Trans-Siberian Orchestra

11/28/10

Quicken Loans Arena

Cleveland, Ohio

The TSO concert was Sunday night and absolutely spectacular! Bigger, brighter, and more amazing! After dinner at Chocolate Bar (review coming in another post) we made our way to The Q and found our seats in the SECOND ROW!!! I had my small Pentax with me and captured the night the best I could in the difficult lighting conditions. So now, if you will, please enjoy a review of the concert through photographs.

Suspended above the stage during the opening song!

Derek Wieland, Keyboards

Joel Hoekstra, Guitar and Dave Z, Bass

Bryan Hicks, Narrator

Chris Caffery, Guitar, Joel, and Roddy Chong, Violin

Bryan Hicks

Chris Caffery

Chris introducing the Vocalists

Two catwalks descended from the ceiling directly over us.

One of the singers, turned dancer!

I wasn't able to get enough light to freeze the action, but I think the blurs add a sense of how energetic the concert was.

Dave Z. The girls sitting to my right kept going nuts for him.

Paul O'Neil playing a duet with a 17 year old who will be starring in their new Broadway musical.

She was born in 1993 and she ROCKED it!

Tim Hockenberry performing his solo.

According to Paul, this was the ONLY show on the tour where he would be singing the 2010 re-make of Dream Child, which was just released the day before.

Looking toward the back of the arena, Chris and I'm not sure who else made their way to a small stage and were playing for everyone on that end.

Jeff Plate drum solo.

They finished with the traditional last song for Cleveland, Cleveland Rocks!

And they did! They played straight thru without an intermission and the concert seemed to end too soon. We almost decided to stick around for an autograph signing, but being a work and school night, we thought that would make for a very rough Monday morning. Maybe next year!

Thank you TSO for putting on yet another top notch concert! I think we've already agreed to come celebrate Christmas with you again next year. After five concerts, it's kind of a tradition at this point!