Lisbon 26 June 2013 (Rotary Club private event)

[pjrcorreia]

Thanks Dave,

Andrea Tirone ‏@anget09
25, 000 people is more than a convention, it's a piece of the world in one city" - Portuguese Minister at #ricon13

Marc Shaffer ‏@marccshaffer 23 Jun
190 countries represented and over 25,000 attendees. Wow! #ricon13

It looks like Hayley and the other performers had a big audience from all over the world!

[Libby]

Thanks, Dave.

And I hope you are allowed to post the photo, Paulo.

[pjrcorreia]

Hi everyone,

Here's the photo with kind permission from Emily Wood!

[Richard]

Hello folks!

I've found a slightly better photograph:

Joe Otin ‏Joe_otin
“@rotarynbieast: Here's a photo of the concert marking the close of the Rotary convention in Lisboa #ricon13 pic.twitter.com/bl6uplKNNV”

Click on the link in the quote to see an enlargement.

Richard

[pjrcorreia]

A twit from Gordon McInally from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Gordon McInally ‏@gordonmcinally
@hayleywestenra Thanks for wonderful concert last evening in Lisbon. Great way to close the Rotary Convention. #ricon13

[pjrcorreia]

Hi Richard,

I´ve seen that photo too, thanks for posting!

[Libby]

So, it was the long Amanda Wakeley gown.

Any way to find out how many songs, or even which songs, she performed? It would be a crime if she didn't do Amalia!

[Richard]

Hello Libby!

We now know two of the songs that Hayley sang:

Jane Mugenyi ‏@jaynemugenyi
Hayley Westenra performs I dreamed a dream in Lisbon at the RI convention
pic.twitter.com/7aiPB1kOau

Jane Mugenyi ‏@jaynemugenyi
Hayley Westenra performs 'amazing grace' for 30k rotatians at the closing of the RI convention in Lisbon pic.twitter.com/AWgEbmLkKo

I'm sure Jane Mugenyi posted the same photograph twice, so I'll only show it once. Click on either link to see an enlargement.



Richard

[pjrcorreia]

Hi everyone,

I found a report about the closing session of the convention, it's written in Portuguese: www.rotary4420.org.br/1213/Noticias.asp?id=1466

And a new photo:

O entretenimento de encerramento começou com a exímia apresentação da dupla 2Cellos, da ucrânia. O grande show da noite foi a exibição da Orquestra Metropolitanda de Lisboa que acompanhou a cantora neo-zelandeza Hayley Westenra, que empolgou e impressionou os presentes, e do tenor Fernando Varela, que efetuou solos variados entre líricos e populares e dois duetos com Hayley Westenra. O coral Gospel St. Dominic's acompanhou o grupo ao final da apresentação.

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The translation:

The closing entertainment began with the outstanding presentation of the duo 2Cellos from Ukraine (this is a mistake, they are from Croatia). The big show of the evening was the performance of the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra that accompanied the New Zelander songstress Hayley Westenra, who wowed and impressed those present, and the tenor Fernando Varela, who performed varied solos between lyrical and popular and two duets with Hayley Westenra. The St. Dominic's Gospel Choir accompanied the group to the end of the presentation.

Best wishes,
Paulo Correia

[Bamafan]

Cool! Thanks for finding that Paulo!

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[Simba]

Are there likely to be videos of this event? 30k audience that's amazing And looks like she performed more than 4 songs! That's really, among how many other artists?

[pjrcorreia]

YAY! More photos:

[pjrcorreia]

[pjrcorreia]

Jun 30, 2013 21:54:57 GMT Simba said:

Are there likely to be videos of this event? 30k audience that's amazing And looks like she performed more than 4 songs! That's really, among how many other artists?

Hi Simba,

The artists were:
- 2Cellos (a duo of cello players from Croatia).
- Hayley Westenra.
- Fernando Varela (the tenor who sang with Hayley in The David Foster and friends tour in Asia).

- The Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra.
- The Dominic's Gospel Choir.

It would be fantastic if we can find some videos, I found some from Il Divo from the opening session, let's hope we can find some of Hayley!

[classyandraste]

Oh, I love her dress! :DDD