Ireth and Little Frodo writes: Grab your pointy ears, dust off those Middle Earth costumes and join us for a grand night at the Meyerson Center in Downtown Dallas, TX. The world renowned, award winning, Dallas Symphony Orchestra will be performing the Lord of the Rings Symphony on October 7th and 8th in Dallas, TX! Storyboards and artwork from the movies will be projected over the stage while 200 musicians play and chorus sing to the award winning music of the LOTR Trilogy. [More]
Month: September 2004
Shayna C writes: Hello everyone, I went to the Symphony last night down in Albuquerque. It was fantastic. The space was very nice and the acoustics were wonderful. I attended the Houston Symphony back in July, which was fabulous as well. [More]
Shayna C writes:
Hello everyone, I went to the Symphony last night down in Albuquerque. It was fantastic. The space was very nice and the acoustics were wonderful. I attended the Houston Symphony back in July, which was fabulous as well.
At this performance I think that the choirs were much better, particularly because they were louder or the mics were closer to them. The boy soloist was very good. He sang all the high notes perfectly.
His part immediately after Gandalf falls at The Bridge of Khazad Dum was so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. The boys’ choir with him was wonderful and the little ones were so cute. The female soloist here was, in my opinion, much better then Sissel. While Sissel was very good, she didn’t sing with the feeling that this woman did. Unfortunately I do not know her name because for some reason it was not in the program. My mother and I both cried during her performance of Into the West. Gollum’s song, one of my favorites, was also very well done.
The symphony of course was great and the conductor, Alexander Mickelhwate, was as fun to watch this time as he was in Houston. The lights added great effects and the drawings of Alan’s and John’s were great once again!
If any of you have not already seen this show, I highly recommend it if it is anywhere close to you. If you are in New Mexico, there is another showing on Sunday September 19, 2004!
Beowulf writes: Sean Astin is going on tour to promote his new book, “There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale.” He’ll be appearing at the Book Revue bookstore in Huntington, NY on October 14th at 8:00 PM. Go to www.bookrevue.com or call 631-271-1442 for more details on the event.
Goddessofthering writes: I spent yesterday at Supernova, a convention in Brisbane Australia, where Sean Astin, John Rhys Davies and John Noble were guests. I have some digital photos (attached) that you are welcome to use. Also, a little of what happened on the day. [More]
Goddessofthering writes: I spent yesterday at Supernova, a convention in Brisbane Australia, where Sean Astin, John Rhys Davies and John Noble were guests. I have some digital photos (attached) that you are welcome to use. Also, a little of what happened on the day.
Although it took a long time to gain the autographs (three hours) it was worth it. John Noble commented on my t-shirt, theonering.net ‘Don’t make me get my ring’ and that he used theonering.net to keep up to date on what was happening through the major events of the past few years. Sean Astin was signing for a fan in front of me and started singing ‘Come On Eileen’ to her and she had no notion of the song. He was surprised and I think a little shocked that she had never heard of it as it had her name in the song. I joined in (and now tell the story to my friends with the opening line – I sang a duet with Sean Astin 😉 and he seemed very pleased that someone else knew it. John Rhys Davies very kindly let me have my photo taken with me and tickled me while it was being taken. Both JRD and John Noble spoke on Saturday and for the most part let the audience ask questions to keep them reminiscing.
John Noble asked us what we thought the saddest moment of the Return of the King was. His moment was where Sam carries Frodo up Mount Doom when he is no longer able to carry on. The depth of friendship was what touched John’s heart at this point in the movie. There were some interesting discussions around John’s character of Denethor and the descent into madness, the way the character isolated himself and so rarely spoke to anyone, often avoiding eye contact when speaking to them. He also spoke about how grief can change someone so much and that he could not imagine how he would react if his son died or how he would feel if, like Denethor, he felt that he was to blame for his son’s death. It was lovely how both actors would suddenly speak in their character voices to make a point.
JRD spoke of how his costume kept him warm in the snow scenes but how little bits of him would always be flying off and need re-attachment. Overall it was a pretty good day and I certainly came away with great memories and autographs.