Vegas Goes Orange [Jan 16-22, '07]

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Hi All,

 

We’re back and what a heck of a week we had. We arrived in Vegas on Tuesday around 5:30 PM and when we all had gathered our suitcases it was about 6:30 PM. We took a taxi to the hotel and since one of us was about to get an interview for the DVD and we had to make a road movie, we decided that we wanted to go to the hotel while driving on the Strip! Oh and just after leaving the airport, there was a big Céline billboard, which was basically welcoming us to Vegas. Also, it was a first of many signs we were to encounter. The taxi driver didn’t say much but we had lots of fun. After dropping our suitcases in our room (we had a view over the Colosseum!!), we instantly went to Caesars Palace/The Colosseum, because we truly missed it. After that we went to Cypress Market for a quick bite & drink (hmm, lemonade!!). Because we were so very tired, we were in bed at…9 PM!

 

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The view from our room

 

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Us in front of the mighty Colosseum

 

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Why put your hand on her face Suus?

 

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Ah, that's better!

 

The next day, Wednesday, we were up at about 5 AM, which of course was quite early! For today’s show we had no tickets yet, so after having breakfast, we decided to go to the box office and try for tickets. Before that we went to The Boutique and bumped into Salla & Anu. Anyway, we got lucky and got 2 Front Orch. AA tickets and 2 Rear Orch. row F tickets. Stephanie and Mathias got the AA seats and Cindy and Suzanne the F seats (we did a draw). Normally we wear our orange shirts to the show but this time we heard it was better not to use them because of the DVD taping, so we didn’t and we left them in our hotel room. When we entered the Colosseum, the first thing we noticed were the cameras.

 

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Can you spot the clown?

 

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Having a drink with Anu & Salla

 

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On this first day of shooting there was a crane in Rear Orch 2, a camera in Orch. 5 AA - seat 501, Orch. 4 AA - seat 407, Orch 3. AA - seat 307, cameras on the first Mezzanine and cameras behind Front Orch. 4 (just before the sound booth). From time to time a few cameramen went up the stage and film Céline, which wasn’t bothersome for the audience. Céline seemed to be nervous for the show. She did everything as she has to do, there was less interaction with the crowd and she did everything perfect. Her voice was wonderful and she really gave at all. We really had to get used to the new order of the show but it definitely gives the show a boost as there are more up-tempo songs (following each other) and the dancers are more on stage what makes it nicer for them. The “Unison” rap after I “Love Can Move Mountains” is lots of fun and don’t get us started about “River Deep, Mountain High”!

 

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Group picture time!

 

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On Thursday we again had no tickets for the show, so we went to the box office to buy us some tickets, and at first there were only seats on Rear Orch or 1st/2nd Mezz. Stephanie & Mathias took 2 Rear Orch tickets, to be sure of a seat and then they could always upgrade to front. Suzanne and Cindy decided to wait for Front Orch tickets. They first asked for them around 3:00 PM and the lady told them to come back at 5:00 PM so they did, then around 6:00 PM (we were having “dinner” at Cypress). So they went to the Box Office again and they were lucky and came back with 2 AA tickets (Suzanne in Orch. 3 and Cindy in Orch. 4). And if we thought we couldn’t be more lucky, Stephanie and Mathias were able to get BB seats thanks to a very good & nice friend of ours (thank you Ramona!!).

 

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All those smiles..

 

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"Give it up for Ms. Céline Dion!"

 

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This evening the camera crane was in Rear Orch 6 and there was a small one in 2nd Mezz. At the front, this time there was only one camera (Orch 4 AA, seat 407) and there was also a fan to blow Céline’s hair. Two friends of ours who had row BB were now on row AA so that was so very nice. Cindy (who had front row Orch 4 405), was next to them, seat Orch 4 406 was still empty at the beginning of the show, so Suzanne had found herself a new seat. A few songs into the show she found out why that seat was empty; it was the cameraman’s! The show was even better than last night’s and Céline was “looser”, she had more interaction with the crowd and seemed to be less nervous. We also had lots of contact with Elise, who’s just so very fantastic! After the show we waited outside the Colosseum for some band members and we spotted Elise who seemed to be in a hurry, but we asked her if she would have a second to have her picture taken with us, and she was like “okay but fast vite vite vite” and we were like “oui oui très vite”. Later on we met some dancers who also had some pics taken with us and just when we were about to get a drink, Michel came out! We had our photo taken with him and also got to chat for a bit. Today was also the day of the first interviews for the fans who were chosen to do those. And just before the show started (a few secs before the start of ANDHC) we heard that those fans got to meet Céline! That moment we basically stopped thinking about the show and started thinking about.. tomorrow! Because that was when we would have our interview. We just freaked out.

