Our three tenors. Hey! Uh-huh-huh...

What a FABULOUS weekend! What a FABULOUS show!

"Our Three Tenors" outdid themselves...MY tenor made my heart race! Yep...he still has that effect on me. It never gets old...only better!

 Here they are...Rusty Patterson, Mike Simmons and Tim Frazier.

There HE is...MY tenor...in the middle...oh, yeah!

The program held something for everyone...from opera to Broadway to country to rock 'n roll.  They opened with "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's opera "Turandot", then moved on to Broadway show tunes closing the first half with the bring-down-the-house "Old Man River".  Oh, my...it was goose-bumpy GOOD!!  

In the second half the tenors took the stage looking like the consummate professionals...well...except for the sunglasses.  When the music began the tenors broke out with "What I Like About You", an old 80's favorite by The Romantics.  It was a foretaste of what was to come... a jammin' good time!!

The calm before the storm.  "Hey!  Uh-huh-huh!"

After busting their moves, the guys went back in time, donned letter-sweaters (that fit a little more snug than in high school...ha!!), and melted the crowd with "Put Your Head On My Shoulder".  Rusty's falsetto, the tight harmonies, the tight sweaters...Wowzers!

From there Tim did a little George Benson, Rusty sprinkled some "Stardust" and Mike, for the first time in 27 years, sang to me..."The Nearness of You".  Melted my heart, it did.  He did the "Mayfield version"...he milked it.  I loved it.  I love him!!
 

"Sway" was next and it was a HIT!  Rusty and Mike cha-cha-cha'd...even going into the crowd to dance with daughters (Molly, Rusty's daughter and Bethany, our daughter) on Saturday night.  Bethany, being 8 months pregnant was not really feeling the cha-cha-cha...but, it was still a sweet moment.  During Sunday's show Rusty danced with his other daughter, Maggie, and Mike danced with his mom.  Sweet stuff...why didn't I have my camera at the ready?!?

The guys also got in touch with their Southern roots with a Rascal Flatts song, "Prayin' For Daylight", and closed the show with Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Changes Everything".  Of course, the crowds at both shows did not want the tenors to stop singing!  With shouts of "More!  More!" they reprised "Old Man River" and brought the goose-bumps up once again.  They are really good at that!

We were so thankful that all our chickadees were there...even one in the womb! Not mine...Bethany's. Hudson got to hear his grandfather sing for the first time. Bethany said he must love music because he was hopping around throughout the show.  ...another tenor in the making, perhaps?

  From top left:  Josh and Meggie, Bethany and Peter

Loren and Jake were there...

So was Drew!

Here are some more pics...Enjoy!

  One of the most talented people I know.  Our director, Pam Thigpen...

definitely the brains behind this operation!

Many thanks to tech-guys Art Kimball (left) and David Brown (right)

for all their hard work during rehearsals and performances!

It was a privilege to play with such fine musicians!

Tim Hughes on trumpet, Cory Walker on saxophone,

Joe Littleton on bass, and Matt Dannell on drums...

It was a pleasure, folks!  Let's do it again!

Not sure what Mike is saying...but, he best be super-nice

to their most-faithful groupie, Myra (aka Rusty's wife)!

She's THE BEST!

Again...not really sure what was being discussed...but,

this is a pretty good example of what rehearsals looked like...
sing...laugh...laugh...laugh some more...sing a little...laugh...laugh...sing...

We were thankful that Mike's parents were able to come to the 

Sunday show.  Mike even twirled his momma around

during "Sway"...she LOVED it!  Can't you see the twinkle in her eye?

 The show is over.  The lights are low. The crowds have gone home.

But, I guarantee...

They'll be back!