Spent a great and memorable evening attending the concert. It's the first time attending concert of this scale, at the Sands Expo Convention Centre. I would associate concert venues with the Singapore Indoor Stadium - which was what I heard most of the time but had not attended one there except a performance decades ago. Most of the time, I frequent The Sands Theatre (MBS) or the Esplanade. Hence, scale is not that big. A check of the venue - The Sands Grand Ballroom can accommodate approximately 8000 people! Yes, I attended events of this scale before at the Singapore Expo (e.g. talks, rally) but not for a concert.
Kind of excited, as it's the priciest ticket I paid for so far. The most expensive ticket paid in the past was for one of the musicals at Sands Theatre, I think, slightly more than $200. This evening's ticket cost almost $400! A new record for me. Also received an email reminder that said the venue would be opened approximately 90min before the event. Hm... that's why I arrived exceptionally early this time.
This was how it looked like at about 7.15pm (45 min before the concert started)
Over time, more people entered. A pretty interesting observation (to me). We usually associate concert-goers as younger people OR perhaps middle age people like me...
A look a the crowd 10 minutes before 8 pm showed that there were many elderly, too! Many with silver hair are seated around! Many "aunties" and "uncles", too! Some younger ones, who probably here to accompany their parents who were the fans of the Wynners! Oh, I also saw a few elderlies with walking sticks led to their seats by the ushers!
So, concert-goers are not limited to a particular age-group (in particular, the younger ones?), but people who were there to find memories, to "when" they belong to! Yes, like what the artistes said, they were many seniors around, and he rightly pointed out, many were here to relive their memories! I'm no different, too!
The artistes were not young, too! Most were in their 60s and 70s. BUT, you see, that's where we learn what Superstars are, and what they are made of! Their powerful live vocal performance was something that many artistes could not get close to or match with! They were still so energetic, just like what we saw in the TV programmes in the past... that's professionalism, with their powerful voices and showmanship!
Had forgotten most songs but the tune and wordings made the recall so easily and quickly - because they were once very familiar but had now forgotten (because lost touch). It re-ignited the warm and love that were once there... in my school days. Yes, 我听着他们的歌长大的！
Initially, I was a bit disappointed though I still went ahead to buy the ticket because it was indicated in the website that the medium is in Mandarin. I'm so glad that many of the cantonese songs were presented.
How long have I not been so immersed in a concert and participated so wholeheartedly? Since I started work, I supposed. It was the time that though I was alone, yet I was not alone! There went the screams that usually came through roller coaster only. The atmosphere, I believe, is no different from other concerts because all were lost in the time during that moment. I believe those elderlies whom I saw earlier had immersed themselves and enjoyed the deafening music too!
OK, now I think I could better understand why some loved to go for concerts of their favourite artistes despite of the pricey tickets.
