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A few thoughts about the Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Started by Dave Delaney · 10 months ago

I was lucky enough to catch Gordon Lightfoot last night at the Tennessee Center for Performing Arts Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC). He was amazing as always, though his voice isn’t what it use to be. That’s just age though, we all get a little shakier as w ... Continue reading »

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  • Kelly Stewart

    1 year ago

    Good points, Dave.

    TPAC = Tennessee Performing Arts Center, right?
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  • Alex Ezell

    1 year 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.
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  • Kieran

    1 year 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.
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  • Dave

    1 year 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.
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  • Dave

    1 year ago

    Ya Kelly. Oops about that name. I'm use to the Toronto Centre for Performing Arts.
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  • Sean McGaughey

    1 year 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.
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  • Dave

    1 year 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
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