#Tom Jones, #Rod Stewart, #Cher

My wife and I had a wonderful afternoon today. We went to the Casino on Regent Ave in Winnipeg and watched a concert. It was free. A tribute to Tom Jones, Rod Steward, and Cher.

Last year, they finished building an addition to the Casino. Part of the addition is a theater. I don’t know how many seats it has, but more than a thousand, possibly even two thousand. I don’t want to make a guess. It is a beautiful theater with stadium seating, which means they rise toward the back, away from the stage. Even if you sit far back, you have a good view of the stage.

The place was packed. Mostly seniors. Who else has time to watch a performance in the afternoon? And it was free. Seniors love free stuff. We sat in row 22. I was lucky to still get some tickets, because I didn’t find out about the free performance until late. The seats were great. The acoustics was excellent. I would have liked to be closer to the stage, but, what the heck, it was free. I’m not complaining.

What a great performance! Obviously, these were not the original stars but impersonators, but they were very talented and brought the music of the era to life. They sounded authentic and even looked like Tom Jones, Rod Steward, and Cher. Cher wore a sexy costume, just like Cher used to, and she had the same, throaty voice. Same goes for the guy who sang the songs of Tom Jones. I can still hear in my mind “I’ll never fall in love again.” To notch. The guy had the same great voice as Tom Jones.

I was never a real Rod Steward Fan, but I must say, I liked what I heard today.

The show brought back memories of days gone by. Even though my hearing isn’t the best anymore, I could understand the lyrics, which I can’t say when I try to listen to modern music. So much for always blaming my hearing for not understanding the words. I think, performers these days don’t make an effort to pronounce the words clearly. Swallowing the words seems to be the thing to do.

I’m going to make it a point to go to another performance again to the casino. A paid one this time. The prices are reasonable. Much better than in other theaters. And everything is modern. The seats were comfortable with plenty of legroom.

We went to see Cabaret in the Manitoba Theater Center a while back, but didn’t enjoy is as much as this one. And we paid good money to see it. The theater is old and has bad air circulation. And the performance itself was disappointing. Not as enjoyable as the same show we saw about twenty years ago in the same place.