 

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Uncle Michel looking as stunning as ever

 

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Friday was thé day. After waiting for yéars, we finally got our chance to meet Céline! We finished our road movie and went to the Colosseum around 7:00 PM as we were asked to. So we were there, together with other fans who had their interview that day, and we had to fill in some forms for an approval that they we allowed to use all the video footages where you were on. She took us inside the Colosseum where Patrick Angélil was waiting for us. After everyone had assembled, he took us, accompanied with cameras, downstairs. When everyone was present, he divided everyone in groups.. we were the first. Then he took all of us to the Green Room (which is actually orange!). When all of us just entered the Green Room, Patrick had something big to tell us. He said: “I’m not here with you today because of the interviews, which are going to take place after the show, I’m here because you are going to meet Céline! Everybody was just in shock! There were different “sections”, so we had to sit down in the order we were given. When everyone had sat down, the news sank in and we were all extremely excited!

 

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There were cameras all around us, so they taped our reactions (which was nothing more than pure shock). After everyone had calmed down, we were given some instructions on what to do when she entered the room. We were the first to meet her, so we had to rehearse with Patrick (who played for Céline). We also asked Patrick if we were allowed to wear our orange shirts during the show and he it was quite fine by him (unlike we had heard earlier)! Cindy also asked why it was called the “Green Room”, whereas it was Orange! Patrick answered by saying that the colour green is bad luck (and we all know Céline is superstitious), hence the orange. Later, every group were to chat with each other, which would be filmed too. Time went by slowly and Céline hadn’t shown up yet. Through the intercom we heard stuff like “15 minutes till the show”. Anyway about 5 minutes before the start of the show, the doors opened and there she was, in all her glory.. the woman we had adored for so many years, the woman with the most magical voice, the woman in white: Mrs. Céline Dion.

 

Everyone stoop up and started clapping. Céline was just like an angel, all in white and she had a white glow around her, it was like being in heaven. With no hesitation Céline came our way and Cindy was the first to meet her. Céline asked her her name, where she was from, how long the flight was (when Cindy said “16 hours”, Céline answered with “aw poor you”) and during all those questions she never let go of Cindy’s hand! Céline asked her how many times she has been to Vegas and Cindy said it was her fifth time. Well, as we could’ve expected, Céline went like: “Five is my lucky number, so you’re very lucky right now!” Next was Stephanie. And before Stephanie got the chance to introduce herself, Céline asked: “Why are your hands shaking?” The way she said it was just so incredibly nice! Then she introduced herself to Céline and said she was from Holland. Céline asked her how many times she has seen the show and Stephanie answered with “eleven times”, and the look on Céline’s face was just hilarious! Then Stephanie showed her the orange T-shirt we always wear when seeing her show and asked Céline if she remembered it, especially from Paris. Céline was thinking for a few seconds and said she did remember it! Then she replied “You guys are crazy!” followed by a little story none of us can remember, which ended with “don’t worry, I’m crazy too!”. After that she said “you are following me everywhere” and then it happened: she started singing…

 

”Everywhere I go, (we all joined in at this point) all the places that I’ve been.

Every smile’s a new horizon, on the land I’ve never seen.

There are people around the world, different faces, different names.

