American Idol Tour Show
Okay, so going to the American Idol tour show has nothing to do with healthy eating or cooking...or does it?
Last night, the Magee family did something it doesn't normally do... we went to a concert! But not just any concert, the American Idol tour concert! That's right, somewhere between the 13 or 15th singer being eliminated, we all got hooked last season. I'm not sure if it was Lisa's young talent or Chris' rocker voice, Taylor always making us laugh, Katherine's songbird voice, or Ace's everything, but we watched and we voted and when it came time to buy tickets, we did that too.
Then we got hooked on the So You Think You Can Dance show (I was a dancer and both my girls dance competitively) and the American Idol show became a distant fond memory.
But last night, sitting there listening to the top 10 hit the stage one by one, brought it all back! A few quick notes on the show:
Mandisa had a way with the crowd and opened the show with a warm and wonderful stage presence and a strong voice to match. Her little talk about thanking God and telling the youngsters in the audience to be all that you can be, brought tears to my eyes.
Lisa sang two Elton John songs while she played the keyboards and she was amazing. It made me wonder whether she should have waited a year or two before going on the show because she stood out as having BIG talent.
Ace was a crowd pleaser and sang a wonderful rock song, Harder to Breathe, that I now want a copy of (originally by Maroon 5.) Am I embarrassed to say that I screamed loud and proud when he hit the stage?... Heck no!
Rocker Chris opened the second half of the show and he was a definite crowd favorite. Makes you wonder why he didn't make it to the top two. Everyone I went with (my family and my sister's family) thought his duet with Elliot was our absolute favorite number of the show. This was a Nickleback song called Savin' Me. Want a copy of this one too!
Katherine took to the stage and sang her heart out. We knew she would probably sing Somewhere Over The Rainbow and boy did she-again the tears came! (Okay, so I'm an old softie!)
Taylor made an entrance with 6 bodyguards guiding him down the side of the arena through the floor seats and up onto the stage. He sang his top season songs. He dedicated his song, Do I Make You Proud to the American troops in the Middle East. They flashed pictures from his tenure on the show on the screen while he sang it.
One of the encore songs was We Are The Champions originally by Queen, sung by the top 10 singers.
The part of the night that relates to healthy eating is that because the show started at 7 pm and we had to hit the road at 4:45 to get there, I packed 4 power bars to tide all of us over if need be. I was halfway thinking we could find something to eat there but the lines were prohibitive and the food choices were hot dogs, hamburgers, nachos, french fries popcorn, and ice cream bars. And did I mention that the sponsor of the show was Poptarts, so there were empty poptart wrappers all over the place!
Needless to say...come prepared to evenings like this with a bottle of water and some snacks that will sustain you until you can get to some real food. Some power bars can do the trick (pick the ones with some fiber, protein and less sugar), but some trail mix would have worked too.
A fun time was had by all.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Healthy Eating in an Imperfect World, American Idol Runner-Up Admits Bulimia
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Last night, the Magee family did something it doesn't normally do... we went to a concert! But not just any concert, the American Idol tour concert! That's right, somewhere between the 13 or 15th singer being eliminated, we all got hooked last season. I'm not sure if it was Lisa's young talent or Chris' rocker voice, Taylor always making us laugh, Katherine's songbird voice, or Ace's everything, but we watched and we voted and when it came time to buy tickets, we did that too.
Then we got hooked on the So You Think You Can Dance show (I was a dancer and both my girls dance competitively) and the American Idol show became a distant fond memory.
But last night, sitting there listening to the top 10 hit the stage one by one, brought it all back! A few quick notes on the show:
Mandisa had a way with the crowd and opened the show with a warm and wonderful stage presence and a strong voice to match. Her little talk about thanking God and telling the youngsters in the audience to be all that you can be, brought tears to my eyes.
Lisa sang two Elton John songs while she played the keyboards and she was amazing. It made me wonder whether she should have waited a year or two before going on the show because she stood out as having BIG talent.
Ace was a crowd pleaser and sang a wonderful rock song, Harder to Breathe, that I now want a copy of (originally by Maroon 5.) Am I embarrassed to say that I screamed loud and proud when he hit the stage?... Heck no!
Rocker Chris opened the second half of the show and he was a definite crowd favorite. Makes you wonder why he didn't make it to the top two. Everyone I went with (my family and my sister's family) thought his duet with Elliot was our absolute favorite number of the show. This was a Nickleback song called Savin' Me. Want a copy of this one too!
Katherine took to the stage and sang her heart out. We knew she would probably sing Somewhere Over The Rainbow and boy did she-again the tears came! (Okay, so I'm an old softie!)
Taylor made an entrance with 6 bodyguards guiding him down the side of the arena through the floor seats and up onto the stage. He sang his top season songs. He dedicated his song, Do I Make You Proud to the American troops in the Middle East. They flashed pictures from his tenure on the show on the screen while he sang it.
One of the encore songs was We Are The Champions originally by Queen, sung by the top 10 singers.
The part of the night that relates to healthy eating is that because the show started at 7 pm and we had to hit the road at 4:45 to get there, I packed 4 power bars to tide all of us over if need be. I was halfway thinking we could find something to eat there but the lines were prohibitive and the food choices were hot dogs, hamburgers, nachos, french fries popcorn, and ice cream bars. And did I mention that the sponsor of the show was Poptarts, so there were empty poptart wrappers all over the place!
Needless to say...come prepared to evenings like this with a bottle of water and some snacks that will sustain you until you can get to some real food. Some power bars can do the trick (pick the ones with some fiber, protein and less sugar), but some trail mix would have worked too.
A fun time was had by all.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Healthy Eating in an Imperfect World, American Idol Runner-Up Admits Bulimia
Technorati Tags: americanidol, americanidolconcerttour, healthyeating, snacks, powerbars
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