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Karacal wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:

balcony girls wrote:. . Saturday, December 1, 2007
7:00 pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
5211 Carpenter Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515
630-881-1238
Ticket information TBA.

. . .

. . .looks like this one fits the bill for us . .

. . BG, BG2 and TikiB will most definitely be there. . .! !

. .see ya there. . ! !

21 degrees this morning, and bitter cold winds... welcome to sunny Chicago!

My daughters were singing this morning...

You better watch out
tears of joy you may cry,
there is no doubt
we're telling you why,
Peter Mayer is coming to town!

He’s made a set list,
he’s checking it twice,
gonna pick songs
to make you feel nice,
Peter Mayer is coming to town!

He sees you when you’re singing,
he knows when you partake,
his music lifts your spirits up,
you'll feel good for goodness sake!

So, you better watch out
tears of joy you may cry,
there is no doubt
we're telling you why,
Peter Mayer is coming to town!

Too cute Tiki!!!!!!

Ya'll have a great time!! I can't wait to see him in Stone Mountain Ga!!

CRAP!!!

What's the deal with Dec 1st Peter Mayer shows??

Flashback to last year, when we were hit with a major blizzard and the bg's flights didn't make it to town, and my girls and I couldn't make it to the show due to hazardous conditions.

Friday: Partly cloudy skies early will give way to mostly sunny skies this afternoon. Cold. High near 30F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.

Friday night: Mainly clear. Low 16F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Cloudy and becoming windy with snow showers in the morning giving way to a mix of snow sleet or freezing rain in the afternoon. High 31F. ESE winds at 10 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Snow accumulating 1 to 2 inches.

Saturday night: Windy...cloudy with snow, sleet or freezing rain in the evening. The wintry mix changing to all rain overnight. Low 26F. Winds SSE at 20 to 30 mph.

Sunday (24 hours): Rain and snow showers. Highs in the low 40s and
lows in the low 20s.

Cindi gets in today, so no biggie there, but we have to venture south to get Boop around noonish tomorrow... we'll be there come heck or high slush!! Better throw boots in the car...

I guess what do I expect... I do live here!

Tiki Bar wrote:

Karacal wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:

balcony girls wrote:. . Saturday, December 1, 2007
7:00 pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
5211 Carpenter Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515
630-881-1238
Ticket information TBA.

. . .

. . .looks like this one fits the bill for us . .

. . BG, BG2 and TikiB will most definitely be there. . .! !

. .see ya there. . ! !

21 degrees this morning, and bitter cold winds... welcome to sunny Chicago!

My daughters were singing this morning...

You better watch out
tears of joy you may cry,
there is no doubt
we're telling you why,
Peter Mayer is coming to town!

He’s made a set list,
he’s checking it twice,
gonna pick songs
to make you feel nice,
Peter Mayer is coming to town!

He sees you when you’re singing,
he knows when you partake,
his music lifts your spirits up,
you'll feel good for goodness sake!

So, you better watch out
tears of joy you may cry,
there is no doubt
we're telling you why,
Peter Mayer is coming to town!

Too cute Tiki!!!!!!

Ya'll have a great time!! I can't wait to see him in Stone Mountain Ga!!

CRAP!!!

What's the deal with Dec 1st Peter Mayer shows??

Flashback to last year, when we were hit with a major blizzard and the bg's flights didn't make it to town, and my girls and I couldn't make it to the show due to hazardous conditions.

Friday: Partly cloudy skies early will give way to mostly sunny skies this afternoon. Cold. High near 30F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.

Friday night: Mainly clear. Low 16F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Cloudy and becoming windy with snow showers in the morning giving way to a mix of snow sleet or freezing rain in the afternoon. High 31F. ESE winds at 10 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Snow accumulating 1 to 2 inches.

Saturday night: Windy...cloudy with snow, sleet or freezing rain in the evening. The wintry mix changing to all rain overnight. Low 26F. Winds SSE at 20 to 30 mph.

Sunday (24 hours): Rain and snow showers. Highs in the low 40s and
lows in the low 20s.

Cindi gets in today, so no biggie there, but we have to venture south to get Boop around noonish tomorrow... we'll be there come heck or high slush!! Better throw boots in the car...

I guess what do I expect... I do live here!

You could always come to the Ga show.....

Stay safe and enjoy the concert!!!

One week from today in Pa.

Be careful out there, y'all!

docandjeanie wrote:One week from today in Pa.

WOOOOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Be careful out there, y'all!

Yeah, the weather is pretty crappy.

Did y'all make it to the show? Is everyone okay out there?

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Did y'all make it to the show? Is everyone okay out there?