But there’s one true emotion, that reminds me we’re the same.. ”

 

Then Céline added “you know all my songs by heart don’t you??”. Then she turned to Mathias and immediately said: “Wait, don’t tell me.. you’re from Holland too right?” And Mathias answered with “uhm..yeah, sorry!” So then he introduced himself to Céline and thanked her for everything. Then Stephanie said to Céline that he was wearing the orange shirt (but he had a blouse over it) and Céline went like: “You are?! Show me!” And then she started to “rip” (unbutton) his shirt like a crazy woman! She was quite stunned at the moment (and so was Mathias, while everyone else was laughing) but then something caught her eye: it was a nickel he was wearing and she wanted to know more about it. So Suzanne (which she hadn’t met yet) replied and Céline turned around and said “Sorry, I didn’t forget you and who are you?” So after a short introduction, Céline also reached out for Suzanne’s nickel and Suzanne told her it was a 5 cent Canadian nickel, Céline asked if she was wearing it because 5 is Suzanne’s lucky number or hers and Suzanne replied with “because it yours”. Then Céline again went “you guys are crazy! But so am I!”. Then she spotted the date, 1968 and she was like “Oh! that’s my birth year too!!”. After that she said we were going to take a picture now, so we followed her to the right spot. We were standing next to her, but then she suddenly said “come closer!” and so we did. So we were posing for the came and out of nowhere Céline was going “Go Holland!!” with thumbs up, we were shocked but instantly followed her. After the picture (or actually multiple were taken within a few secs) was taken we said we had some gifts for her and she said something like “aww, that’s nice”. So we did a step forward and got our gifts (and the stuff we wanted to get signed), but when we turned around, we were all ushered to get our stuff and go out, because time was running very short. So we were all whispering “and our gifts and autographs?” and were told to leave all the stuff there and just go out.. so we did. So we were escorted to our seats (after a quick Superman change into orange first) and noticed that had taken out the first row.. so we now had 2nd row seats!

 

The first row was taken out because they put a rails in there (for a camera). At this show there was no crane. Everything else was positioned the same way as before. It wasn’t until about 15 mins later that Céline appeared on stage and she got a standing ovation (one of many). During the show Céline also recognized the orange shirts! Also, just before “If I Could”, Céline diverted from her usual speech.. this time she was making contact with Mars and asked if she had to redo that previous song (“Seduces Me”), to her dismay, she didn’t have to. The whole audience was in laughter! We noticed every show was better than the previous ones, this one was just fantastic and a perfect lead-in for Saturday’s.

 

After the show we had to meet in the Chrysler salon, because the interview was going to take place (which we at first forgot about because of all the excitement). So again we were going downstairs, to the same room as we met Céline.. only to find another group there! Apparently, everything ran out. Anyway, after waiting for a bit we were allowed to go in. Mathias was the first (and the only one of the four of us) to be interviewed. While he was being interviewed, the rest of us had to be quiet. He was asked all sorts of questions, like “how long have you been a fan?”, “describe your trip from the moment you decided to come till now”, “what was the most special moment of today?” or “what is your favourite song and why?”. Because we were also hyper, staying quiet wasn’t very easy. Especially with the stories the rest of us heard from our friends during the interview. When Mathias’ interview just ended everyone else bursted out in laughing and he thought they were laughing because of him, turns out it was because of the stories that were told! Oh we were also told Céline unfortunately didn’t had time to sign our stuff so we got them back.. they did tell us our picture with Céline was going to get signed, so that was a nice comfort. Then we took off to our hotel rooms, because we were just knackered (it was past 1 AM).

[CSCfan]

It was already Saturday. Another big day! After heaving breakfast and doing some shopping we met with Marisa at 2:00 PM in front of the Colosseum and she had a surprise in store for us at 2:15 PM. Turns out our surprise was nothing less than a Backstage Tour of The Colosseum!! We were all so very excited! We gathered at the foyer and learned the secrets of budget cuts and "creative engineering". We were informed on why the foyer's columns were so fat. After that we were led to the theater and when the double doors of the theater opened, we could see a few cameras and production people planning for the evening's shoot. We all sat down in the comfy red seats in front of the stage. As the host was giving some more facts and bloopers of Colosseum construction, everyone was examining the hall very closely (there’s no time for that during the shows!). We were also told about the glorious cathedral ceiling with the red acoustic pillows, which were in fact donations of sympathy from the construction company. The Colosseum's projected budget was $60 million; with artists' and architects' fantasies fulfilled, it would have exceeded $120 million; however, Caesar's could only afford $90 million. Next we went up on stage and everyone was just going wild! Then we went behind North America's largest LED Screen (and the only screen in the world with a door - for Celine's grand entries). We were quite surprised how small the space behind the screen was, especially for 48 dancers. It was also fun to see each dancer’s chair. The tour was wonderful; because it is part of an amazing place created especially for a legend. At the end of the tour, we all gathered on the stage for group pictures, one with the screen in the back; and another with the 4100 velvety red chairs in our background and with Marisa as Céline in "River Deep, Mountain High". After the tour we clapped for Marisa and the host, whose collaboration with her friends at Caesar's made the tour possible; and her hard work helped make the upcoming evening's dinner possible. She deserves every credit for it and it’s a great preview for what’s to come for the Convention! Afterwards, we went back to our hotel to get ready for the dinner & show.

