Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Michael Ball and Salt Lake
JP
Understudy Joined: 11/15/03
#0Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 4/30/04 at 1:18amWow three weeks to go...and still some great seats left if you want to see this fantastic singer in his first US concerts. It's going to be a concert to remember!
Michelleruth
Stand-by Joined: 7/4/03
#1re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 4/30/04 at 7:24pmIt should be a lot of fun. I have to go to San Diego for a business meeting the week of the 17th. SLC is on the way to San Diego from the East Coast -- at least in the right direction --, so I decided to leave a few days early and take a slight detour. I'll do some siteseeing in SLC and see a concert.
"Do Real Magic....Live Your Dreams"
sharon1
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/03
#2re: re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 4/30/04 at 9:39pmWell after the rave reviews of Sunset Boulevard Concert you guys seem to be in for a great concert. Can't wait to hear it on the old pc
DofB5
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#3re: re: re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 5/1/04 at 10:31am
It is now Saturday 5/1/2004 at 10:32:27 AM
Event: Utah!
Scheduled For 5/13/2004 5:00:00 AM
11 days 18 hours 27 minutes 33 seconds or
1 weekend or
12 days or
282 hours (188 waking hours) or
16,947 minutes or
1,016,852 seconds
Not that I'm counting or anything! 
Looking forward to meeting up with some of you! Maybe we could do dinner or something. Anyone going the day before the shows? I'll be there on Thursday.
D
#4re: re: re: re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 5/1/04 at 5:17pm
Ah, how I envy you all who are going... Sure would like to see Michael on USA turf. Hopefully he'll be back in the States again later in the year.
Enjoy yourselves, all who are going... you are certainly in for a treat!!!
DofB5
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#5re: re: re: re: re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 5/2/04 at 11:43am
Thanks, Kec. I'm sure we will.
Question to anyone: I read someplace that Michael "poses" doing his concerts for those with cameras--so it's ok to take one in? I would like to take some pictures, if possible.
D
JP
Understudy Joined: 11/15/03
#6re: re: re: re: re: re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 5/2/04 at 1:24pmHe has in past concerts...I've not gotten a definite answer on that question myself...A lot are taking cameras for stage door shots before and after. I think as long as you don't use a flash they might ignore your camera.
#7re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 5/2/04 at 4:56pm
"Question to anyone: I read someplace that Michael "poses" doing his concerts for those with cameras--so it's ok to take one in? I would like to take some pictures, if possible."
During his recent concert tour in the UK, he paused in between songs for what he called the "Photo Op." He told people to take the cameras out and be ready on the count of three. He then turned round, counted to three and then faced the audience again with a big smile on his face, and the flashes were going like crazy. He then asked that the cameras be put away till the end.
Whether or not cameras will be allowed will depend on the policy of the theatre in SLC. The thing is, flash cameras really are not a good idea inside the theatre even if the venue allows them. Flashes are dangerous to a performer on the stage -- just imagine you're up on a stage and there are literally hundreds of flashes going off in your face -- you'd be blinded! Flashes don't work well much beyond 25 feet of the subject anyway.
If you have a film camera that takes 35 mm film, your best bet is to get film with an ASA of 800 or 1600. For Michael's concerts I used 800 ASA film, no flash, and they came out fine. It also helped I was no further back than 7 rows from the stage.
Definitely have the camera if you're at the stage door. Michael is usually very obliging about posing for photos with the fans, unless he's running late or something.
DofB5
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#8 Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 5/2/04 at 7:20pm
Well, if I do get any good pictures, you know that I will share them with you.
Just saw how I typed this. Oy! I can type. Really I can!
D
Updated On: 5/2/04 at 07:20 PM
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 5/2/04 at 9:11pm
Yes, he has been providing photo ops during concerts since way back - which is great because the fans can concentrate on wathing him perform instead of worrying about how to take good photos 
#10re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 5/16/04 at 6:38am
For those who may be interested, Michael will be singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at 9:30 a.m Mountain time, 11:30 a.m. NY time. The performance can be heard live via the internet by clicking on the link below:
Radio KSL
BroadwayEnthusiast
Chorus Member Joined: 12/30/03
#11re: Michael Ball and Salt Lake
Posted: 5/16/04 at 10:47pmIm going to the UK this summer and Im gonna see Micheal Ball in Llangollen, Wales While im there!