I was thinking the same thing! Looks like the weather was pretty ugly out there!

we're pretty fortunate that the weather here doesn't get wintry until January usually. so we're all systems GO for Saturday the 8th. hope you're all safe and warm!

flipflopgirl wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Did y'all make it to the show? Is everyone okay out there?

I was thinking the same thing! Looks like the weather was pretty ugly out there!

made it on the front page of our local paper....

freaky4tiki wrote:

flipflopgirl wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Did y'all make it to the show? Is everyone okay out there?

I was thinking the same thing! Looks like the weather was pretty ugly out there!

made it on the front page of our local paper....

i was wathcing the news here and they were talking about it!

flipflopgirl wrote:

freaky4tiki wrote:

flipflopgirl wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Did y'all make it to the show? Is everyone okay out there?

I was thinking the same thing! Looks like the weather was pretty ugly out there!

made it on the front page of our local paper....

i was wathcing the news here and they were talking about it!

It s***** in Bits' neighborhood , not bad but white!

IrishPirate wrote:

flipflopgirl wrote:

freaky4tiki wrote:

flipflopgirl wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Did y'all make it to the show? Is everyone okay out there?

I was thinking the same thing! Looks like the weather was pretty ugly out there!

made it on the front page of our local paper....

i was wathcing the news here and they were talking about it!

It s***** in Bits' neighborhood , not bad but white!

We got pretty luck here with the snow but the ice storm has not come yet!

Hope everyone made it safely.

We had a dusting of snow today, good, now let's get that out of our system and have nice weather for Friday.

docandjeanie wrote:Hope everyone made it safely.

We had a dusting of snow today, good, now let's get that out of our system and have nice weather for Friday.

Yeah, how about 72 degrees and sunny!

We really only got about 1/2" of snow and then sleet and freezing drizzle most of the day. I think it's supposed to get warmer overnight and hopefully it'll melt the "ice suit" my car is wearing.

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Did y'all make it to the show? Is everyone okay out there?

We sure did!!! Thanks for thinking about us everyone!

I'll never invite the balcony girls to Chicago in December to see Peter again, but that's ok cuz they said they wouldn't come anyway!!

Cindi got in Friday... sun was shining so the 30 degrees didn't seem too bad. She kept commenting how she likes the midwest in the winter, it was nice, the cold air was refreshing! Friday was all good!

We left my area around 11:00a to pick up Boop on Saturday, due in at 12:30p... normally about an hourish drive, but left a bit early due to the forecast. The icy snow started pretty good around noon... the roads were just terrible down that way... no sign of plows or salt trucks... accidents had traffic to a smidge faster than stopped... barely pressing the gas pedal would spin my tires and slide me sideways...

BUT, Boop landed about 12:40p, and we made it to the airport about 4p, to our hotel about 4:45p, took a taxi to Cheeseburger in Paradise about 5:30p (the plan was to be there at 4p, after my girls swam in the hotel pool for a few hours), enjoyed dinner and drinks to take my edge off, and we piled into Johnny's (Russler of the Beach Bum Band) SUV to the church! THANK YOU JOHNNY!!! There were 7 of us in 5 seats, but we made it there and back, safe and sound! Parked cars had an inch of ice caked on them, the ground was a sheet of ice, and the trees were all crystallized! Cindi left 80 degree Tampa for this!

The show was well worth it though!! Peter sounded great, his band members are phenomenal musicians... R Scott Bryan on drums/percussion, Marc Holland on the flutes, and Marc Torlina on the bass were in the band 2 years ago when I saw them when it didn't snow, and it was the first I'd seen Chris Walters on piano and keyboards, and Maggie Estes on violin and mandolin. All simply amazing, and some really GREAT different arrangements to the songs.

Stars and Promises, the songs as well as Peter's words in between them, really touches your soul and your spirit.

I don't know if they do it at all of the shows, but they had 50 recordings of the show available to purchase right afterwards, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity. There was another surprise as well, that I 1st heard of when I read the program, so I might share that in another thread.

Peter and the band must have help from above to make it from midwestern/northern city to city every winter. God Bless them all for bringing this gift to us!

Intermission:


Peter:








After the show:
(his reaction seeing the balcony girls, followed by big hugs for both of them)









How pretty... NOT!








Creative Tiki...

I was captivated by this shadow of the violinist:




What Peter Mayer Christmas lights would look like:

Nice review JoAnn

Love the lights

Nice pics TB .... thanks for the review! (now I'm getting anxious for Friday)

alphabits wrote:Nice pics TB .... thanks for the review! (now I'm getting anxious for Friday)

Thanks Joann! Glad you made it safe and had a great time!

Me too Bits!