 

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We had to see Marisa again around 4:00 PM at the grand entrance of Caesars to go to Café Lago where the Dinner would take place. When Marisa finally got in Café Lago we all started to yell: "Celine! Celine! Celine!" And Marisa had to laugh about it. Midway through dinner, Marisa tapped the goblet with a spoon to get the attention of the attendees. In the next several minutes, we brainstormed on what we fans could do to evoke audience participation and to help the DVD taping be and look as exciting as possible! Of course, there were mentions of the "I Drove All Night" steering-wheel dance; then the "I'm Alive" cool-it-down spread-your-wing dance. Of course, we made sure to give a standing ovation at the end of each song and standing up at every up-tempo song. We also cane up with a practice where at the moment Céline sits down to prepare to sing "If I Could," Jane would holler out "On t'aime Céline." Then Celine would say "I love you too!" And then we would shout back "We love you more!!”. Well next thing we knew, the dinner was already over. It went so fast, but we all had lots of fun! When we were waiting in front of the Colosseum, Ramona came over to us and said she wanted to introduce someone to us…turns out it was none other than Vic Koolan! What a surprise it was..

 

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[CSCfan]

When we entered the theater we noticed the cameras again changed positions. The big crane was back and was now in position directly behind Front Orchestra 4, the same applied for the rails (which was in the front the day before). Also, cameramen were positioned on the aisles, right beside Front Orch. 4, so from all this we concluded they made every effort to concentrate filming on the section with the most fans. Just before the show started, the last ones who met Céline entered the theater.. followed by the same camera crew that was filming the interview! And before we knew it, after those fans sat down, they came right to us (we had seats right beside the aisle)! We had to be very excited for the show and say some things in front of the camera. A few minutes later the show started and all 50 of us were in Front Orch. 4. When the first notes of “A New Day Has Come” started we all started clapping & screaming very loud, we were there alright! When Céline appeared we all got up to give her a big standing ovation. When she came to the front for the very first time and saw all of us standing there, going wild and being extremely enthusiastic, you could tell she was very emotional. The show went on and it was like one big party. During “To Love You More” we at one point pointed to Céline (it was either during a “I’ll be waiting for you” or “to love you more”) and she laughed and pointed back. When we came to point in “I’m Alive”, where we had to bent our knees and “go down”, we were all very late! Everyone was being so into the show that we nearly missed it. During “I Drove All Night” we all did the “steering-wheel move” and you could tell Céline, but also the dancers & band members loved it! And during all these songs there was a camera pointed right at us (on the aisle).. which made it all nerve-wrecking, but also very special. Later on the moment was there.. Céline just finished “Seduces Me” and sat down.. not a second later the following happened:

 

*Celine sits down*

 

Jane & Marisa: "On T'Aime Céline!!"

Céline: "Aww, thank you!"

 

*silence* (she didn’t say what we expected she would say)

 

Cindy & Paula: "I Love You Céline!"

Céline: "I Love You Too!"

The Fans: "We Love You MORE" (leaning forwards)

Céline: (leaning backwards, looking shocked) "Well let me tell you this: I love you the MOST! Ha! Now beat that!"

