and occasional
>background vocals, especially for Maid In Bedlam.
>
>Since it was Valentines Day, Owain played all romantic songs.  I can't 
>think
>of any romantic songs he left out from any of his recordings.
>
>Owain played one song for the first time in public.  It was a beautiful
>Mexican song in which Owain warned that he had to "try" to hit some pretty
>high notes in the song.  He hit the high notes superbly.  In fact, all of
>his songs sounded great!
>
>Owain remarked that Rio, who was not there that night, had recently 
>traveled
>back to Texas from Chile at the same time the terrorist alert went high
>again.  That brought laughter!
>
>It was a great time to hear Owain sing on Valentine's Day.  It was the 
>first
>time I saw him perform indoors and without a hat!  It seemed strange not to
>have trees around!  It was also the first time we saw him in the wintertime
>which had added new meaning when he sang "Drive The Cold Winter Away".
>
>One guest sang a duet with Owain for the "Dafney" song.  Silent Lion sang
>two encores and Owain finished with three encores where two were requests
>"Anabella" and "Dafney".  The last song of the evening was "Health To The
>Company" where almost everyone in the audience sang along and a few couples
>danced to it.
>
>All in all, a very memorable evening with fantastic music!
>
>Huzzah!
>
>Don Grim
>

Wow!  I really wish I could have been there!

Megan


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