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Dave Delaney : Dave Made That: A few thoughts about the Tennessee Performing Arts Center

  • Kelly Stewart · 2 years ago
    Good points, Dave.

    TPAC = Tennessee Performing Arts Center, right?
  • Alex Ezell · 2 years ago
    Absolutely, on all counts. If that pic is from your seats, you *were* up there.

    I was down in the "Orchestra" section and the sound was still poor. We had our share of drunken karaoke singers, too.

    At least the lighting was good. And of course, seeing a legend like Gordon is great.
  • Kieran · 2 years ago
    Was it the Jackson Auditorium?
    I've not been back to TPAC since we had season tickets to the Broadway series there a few years ago-- while my wife was pregnant with our second child.
    Let me tell you-- there's nothing like getting perfect seats, center in the tier-- PERFECT.. and then realize taht your poor pregnant wife is going to need to get to the restroom several times over the next few hours... and there's no middle aisle.
    My wife was a trooper.. but after the first show, we changed our season tickets to some seats a little closer to the aisle.
  • Dave · 2 years ago
    Ya, that place can't be fun for a pregnant woman. I imagine elderly people probably don't have a blast climbing up to the noise bleeds either.

    Ya Alex, that photo was our view from our seats. Of course I was there to HEAR Gordie, but still, it would have been nice to install some sort of video screen.

    Thanks for the comments guys.
  • Dave · 2 years ago
    Ya Kelly. Oops about that name. I'm use to the Toronto Centre for Performing Arts.
  • Sean McGaughey · 2 years ago
    Your lightfoot venue was at least dry. Gordon Lightfoot was the closer for this year's Mariposa Folk Festival. The weather was fantastic for the whole weekend until Gordie started to play. Then the sky opened up with a tremendous thunderstorm. He played on for about 30 min but the long rumored "surprise visit" from Bob Dylan never happened because of the rain.
  • Dave · 2 years ago
    Hi Sean:
    Thanks for the comment. That's awesome that he played Mariposa. I would have been thrilled to see him at home. I've seen him a couple of other times at Massey Hall. MH is really his home away from home eh?

    Sorry to hear about the weather and Dylan-less.
    Maybe this will make you feel better:
    http://urltea.com/1e78

    Cheers,
    Dave