 

Everyone was in laughter after that and Céline continued with her speech (still looking quite stunned & emotional). And again cameras were EVERYWHERE filming fans most of the time. We all will definitely make it onto the DVD, without any doubt! Céline almost cried during one of the standing ovations but she could hold back her tears pretty well. “All The Way” was just incredible! We all think the song is so-so, but when you hear Céline sing it live, a few meters in front of you, you’ll get goosebumps all over. “I’ve Got The World On A String” was next and we also planned to snap along, which we did (and during this song, the camera was again on us the whole time, so we couldn’t stop snapping even if we wanted to!). “I Wish” was quite energetic, when the dancers came into the audience later in the song we got some high-five’s. “Love Can Move Mountains” was as fun as ever and the the “Unison” rap just ROCKS! As we thought the stage was filled with dancers when the song ended, many more appeared at the back of the stage.. including Céline. The tune of “River Deep, Mountain High” started and everyone just went crazy! Céline moved forward, put her microphone in the stand, while her hair was going wild (because of the fan) and the roof flew almost off the building! Just when we thought things couldn’t get any better.. we heard a BIG cracking noise followed by silence. All the sound just went off! We were all looking quite shocked & horrified to each other, but within seconds we all picked up where we left and continued singing the song (even louder) and clapping along. Everything still went on in Céline & the band member’s ears, so they (+ the dancers) just kept on going, but they knew something went wrong. Within seconds the sound turned back on and they could end the song like it was supposed to end. Later (after the show, we were told that the sound will still ON in the speakers at the back on Mezz 1/2 and that Céline missed a note), just not on the big/surround ones in the front/around the stage. After the song, we all started yelling “CELINE! CELINE! CELINE! CELINE!”, just to show support. The show ended quite fast with “My Heart Will Go On”.

 

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Elise, again looking radiant as ever

 

After the show, we again waited for the dancers & band members. They all recognized us and some also went like “Holland!!”. We heard from the dancers that they were able to keep going on (during the malfunction in RDMH), because we were singing so loudly. Then Elise came out and we started clapping. We asked if she could sign the picture which we took with her on Thursday and she happily complied. She told us they could hear us singing and that the show was just fantastic! Denis was with her (and so were his parents) and when we asked him what happened, Elise replied before him, pointing to her father-in-law and said that he did it! We were all in laughs.. Then Denis answered that something in his control panel just blew, but before he knew it/could do anything about it, everything worked again! After that we all went for a drink till they shut the place down (they kept dimming the lights to get our attention). We weren’t quite ready to get back to our hotelroom, so most of us went to the Colosseum’s entrance and just sat down. There we chatted and made some funny pics. Later, a fan who was interviewed after the show, came out and said they were re-doing RDMH (or at least the part where it went wrong) when he was inside. Apparently, they were quite adamant to use tonight’s performance for the DVD!

 

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BOO!

 

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Now don't mess with me girlfriend!

 

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Some pics

 

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TADA!

 

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Ok, now she's gone..

 

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We Drove All Niiiight

 

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[anghil5]

Nice review, Mathias! It was really nice to meet you and the others!

 

SO glad you got to meet Celine! It was magical!

[CSCfan]

Sunday was our very last day in Vegas. We met up with Marisa for “breakfast” (yeah right! lol) and were reminiscing about yesterday.. everything just went perfect! We said our goodbyes after lunch, because they unfortunately had to leave. What’s funny was that during our goodbye (which was in the hallway in the Bellagio), other fans kept bumping into us! So it became one big, but sad goodbye..

 

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We moved to our hotelroom to start packing (there would be no time after the show, so it had to happen at that time). We went over to Cypress Market at around 5 to have a quick bite & drink with some other fans. And then went on to what was going to be our final show… and what a show it was! There were less fans than Saturday, but the show was still quite amazing! After Naomi came on stage to tell us about the fact that they were filming for the DVD and all (this happened on all the nights), she also said she had a little surprise and then René came walking on stage with BIG headphones (hilarious!) and told us that the producers needed several shots of us applauding, because the some of the lighting (on the audience) at the previous shows were bad. So he stood there on stage and told us to pretend he was Céline, he even said shall he would be singing 2 songs, on which the crowd just roared with laughter. Then on his count of 3 we all started to applaud for like 10 seconds. After that he told us the producers needed a standing ovation too, so immediately some people stood up clapping. He laughed and said not just quite yet! So after counting down again everyone gave a big standing ovation. After René went off-stage, they did camera thing (we forgot about it), which was quite long this time. During that time, a cameraman sat beside us and asked if we were ready again. We asked if we were going to film again, to which he answered “definitely!”. Oops…

 

For this show the 2 (big) crane’s were back, this time behind the stage, with the top of both cranes appearing just before the screen (thus filming everything from above the stage and a bird’s eye view of the audience). There were no cameras in the front, except for 2 cameramen that were moving on the aisles next to Orch 4.

 

At 9 PM, Céline came on and again she got a big standing ovation. After “The Power Of Love”, someone yelled something like “We want more love songs!” and Céline went all like “I love love songs! You’ll hear many more love songs tonight! Love love love love!” and was going crazy! After the “Shall we go for it!” bit, just before “I’m Alive”, she was looking right at us with a broad smile. Where we had already stood up the next before, we this time waited for the beat to start (not being a second too late!). Just before “If I Could” she briefly mentioned René (that he told her we were a great audience), that was quite fun! During the song, a woman in Orch. 3 kept crying, so after the song came over to her and gave her a big hug and joked she was supposed to help Céline get through the song, not the other way around! And we noticed Céline, the dancers & her band members were too (concerning the previous night), so that performance was hugely energetic! Almost at the end of the show, RDMH came and this time we gave it our 220%! We remember Céline looking right at us during the part where it went wrong yesterday, and she was staring for what it seems like forever. At the end, when all the dancers are in front of the stage in their poses, you just couldn’t go around their broad smiles (of satisfaction)! When MHWGO ended, we all realized it was over. No more shows, no more Céline. Again, we waited for the cast and we all cheered for every single dancer, musician, technician who came through the doors. Most of them actually tonight’s show was the best (probably coz they gave it all, because it was the last show). Also, we heard from the band members there will definitely be a tour next year (Europe, make room in Spring/Summer!!)!!

 

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After all that, we said goodbye to our dear Céline friends, most of them whom we really met during this trip… it was quite emotional!

 

When we arrived in our hotelroom we couldn’t quite go to bed yet and chatted about the past week for a while. The next day it was time to go… unlike last time, we had a sense of fulfillment and were quite happy. Céline was with us all the way to the airport (billboards, taxi’s, buses), and even at the airport, until she said goodbye to us through a big billboard, just before boarding the plane.

 

And just as we thought we couldn’t be luckier, 2 of our friends (Paula & Brenda) were in the row before us on our flight to Chicago!

 

What a journey it has been…

 

We want to thank EVERYONE who we met; Céline, Patrick, the band members, the dancers, the technicians, the people from Productions J (special thanks to Nadia), cast & crew of the show/box office and last, but not least, our dearest dearest friends, whom we love the most!

 

Hope you enjoyed our review and we hope to see you all again in December!

 

Cindy, Stephanie, Suzanne & Mathias

[CSCfan]

Nice review, Mathias! It was really nice to meet you and the others!

 

SO glad you got to meet Celine! It was magical!

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Thanks! It was very nice to meet you and the others too..

 

Too bad we didn't get around to make those last group shots [on Sunday]..

We'll definately be doing that in December!

 

Magical is exactly the word (if there is any) to describe it..*sigh*..

[Lawna]

Excellent review! I had a blast meeting you all as well! I only wish we would have had more time to chat!

[Love,]

 

THIS EVENING, I WILL BE READING ALL OF THISSSSSS!!!!!!

 

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!

[Love,]

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MY CINDY! MY JANE!

Edited January 25, 2007 at 11:29 PM by Love,

[Love,]

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I SERIOUSLY LOVE THIS PHOTOGRAPH SO MUCH!!!!!!!!

 

(high res, please?)

[Tal]

awwwwwww i love the pics! nice to see so many familiar faces! salla you are freakin GORGEOUS!!

[Koolan]

Great detailed review, buddy. It was nice meeting you and the Dutchies. Rene's huge headphones...

[Lawna]

Great detailed review, buddy.  It was nice meeting you and the Dutchies.    Rene's huge headphones...

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I was so upset...I could not even remember half of what Rene said, because I was being poked in the back by some lady complaining she cannot see the show because me and Erin were scooted out of our seats to see over the rail (and she was also upset that we gave a standing ovation haha, we were doing everything Orch4 was doing...and we were sitting in 2ndMEZ !) Argh. But thanks to her, we got better seats

[LVPantsGirl]

Mathiasssssss,

 

I am SO glad you brought your camera places. I can't believe I didn't take a single photo. My mom wanted to smack me. LOL!

 

I love all the photos. I miss all the people!!!!!

[Celinefreak05]

AH! I had heard all about the Holland gang and those orange shirts and was so happy to finally meet you all! EVEN MORE happy that you got to meet Celine! I will never forget sitting by you at the show Saturday night and I can't wait to see you again in December!

 

Please post the pics with Celine as soon as you get them!!!!

 

Kimberly

[Salla]

Aww, I love all these pics!! I miss everyone!

 

awwwwwww i love the pics!  nice to see so many familiar faces!  salla you are freakin GORGEOUS!!

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Thanks Tal!

[CSCfan]

(high res, please?)

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MSN

 

Great detailed review, buddy.  It was nice meeting you and the Dutchies.   

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Same here bud..

Although at first I was like..who?

 

I was so upset...I could not even remember half of what Rene said, because I was being poked in the back by some lady complaining she cannot see the show because me and Erin were scooted out of our seats to see over the rail (and she was also upset that we gave a standing ovation haha, we were doing everything Orch4 was doing...and we were sitting in 2ndMEZ !)  Argh. But thanks to her, we got better seats 

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Aww, at least you poked back right?

 

Mathiasssssss,

 

I am SO glad you brought your camera places.  I can't believe I didn't take a single photo.  My mom wanted to smack me.  LOL!

 

I love all the photos.  I miss all the people!!!!!

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LOL! Well let me comfort you.. normally I LOVE taking pics and I always do, only this time I didn't. I think it's because I had to film & be filmed all the time.. I didn't fancy taking pics this time (I did have my camera with me, never used it!). So these are all Stephanie's..

 

AH! I had heard all about the Holland gang and those orange shirts and was so happy to finally meet you all! EVEN MORE happy that you got to meet Celine!  I will never forget sitting by you at the show Saturday night and I can't wait to see you again in December!

 

Please post the pics with Celine as soon as you get them!!!!

 

Kimberly

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So we were quite notorious eh? lol

It was fun meeting you too! Saturday was definately a blast..

 

If you want a bigger pic of the one with us posing, send me a message..

 

Thanks again all!

[Un Rêve]

Whew! That was quite a review, Mathias! lol!! Thanks so much for this, it sounds like youi guys had the BEST time!!! Love the pictures, and I can't believe Céline said that "I love you the MOST" that's hilarious!!!!

[Salla]

Can one of the dutchies send me the original pics? at least the ones me and Anu are in. I have like no pics and I wanna get some of the best ones developed! Thanks guys!

[CSCfan]

Sure!

[kathyc25]

Wow great review! I hope I get to meet some of you guys soon someday..eventhough I`m relatively new here...

[pepillo90]

Great, great, greaaaat revieew!!!

[René 2]

What an incredible review !

[Love,]

Cindy, Stephanie, Mathias, or Suzanne, may I please have original-resolution files of the following pictures? Maybe you could bunch all them together in one zip folder and upload it to YouSendIt. THANKS!

 

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[CSCfan]

Sure!

[Cheerfuljane]

That's absolutely brilliant Matthias. Thank you.

There are a few more stories to tell about the meeting with Celine after you guys left the room. I will try to remember them and post it later....

Paula and Salla - I might need your help to remember them ???

Who was the girl with the tatoo?

[Marchino]

What a nice review! You have been very lucky to be able to be in Vegas during the taping and especially to stay with some many other REAL fans from all over the world And I'm so envious that you could meet the dancers, Elise, Michel and especially that you could have the whole tour backstage!

[nano]

Great review Mathias.

 

It was so nice to meet you guys.

 

 

 

 

-anu-

Edited January 29, 2007 at 09:58 PM by nano